Riyadh, Muharram 17, 1440, Sep 27, 2018, SPA -- On behalf of the Advisor, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Advanced Studies of Leadership and Control and Artificial Intelligence (AI), Saud bin Abdullah Al-Qahtani, the General Supervisor of the Center, Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi, opened a workshop entitled "National Applications of Artificial Intelligence" in collaboration with IBM in the presence of several governmental and private bodies. At the beginning of the workshop, Dr. Al-Ghamdi welcomed the attendees and participants in the workshop. He spoke about the aspirations and efforts of the Kingdom under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Highness the Crown Prince to transform into a knowledge and technology economy. He added, the Center seeks to support such orientation by all means, especially in the field of advanced technologies such as the Artificial Intelligence (AI). --SPA 02:22 LOCAL TIME 23:22 GMT 0048 www.spa.gov.sa/w757177