{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"ican-2026-samai-2-academic-programmes","event_date":"2026-01-28","published":"2026-10-03","category":"talent","importance":2,"title":{"en":"SDAIA launches SAMAI 2 and 40 AI academic programs at ICAN 2026","ar":"سدايا تطلق «سماي 2» و40 برنامجاً أكاديمياً في الذكاء الاصطناعي خلال مؤتمر ICAN 2026"},"summary":{"en":"At the International Conference on Data and AI Capacity Building (ICAN 2026) at King Saud University, Education Minister Yousef Al-Benyan and Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) President Abdullah Alghamdi launched SAMAI 2 with 11 government ministries, aimed at upskilling the government workforce of about 1.2 million people and building on SAMAI 1's 1.1 million trainees. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that they also launched 40 specialized academic programs in data and AI across 14 public and private universities. The conference theme was the future of education and work in the AI era.","ar":"أطلق وزير التعليم يوسف البنيان ورئيس الهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (سدايا) عبدالله الغامدي، خلال المؤتمر الدولي لبناء القدرات في البيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (ICAN 2026) في جامعة الملك سعود، مبادرة «سماي 2» بالتعاون مع 11 وزارة حكومية، بهدف رفع مهارات القوى العاملة الحكومية البالغ عددها نحو 1.2 مليون شخص، والبناء على تدريب «سماي 1» لنحو 1.1 مليون متدرب. وأفادت وكالة الأنباء السعودية (واس) بأنهما أطلقا كذلك 40 برنامجاً أكاديمياً متخصصاً في البيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي في 14 جامعة حكومية وخاصة. وتناول المؤتمر مستقبل التعليم والعمل في عصر الذكاء الاصطناعي."},"entities":["SDAIA","SAMAI 2","Ministry of Education","King Saud University"],"figures":[{"label":"government workforce targeted","label_ar":"القوى العاملة الحكومية المستهدفة","value":1200000,"unit":"people"},{"label":"SAMAI 1 trainees","label_ar":"متدربو سماي 1","value":1100000,"unit":"people"},{"label":"academic programmes","label_ar":"البرامج الأكاديمية","value":40,"unit":"count"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.middleeastainews.com/p/saudi-arabia-launches-samai-2-workforce","publisher":"Middle East AI News","title":"Saudi Arabia launches SAMAI 2 workforce AI initiative","published":"2026-01-29"},{"url":"https://spa.gov.sa/en/N2500123","publisher":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA)","title":"Education Minister, SDAIA President Launch 40 Academic Programs in Data, AI","published":null}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/ican-2026-samai-2-academic-programmes","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/ican-2026-samai-2-academic-programmes","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/ican-2026-samai-2-academic-programmes.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/ican-2026-samai-2-academic-programmes.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/ican-2026-samai-2-academic-programmes.jpg"}}