The Forum of Knowledge-based Society in the Arab world opened its works here today in the presence of President of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences Dr. Jamaan Rashid bin Raqoush and President of the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils Dr Mubarak Mohammed Ali Majzoub. 120 specialists of ministries of interior, centers and institutes of strategic studies and media personnel from 16 Arab countries are taking part in the three-day forum to discuss the need for the rapid shift towards a knowledge-based society in the Arab world.