The Festival Of The Mind 2008′ Opening Tomorrow In Bahrain Attracts Major International News Channels To The Kingdom From All Over The World
BBC TV, BBC World Service Radio and BBC Arabic Radio
BAHRAIN: TV and radio crews are flocking in from all over the world to cover the World Memory Championship which is taking place as part of the Festival of the Mind, 2008, Bahrain created and hosted by Bahraini company INTELNACOM. Crews have already confirmed their interest from the BBC World Service, BBC Radio Arabic, BBC TV and South African English Channel.
The largest number of competitors ever to take part in the World Memory Championship will converge in Bahrain tomorrow for the opening ceremony of the Festival of the Mind 2008, Bahrain and the 17th ‘World Memory Championships’ which is being held under the Patronage of H.E. Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, created and hosted by INTELNACOM, Bahrain and will take place at the Gulf International Convention Centre, Gulf Hotel from 23-26th October 2008.
The ‘Festival’ is considered a triumph for Bahrain within the circles of memory experts and mind gurus attending, following the huge success of last year’s event in Bahrain and this is evidenced by over 70 competitors registering this year – almost double last year’s number. In addition the event is a great hit with the local community who take full opportunity of the subsidised mind learning workshops that are held during the few days.
Mr Fuad Mubarak, Deputy Chief Executive of INTELNACOM, said “We are thrilled to be bringing you, once again, The ‘Festival of the Mind’ an exciting event that has something for everyone and puts Bahrain in the world’s spotlight. Together, under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa we also bring you one of the worlds most spectacular mind sporting events – the 17th World Memory Championship. This is truly a festival that will benefit everyone.”
It is thought that anyone can train their memory to recall information but it certainly takes discipline for someone to compete at world championship level. The world memory championship commences on the Friday 24th at 9 a.m. and will take place in a closed session to allow maximum concentration. However, the latest information on results will be fed through to the public visiting the exhibition and the mind games and the days go on. The defending champion of last year, Gunther Karsten from Germany, should expect to face a tough competition with 2 past master champions coming out of retirement for the 2008 challenge.
For those who are interested in mind development, the Festival offers the ideal opportunity with brain development workshops on offer for everyone, from children to adults. The workshops are already taking a number of bookings and teams of people have also lined up to play the Giant Games and Mind Games and to visit the Festival’s exhibition on Mind Development.
Workshops will take place from early morning on the 24th with both local and international trainers offering presentations. The guru of Mind Mapping, Tony Buzan himself, will offer a workshop on Mind Mapping – open to corporate tables of 10 people at BD30 per person, and individual workshops include such topics as: Mind Mapping; The 8 leadership Success Secrets; Unleash the Power of your Memory; Speed Reading for teenagers; The Power of Positive Thinking; Food for the Brain from as little as BD10.
The Festival of the Mind is an event brought to you by INTELNACOM an innovation company registered in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and focuses on rewarding opportunities offered by emerging high-tech innovation. INTELNACOM actively seeks to identify, develop, fund and bring-to-market concepts and ideas by combining an entrepreneurial outlook with a vision to create bankable solutions for mankind.
The Festival has been sponsored this year by Al Watan, Gulf Daily News, Tourism Club and Microsoft who are donating a number of prizes for competitors of the inter-school challenge in Sudoku, Dama, Scrabble and Chess.
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