King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and NEOM have agreed to establish a center of excellence for NEOM research at KAUST.
Both parties intend to cooperate in developing and establishing a world-class research and educational center.
Together they will search for solutions in some of the most important and demanding future technologies such as sustainable energy production, efficient energy use and energy distribution, urban planning, sustainable agriculture, seismology, environment-friendly water desalination, artificial intelligence, big data and sensors.
NEOM and KAUST understand this cooperation as a first, but decisive step to further substantial contributions for the future development of the Kingdom as well as for the future of global green and human-oriented technologies.
This far-reaching cooperation is open to be joined by other leading research and development institutions.
Nadhmi Al-Nasr, interim president of KAUST, and Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO of NEOM.