- Speaker on “Startup Funding During the Crisis”. StartupgateX, Africa’s top entrepreneurial and innovation talent platform. Tunis, Tunisia (online), May 2020.
- Moderator for the panel discussion “From Lecture Hall to Makerspace – How to Optimize Incubator/Accelerator-University Partnerships”. Group Discussion Leader for the session: ” How to build Successful Innovation Ecosystems – Best Practices from the Middle East and North Africa”. World Business Incubation Summit 2019, Doha, Qatar, November 201
- Panelist on “Make the Deal” investment-, and “What’s Up Qatar? Entrepreneurial Opportunities” QITCOM 2019, the largest Information and Communication Technology showcase and event in Qatar. Doha, Qatar, October 2019.
- ICEIRD, 11th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development. Doha, Qatar, October 2018. Member of the Organizing Committee, and Moderator for the session: “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets”.
- “ Global Entrepreneurship: Paving the Way for an Innovation-based Society”. International Products Exhibition & Conference. Held under The Patronage of HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, The Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of The State of Qatar. Doha, Qatar, October 2018. Presentation. Keynote speaker.
- “Entrepreneurship Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future”. Holistic Vision for the SDGs in the State of Qatar: Enhancing Science, Policies, Capacity Building, and Research Cooperation. Main Stakeholders include University of California, Irvine, USA; Arizona State University, USA; UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Lebanon. Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, March 2018. Presentation.
- “Corporate Entrepreneurship”. Her Highness Sheikha Moza’s Office, Qatar Foundation Headquarters. Doha, Qatar, May 2017. Presentation.
- “Business Environment in Qatar”. Study visit by a delegation of Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University, USA. Doha, Qatar, March 2017. Presentation.
- “Business Incubator and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Qatar”. Study visit by a delegation of Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. Doha, Qatar, February 2017. Presentation.
- “Finland Meets Qatar”. European Union-Gulf Cooperation Council Trade & Investment Workshop. Organized by The European Union. In Doha, Qatar, November 2016. Presentation.
- “Business Model Canvas Training”. Al Fikra Business Plan Competition, Qatar Development Bank. Doha, Qatar, November 2016. Presentation.
- “The Entrepreneurship Culture in Qatar and How it is Essential to Allow for the Development of a Knowledge-Based Economy”. Seminar “Setting the Stage for a Knowledge-Based Economy in The Gulf-Focus on Qatar”. Organized by HEC Paris, Qatar National Research Fund, and Gulf Studies Program, Qatar University. At HEC Paris, Doha, Qatar, October 2016. Presentation.
- “The Year That Changed My Life”. TedX talk. Organized by TedX and Qatar University. In Doha, Qatar, September 2016. Presentation.
- “Implementing Business Model Canvas”. Startup Weekend, Qatar Development Bank. Doha, Qatar, March 2016. Presentation.
- “Building the Entrepreneurial University-Center for Entrepreneurship at Qatar University”. International Platform for Young Entrepreneurs-14’ Santal Energy Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, November 2014. Presentation.
- “Building the Entrepreneurial University-Requirements for Boosting an Entrepreneurial Culture”. Entrepreneurship in Economic Development Forum, Doha, Qatar, February 2014. Presentation.
- .“The Nordic Welfare Model-Opportunity or Threat for Entrepreneurship?” Triple Helix Workshop “Building the Entrepreneurial University” at Stanford University, California, USA, December 2012. Presentation.
- Building the Entrepreneurial University in Finland-JAMK Business Incubator” Triple Helix Workshop “Building the Entrepreneurial University” at Stanford University, California, USA, December 2012.
- “JAMK-Business Incubator”. Third Annual International Conference on Global Business, Doha, Qatar, December 2011. Presentation. Session Chair.
