{"id":49500,"date":"2026-04-24T10:14:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/?p=49500"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:11:27","slug":"academic-leaders-meet-ahead-of-the-1st-international-scientific-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/?p=49500&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Academic Leaders Meet Ahead of the 1st International Scientific Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>This photo report documents a meeting between the leadership of Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University (ATU) and Erbil Polytechnic University (EPU), held at the Shaqlawa Technical College.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The meeting featured Prof. Dr. Hassan Latif Al-Zubaidi (President of ATU), Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ghanem Wadai (Vice President for Scientific Affairs), and Prof. Dr. Zaki Mohammed Abbas (Dean of Al-Qadisiyah Polytechnic College), along with various deans and department heads. They were received by Prof. Dr. Idris Mohammed Tahir (President of EPU) and Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdulkhaliq Nadir (Dean of Shaqlawa Technical College).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 Context: The meeting took place just before the launch of the 1st International Conference on the Integration of Engineering and Science for Sustainable Development.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 Theme: The conference is held under the slogan: &#8220;Technical Education: Our Path to Achieving Sustainable Development Goals.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 Objective: Leaders exchanged views on strengthening scientific cooperation and academic integration. They emphasized the vital role of technical education in serving society and driving sustainable development.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This collaborative effort is spearheaded by ATU\u2019s Al-Qadisiyah Polytechnic College, the Technical Engineering College of Najaf, and the Al-Rumaitha Technical Institute, in strategic partnership with Erbil Polytechnic University.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06318-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06318-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06318-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06318-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06318-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06318.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06312-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06312-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06312-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06312-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06312-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06312-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06315-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06315-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06315-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06315-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06315-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/\u0645\u0648\u062a\u0645\u06315.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This photo report documents a meeting between the leadership of Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University (ATU) and Erbil Polytechnic University (EPU), held at the Shaqlawa Technical College. The meeting featured Prof. Dr. Hassan Latif Al-Zubaidi (President of ATU), Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ghanem Wadai (Vice President for Scientific Affairs), and Prof. Dr. Zaki Mohammed Abbas (Dean of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/?p=49500&#038;lang=en\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,230,105,358,207,205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-departments","category-media-department","category-news-en","category-related-websites","category-scientific-activities-and-events","category-sustainable-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49500"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49529,"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49500\/revisions\/49529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idi.atu.edu.iq\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}