Khalid M. Al-Sulaiman



Current Position :

Deputy Minister for Industry ( Oct. 2005 – Present )

General Secretary, National Scientific Innovation Prize , King  Abdulaziz                                                                                 Foundation for The Gifted (2003-Present)

Education

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of  Wisconsin, U.S.A., 1980.

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering , The University of  Wisconsin,, U.S.A.,1982.

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Sciences), The University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A., 1987.

Held Positions

1988-1990              Assistant Director , The Atomic Energy Research

Institute at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).

1990-2000              Director , The Atomic Energy Research Institute at KACST.

2000-2005         Head “ The National Long Term Science and Technology

Plan”  Task Force

2002-2005               Director , Technology Development Center at KACST.

Board Memberships

Saudi General Investment Authority ( SAGIA )

Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu ( RCJY )

Saudi Industrial Deveopment Fund ( SIDF )

Saudi Organization for Industrial Estates and Technology Zones (SOEITZ )

General Organization for Technical and Vocational Training

Human Resources Development Fund ( HRDF)

Executive Board of  King Abdulaziz Foundation for The Gifted

National Environmental Council

National sustainable Council

King Abdulaziz National Prize for Quality

Al Mraei Prize for Scientific Innovation

Publications

Two books and over  ( 30 ) articles in refereed international journals .

OTHER SPEAKERS

• 

  Mohammad S. Bajba

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  Paul Bonner

• Joseph Fuller