Country case study from Saudi Arabia

Minister of Commerce and Industry, Tuesday announced a SR8 billion national science and technology plan. The plan seeks to transform the Kingdom into a knowledge society by increasing support for scientific research and technical development. It will also ensure educational institutions can produce enough qualified manpower to cope with development plans. Read more

Saudi Arabia is also organizing a conference on "Informatics and Knowledge: Changes and challenges within Knowledge Society" to be held in Riyadh on 22-24 May 2012. The conference is about the changes and challenges within knowledge Societies. The development of knowledge societies and related issues such as information systems and security. http://www.slia.org.sa

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