11 male and female high school students are participating in a “Summer Forum” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to get ready for the 17th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, according to a Saudi Press Agency story on Wednesday.
Held in Vassouras, Brazil, from August 17 to 26, is the IOAA Olympiad.
The yearly gathering was first held in Thailand in 2007 and is being attended by Saudi Arabia for the first time.
According to the SPA article, Mawhiba, formally known as the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity, organized the conference in association with the Saudi Communications, Space and Technology Commission, and it was inaugurated from July 7 to August 1.
The report said that the forum’s goal is to give students the knowledge and abilities they need to compete in the Olympiad and to contribute to the development of a generation of space scientists and technologists.
According to the statement stated, it also aims to “inspire future generations to pursue careers in applied scientific and engineering fields.”
Mawhiba and the commission have been involved in a number of training initiatives aimed at producing scientists and engineers for the emerging space sector in the Kingdom.
The sixth Olympiad was held in 2012 in the towns of Rio de Janeiro and Vassouras, hosted by Brazil for the second time.
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