A total of 41 local and international researchers will discuss how to promote a culture of volunteerism at the Volunteer Work Symposium at Umm Al-Qura University on Dec. 27. Dr. Bakri Bin Matouq Assas, President of Umm Al-Qura University, thanked King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, for his patronage of the event. “Umm Al-Qura University will organize this symposium because the university plays an important social role in society,” said Assas while chairing a meeting of the High Supervisory Committee of the symposium. The members of the committee discussed the arrangements and preparations for the symposium and reviewed the research papers and program of the event. Dr. Adel Ghabashi, Vice President of Umm Al-Qura University, said that 10 female researchers and 31 male researchers from the public and private sectors will discuss 40 out of a total of 67 research papers. __
