ExxonMobil hails Qatar’s emergence as science and technology hub
0 Comments Published March 25th, 2009 in EconomyOne of the world’s most powerful energy industry executives believes Qatar will emerge as a world-class science and technological cluster. Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation, the world’s largest publicly traded international oil and gas company hailed Qatar’s emergence as a science and technology hub with the inauguration of QSTP on […]
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation to help develop young writers
0 Comments Published February 20th, 2009 in EducationMEMBERS of the Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing board held a reception at the Museum of Islamic Art, where officials promised that a “vibrant, dynamic and exciting list of books” will be published when the company starts operating in the Spring of 2010. A $13.2mn agreement was signed between Qatar Foundation and Bloomsbury in October of […]
The first celebrity concert of the 2009 Concert Series presented by the Qatar Foundation, in association with Qatar Shell, will commence on February 19 at the Qatar Academy Auditorium at 7 pm. International opera star Sir Willard White, who will be visiting Doha for the second time, will be the featured guest artist of the […]
Nearly four years ago, the School of Foreign Service’s Qatar campus opened its doors within Education City. Now the campus is preparing to moving from a shared-building owned by the Qatar Foundation into a nearly 400,000-square-foot facility of its own. The building, scheduled to open in fall 2010, will include classrooms, offices, a library and […]
The Sidra Medical initiative is the biggest healthcare project in GCC
0 Comments Published January 26th, 2009 in HealthThe Sidra Medical and Research Centre, under the Qatar Foundation, is the biggest healthcare project in the Gulf region, according to a research published recently. Countries in the region are spending almost $14bn in the healthcare sector according to the Proleads, which maintains the most comprehensive database of the projects in the region. The spending […]