A delegation represented Daffodil and Bangladesh at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) 2022 held at The Ritz Carlton, Saudi Arabia with the representation of more than 200 countries. Daffodil International University (DIU) and Daffodil Family Chairman Dr Md. Sabur Khan led the Bangladeshi delegation. Among others Daffodil Computers Limited Managing Director Shahana Khan, Mucosal Immunology and Vaccinology Unit of ICDDRB Senior Scientist and Head Firdausi Qadri and Bangladesh Angels CEO Nirjhor Rahman also joined that delegation.

It is to be mentioned that Dr. Sabur is the Managing Director of Global Entrepreneurship Network in Bangladesh and under his leadership, GEN Bangladesh has made itself one of the most active GEN countries in the world. Aligning the GEN mission to celebrate, support, understand and connect entrepreneurship, the DIU Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is relentlessly working on youth entrepreneurship development in Bangladesh. This year, GEN Bangladesh has been nominated in three separate categories for the prestigious GEN Compass Awards.

HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman Al Saud, Ministry of Energy, Saudi Arabia; HE Khalid Al-Falih, Ministry of Investment, Saudi Arabia; HE Abdullah Bin Amer Alswaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Saudi Arabia; Steve Wozniak, Co-founder, Apple; Princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud, Secretary-General, Alwaleed Philanthropies, Saudi Arabia; Marc Randolph, Co-founder + Former CEO, Netflix; Philip Gaskin, Vice President of Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation; Badr AlBadr, CEO, Misk Foundation; leaders of business, government, and civil society, development partners, along with many other dignitaries and successful entrepreneurs and guests from 200 countries were also present.

Since its launch in 2009, the GEC has been an interdisciplinary yearly gathering of startup champions from around the world where entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, thought leaders, and policymakers work together to identify new ways of helping founders start and scale new ventures around the world. This active participation opened up the scope to flourish Daffodil and Bangladesh with many country representatives to build a large scale international networking & contacts.