Manchester Saudi Students’ Multidisciplinary Conference in the UK 2024
Under the patronage and support of the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in London, this platform enables Saudi students, researchers and professionals in the UK and KSA to collaborate across disciplines on real-world challenges identified in Saudi Vision 2030, fostering innovative and comprehensive solutions.
After the Conference Summary
We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who contributed to making this conference a success. Your participation, insights, and enthusiasm enriched the experience for all. A special thanks to our volunteers for their incredible dedication and hard work behind the scenes.
As we look back on the event, we are excited to share some resources for you to revisit and relive the highlights. Below, you’ll find links to our conference photos and a comprehensive PDF containing abstracts, presentations, and posters from the event. We hope these materials inspire and remind you of the meaningful connections and knowledge shared.
Thank you for being part of this year’s success—we look forward to seeing you next year!
Date and Venue
The conference will be a full-day event on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
It will be held in the Nancy Rothwell Building at the University of Manchester.
Call for Abstracts
Submission Period
Call for abstracts opens on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 and closes on Friday, December 6, 2024.
Submission Guidelines
Abstracts should address one of the key themes listed below and present how different specialisations can work together to tackle these challenges. Submissions from varied backgrounds (Science, Engineering, Economics, Finance, Law, Humanities, Medicine and Health Science … etc.) are encouraged to propose diverse perspectives within a theme.
Evaluation Criteria
To select high-quality abstracts for the Conference, submissions will be evaluated based on originality, alignment with Saudi Vision 2030, and interdisciplinary collaboration potential.
1. Originality
Novel ideas or methods that introduce unique insights or innovative problem-solving approaches.
2. Relevance to Saudi Vision 2030
Clear alignment with Vision 2030 goals, with practical or policy implications for Saudi Arabia’s development.
3. Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Potential for integration across fields, promoting holistic solutions and collaborative approaches.
4. Impact Potential
The research should demonstrate applicability to real-world challenges, offering meaningful contributions to current knowledge in the relevant area.
Conference Themes
The themes address pressing challenges in Saudi Vision 2030, encouraging researchers from diverse fields to collaborate on comprehensive solutions:
1. Water/Energy Nexus
This theme addresses the interlinked challenges of water scarcity and sustainable energy demands in arid environments. Expected proposals will explore sustainable solutions through technology, environmental science, policy, and finance, showing how fields like engineering, law, and environmental science can contribute to resilient water and energy systems.
2. Financing, Building Technologies and Governance for Vision 2030 Mega-Projects
This theme focuses on developing sustainable financing models, governance structures and technologies for large-scale Vision 2030 projects. Research is invited from finance, public policy, , science, engineering, and economics to present innovative funding strategies and accountability frameworks that support long-term project sustainability.
3. Healthcare Accessibility and Quality Improvement
This theme explores expanding healthcare infrastructure, accessibility, and service quality, especially in underserved and remote areas as well as advances in medicine and medical practices. The abstracts under this theme are expected to foster collaboration among healthcare practitioners, technology experts, policy analysts, and social scientists to address healthcare gaps and propose solutions for equitable, high-quality service delivery.
4. Workforce Development for a Diversified Economy
This theme discusses preparing a skilled workforce for emerging industries beyond the oil sector, with an emphasis on education reform and vocational training. Abstracts are encouraged about research from education, psychology, digital innovation, and human resources to develop pathways for building a resilient, adaptable workforce ready to meet Vision 2030’s economic diversification goals.
Registration
Attendance
General attendance at the conference is free for all participants, providing open access to sessions and networking opportunities.
Poster Presentation
Poster presenters are required to pay a £20 deposit, which will be refunded upon arrival at the conference. This deposit secures their poster slot and helps cover any organisational costs.
Registration Process
All attendees, including oral and poster presenters, must register via the form below. Where the abstracts can uploaded as per the abstract form below:
Additional Information
Any questions and additional help needed can be directed to: info@sscim.org or via WhatsApp here
Conference Program
08:00 – 08:30 AM | Registration & Welcome Coffee
Arrival and check-in with networking opportunities, coffee, and light refreshments.
09:00 – 09:20 AM | Opening Remarks
Speakers:
Dr. Mashael Alsalamah – Saudi Arabian Cultural Attaché in London
Eng. Abdullah Albiladi – President of the Saudi Students Club in Manchester, PhD Candidate (Conference Chair)
09:20 – 10:20 AM | Session 1: Water and Energy Nexus
Multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable water and energy solutions.
Topic: Development of Copper-based Nanoparticle Catalyst Supported on Zeolite for CO Treatment.
Speaker: Oday Abdullah Hakami
Topic: Shifting to Nonmetallic Materials in Hydrocarbon Pipeline Applications
Speaker: Othman Abdullatif Alyahya
Topic: Sustainable and Innovative Approach for Efficient Water Defluoridation to Ensure Safe and Clean Drinking Water
Speaker: Khalid Meshal Almutairi
Topic: Vertical axis wind turbine driven RO desalination with compressed air energy storage
Speaker:Khalid Mohmmed Alzahrani
10:20 AM – 11:35 AM | Coffee Break
Networking and refreshments.
10:35 AM – 11:20 PM | Session 2: Financing, Building Technologies and Governance for Vision 2030 Mega-Projects
Sustainable financial models, building technologies and governance for large-scale projects.
Topic: Noga
Speaker: Bayan M Alamr Noga
Topic: The dialectics of the intellect in Wordsworth and Ibn Rushd
Speaker: Naifa Awadh Almutairi
Topic: Governance, Private Sector (Small and Medium-sized Companies) Development, and Economic Development to achieve sustainability.
Speaker: Mansoor Bander Alfageer
11:20 PM – 12:20 PM | Lunch & Prayer Break
12:20 PM – 12:40 PM | Posters Evolution Session
Poster presentations on various conference themes with interaction and discussion over the day.
12:40 PM – 02:25 PM | Session 3: Healthcare Accessibility and Quality Improvement
Collaborative solutions for healthcare infrastructure and accessibility.
Topic: Evaluation of Referrals from Primary Care Optometry in North west England
Speaker: Abdullah Fahad Alotaibi
Topic: Study the activity of siderophore against antibiotic resistant bacteria Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Speaker: Jenan Ahmed Alessa
Topic: Advancing Breast Cancer Detection with AI: Optimising ResNet for Accessible and Accurate Diagnostic
Speaker: Raghed Tariq Ahmed Basager
Topic: Developing a patient prioritisation Tool for use by UK mental health inpatient pharmacists – a modified Delphi study
Speaker: Fatema Al-Shaikh-Mubarak
Topic: Real Time Vein Injection Detection and correction System
Speaker: Jouri Nabil H Mahjoob
Topic: An innovative approach to prevent Type 1 Diabetes development by targeting T-cells
Speaker: Hamzah Aldali
02:25 PM – 02:40 PM | Coffee Break
Refreshments and networking.
02:40 PM – 03:55 PM | Session 4: Education and Workforce Development
Preparing Saudi Arabia’s workforce through education, vocational training, and digital innovation.
Topic: Changing the Narrative: A Narrative Inquiry into Women’s Higher Education in Saudi Arabia
Speaker: Huda Sami A Maqbool
Topic:
Speaker: Atheer Alsayah
Topic:
Speaker: Ashwaq Ghaleb Alahdal
Topic: The interaction of identity in professional settings influenced by the Complex Dynamics Systems theory
Speaker: Alaa Aladnani
Topic: Prompt Engineering for Academic Context: A Comprehensive Evaluation of NMT and LLMs in English- Arabic Translation
Speaker: Samar Alalnemr
04:00 PM – 04:30 PM | Winner Announcement & Closing Remarks
Summary, acknowledgements, and recognition of outstanding contributions.
Conference Committee
Chair of the Conference
Abdullah Albiladi, PhD candidate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Manchester
Affiliation: University of Manchester
LinkedIn: Abdullah Albiladi | LinkedIn
Co-Chair of the Conference
Jaber Alsulami, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: Scientific Researcher at KACST MSc Mechanical Engineering
LinkedIn: JABER ALSULAMI | LinkedIn
Chair of the Conference Programme & Scientific Committee
Abdulrahman Almuwailhi, PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester. Scientific Researcher at KACST MSc Mechanical Engineering-Thermofluids, Solar PV Efficiency Enhancement Specialist.
Affiliation:
LinkedIn: Abdulrahman Almuwailhi (PhD, MSc, BSc, CFM, FE) . | LinkedIn
Chair of the Logistics Committee
Waad Alruwaili, PhD in immune-pathology of Long COVID in the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: Taibah University, Saudi Arabia.
LinkedIn: (3) waad Alruwaili | LinkedIn
Chair of the Organising and Finance Committees
Oday Hakami, PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Manchester, specialising in environmental catalysis for air pollution control. Lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at King Abdulaziz University.
Affiliation: King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
Chair of the Media and Communications Committee
Huda Alshammari, PhD candidate in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Manchester, specialising in Medication Safety and Oranisational Learning.
Affiliation: Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia.
LinkedIn: (3) Huda Alshammari | LinkedIn
Abstracts Reviewers
Abdullah Fahad Alotaibi, PhD candidate at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: King Khalid Hospital, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
LinkedIn: Abdullah AlOtaibi | LinkedIn
Norah Salem Al Mousa, PhD researcher and doctoral tutor in Accounting and Finance at the University of Sussex Business School.
Affiliation: University of Sussex Business School.
LinkedIn: Norah Al Mousa | LinkedIn
Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi, PhD candidate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: National Center for Mining Technology at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia.
Hamad Saleh AlRomaih, PhD candidate at the University of Manchester, specializing in membrane technology for water applications.
Affiliation: Desalination Technology Institute (DTI), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia.
Hidayah Faisal Alotaibi, PhD candidate in genetics and epigenetics at Warwick University.
Affiliation: Princess Nourah University, Saudi Arabia.
Abeer Abdullah Almowallad, PhD in Machine Learning and Computer Vision from the University of Warwick.
Affiliation: Taif University, Saudi Arabia.
LinkedIn: (1) Abeer Almowallad | LinkedIn
Khaled Humaid Altuwairgi, PhD candidate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: Taif University, Saudi Arabia.
LinkedIn: Khaled Altuwairgi, FHEA | LinkedIn
Riyadh Nasser Alotaibi, PhD Student in Medical Microbiology at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: University of Manchester.
LinkedIn: Riyadh Alotaibi | LinkedIn
Atheer Ali Alsayah, PhD candidate in Biochemistry/Bioinformatics at the University of Oxford.
Affiliation: University of Oxford
LinkedIn: (1) ATHEER ALSAYAH | LinkedIn
Abdullah Salem Alharbi, PhD candidate in Medical Microbiology at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.
Lujain Nabeel Hassoubah, PhD researcher in fashion marketing at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: University of Jeddah.
LinkedIn: Lujain Hassoubah | LinkedIn
Sumayah Wazir, PhD candidate in Fashion Technology at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: Albaha University, Saudi Arabia.
LinkedIn: Sumayah Wazir | LinkedIn
Abdullah Asim Alomran, PhD candidate in contact lenses and dry eye at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: University of Manchester
LinkedIn: Abdullah Asim AlOmran | LinkedIn
Saad Alyoubi, PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: King Abdulaziz University in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.
Latifah Al-Thunayyan, PhD candidate at Lancaster University specializing in corporate governance and a law faculty member
Affiliation: Lancaster University
Oday Hakami, PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
Omar Abdulaziz Alqusair, PhD candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Manchester.
Affiliation: King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Khalid Alsowaidan, PhD in financial planning from the University of Bolton.
Affiliation: University of Jeddah, Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia.
