A king comes to campus
King Abdullah II of Jordan came to International House on Tuesday as part of a discussion on entrepreneurship and technology ecosystems, startups and innovation in Jordan and the Middle East.
May 14, 2014
King Abdullah II of Jordan (Photo by Kevin Ho Nguyen)
It’s not every day that a king comes to campus, but Tuesday was that day: His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of Jordan visited International House as part of a discussion on entrepreneurship and technology ecosystems, startups and innovation in Jordan and the Middle East.
Other speakers at the invitation-only event included H.E. Marwan Juma, Jordan’s former minister of information and communications technology; Jawad Abbassi, chairman of the Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan; Mike Cassidy, project leader for GoogleX Project Loon; David Pastewka, founder and CEO of Twindom; and Fida Taher, founder and CEO of Zaytouneh.