Education, Entrepreneurship and Science: Models for building bridges within conflict

Anne Dare, Middle East Regional Cooperation (MERC) Program at USAID

Mahmoud Khweis, Chief Executive Officer, Jinnovate

Daniel Jackson, Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

September 19, 2025

11:30am - 1:00pm

Location

On MIT campus. Will be sent out prior to event.

Contact

Please RSVP here.

A panel discussion on three models:

Speakers:

Dr. Anne Dare, formerly Middle East Regional Coopeeration Fund (MERC), USAID: connecting scientists and research across borders in the Middle East

Prof. Daniel Jackson, MIT-MEET : leveraging education and entrepreneurship to empower Israeli and Palestinian future leaders

Mahmoud Khweis, Jinnovate, East Jerusalem: enabling scientific innovation and entrepreneurship between Israel and Arabs from East Jerusalem

Moderated by Dr. Linda Rabieh, MIT

This is for the MIT community only. The location on MIT campus will be shared to registrants prior to the event.