Empower 2016, a youth conference organised by Reach out to Asia (Rota) concluded yesterday with a sponsors award ceremony.
Rota, a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), gave participants an opportunity to tour some of QF’s partner universities on the final day.
Students benefited from the opportunity to practise the knowledge and skills they have acquired over the course of the three-day conference.
Participants also visited Qatar Business Incubation Centre (QBIC), Qatar Scientific Club (QSC), and participated in a set of activities facilitated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Student Centre. Essam Heggy, planetary scientist, member of the Esa-Nasa Rosetta mission facilitated the “Introduction to formulating Space Mission” workshop on the second day of Empower 2016.
He said: “What’s important is the fact that Empower takes place annually – it sends out a message that empowering youth is and must be a continuous effort. It is imperative that we keep youth motivated and engaged. It makes me really happy to see how enthusiastic the participants are and how they want to use science and technology to do something amazing for their countries - they have a great sense of responsibility.”
Empower 2016, now in its eighth year, drew to a close with a highly anticipated Sponsors Award ceremony and closing ceremony, which included a number of entertaining cultural performances. Empower 2016 was sponsored by Qatar Charity, the Qatar Financial Centre and the Qatar National Convention
Centre.