The idea is to equip students with future skills for their career in the tech industry
HP Inc. in collaboration with Intel launches its first ‘HP Innovation Garage’ at Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (DTEC), the largest technology startup campus in the MENA region, based at Dubai’s Silicon Oasis. The lab is designed to help students from universities and schools develop transferable skills and spark their interest in technology, designing and prototyping.
Serving to support young students in finding their future career path and being part of HP’s commitment to enable better learning outcomes for 100 million people by 2025 and supported by HP LIFE Online trainings, the ‘HP Innovation Garage’ will consist of three different learning zones – including an Entrepreneur zone, a Virtual Reality (VR) area, as well as a STEAM and Robotics section. HP has teamed up with educational learning partners, including Aweacademy, an e-learning platform, Munfarid, a virtual learning platform, and Edutech, a leading education provider to drive these efforts.
Commenting on the launch, Mathew Thomas, Vice President and Managing Director, Middle East at HP Inc. said, “At HP, we understand that starting a career is an important decision, but we also know what exciting opportunities the technology sector offers the many young talented students here in the UAE. Through projects like the HP Innovation Garage, in collaboration with our EdTech partners and DTEC, we want to bring our knowledge and our excitement to the students, thus helping them develop transferrable skills required for the future workforce. We are very enthusiastic about this latest education partnership, which is only one of many we have launched in recent past.”
Equally excited, Hans Henrik Christensen, Vice President at DTEC, said “At DTEC, we have long understood that for startups to thrive, we need to create synergies between regulators, the government, businesses, academia and talented students. By launching HP’s Innovation Garage, we ensure young students are able to equip themselves with the right skill sets and the proper tools to move into a tech related career. We are thrilled to have partnered with HP, as well as our educational partners, and are looking forward to a fruitful partnership.”
Of course, the HP Innovation Garage has various zone including Entrepreneur Learning Zone, VR Zone, STEAM and Robotics Zone, etc. And, Aweacademy will begin running virtual workshops at the DTEC lab from the 5th of July 2020.
Thrilled about the launch, Raya Bidshahri, Founder and CEO of Awecademy said: “We are very excited to be partnering with the HP Innovation Garage, with the goal of re-inventing education in the region. Through this collaboration, we hope to innovate both the technological tools we use for learning and the overarching curriculum. We are excited to host our award-winning workshops at the Innovation Garage, giving young minds the opportunity to develop the fluencies and mindsets required to push humanity forward.”
Dr. Sana Farid – XR and Ai Strategist, Co-Founder and CEO of Munfarid said, “The Ai-age thrives on a mutually beneficial symbiosis between humans and machines. As a result, the world’s leading organizations aim to harness the best of Human Intelligence and groundbreaking technologies. Immersive technology is a marvel that helps build bridges and bring people together via an interconnected immersive environment for achieving cohesiveness and collective goals.”
Continuing, Shameema Parveen, Co-Founder and CEO, Edutech Middle East said, “Edutech’s programs are specially designed to promote inclusiveness and gender equality in STEAM and computer science, building 21st century skills and technical competence on key areas like Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Smart Electronics, and Digital Fabrication. We have resourced the Innovation Garage with technologies suitable for absolute beginners to advanced engineering and programming skills. Our facilitators will run hands-on and virtual programs using inter disciplinary activities designed not only to engage learners but also focused on problem solving through local and global challenges.”
