Following the MENAGEN Study Tour, the majority of the Study Tour participants (28) headed to the Mohammed Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship (MBSC) located in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) overlooking the Red Sea. Here, they attended the IERC 2025 conference, Jan 21-23 2025, and presented their research in the various tracks. MENAGEN’s Haya Al-Dajani and Sara Alshareef were delighted to co-chair the Women’s Entrepreneurship Track with MENAGEN MPP Mentor Natalia Vershinina.

MENAGEN also contributed a panel session for the IERC entitled Women’s Entrepreneurship Research, Policy, and Practice in Saudi Arabia and Beyond.

Moderator: 

Professor Haya Al-Dajani, MENAGEN Co-Founder and Co-Chair

Panel Members:

Ms Eman Alaskandrani: MBSC Alumna, Entrepreneur and Director of Critical Care & Outpatient Nursing Department and Change Management Leader at KFSH-D / EHC
Dr Sara Alshareef: MENAGEN Co-Founder and Co-Chair
Ms Modia Batterjee: Entrepreneur and Al Bidayah Co-Founder
Professor Susan Marlow: MENAGEN MPP Mentor and Professor of Entrepreneurship
Dr Deema Refai: MENAGEN MPP Mentor
Professor Natalia Vershinina: MENAGEN MPP Mentor and Professor of Entrepreneurship