ON BEHALF OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD, PRINCE SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE GOVERNOR OF RIYADH REGION PATRONIZED HERE TODAY AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF NATIONAL COMPUTER 18TH CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY SAUDI COMPUTER ASSOCIATION TITLED ''INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE VENUE, PRINCE SALMAN WAS RECEIVED BY MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION DR. KHALID BIN MOHAMMED AL-ANQARI AND A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS. THE PRINCE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PRINCE KHALID BIN SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AND PRINCE NAIF BIN SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ. A SPEECH CEREMONY WAS HELD ON THIS OCCASION. THE KING'S SPEECH WAS DELIVERED ON HIS BEHALF BY PRINCE SALMAN. IT NOTED THAT THE SELECTION OF THE SLOGAN THIS YEAR CAME IN LINE WITH THE STATE'S TRENDS CONCERNING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND RAISING ITS RATES. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS, OTHER SCIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE HAVE GREAT AND CONCRETE EFFECTS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, IT SAID AND ADDED THAT THEY ARE FUTURE SCIENCES IN WHICH WE SHOULD EMERGE FOR THE PROGRESS OF OUR COUNTRY AMONG OTHER NATIONS. --MORE 23 17 LOCAL TIME 20 17 GMT