Misk foundation and Virgin Hyperloop One team up to train young Saudis
The Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Philanthropic Foundation (Misk) and Virgin Hyperloop One announced yesterday that they would together train and provide young Saudis with professional opportunities.
The announcement was made at the annual Misk Global Forum in Riyadh, where innovators and entrepreneurs from all over the world gathered for the two-day conference, which started on Wednesday.
“Through this partnership with the Misk Foundation, we hope to empower the youth of Saudi Arabia, cultivating the next generation of technology innovation and developing an economic mega region,” said Josh Giegel, co-founder of Virgin Hyperloop One.
The project aims to develop a transport network in the Gulf that will enable people to travel between most cities in the region in less than an hour.
The organisations agreed to collaborate to create “fourth industrial revolution” job opportunities in engineering, business strategy, operations, construction and software and hardware technology.
They agreed to jointly develop university and college-level training curriculums for the hyperloop system, alongside an international internship framework for Saudi students.
They will also set up a certification programme for operation and maintenance of Virgin Hyperloop One a year in advance of the system’s launch.
Transport network would make travel between most cities in the region take less than an hour