Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Recently concluded SunGard Higher Education Middle East User Group (SMEUG) Conference 2010 on "Enabling Student Success: The New Knowledge Economy" held in Dubai last December offered new direction for technology use in the higher education institutions. Its participants included corporate bigwigs and academicians from more than 25 countries. Alaa Sami Al Abed Alabdrabbuh, a student of B.Sc in Electrical Engineering at Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University (PMU) too was one of the key speakers as Student Speaker who shared dice with the business magnates and academicians.
Alabdrabbuh focused on setting goals and its importance to reach at advanced level of scientific temper in students. His message to the fellow students was developing self-confidence for constant growth. Assessment of Arab and Muslim world, guiding youths for exposure into information technology in advanced education which SunGard offers were the main focal points.
Such conferences are of great value that inspires for scientific, technical, cultural and social milieu. Participating educationalists lauded PMU for its mission to use technology in grooming young minds. Abed Rabbo's eagerness to explore new technology indicated distinct feature of PMU mission in sharpening budding talents.
Need for effective solution with good technology use was the main concentration of this three-day conference. Speakers had strong message for the new generation of Middle East to face new challenges in their urge to attain higher education. Experts from various regions of the world discussed new "early intervention solution" which is especially implemented in the Middle East. SunGard Higher Education developed a system of Course Signals which judges risks in students whether failing or withdrawing from courses even while in their second week of joining semesters.
SMEUG is a premier event to promote higher education. It guides technology users to explore new developments in higher education system. SunGard collaborates with such institutions through Open Digital Campus strategy system and offer effective software service to help them excel in teaching and managing educational strategies. This system is diverse and determines an issue by guiding proper means as a possible solution to identify risks in helping to overcome problems.
Mathew Boice, Vice President EMEA and India, SunGard Higher Education stressed on the importance of Course Signals solution and discussed its significant impact to achieve success in attaining higher education through technology use. Presence of SunGard Higher Education in educational institutions worldwide indicates the importance of advanced technology.
This conference showcased outstanding achievements witnessed in whole Middle Eastern region. It inspires institutions of higher learning to achieve strategic goals. It was an opportunity for the educational institutions to share platform and exchange ideas to know the latest developments to impart knowledge.
Keynote Speakers of this conference Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer, SunGard Higher Education, Darren Wesemann, Serra Kirdar, Director, Muthabara Foundation, Dr. Evan Nisonson, Chief Executive Officer, Epsilen LLC, Professor (Dr.) Osama bin Sadeq Abdel Rehman Tayeb, President, King Abdulaziz University, KSA, John P. Campbell, Associate VP, Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, Purdue University, Edwin Eisendrath, Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group and last but not the least Alaa Sami Alabdrabbuh, student representing as SMEUG 2010 Student Speaker from PMU stressed upon effective use of technology.
It is worth noticing that since last couple of years emergence of knowledge economy has been accepted wholeheartedly in the Middle East which create boom in the higher education sector. SunGard motivates institutions of higher learning across the region by technological support to guide students become self-dependent professionals.
Out of the many issues discussed the speakers representing Middle East, Africa, Europe and the United States addressed upon the emerging trends and issues related to higher education.
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