{"id":"saudi-macro-corporate-innovation-program-2026","canonicalSlug":"saudi-macro-corporate-innovation-program-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/saudi-macro-corporate-innovation-program-2026","language":"en","title":"Saudi Arabia launches second corporate innovation programme with November workshops","summary":"The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Code, with Plug and Play, launched a second corporate innovation programme focused on open innovation and startup partnerships.","body":["The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Code, with Plug and Play, launched a second corporate innovation programme focused on open innovation and startup partnerships.","The programme includes in-person workshops in Riyadh on November 23–25. The announcement describes objectives and activities, not measured investment or startup outcomes."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Saudi Arabia launches second corporate innovation programme with November workshops\n\nThe Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Code, with Plug and Play, launched a second corporate innovation programme focused on open innovation and startup partnerships.\n\nThe Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Code, with Plug and Play, launched a second corporate innovation programme focused on open innovation and startup partnerships.\n\nThe programme includes in-person workshops in Riyadh on November 23–25. The announcement describes objectives and activities, not measured investment or startup outcomes.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["ai","non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-20","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:02:20Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:02:20Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:53:31Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-20","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:30:00Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/w2705793","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/en/w2705793","attribution":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA), release dated 2026-10-20. Wellficent independent factual reporting.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/saudi-macro-corporate-innovation-program-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/saudi-macro-corporate-innovation-program-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/saudi-macro-corporate-innovation-program-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/saudi-macro-corporate-innovation-program-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/saudi-macro-corporate-innovation-program-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/saudi-macro-corporate-innovation-program-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/saudi-macro-corporate-innovation-program-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}