BLOG: The NEP Experience

Our NEP Alumni and current cohort have been busy! Check out what they’ve been up to below.

December 2, 2021

• NEP 2.0 Alumnus Khalifa Al Qama, Director of Dubai Future Labs, is profiled in 50U, a book that celebrates 50 years of the UAE through 50 portraits of people, plants, and places. Listed as “The Tech Leader”, Khalifa discusses how technology creates new opportunities to support a flourishing society.

September 19, 2022

• NEP 2.0 Fellow Omar Al Braiki is named an Emerging Climate Leadership Fellow at Yale University, USA: “I am pleased to be selected to participate in the first edition of the Climate Leaders Fellowship Program, and to contribute to strengthening the UAE’s leadership role in the climate arena. I look forward to working diligently with my new colleagues to develop solutions to global climate change.”

October 5, 2022

• NEP 1.0 Fellow Mariam AlMeraikhi moderates Duncan Wardle’s Knowledge Seminar Series session on “Embedding a Culture of Innovation into Everyone’s DNA.” The activity-filled session for NEP Alumni “makes creativity tangible, innovation easy, and the process enjoyable.”

November 2022

• NEP 1.0 Fellow Abdulla Al Remeithi secured 1 million AED in funding from Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Department of Energy for his project tracking UAE residents’ environmental footprint, “UAE Environmental Identity.”

November 9, 2022

• NEP 1.0 Fellow Hadif Zamzam moderates the NEP 3.0 Speaker Series session with Margaux Constantin of McKinsey on “The Consultant-Leader Relationship.”

November 14, 2022

• NEP 1.0 Fellow Aisha Harib speaks about carving out her professional pathway in a panel at Khalifa University’s IEEE Women in Engineering event.

November 24, 2022

• NEP 1.0 Alumnus Mohamed Al Sharhan moderates a lecture with University College London economist Mariana Mazzucato at Mohamed bin Zayed Majlis for Future Generations. Fourteen NEP Alumni and participants attended the talk, titled “Directing Economic Growth: A Moonshot Approach.”
  • NEP 1.0 Fellow Aisha Harib, and alumni Shaikha AlKhayyat and Salwa Fadhel
  • NEP 2.0 Fellow Nouf Al Hamly and alumni Kalthoom Ali, Taif Al Amiri, Hajer Madhi, and Moammar Al Marzooqi
  • NEP 3.0 participants Fatima Al-Ali, Waheeda Alhadhrami, Abdulla Alhaidan, Saood Al Noori, Hamad Al Shehhi, and Dr. Abdulla Al Shimmari

December 5, 2022

• NEP 3.0 participant Abdulla Alshehhi participated in the Abu Dhabi Space Debate, a platform for global leaders to discuss the important challenges defining the future of space.