Dr. William Kerr is a Professor at Harvard Business School and the faculty chair of the Launching New Ventures program for executive education and director of the Managing the Future of Work initiative. He has received Harvard's Distinction in Teaching award.
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Dr. Kerr focuses on how companies and economies explore new opportunities and generate growth. He considers the leadership and resources necessary to identify, launch and sustain dynamic and enduring organizations, and his recent work on Launching Global Ventures especially emphasized global opportunities. Dr. Kerr is a recipient of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship.
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Dr. Kerr works with companies worldwide on the development of new ventures and transformations for profitable growth. He also advises governments about investments in the innovative capacities of their nations.
Dr. Khawla Al-Kuraya, a distinguished physician-scientist, is the Director of the Research Centre at King Fahad National Centre for Children’s Cancer (KFNCCC), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research (KFSH) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Al-Kuraya is a leader in the field of genomic cancer research. She is widely respected as a transnational scientist whose work bridges the laboratory and clinical settings. She has focused on identifying the molecular signature of common Saudi tumors utilizing the recent technologies in the cancer genetic field. Under Dr. Al-Kuraya’s leadership, the Research Center at KFSH has become a member in International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) which aims to identify the molecular abnormalities of more than 50 types of cancers.
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Dr. Al-Kuraya’s is an author of over 100 original research articles, editorials, review articles and book chapters. Her professional memberships include the American Association for Cancer Research, College of American Pathologist and the American Society of Human Genetics. She is also on the Executive Committee of ICGC and serves on numerous editorial boards.
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Dr. Al-Kuraya is first Saudi female recipient of the prestigious “First Rank King Abdulaziz Medal” for her pioneering initiatives in cancer research. In 2013, Dr. Khawla Al-Kuraya was appointed by His Royal Highness King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia as one of the first women in the Majlis Al-Shura Council (Inter-Parliamentary Union) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.​