Participation in the Huawei Egypt Higher Education Summit 2023
Under the patronage of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the opening of the Huawei Egypt Higher Education Summit 2023 Dr. Ayman Ashour stresses the importance of implementing the ministry’s strategy towards digital transformation and fourth-generation universities Dr. Sherif Kishk: The strategy of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the field of digital transformation is based on the use of modern technologies to develop higher education institutions and move towards smart, sustainable universities.
Dr. Sherine Abdel Qader: Signing a memorandum of understanding with Huawei to establish an academy to support researchers and entrepreneurs in the field of communications and information technology. CEO of Huawei Egypt: We are committed to contributing to the development of the higher education system so that Egypt becomes a center of excellence in information and communications technology in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Within the framework of Dr.'s assertions. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, stressed the importance of implementing the principles and objectives of the ministry’s strategy towards digital transformation and fourth-generation universities. To keep pace with global trends, and within the framework of fruitful and ongoing cooperation between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Huawei Technology Egypt, the activities of the Huawei Egypt Higher Education Summit 2023 were held, under the slogan “Accelerating the Wheel of Digital Transformation for Higher Education,” in the presence of Dr. Sherif Keshk, Assistant Minister for Smart Governance, and Dr. Sherine Abdel Qader, President of the Electronics Research Institute, Mr. Jim Liu, CEO of Huawei Egypt, Eng. Amr Zayed, Head of Government Relations for Cooperation in the Field of Capacity Building at Huawei Egypt, Dr. Fahim Al-Naimi, CEO of the UAE Spider Network, and a group of representatives of ministries and agencies. Research and education experts.
At the beginning of his speech, Dr. Sharif Kishk, greetings from Dr. Ayman Ashour, reviewing the strategy of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the field of digital transformation and the future vision of how to use modern technologies to develop higher education institutions and move towards smart, sustainable universities, which are integrated with the seven principles of the national strategy for higher education and scientific research, which are (integration, interdisciplinarity, communication). (Effective participation, sustainability, international reference, leadership and creativity), through three main axes: the first is building and developing a central digital foundation for higher education, the second axis is the skills of future graduates in 2050, while the third axis includes smart and effective higher education institutions.
In her speech, Dr. Sherine Abdel Qader,reviewed the technological infrastructure of the Electronics Research Institute, and its various technical specializations, as well as the main axes of the digital transformation system within the institute, pointing to the institute’s efforts to become the first research institute specialized in the field of electronics, communications and information technology that is smart and environmentally friendly, in addition to the institute’s efforts to support entrepreneurs and incubators. Technology and emerging companies, through the Science and Technology City for Electronics Research and Industry affiliated with the Institute, pointing to the memorandum of understanding that was signed with Huawei. To cooperate in the field of capacity building, through the establishment of the ERI-Huawei ICT Tech Academy; With the aim of supporting and developing the capabilities of young people by transferring technological knowledge, and training the trainers of the Electronics Research Institute by high-level international experts from Huawei on the latest fields of technology such as (computing, big data, 5G and others).
For his part, CEO of Huawei Egypt, Mr. Jim Liu, expressed his happiness at the launch of the Higher Education Summit activities, stressing the importance of this event, which confirms Huawei’s commitment to developing higher education and partnership with the Egyptian government, through developing young talents and creating a sustainable system in the field of education. The field of ICT in Egypt, making Egypt a center of excellence in ICT in the Middle East and North Africa region through capacity building and working together; To empower youth and prepare a new generation of ICT leaders.Mr. Jim Liu also confirmed that Huawei's strategy seeks to contribute to creating a more interactive educational environment, promoting innovation and digitizing the educational process at its various stages, including the university stage, which contributes to improving the entire education process, which is in line with the state's plan to develop education in accordance with Egypt's Vision 2030.
In his speech, Dr. indicated. Fahim Al Nuaimi, CEO of the Emirates Advanced Education and Research Network (Ankabut), noted that digital transformation in the field of higher education in all countries of the world faces many challenges and opportunities, pointing out that the Huawei Egypt Higher Education Summit 2023 focused on reviewing The digital transformation plan of the Ministry of Higher Education in the Arab Republic of Egypt, and several strategic and technical axes were discussed, as well as a review of Huawei’s role in developing Egyptian national cadres capable of leading this stage of digital transformation, or the technologies used in this field by Huawei, such as smart universities and classrooms. Smart, adding that the summit touched on the effective role of cloud networks, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, and concluded with a set of important recommendations for developing the digital transformation system for higher education.On the sidelines of the conference activities, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Ministry of Higher Education and Huawei. The memorandum of understanding aims to cooperate in the field of training employees of the Information and Communications Technology (IT) Department in various Egyptian universities. With the aim of building qualified cadres to operate data centers in universities, as well as supporting them with the latest modern technologies in the field of information technology.The memorandum of understanding was signed by Dr. Sherif Kishk, representing the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and Eng. Amr Zayed, representing Huawei.
It is worth noting that the conference activities included holding dialogue sessions; To exchange innovative ideas in the field For higher education and encouraging and supporting scientific research in the field of digital transformation, the activities also included honoring a number of distinguished teaching assistants and teachers at Huawei Academies in Egyptian universities, because of their effective impact in transferring experience and knowledge and graduating a new generation of students with the ability to face the challenges of the labor market.
