The Fifth International Scientific Conference on Creativity and Innovation

The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, affirmed the move towards solid scientific partnerships and openness to the industrial environment.
This came in his speech during the opening of the Fifth International Scientific Conference on Creativity and Innovation, where he explained that the Ministry and its university institutions have devoted qualitative efforts in the field of openness to global academic spaces, embodying quality indicators in the educational process and its outcomes, developing innovations, and formulating a future vision that will lead us in a thoughtful manner to a conscious response to the goals of sustainable development.
He continued that the Iraqi academic institution recorded a mark of leadership in the field of research and development by initiating the construction of the largest scientific research center in the Middle East, in recognition of the importance of scientific discoveries in facing challenges, and succeeded in opening up to the industry environment and establishing incubators for scientific partnership.
The conference activities witnessed a number of speeches by the Director General of the Research and Development Department, Dr. Lubna Khamis Mahdi, and representatives of the participating Arab committees and delegations, while the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, honored a distinguished group of researchers, pioneers, and inventors, and opened the scientific and artistic exhibitions organized by the participants.