Official government website of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
The exhibition accompanying the first International Conference on Natural Resources Sustainability, which launched on Tuesday morning, March 8, 1441 AH, at the university, attracted the attention of conference visitors, participants, university students, and staff. On its first day, it hosted more than 750 visitors who toured all the exhibition booths. Six different entities participated in the exhibition, represented by the College of Engineering at the university, the Secretariat of the Qassim Region, the University's Sustainable Development Center, the cement company (the strategic sponsor of the conference), Al-Fahad Company, and the Cleaning Equipment Company.
For his part, the exhibition supervisor, the Dean of the College of Engineering at the university, Dr. Fawaz Al-Harbi, explained that the exhibition, which lasts for two days during the conference, attracted visitors from university students and specialists in the field of sustainability and environmental engineering. The exhibition focused on the experiences of government agencies and private companies in the field of recycling and the sustainability of natural resources.
Al-Harbi added: "The accompanying exhibition included 6 exhibitions, which include: a booth for the College of Engineering, which includes a display of student projects and scientific research, and an exhibition by the Cement Company, the strategic sponsor of the conference, which displays the company's experience in environmental conservation using alternative energy, and a booth for the University's Sustainability Center, which shows the university's initiatives in the field of sustainability and conservation of natural resources.".
The exhibition also included a pavilion for the Qassim Region Municipality, the supporting partner, which showcases the municipality's modern waste disposal experience. Also featured was a pavilion by Al-Fahd Company, the silver sponsor of the conference, displaying modern containers that compress and convert waste into usable fertilizer. Additionally, the exhibition featured a pavilion by Al-Alyaat Al-Nadhafah Company, where they presented their experience in using modern equipment for sorting waste by material type.
The conference, hosted by the university, aims to demonstrate the extent of wasted natural and economic resources and to estimate the environmental cost of waste. It also seeks to discuss the necessary measures to transition to sustainable food systems with less loss and reduced food waste, in addition to stimulating integration among partners from different disciplines for sustainable waste management, and studying opportunities to encourage investment in waste recycling technologies in the Kingdom.
