Workshops


May 7th, 2025

Unlocking the Interdisciplinary Education for Future Generation

Identifying the key skills and knowledge areas that students will need over the next 5 to 10 years to tackle major global challenges. The goal is to design a structure for an interdisciplinary educational program that integrates these skills and disciplines to equip students with the necessary abilities to effectively address these challenges.

Objectives

  • Predict and design for the evolving skill sets students will need in 5–10 years.

  • Identify the key skills and knowledge areas needed to tackle major global challenges.

  • Identify a blend of diverse fields needed to enhance problem-solving abilities for the challenge.

Interdisciplinary approach to solving global challenges

Each group will be given one of the following three (3) topics to work on and answer the questions in the given Google form.

Challenge 1: Climate-Adaptive Agricultural Systems:

Deep Dive: This revolves around creating AI-based agricultural models that dynamically adapt to climate shifts. It addresses water scarcity, soil degradation, and the need to feed a growing population under changing environmental conditions.

Importance for the Future:

  • Ensures global food security under rising temperatures and extreme weather.

  • Helps mitigate climate-related migration and conflicts.

Challenge 2: AI-Enhanced Supply Chain Resilience for Food Security

Deep Dive: This problem centers around creating robust, AI-enhanced systems to stabilize food supply chains amidst disruptions (climate, geopolitics, pandemics). It combines logistics, economics, and technology.

Importance for the Future:

  • Reduces vulnerability to global crises.

  • Strengthens regional self-reliance and trade adaptability.

Challenge 3: AI-Facilitated Cultural Integration in Diverse Communities

Deep Dive: This focuses on using AI to enhance social cohesion in multicultural societies like the UAE. It explores tools for language translation, cultural education, and community engagement.

Importance for the Future:

  • Essential for peaceful coexistence, social resilience, and cultural sustainability.

  • Supports inclusive urban development and policy-making.

Mentors:

Mentors will introduce the problems and guide teams during the workshop. They will also choose the best solution for the 3 challenges that the teams will work on.

Academia 

Dr. Christopher Abraham

Mentor

Academia

Dr. Nikolina Ljepava

Mentor

Academia

Prof. Suzanna El Massah

Mentor

Program: (1 Hr. 30 minutes)

  • Workshop Introduction and Q&A

  • Teams work on 3 Challenges.

  • Pitching and Evaluation

  • Closing Session