The Head of the Computer Science Department, Professor Dr. Alaa Kazem Farhan, attended the first conference of the Industrial Advisory Council in Iraqi Universities 2023, which was held by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research on the grounds of Gilgamesh Private University under the slogan (Advanced Higher Education that Meets the Labor Market) today, Wednesday, 11/1/2023, under the patronage of His Excellency Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Aboudi, in the presence of the Undersecretary for Scientific Research Affairs, Professor Dr. Haider Abd Dahd, advisors, university presidents, deans, general directors, government institutions, organizations, and local and international companies. This conference represents an important step towards establishing real and effective partnerships between higher education and the industrial, business and trade sectors towards achieving the vision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in supporting the private sector, reducing the gap between them and reducing unemployment rates among graduates, which is one of the priorities of the government curriculum. This conference emphasized the necessity of restoring industrial advisory councils in Iraqi universities and linking universities with the labor market, and reconsidering industrial advisory councils in terms of number and type. The experiences of the University of Cambridge and the University of Technology illustrate the importance of university advisory councils.