As part of the University of Mosul’s College of Petroleum and Mining Engineering efforts to foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship among students, the Business Incubators Unit organized a workshop entitled “The Role of the Technology Incubator in Supporting Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Applications in the Oil and Mining Industries.” The workshop was delivered by Lect. Dr. Rahma Sael Abd and Asst. Lect. Anas Mohammed Younis.

The workshop highlighted the role of technology incubators in supporting and developing students’ innovative ideas and transforming them into practical, applicable projects. It also explored opportunities to employ artificial intelligence and data analytics in addressing challenges across the oil, refining, petroleum reservoir, and mining sectors, thereby improving industrial efficiency and reducing environmental impacts.

The workshop also witnessed the announcement of a Best Innovative Idea Competition aimed at solving a problem in the oil or mining sector. The competition seeks to attract students’ creative ideas and encourage them to develop entrepreneurial projects that can be transformed into prototypes with the support and guidance of the technology incubator.

This initiative reaffirms the College’s commitment to bridging academic knowledge with industrial applications and creating an enabling environment for creativity and innovation. It also contributes to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), and SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).