Mohamed bin Ladin Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship participated in the 77th annual meeting of the Academy of Management held in Atlanta in the United States of America in the period from August 4 to 8 2017. Within the conference events, Dr. Mahmoud bin Ibrahim Fallata presented a work paper titled: "Innovation in the desert: a network perspective on knowledge creation in developing countries". The presentation of Dr. Fallata won the admiration of the audience and was followed by a scientific discussion. 

It is worth mentioning here that the Academy of Management is the first scientific reference in the field of management at the global level. It is annual meeting attracts tens of thousands of specialists in the different branches of management science from all over the world including Innovation and Entrepreneurship.