{"id":"saudi-macro-ai-researchers-program-2026","canonicalSlug":"saudi-macro-ai-researchers-program-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/saudi-macro-ai-researchers-program-2026","language":"en","title":"Saudi AI research programme draws 11,159 registrations from 98 countries","summary":"An online programme for researchers registered 11,159 people from 98 countries in six days, according to its organizer.","body":["The King Abdulaziz Endowment Libraries Complex reported 9,893 attendees at the opening session; 65% of registrants were master’s or doctoral students.","Sessions cover AI-assisted research discovery and source use. Organizer surveys reported a 94.3% rating and knowledge-check answers rising from 29% to 62%."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Saudi AI research programme draws 11,159 registrations from 98 countries\n\nAn online programme for researchers registered 11,159 people from 98 countries in six days, according to its organizer.\n\nThe King Abdulaziz Endowment Libraries Complex reported 9,893 attendees at the opening session; 65% of registrants were master’s or doctoral students.\n\nSessions cover AI-assisted research discovery and source use. Organizer surveys reported a 94.3% rating and knowledge-check answers rising from 29% to 62%.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["ai","statistics","non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-19","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:02:20Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:02:20Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:53:10Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-19","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:30:00Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/N2704974","name":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA)","licence":"All rights reserved; no open reuse licence stated. Original factual reporting; no source text or image reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/N2704974","attribution":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA), release dated 2026-10-19. Wellficent independent factual reporting.","publishedAt":"2026-10-19"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/saudi-macro-ai-researchers-program-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/saudi-macro-ai-researchers-program-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/saudi-macro-ai-researchers-program-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/saudi-macro-ai-researchers-program-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/saudi-macro-ai-researchers-program-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/saudi-macro-ai-researchers-program-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/saudi-macro-ai-researchers-program-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["industry-event"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":null}}