Riyadh, February 7, 2013

Riyadh Valley Company, a technology start up investment Company, participated in the Third International Conference for E-Learning and Distance Education (eLi3), organized by Ministry of Higher Education and National Center of E-Learning in Saudi Arabia which was held at Ritz Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from 4-7 February, 2013. RVC showcased its services at a booth in eLi3 to promote awareness about the services that RVC offers to young entrepreneurs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. RVC also exhibited at the venue to pronounce their achievements, capabilities and support for budding entrepreneurial community of students.

Mr. Mazen Aljasser, GM-Marketing and Communications, RVC, said, "It is a pleasure to be part of such a crucial conference which intends to advocate the present and the future e-learning initiatives in order to direct and put in practice engaging and performance-oriented e-learning. Moreover, we are here to support this leadership initiative taken by the Ministry of Higher Education Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the National Centre for e-Learning and Distance Education in leading the way for bringing the revolution in e-learning and making it  more user-friendly by promoting it  through The Third International Conference of e-Learning and Distance Education (eLi3)."

As this conference brought together educators, trainers, researchers, practitioners, futurists, policy makers, and users to debate and recommend the best way of empowering this transformation. Therefore, RVC's booth also endorsed our portfolio company Knowledge Developers, which provide integrated IT solutions. The company offers a product 'MAJALES' which allows organizations automate the process of meetings and committees beginning from the process of preparing for the meeting and invitations through the actual meeting and the discussions and at the end preparing the minutes of the meeting and adoption. The company also provides software development services commensurate with the client's need and requirements.

 RVC's booth attracted around 300 visitors including aspiring entrepreneurs who needed financial or commercial consultancy, Professors and lecturers from national universities who were looking for new e-solutions for their departments. The four-day event saw more than 1000 participants, and featured 30+ speakers in talks, interviews, panels and more.

As stated by Akshay Bhatia, Marketing Officer, 'RVC is powered enough to regulate all these issues for a promising startup and is willing to extend all support required to enable any small startup achieve big returns in the commercial world'.

eLi3 covered a multitude of exciting and timely topics relevant to higher education, e-learning and distance learning by hosting discussions and debate on an all-inclusive overview of the trends, best-practices, challenges and opportunities in the field of higher education and e-learning.

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About RVC
Being one of the Saudi Arabia's initiatives to support the adoption of innovation culture, foster entrepreneurship, leverage the kingdom's research capabilities, mobilize, engage and oversight investments in knowledge-based sectors, RVC invests in sectors that best serve the national interest and businesses that appear to have the greatest capability and commitment to succeed. Thus, the booth of RVC was most visited by startup entrepreneurs.

Riyadh Valley Company is providing generous support to ICT and Digital projects because of the nature of their development and settlement in technology. Its interest in Digital technology is considerably varied with a list that includes information systems, e-learning solutions, electronic interfaces, telecommunication networks, electronic gadgets, web and mobile applications. With a significant surge in these technologies, Riyadh Valley Company expects the area to be one of its most important and diversified interests in near future.

Riyadh Valley Company can be seen as a hub in the heart of a rich and generously branched network. At the network's closest level, Riyadh Valley Company is directly connected to The King Saud University's innovation system, including the Prince Salman Institute for Entrepreneurship, the Innovation Center, the Riyadh Techno Valley, the Riyadh Incubation Center and the Intellectual Property and Technology Licensing (IPTL) Program. 

As an investment arm of King Saud University, Riyadh Valley Company coordinates with various KSU entities and deanships, ensuring the best investment use of KSU assets. This cooperation has led to many worthwhile results, some having contributed to solid startups. 

Riyadh Valley Company is managing a growing network of major regional and international business and investment partners. MIDROC, ALSAFI Dairies, ZAMIL Group, CERNER, CRISTAL GLOBAL and SHELL-Intilaaqah are its closest and most valued partners.

Such a huge consistently growing and pulsing network is constantly feeding Riyadh Valley Company and its partners with opportunities and successes.

About eli3
As e-learning is increasingly being embraced and implemented in Higher Education, it is important to explore and measure whether it is empowering, engaging and performance driven. Over the last decade, many e-learning projects have been initiated and many impactful research papers have been published.

The next step is to make sense of the past, the present and the future e-learning research initiatives to strategize and implement e-learning that is engaging and performance driven. The Ministry of Higher Education Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the National Centre for e-Learning and Distance Education are taking leadership roles in transforming e-learning into engaging performance driven learning experiences, by organizing the Third International Conference of e-Learning and Distance Education (eLi13) This conference will bring together educators, trainers, researchers, practitioners, futurists, policy makers, and users to discuss and propose how this transformation can be empowered.

For more information, please contact:
Akshay Bhatia
Marketing Officer
E-mail: abhatia@rvc.com.sa
Mobile: (+966) 536773842

© Press Release 2013