QATAR Science & Technology Park (QSTP) will be officially opened on March 16, marking a new dawn of scientific innovation in the Middle East.
It will be inaugurated in the presence of His Highness the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, chairperson of Qatar Foundation, in a ceremony hosting 1,200 guests.
Among the international guests will be well known figures in the energy, environment, health sciences and ICT industries, including Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin; Jeff Immelt, chief executive of GE; Linda Cook, executive director gas and power for Shell; Stefen M Cassiani, president of ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company; Symal Gupta, chairman of Tata; Sir Martin Evans, nobel laureate in medicine, Cardiff University; Professor Ian Leslie, pro-vice chancellor for Research, Cambridge University.
More than $800 million has been invested by Qatar Foundation and its 21 partner organisations in QSTP.
Through its facilities, services and support programmes, QSTP provides an optimal environment for local and global organisations to undertake research and commercialisation that will create a vibrant R&D community which will benefit Qatar’s society and economy.
QSTP is part of Qatar’s National Vision 2030 which aims, through sustainable development, to transform Qatar into one of the world’s most advanced countries within two decades.
The Qatar Foundation was founded in 1995 by the Emir of Qatar, and is a private, non-profit organisation committed to the principle that a nation’s greatest natural resource is its people. It also invests in community health and development.