Scientific American - USA (2019-12)

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Sidra Medicine–a

pioneering women’s

and children’s

hospital and

research center,

in Doha–performs

the first successful

surgical procedure

in Qatar to separate

conjoined twins,

signifying a powerful

milestone in bringing

world-leading

medical techniques

to the region.

2018

First Qatari

separation of

conjoined baby

twins

2013

Artificial

Intelligence for

Digital Response

(AIDR) launched

Created in

partnership with

the UN at QCRI, the

AIDR program helps

direct assistance to

those hardest-hit

by disasters, using

machine learning

algorithms to scan

social media data.

2017

Arab Innovation

Academy

established

The first Arab

Innovation Academy

is held at QSTP,

which partners

with the European

Innovation Academy

to run the largest

entrepreneurship

boot camp in

the Middle East

and North Africa

region–challenging

and supporting

participants to

create a new startup

in just 10 days.

2016

Carbon-Negative

Concrete

developed at

QSTP

The QSTP-based

Gulf Organization

for Research &

Development has

taken outputs from

water desalination

processes and

turned it into an

alternative to normal

concrete that isn’t

just carbon neutral–

it’s carbon negative!

2017

Qatar Genome

Research

Consortium is

initiated

The Qatar Genome

Research consortium

is launched with

more than 130 local

and international

researchers to

collaborate on

precision medicine

research. To

date, the Qatar

Genome Project

has processed

over 10,000 whole

genome sequences,

positioning Qatar as

a leader in precision

medicine globally.

2019

Technology

Venture Fund

is set up

A new $50 million

fund is launched

by QSTP to help

startups in the

region scale their

business innovations

through Series A and

Series B funding.

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