Prof. Mariam Al Maadeed, Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies at QU speaking during the event.
Doha: The Research and Graduate Studies Sector at Qatar University (QU) held the fifth annual tadTalks 2023 yesterday in the presence of a number of VIPs, ambassadors of the state, members of diplomatic bodies and interested parties from various fields.
tadTalks provides a unique platform to showcase impactful graduate research that addresses global challenges and brings graduate researchers together from around the world to coalesce in a spirit of inquiry. In addition, it contributes to encouraging current and prospective students to target impactful research, ensuring that international perspectives on graduate research are considered, introducing prospective graduate students to the culture of research early, promoting global cooperation, and addressing the challenges and needs faced by graduate students to inform decision-makers in higher education, and QU’s keenness to build a strong graduate community.
This year, the event included various sessions and panel discussions on the most important challenges facing the world today. It proposed appropriate solutions presented by invited guests, as well as open discussions presented by graduate researchers from Qatar University, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Texas A&M University at Qatar, and researchers from Argentina, Canada, Brazil, Morocco, Palestine, and Ghana. This year’s event was made more unique through its Junior tadTalks, featured promising researchers from QU.
In her speech on the occasion, Prof. Mariam Al Maadeed, Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies at QU, said, “The meeting of this elite group of students from several universities and disciplines is an embodiment of communication and cooperation between higher education institutions from different regions, and it is a source of inspiration for all, as it is an opportunity to invest and employ the outputs of your research and innovations and deliver them to stakeholders in your countries.”
The keynote address was delivered by Director of Development, Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar (AYCMQ) Hessa Al Noami, who spoke about her journey in research, innovation and education. She also talked about the formation of AYCMQ and how it focuses on environmental awareness, climate policy and in bringing more people into the environmental movement.
Distinguished guests from the Council for Graduate School (CGS), USA included Professor Suzanne Ortega, President of the Council as well as Heidi Shank, Senior Director of Meetings at the Council. CGS is the only national organisation in the United States that is dedicated solely to the advancement of graduate education and research.
The tadTalks programme was first initiated in 2019 as part of QU’s commitment to building a strong sense of graduate community, enhancing the graduate experience, and supporting graduate research.
Universities from countries all over the world have participated in this unique international graduate event.
