DUBAI, UAE, November 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
The winners of the 2017 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge
Award participated in a panel session on day one of the Knowledge
Summit 2017.
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This year's winners are Wendy
Kopp, CEO of Teach For All (USA); Dr Hiroshi
Komiyama, Chairman of the Mitsubishi Research Institute
(Japan); and the Mohammed bin
Salman (MiSK) Foundation (Saudi
Arabia).
Recipients of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award
are selected for their outstanding contributions to the production
and dissemination of knowledge, while honouring contributions of
significant influence towards developing knowledge, inspiring
others, and creating ways to promote knowledge.
In 2015, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed
bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of
the UAE and Ruler of Dubai,
initiated the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award to
encourage those working in knowledge-related fields to innovate and
create new ways to spread knowledge around the world. This is a
reflection of HH Sheikh Mohammed's, and Dubai's, resolve to honour knowledge-related
advancements anywhere in the world, while encouraging innovation
and originality.
Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President
and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, and the directives of MBRF Chairman
H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid
Al Maktoum, the fourth edition of the Knowledge Summit is
taking place from November 21-22,
2017, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, bearing the theme:
"Knowledge and Fourth Industrial Revolution."
Contacts: Hussain
Mohammad, +971()4-4233466, hussain.mohammad@mbrf.ae
SOURCE Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation