AMMAN
– Under the patronage of HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, founder and chairman of
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Forum
(TAG-KF) has organized a seminar entitled “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” in
cooperation with IBTECAR Consulting Company, in conjunction with the Global
Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).

In
his statement to the session, Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh emphasized that innovation and
knowledge are key drivers of economic growth and investment, pointing out that
innovation is the  the world's top corporations major market value asset.
He added that China registers 300,000 innovations annuallyand that will make it
the world leader in the future.

Furthermore,
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh referred to Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University College for
Innovation (TAGUCI), which he established as the first-of-its-kind University
College across the world, that aims at graduating inventors and creative
generation, not just job seekers. 

The
seminar included a lecture by  IBTECAR General Manager, Mr. Jamil
AlKhatib, entitled: ‘Open Innovation is a Tool for Success’; while the global
expert, Dr. Hesham Hafez, gave a brief about his newly-launched book ‘The
Global Innovator’, of which copies were distributed as a gift to the attendees.

The
book traces the story of five great civilizations; from ancient Egypt, Greece
and Rome; to the Middle East; Europe; the United States and China, in which the
writer shows how ‘mighty and innovative societies can fall’.

The
seminar was attended  by representatives of youth institutions,
community-based organizations, business incubators and entrepreneurs. they
participated to know more on how to build their enterprises and start-ups, as
well as to promote the concepts and culture of entrepreneurship among the youth
generation. That is in addition to participants from a number of people with
hearing loss and other disabilities. In this regard, TAG-KF provides all
available facilities to enable them to take part in such events, which also
includes the provision of a sign language interpreter.

 Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Forum (TAG-KF), a member of TAG.Global, is a platform
for dialogue, research, and evaluation of all economic and business aspects at
local, regional and international levels. It provides a safe environment for
the youth to engage in civic life and develop society to contribute to the
advancement of the national economy.