Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Assir Region and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for King Khalid Chair of Academic Research, has approved the academic program of King Khalid Chair for Academic research for the year 1429-1430H. Professor Hassan Al-Shawkani, the Chair Professor, disclosed that the Permanent Academic Committee for the Chair, which has recently been formed, is now working on the academic participation of the Chair in the symposium to be held on late King Khalid by King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives in October 2009.