By Haris Ahmed
RIYADH: The Saudi Water Body, represented by the Water Technologies Creation Institute and Research Steps, has wrapped up the seventh Water Research Community match in Riyadh, which held 12 pacts and 130 research pitches. The match drew close to 400 researchers, experts, and speakers from cabinet branches, universities, research centers, and the factory sector from the Monarchy and overseas.
The agenda held four workshops on green balance and advanced materials, creation innovation, clean and renewable power, and the circular market economy.
A showcase displayed deeper than 60 scientific posters spanning water technologies, AI-guided asset recovery, groundwater cleaning, data center waste heat usage, leak tracking, and sustainable farming.
The match targeted shifting 15 percent of pitches into applied schemes, printing deeper than 250 scientific papers, logging 20 patents, funding over 15 schemes, and building Saudi startups with a total market value passing SR300 million ($80 million).
It likewise targeted shifting six to 10 technologies yearly to retail application, with an estimated yearly financial impact of SR3 billion.
Across seven print cycles in Alkhobar, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, Tabuk, Dhahran, Manchester, and Riyadh, the circle has drawn deeper than 1,900 researchers and experts, obtained over 470 pitches, and eased 47 strategic pacts.
