Winners of the fourth yearly Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award (MBRKA) are readied to be announced at the Knowledge Summit 2017, held in Dubai on November 21-22 under the theme "Knowledge and the 4 th Industrial Revolution.

Recognising individuals and organisations with substantial payments to the knowledge field and the knowledge economic climate, the Award ceremony is a key occasion of the Summit, which is arranged by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of MBRF and Chairman of MBRKA's Board of Trustees.

The application due date has been set for August 31, 2017, for prospects - consisting of previous MBRKA winners - that satisfy the needed requirements to register for factor to consider. Prospects can be people (in the UAE or abroad); government divisions; or local, regional, and international companies and organisations; and the Award can not be granted posthumously.

" The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award has actually included considerable momentum to the Knowledge Summit and its activities," said His Excellency Jamal Bin Huwaireb, MBRF CEO and the Award's Secretary-General. "It mirrors the vision of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, that never ever cannot encourage creativity and innovation at the local and international degrees with prominent honors across various sectors."

In 2016, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award was given to Melinda Gates, Co-Chair of the Costs & Melinda Gates Foundation, for her function in expanding education opportunities and accessibility to information technology, in addition to in creating solutions that relieve hardship and aid people boost their living criteria.

The Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), was additionally acknowledged for its accomplishments in commercially sensible renewable resource projects, that included training the sector's personnels at the Masdar Institute of Scientific research and Innovation. The Arab Thought Foundation also won the award for its efforts to reinforce the Arab cultural identity and reinforce its visibility to various other cultures.

In 2015, meanwhile, the winners were Nationwide Geographic; Hiroshi Ishiguro, Teacher at the Division of Innovation Equipments in the Graduate School of Engineering Scientific research at Osaka University; and Ahmed Alshugairi, presenter of the "Khawatir" television program. Before that, in 2014, the creator of the Internet Tim Berners-Lee took home the Award, as did Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.

Applicants can submit a written application (in Arabic or English) to the Award's web site www.knowledgeaward.com