Under the patronage of Saif bin Zayed. Nahyan bin Mubarak inaugurates Education Interface Conference in Abu Dhabi

Under the patronage of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, inaugurated the activities of the ninth edition of the Education Interface Exhibition and the Middle East Youth Conference (2023), under the slogan "Nine Years in the Service of Education", with wide local and international participation from educational and academic institutions, in which it presents future visions of the labor market and future professions, and provides greater opportunities for students to choose the optimal for their academic majors.

The Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, stressed that the UAE, with the vision of its leadership, provides a model of education based on forward-looking and future visions based on tomorrow's sciences, artificial intelligence, modern technologies and applications, and is moving towards more achievements that promote the process of comprehensive and sustainable development.

He expressed his pride in the opening of this pioneering educational event, which enhances the country's efforts to empower students and provide opportunities to explore future skills and specializations and build their academic path in a way that serves the UAE's directions and vision for a brighter future.

The exhibition is a platform that brings together local universities, academic institutions and representatives of major international universities, during which they present perceptions, visions and specializations based on foreseeing future professions, keeping pace with the needs of the labor market and identifying its trends, and presenting scientific and professional disciplines that meet its future needs.

The exhibition aims to build sustainable relations in the field of education between all parties to the educational process, provide a selection of leading universities to introduce students to their academic programs, the criteria and conditions for admission and registration, bridge the gap between higher education outputs and labor market requirements, introduce students and their parents to the best academic practices in scientific institutions, and provide an opportunity for students and their parents to discuss their study options and educational aspirations.

On the sidelines of the conference, discussion sessions will be held on the most important future trends in the fields of education, academic disciplines, sustainability of education, development and future skills, and how the youth of tomorrow build their orientations towards more quality and beneficial education, which plays its hoped-for role in building a bright tomorrow, under the name of the Middle East Youth Conference, in which a group of official speakers representing ministries, authorities, universities and higher education institutions participate, and they also discuss strategic axes related to basic education and higher education issues, perhaps the most important of which is the role of education in achieving Sustainable development and applications of artificial intelligence in education.

Sheikha Dr. Shamma bint Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, Chairperson of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Cultural and Educational Institutions, opened the Middle East Youth Conference sessions with a speech on education and building the mental image of humanity.

The first day concluded with a panel discussion on artificial intelligence and sustainability in education, in which a number of technical experts and academics spoke.

More than 50 universities and educational and academic institutions from within the UAE, and more than 350 regional and international universities represented by four entities within the UAE for many countries such as the United States of America, Britain, France, Malaysia, Australia and many other countries are participating in the exhibition.

The Ministry of Interior presented in this academic gathering, and through the departments concerned with development, study and scientific and academic research, the efforts, programs and projects of the Ministry in training and academic study, developing, training and enhancing the capabilities and skills of human cadres and upgrading them to the highest levels, keeping pace with modern technologies and developments, and preserving the achievements achieved.

On the sidelines of the Education Interface Exhibition and the Middle East Youth Conference in its ninth session, a student competition was launched to encourage students and prepare them to enter the labor market after completing the requirements of the academic track, and the competition focuses on students of financial and banking sciences, after which they will contribute to the education of (10) outstanding students and people of determination in completing their postgraduate studies.