{"id":10555,"date":"2025-11-02T04:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T03:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/?p=10555"},"modified":"2025-11-02T04:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T03:06:52","slug":"presenting-the-book-novalis-2029-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/presenting-the-book-novalis-2029-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Presenting the book Novalis 2029 in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 26, 2025, ARX and Michael Schindhelm will present NOVALIS 2029, a speculation on the future of engineering, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
\nHere is a\u00a0Podcast<\/a>
\nabout the project.<\/p>\n

Here is the programme of the event:<\/p>\n

Venue
\nSharq Restaurant in Diriyah, Riyadh
\nPartner
\nEuropean Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ECCKSA)
\nFormat
\nAn informal (smart casual) event for approx. 80+ selected guests from the business community (construction,
\nengineering, architecture, finance), regional\/national government, academia and media. RSVP required. Save-the-date
\nto be sent no later than early May 2025 to a Priority list, a Completion list will be invited by end of September. Invitation
\nlists by ARX KSA in consultation with ECCKSA.
\nExtended title
\nBridging the past with the future: the role of large-scale infrastructure in shaping contemporary Saudi Arabia (tbc)
\nProgram (tbc)
\n19:00 Reception
\n\u2022 Welcome address by Andrea Galli, CEO, ARX (in English)
\n\u2022 Screening of \u201cARX the global network of smart minds\u201d, by CBS News (English)
\n\u2022 Selected readings from Novalis 2029 by Michael Schindhelm (in English)
\n\u2022 Podium discussion and following Q&A (in English)
\n\u2022 Book signing and light refreshments
\n21:30 End<\/p>\n

Excerpts from the book chapters Novalis 2029 and Tree of life. The first excerpt sets the scene on the
\nidea and vision of \u201cNovalis\u201d, the second frames the subject of \u201csustainability\u201d.
\nPodium discussion
\nThe discussion is structured as extra-librum chapters, comprising conversations in English between the panelists
\n(approximately 45\u201360 minutes + 15 minutes of Q&A). Each panelist will begin with an opening statement, after
\nwhich Michael Schindhelm (moderator) will guide the remainder of the discussion with a series of questions.
\nPanelists
\nAymen Cheikh Mhamed, Deputy CEO, CRO MENA, ARX<\/p>\n

Hamad Aloqayli, AICC<\/p>\n

HH Prince<\/span>\u00a0Fahad<\/span> Bin Naif Al Saud, Diriyah Foundation<\/p>\n\"\"\n

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On November 26, 2025, ARX and Michael Schindhelm will present NOVALIS 2029, a speculation on the future of engineering, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Here is a\u00a0Podcast about the project. Here is the programme of the event: Venue Sharq Restaurant in Diriyah, Riyadh Partner European Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (ECCKSA) Format […]<\/p>\n Read More...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[674,675,121,149,676],"class_list":["post-10555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essays-news","tag-arx-en","tag-civil-engineering-en","tag-diriyah-gate","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-speculative-futures-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10555"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10558,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10555\/revisions\/10558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}