{"id":85028,"date":"2023-01-12T10:58:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T08:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/visit-of-lord-tariq-ahmad-of-wimbledon-minister-of-state-for-the-middle-east-to-the-technion\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T08:58:45","slug":"visit-of-lord-tariq-ahmad-of-wimbledon-minister-of-state-for-the-middle-east-to-the-technion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/visit-of-lord-tariq-ahmad-of-wimbledon-minister-of-state-for-the-middle-east-to-the-technion\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit of Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Middle East, to the Technion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and United Nations at the FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom) and H.M.A. Mr. Neil Wigan, the UK\u2019s Ambassador to Israel, along with other members of the FCDO and the Embassy, recently visited the Technion\u2019s David and Janet Polak Visitors Center and met with Technion President Professor Uri Sivan and other senior members of the Technion\u2019s management.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting focused on diversity and inclusiveness in the academia, and on the expansion of research collaborations with universities in the UK.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52820\" style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52820 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan; Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Middle East; UK Ambassador to Israel Mr. Neil Wigan; Prof. Hossam Haick; Prof. Adi Salzberg, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion; Prof. Wayne Kaplan, Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development\" width=\"407\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan; Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Middle East; UK Ambassador to Israel Mr. Neil Wigan; Prof. Hossam Haick; Prof. Adi Salzberg, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion; Prof. Wayne Kaplan, Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lord Ahmad also met Professor Hossam Haick from the Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering and expressed excitement about his research. Prof. Haick is a recipient of the BIRAX (Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership) grant for his study into the development of a breath test for Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>President Sivan spoke of the important role of the Technion in Israel\u2019s innovation scene and of diversity on campus. He also conveyed his wishes to expand the scope of Technion collaborations with British academic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Ahmad expressed the UK\u2019s commitment to strengthening and expanding the collaborations with Israel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52821\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52821 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Lord Ahmad (right), Prof. Hossam Haick (back), and Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan at the David and Janet Polak Visitors Center\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lord Ahmad (right), Prof. Hossam Haick (back), and Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan at the David and Janet Polak Visitors Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and United Nations at the FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom) and H.M.A. Mr. Neil Wigan, the UK\u2019s Ambassador to Israel, along with other members of the FCDO and the Embassy, recently visited the Technion\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/visit-of-lord-tariq-ahmad-of-wimbledon-minister-of-state-for-the-middle-east-to-the-technion\/\">Continue Reading<span> Visit of Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for the Middle East, to the Technion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - 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