Team 'Raqeeb' won first place in the 'Ibdaathon' Hackathon, organized by the Samaa Association for Creativity and Innovation in partnership with Bank AlJazira.

The hackathon witnessed great interaction and competition, with 47 teams comprising 139 male and female participants competing in three main tracks:

Islamic financial solutions

Smart cities and robotics

AI-enhanced agricultural solutions

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Details of the award ceremony

The final ceremony honored the winners:

Mr. Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Tuwaijri, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Samaa Association for Creativity and Innovation.

Dr. Fahd bin Ali Al-Olayan, First Deputy CEO and Head of the Sustainability and Social Responsibility Group at Bank AlJazira.

Team 'Raqeeb' won first place in the 'Ibdaathon' Hackathon, organized by the association in partnership with Bank AlJazira, amid interaction and competition among 47 teams consisting of 139 male and female participants in 3 main tracks: * Islamic financial solutions. * Smart cities and robotics. * AI-enhanced agricultural solutions. The head honored… pic.twitter.com/fYzJ9JtZTg

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The honoring included:

The teams that won the first three places.

The hackathon management, in appreciation of their efforts in making this scientific event a success.

The ceremony was held at the Theater of the House of Culture in the city of Buraidah, and included a diverse program that reviewed:

The launch story of the Samaa Association for Creativity and Innovation.

The success story of the hackathon in its first edition.

The Ibdaathon Hackathon represents a successful model for promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the Kingdom, especially in the fields of Islamic financial solutions, digital transformation (smart cities and robotics), and smart agriculture. It also reflects the effective partnership between non-profit organizations and the banking sector to support youth and innovators. Congratulations to Team 'Raqeeb' for this distinguished achievement, and to all participants for their efforts that contributed to enriching this unique event.

Passion, interaction, and creativity

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Samaa Association for Creativity and Innovation, Mr. Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Tuwaijri, praised the passion and interaction he witnessed in this scientific event, which embodies the passion and interaction of the sons and daughters of the nation with the leadership's directions in promoting a culture of creativity and innovation in society.

Al-Tuwaijri announced granting all participants affiliate membership in the association, as defined by the basic regulations, with the board covering the annual fees for the 139 male and female participants in this hackathon.

The Ibdaathon Hackathon featured several specialized workshops. The first workshop was titled 'Governance and Compliance in Technical Solutions,' presented by Dr. Suleiman bin Saleh Al-Jarboua, focusing on the importance of integrating governance and compliance principles in the design and development of technical solutions to enhance system quality, data protection, risk management, and achieve sustainability and reliability. Dr. Omar bin Abdullah Al-Samaan also addressed in the second workshop of the Ibdaathon Hackathon the importance of employing artificial intelligence applications as a partner in thinking and developing ideas, solutions, and knowledge building, while preserving the human role in analysis, evaluation, and decision-making.

For her part, the Director of the Ibdaathon Project, Dr. Haifa Al-Hassoun, expressed her happiness with the success of the hackathon activities, embodied by the level of interaction from all regions of the Kingdom, reflecting the desire of the nation's sons and daughters for a supportive environment from community institutions.

Dr. Al-Hassoun pointed out that the number of registrants in the hackathon in the first phase reached 450 male and female participants representing 144 teams, which certainly reflects the hackathon's success in attracting creatives and innovators. In conclusion, she expressed her thanks and appreciation to the Samaa Association for Creativity and Innovation and Bank AlJazira for organizing this scientific event, which, thank God, achieved great success in creating exceptional moments that embody the passion of the sons and daughters of this great nation in the fields of creativity and innovation. She also extended her thanks to all organizers, volunteers, judging committees, and mentors for their distinguished efforts in making the Ibdaathon activities a success.