Technology / WORLD

Madinah AI camp begins with 120 participants

The Saudi Press Agency reported that a five-day practical AI camp at the Madinah Chamber of Commerce and Industry began with 120 participants and nine speakers.

The source does not state the event date; the period shown is the source review period.

Reading sizeSources ↓Share story ↗
Conceptual illustration of technology, processors and connected information.Illustration
Symbolic illustration

The Saudi Press Agency reported that an AI camp in Madinah began on Sunday, October 4, at the Madinah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Held as part of the MED AI Forum, the five-day camp brought together 120 participants and nine speakers.

The programme outlined three practical tracks in sports, agriculture and tourism. It aimed to guide participants from identifying real-world problems and generating ideas to building prototypes, and to prepare them for a hackathon. The agency did not report how many prototypes were completed or what results the projects achieved.

Data

Timeline

Madinah AI camp

The five-day camp programme aimed to guide participants from real-world challenges to prototype development and hackathon preparation.

  1. · Occurred

    Start of the five-day Madinah camp

    A practical AI camp focused on sports, agriculture and tourism began at the Madinah Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Methodology

The Saudi Press Agency's October 5 report says the camp began on Sunday; the event date is recorded as October 4, the Sunday immediately before publication. The source reports participant and speaker counts but no project outcomes or number of completed prototypes.

Updated:

Structured coverage

Subjects and places

Subject proposals

Geographic references

Only source-provided geographic references are shown. Opening an external map is optional. Optional story maps use OpenStreetMap. Opening a map sends your IP address and this site’s address to the map provider; location data remains readable as text without loading the map.

  • Saudi Arabia · Place role: Coverage · Place type: Country or area · Location precision: Regional
    Evidence
    • Explicit preserved editorial country/region; no city or national centroid inferredwww.spa.gov.sa ↗
Taxonomy version: IPTC Media Topics 2026-Q2

Continue reading

Technology

Saudi Arabia opens personal data protection sandbox track

The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) opened applications for private entities in a regulatory sandbox track focused on personal data protection. The Saudi Press Agency reported on October 6 that registration would remain open for two months.

Saudi Press Agency (dispatch reproduced by OANA)1 min read
Data included
Technology

UAE and Japan discuss industrial and AI cooperation

MoIAT’s Japan visit focused on AI and automation in Tokyo and links between research and manufacturing in Kyoto.

Emirates News Agency (WAM), reporting the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology1 min read
Data included