By Arshad Hamid
GOMBAK, 20 October 2014: The 2nd International Conference on Creativity and Innovation was held here in IIUM with the main theme, œCreativity and Innovation for Sustainable Development.
Officiated by Rector of IIUM, Prof. Dato Dr. Zaleha Kamaruddin, the conference was held for two consecutive days from 20 until 21 October at the Conference Room, Kuliyyah of Information and Communication Technology.
Also attended the conference were presenters from IIUM as well as those from  other universities from different countries.
In his speech at the conference, Deputy Rector, Prof. Dr. Abdelaziz Berghout said the concept of tarbiyyah (educate) was important in our daily life and essential in creativity and innovation thinking.
He also said that there are differences between critical thinking and creative thinking skills, which was one subject being taught by lecturers from the Department of Fundamentals and Inter-Disciplinary Studies.
This event was to discuss and plan on how to produce many more creative and innovative students from Islamic universities around the globe.