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AI Innovation Challenge
The AMENA Center collaborated with the American University of the Middle East (AUM) to convene an AI Innovation Challenge at the AUM campus in Kuwait.

Rare Disease AI Hackathon
The AMENA Center will sponsor a hackathon and a panel discussion on April 19th focused on using generative AI to transform the rare disease landscape

Berkeley-AMENA co-sponsors the International Summit on Artificial Intelligence
March 4, 2024. The AMENA Center collaborates with the American University of the Middle East to organize the International Summit on Artificial Intelligence in Kuwait.

Berkeley-AMENA Partners with WIN for Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Program
UC Berkeley’s AMENA Center for Entrepreneurship and Development Partners with the World Innovations Network (WIN) for the Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Program UC Berkeley’s

1st Berkeley-AMENA AUM SMARTVERSE Graduation Ceremony
The first cohort of participants in the two semester AUM SMARTVERSE Program, designed and run by Berkeley-AMENA to promote hands-on and project-based training in applied

The 1st Berkeley-AMENA and Silicon Valley Business Forum
Business Plan Competition was held on May 2, 2023, in Jeju, South Korea. The event featured 13 university finalist teams from top university teams in

Establishing the Center for AI and Innovation at the AUM in Kuwait
Berkeley-AMENA designed and helped to establish the Center for AI and Innovation at the American University of the Middle East in Kuwait

Advanced Technology Training and Innovation in Palestine
Berkeley-AMENA has created a comprehensive plan for advanced technology training and innovation for Palestine

Berkeley’s Bold New Home for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Bakar BioEnginuity Hub will rent space to science-based startups, and provide campus programs for scholars and researchers