The MIT Club of Saudi Arabia held its 13th Annual Dinner meeting in Riyadh on Sunday, March 11th, 2012.
The guest of honor and keynote speaker was His Excellency Dr. Hashim Yamani, President of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy.
The event brought together a large contingent of MIT alumni, prominent civic, government and industrial leaders from different areas of Saudi Arabia. The event also received positive media coverage through several Saudi media outlets.
Dr. Yamani, who was also a speaker at the 2004 Annual Dinner meeting during his tenure as Minister of Commerce & Industry, spoke about Saudi Arabia’s ambitions in the field of atomic and renewable energy from the perspective of the decision making cycle that led to this important development in the Kingdom’s history as well as from the perspective of demystifying several myths about the need for and safety of atomic energy for electricity generation.
Dr. Yamani then fielded several questions from the audience and followed that by thanking the MIT Club of Saudi and its leadership for hosting such a wonderful event.