ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT -- SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY HEAD PRINCESS

UNCLAS AMMAN 000436 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR S/P BEHRMAN STATE ALSO FOR NEA/ELA, NEA/RA, OES/STC WHITE HOUSE FOR OSTP/RAO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON EINT EINV TINT JO SUBJECT: ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT -- SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY HEAD PRINCESS SUMAYA REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE REF: A. 09 AMMAN 2801 ¶B. 09 STATE 112998 (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION ¶1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. ¶2. (SBU) Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, President of the Royal Scientific Society and Chairperson of the El Hassan Science City in Jordan, has conveyed a request to join the April 2010 Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship and has expressed interest in being a participant or speaker. Princess Sumaya plays a leadership role in promoting S&T and innovation in Jordan. She often presents a case study on "Developing an Innovation Eco-System at the El Hassan Science City" which could be of interest to the White House summit participants. ¶3. (U) Action requested: Please advise how to respond to this request. BEECROFT