WEP 2019
The Winter Enrichment Program (WEP), a hallmark event of KAUST, returned on Sunday, January 13 to Thursday, January 24, 2019. Chaired by Professor Valerio Orlando, Head of Environmental Epigenetic Program. #WEP2019 featured 12 days of keynotes, lectures, discussions, master classes, exhibits, and cultural events all relating to the theme of TIME.
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Posters submitted by KAUST graduate students and postdocs will be displayed using the University Library ePoster platform during the first week of the Winter Enrichment Program. Poster prese ... more
Innovating for Tomorrow’s Technology 1/3
Location: Innovation Cluster
Innovating in today’s world is becoming an essential trait for tomorrow’s jobs. This 3-day course will help students understand the fundamentals of Innovation & Entrepreneurship to bui ... more
Escape Room - Sunday- Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience!
Open to KAUST Community Members only
Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Paolo Sassone
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20-minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
Opening Keynote: Time of Your Life: You Are What You Eat (and When!)
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
The circadian clock is an endogenous, time-tracking system that directs multiple metabolic and physiological functions required for homeostasis. The master clock located within the suprachiasmatic n ... more
As part of the festivities of the WEP 2019 opening day, we will welcome you to enjoy the transformation of Discovery Square into 'Times Square'. This program is free and open to the entire KAUS ... more
For one night, let yourself be overwhelmed by a tsunami of commercials from the most remote corners of the planet; deliriously creative, aesthetic, exotic, moving, sometimes very kitsch, and especia ... more
Monday, January 14, 2019
Innovating for Tomorrow’s Technology 2/3
Location: Innovation Cluster
Innovating in today’s world is becoming an essential trait for tomorrow’s jobs. This 3-day course will help students understand the fundamentals of Innovation & Entrepreneurship to bui ... more
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibr ... more
Flicker Fusion: Measuring Your Perception of Time 1/3
Location: Bldg. 9 Computer Lab # 2223
How fast can you see? The human eye is limited in its ability to observe the separation between subsequent flashes when they reach a critical threshold -- a phenomena known as Flicker Fusion. Intere ... more
Posters submitted by KAUST graduate students and postdocs will be displayed using the University Library ePoster platform during the first week of the Winter Enrichment Program. Poster prese ... more
Creative Tactics for Communicating Science 1/3
Location: Spine auditorium between buildings 2 & 3
Communicating science has become an integral part of a scientist’s research cycle. According to UNESCO, there are more than 7 million scientists and researchers working in labs today -- ... more
Escape Room - Monday- Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience!
Open to KAUST Community Members only
Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Paolo Di Croce
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibr ... more
A Conversation with Paolo Sassone-Corsi
Location: Spine Auditorium between Bldg 4 & 5
"A Conversation with..." is a series of technical talks with invited speakers and are an intimate and interactive session allowing for a deeper conversation about a technical topic. The sessio ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Slow Food: A Global Movement to Change the Food System
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
We live in a world where the production/consumption system that has characterised the last 70 years has failed: more than 800 millions of people suffer from hunger, almost 2 billions suffer from des ... more
Creative Tactics for Communicating Science 2/3
Location: Spine auditorium between buildings 2 & 3
Communicating science has become an integral part of a scientist’s research cycle. According to UNESCO, there are more than 7 million scientists and researchers working in labs today -- ... more
An interactive food show that displays an array of farming produce from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The event aims to introduce and educate the audience through a series of food tasting of the loca ... more
Slow Food in Saudi Arabia
Location: Spine Auditorium Between 4 and 5
Slow Food is an international movement, involving thousands of volunteers and activists and that is present in 160 countries in the world. It has not been set up in Saudi Arabia yet, and the start ... more
LabVIEW Workshop A
Location: Library - Computer Room
LabVIEW is a comprehensive development environment that contains all the tools engineers and scientists need to design and deploy measurement and control systems.
About this Workshop
In this 1-day ... more
Take a guided tour of the Museum of Science and Technology in Islam with Ana Catarina D. Matias, acting manager, Public Relations at KAUST.
The Museum celebrates the contributions of Mus ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to ... more
Internal biological mechanisms, called circadian clocks, control the timing of a host of biological functions in organisms from fruit flies to humans. Studies of the molecular basis for this circadian ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Time is Rhythm: Traditional West African Drumming Advanced Group 1/4
Location: Harbor Walk
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibran ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Innovating for Tomorrow’s Technology 3/3
Location: Innovation Cluster
Innovating in today’s world is becoming an essential trait for tomorrow’s jobs. This 3-day course will help students understand the fundamentals of Innovation & Entrepreneurship to bui ... more
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibr ... more
Flicker Fusion: Measuring Your Perception of Time 2/3
Location: Bldg. 9 Computer Lab # 2223
How fast can you see? The human eye is limited in its ability to observe the separation between subsequent flashes when they reach a critical threshold -- a phenomena known as Flicker Fusion. Intere ... more
CERN Virtual Visit Course
Location: Library, Computer Lab
The first part of the three-hours course, will serve as a brief introduction to the basic principles and tools required for experimental analysis of CERN collider data. Students will interact with a ... more
Posters submitted by KAUST graduate students and postdocs will be displayed using the University Library ePoster platform during the first week of the Winter Enrichment Program. Poster ... more
Creative Tactics for Communicating Science 3/3
Location: Spine auditorium between buildings 2 & 3
Communicating science has become an integral part of a scientist’s research cycle. According to UNESCO, there are more than 7 million scientists and researchers working in labs today -- ... more
Escape Room - Tuesday- Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience!
Open to KAUST Community Members only
Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Priyamvada Natarajan
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibr ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Chasing After The First Black Holes
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
We now know that black holes are ubiquitous in the universe, in fact, every galaxy including our own harbors a supermassive black hole in its center. Less than 40 years ago, black holes were consi ... more
Opening of the CERN LHC Tunnel Exhibit
Location: University Library, Level 2, Lobby
Join us for the official opening of the LHC CERN Interactive Tunnel with CERN Professor John Ellis and Yale Professor Priyamvada Natarajan.
What is the universe made of? How did it sta ... more
LabVIEW Workshop B
Location: Library - Computer Room
LabVIEW is a comprehensive development environment that contains all the tools engineers and scientists need to design and deploy measurement and control systems.
About this Workshop
In this 1-day ... more
Display and present your best research during this year’s WEP-Library ePoster Competition.
*This event is open to graduate students and postdocs only.
Interested in sharing you ... more
Take a guided tour of the Museum of Science and Technology in Islam with Ana Catarina D. Matias, acting manager, Public Relations at KAUST.
The Museum celebrates the contributions of Mus ... more
KAUST Live Interview with John Ellis
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his topic ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
What are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
What are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?
These are fundamental questions about the Universe and our place within it that particle physicists address by studying the fundamental const ... more
Film Festival
Credits: 1
Film Screening and Discussion: A Brief History of Time (1991)
Location: Cinema
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Time is Rhythm: Traditional West African Drumming Advanced Group 2/4
Location: Harbor Walk
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibran ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibran ... more
Flicker Fusion: Measuring Your Perception of Time 3/3
Location: Bldg. 9 Computer Lab # 2223
How fast can you see? The human eye is limited in its ability to observe the separation between subsequent flashes when they reach a critical threshold -- a phenomena known as Flicker Fusion. Interest ... more
Posters submitted by KAUST graduate students and postdocs will be displayed using the University Library ePoster platform during the first week of the Winter Enrichment Program. Poster prese ... more
The Time of Genome Editing revolution in Aging, Organ Regeneration and Disease
Location: Spine Auditorium between Buildings 4 & 5
A Conversation with..." is a series of technical talks with invited speakers and are an intimate and interactive session allowing for a deeper conversation about a technical topic.&n ... more
Escape Room - Wednesday- Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience!
Open to KAUST Community Members only
Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibr ... more
A Conversation with John Ellis
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
"A Conversation with..." is a series of technical talks with invited speakers and are an intimate and interactive session allowing for a deeper conversation about a technical topic. The sessio ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Geologic and human time scales: How can we salvage our global civilization?
Location: Auditorium Building 20
For millennia, humans have relied on the "free" environmental services. These life-giving services are clean air to breathe, fertile soil, mild temperatures, healthy forests and savannas, healthy ri ... more
About this two-day workshop
To kick-off 2019 we are planning a short fun activity: The goal is to build a simple but large (~10m) sundial.
In this workshop organized by the self-directed group Maker ... more
Take a guided tour of the Museum of Science and Technology in Islam with Ana Catarina D. Matias, acting manager, Public Relations at KAUST.
The Museum celebrates the contributions of Mus ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Opening: Hidden Dimensions of Light Exhibition
Location: University Library
Artist and designer Nadya Suvorova exchanged and developed ideas with researchers of the Division for Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) at KAUST for a three-mont ... more
Registration to this event is mandatory for all students who must complete WEP.
About the speaker
Professor Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte is Director of the Development and St ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Time is Rhythm: Traditional West African Drumming Advanced Group 3/4
Location: Harbor Walk
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibran ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Thursday, January 17, 2019
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibr ... more
A Conversation with Giulio Tononi
Location: Spine Auditorium between Buildings 4 & 5
"A Conversation with..." is a series of technical talks with invited speakers and are an intimate and interactive session allowing for a deeper conversation about a technical topic. The sessio ... more
Posters submitted by KAUST graduate students and postdocs will be displayed using the University Library ePoster platform during the first week of the Winter Enrichment Program. Poster prese ... more
Escape Room - Thursday- Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience!
Open to KAUST Community Members only
Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Chiara Cirelli
Location: Bldg 20, Lobby
KAUST Live consists of a 20-minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience live-streamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his topi ... more
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibr ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
The details of this event will be confirmed shortly.
Chiara Cirelli is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Cirelli’s research is aime ... more
Alumni Lecture Series
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
Join us for the annual Alumni Lecture Series, a highlight in the University’s event calendar!
We welcome the return to KAUST of five alumni who will present highlights from their work in ... more
Take a guided tour of the Museum of Science and Technology in Islam with Ana Catarina D. Matias, acting manager, Public Relations at KAUST.
The Museum celebrates the contributions of Mus ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
What is Consciousness? Time, Consciousness and Reality
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
Registration to this event is mandatory for all students who must complete WEP.
About the speaker
Giulio Tononi received his medical degree from the University of Pisa, Italy, ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Time is Rhythm: Traditional West African Drumming Advanced Group 4/4
Location: Harbor Walk
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibr ... more
A special Thursday Night Live! session with a musical journey of popular, rock and hip-hop music and part of the Times Square program during WEP 2019.
This event will feature the foll ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Friday, January 18, 2019
A Masterclass in Yoga - Friday
Location: Island Recreation Center, Outdoor next to Pure Restaurant
WEP yoga will be a classic vinyasa class, including warm up, standing, strength, and balance postures, floor stretching and twisting, followed by a cool down and a short meditation period. This clas ... more
Escape Room - Friday- Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience!
Open to KAUST Community Members only
Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
West African drummer Makha Diop joins with the drummers of the Jeddah ensemble Firqat Al Sharq in a cross-cultural exploration of time through rhythm. They will fuse the sounds of thei ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Firqat Al Sharq return to the stage to perform a lively mix of classical and popular Arabic music.
Food Rocks themed food booth with food for purchase will be situated in Discovery Square. ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Saturday, January 19, 2019
A Masterclass in Yoga - Saturday
Location: Island Recreation Center, Outdoor next to Pure Restaurant
WEP yoga will be a classic vinyasa class, including warm up, standing, strength, and balance postures, floor stretching and twisting, followed by a cool down and a short meditation period. This clas ... more
Escape Room - Saturday- Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience!
Open to KAUST Community Members only
Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
For one night, let yourself be overwhelmed by a tsunami of commercials from the most remote corners of the planet; deliriously creative, aesthetic, exotic, moving, sometimes very kitsch, and especia ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Be Mind full or Mindful? Group A 1/2
Location: Bldg 5, Level 5, Room 5220
Mindfulness is a fundamental skill
The concept of time in our everyday life mainly consists of being caught into the past or the future. Present sometimes is almost nonexistent or we rush it too quic ... more
Masterclass: Science of Storytelling 1/5
Location: Spine auditorium between Buildings 4 & 5
Make your research meaningful for a general audience
Science and technology have infinite potential for solving local and global concerns. However, many scientists are unable to convey their research ... more
(Re)Conceptualizing Time
Location: Building 20 Level 2 Rehearsal Room
Contemporary artist Rachel Sussman will share her creative process, and challenge students to reframe the concepts of "personal time" and "cosmic time," to provide a forum for a dynamic, p ... more
KAUST is excited to present its annual International poster competition. Everyone is welcome to attend the exhibit as undergraduate students from around the world present their best research in a post ... more
Intellectual Property; What is It and Why Should I Care
Location: Spine auditorium between Buildings 2 & 3
Intellectual property (IP) protection is essential to foster innovation. For the protection of important technology for commercialization, a strong and enforceable patent is required. Hence, scienti ... more
Escape Room- Sunday- Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience!
Open to KAUST Community Members only
Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Martin Van Kranendonk
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
About this two-day workshop
To kick-off 2019 we are planning a short fun activity: The goal is to build a simple but large (~10m) sundial.
In this workshop organized by the self-directed group Maker ... more
The Search for Life on Mars
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
The details of this event will be confirmed shortly.
Related Events
Film Screening and Discussion: The Story of Earth (2018)
Watch WEP 2019 Lectures
Time and Creativity Panel
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
The details of this event will be confirmed shortly.
Related Events
Kontinuum: Photography, Time, and Technology
(Re)Conceptualizing Time
All the Time in World
We value your feedback and welcom ... more
Masterclass: Science of Storytelling 2/5
Location: Spine auditorium between Buildings 4 & 5
Make your research meaningful for a general audience
Science and technology have infinite potential for solving local and global concerns. However, many scientists are unable to convey their research ... more
Take a guided tour of the Museum of Science and Technology in Islam with Ana Catarina D. Matias, acting manager, Public Relations at KAUST.
The Museum celebrates the contributions of Musli ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Rachel Sussman
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
Join us for the opening of the photo exhibition Moving Forward Together by artist Adam Magyar and the WEP students.
Members of the KAUST university were invited to participate in a photographic pro ... more
LEGO Workshop - January 20, 3-5 PM
Location: Conference Room # 2252, Bldg. 5
About this 2-hour Workshop
Open Lego EV3 Mindstorm core set, think, design and build and program the project using the kit and let see the result. During this 2-hour workshop, 20 participants will em ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Kontinuum: Photography, Time, and Technology
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
Adam Magyar finds innovative ways to use tech to observe life. That led him to capture the passing of time and freeze it into still photographs and videos. Using modified or self-built high-tech dig ... more
Artist Rachel Sussman has spent over a decade creating and portraying the dynamic relationships with personal and cosmic time. During her lecture, Rachel will discuss several of her projects includi ... more
LEGO Workshop - January 20 7-9 PM
Location: Conference Room # 2252, Bldg. 5
About this 2-hour Workshop
Open Lego EV3 Mindstorm core set, think, design and build and program the project using the kit and let see the result. During this 2-hour workshop, 20 participants will em ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Monday, January 21, 2019
Scientific Writing for Academic Success: New Students for Credits 1/4
Location: Bldg. 9 Classroom 3131 ≤ 42
About this morning workshop for new students
During this workshop, students will explore how scientific articles are constructed and interpreted, how research findings are presented, and how scientif ... more
Be Mind full or Mindful? Group A 2/2
Location: Bldg 5, Level 5, Room 5220
Mindfulness is a fundamental skill
The concept of time in our everyday life mainly consists of being caught into the past or the future. Present sometimes is almost nonexistent or we rush it too quic ... more
Masterclass: Science of Storytelling 3/5
Location: Spine auditorium between Buildings 4 & 5
Make your research meaningful for a general audience
Science and technology have infinite potential for solving local and global concerns. However, many scientists are unable to convey their research ... more
KAUST is excited to present its annual International poster competition. Everyone is welcome to attend the exhibit as undergraduate students from around the world present their best research in a post ... more
Escape Room- Monday- Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience!
Open to KAUST Community Members only
Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
Pushing the Limits of Science on the Track
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
McLaren Racing and KAUST are research & development partners on extreme performance technology for racing vehicles. This panel discussion will showcase current projects jointly researched b ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Showcase your science at KAUST!
Every year during WEP, the Science Fair brings technology and science to the KAUST community and local schools. This is a great opportunity to come and learn about t ... more
Scientific Writing for Academic Success: Advanced PhDs 1/4
Location: Bldg. 9 Classroom 3131 ≤ 42
During this workshop, students will explore how scientific articles are constructed and interpreted, how research findings are presented, and how scientific arguments are developed. Attendees will lea ... more
Take a guided tour of the Museum of Science and Technology in Islam with Ana Catarina D. Matias, acting manager, Public Relations at KAUST.
The Museum celebrates the contributions of Musli ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Mani Sarathi, Mark Barnett, and Matteo Parsani
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
It’s lights out, McLaren's deadline has past. A prototype F1 car, made up of 16,000 ever-changing components, poised on the starting grid, ready to race. With an update every 15 minutes, racin ... more
Stroll into Discovery Square (aka Times Square) on Monday evening, January 21 from 7:00 – 9:00 pm and come across some community musicians who will create a delightful, informal musical atmosphe ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Scientific Writing for Academic Success: New Students for Credits 2/4
Location: Bldg. 9 Classroom 3131 ≤ 42
About this morning workshop for new students
During this workshop, students will explore how scientific articles are constructed and interpreted, how research findings are presented, and how scientif ... more
Masterclass: Science of Storytelling 4/5
Location: Spine auditorium between Buildings 4 & 5
Make your research meaningful for a general audience
Science and technology have infinite potential for solving local and global concerns. However, many scientists are unable to convey their research ... more
KAUST is excited to present its annual International poster competition. Everyone is welcome to attend the exhibit as undergraduate students from around the world present their best research in a post ... more
Escape Room- Tuesday - Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience!
Open to KAUST Community Members only
Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
Flicker Fusion: How Fast Can You See?
Location: Spine Auditorium between Buildings 2 & 3
How fast can you see?
The human eye is limited in its ability to observe the separation between subsequent flashes when they reach a critical threshold -- a phenomena known as Flicker Fusion. In ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
The Idea workout is a workshop which aims to introduce people to prototyping process and the part it plays in generating, challenging and exploring ideas. The 1hr session is designed to get participan ... more
Rewinding the Clock on Memory Loss
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
The concept of time becomes a concrete and palpable “object” with our collection of memories. When our ability to collect and preserve memories is at risk, separating the past from ficti ... more
Scientific Writing for Academic Success: Advanced PhDs 2/4
Location: Bldg. 9 Classroom 3131 ≤ 42
During this workshop, students will explore how scientific articles are constructed and interpreted, how research findings are presented, and how scientific arguments are developed. Attendees will lea ... more
Times of Time: Being Autistic in a Hectic World
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
Every single western traveler to a non-western place is first and foremost unsettled by the slow pace at which time flows. Regularity and smoothness seem to be the main features of what Eliade used ... more
The Idea workout is a workshop which aims to introduce people to prototyping process and the part it plays in generating, challenging and exploring ideas. The 1hr session is designed to get participan ... more
Take a guided tour of the Museum of Science and Technology in Islam with Ana Catarina D. Matias, acting manager, Public Relations at KAUST.
The Museum celebrates the contributions of Musli ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Salim Al-Hassani
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
LEGO Workshop - January 22, 3-5 PM
Location: Conference Room # 2252, Bldg. 5
About this 2-hour Workshop
Open Lego EV3 Mindstorm core set, think, design and build and program the project using the kit and let see the result. During this 2 hour workshop, 20 participants will em ... more
KAUST is excited to present its annual International poster competition. Everyone is welcome to attend the exhibit as undergraduate students from around the world present their best research in a po ... more
Intellectual Property: Search Session
Location: Spine auditorium between Buildings 2 & 3
This workshop will give an overview of different patent search resources available, with a focus on PatBase Express (subscribed database). The session will include hands-on exercises to aid particip ... more
Louvre Abu Dhabi: A Museum of the Similarities of Human Experience Over Time
Location: Spine Auditorium between Buildings 4 & 5
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Reinventing the universal museum in the 21st century?
Born of a collaboration between Abu Dhabi and France, Louvre Abu Dhabi is a universal museum that enables visitors to experience art&mdash ... more
Time measurement has, throughout history and across continents, been a central part of the lives of Muslims. The need to determine the times of daily prayers as well as the start/beginning and end o ... more
LEGO Workshop - January 22, 7-9 PM
Location: Conference Room # 2252, Bldg. 5
About this 2-hour Workshop
Open Lego EV3 Mindstorm core set, think, design and build and program the project using the kit and let see the result. During this 2 hour workshop, 20 participants will em ... more
Film Festival
Credits: 1
Film Screening and Discussion: Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
Location: Cinema
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Scientific Writing for Academic Success: New Students for Credits 3/4
Location: Bldg. 9 Classroom 3131 ≤ 42
About this morning workshop for new students
During this workshop, students will explore how scientific articles are constructed and interpreted, how research findings are presented, and how scientif ... more
Masterclass: Science of Storytelling 5/5
Location: Spine auditorium between Buildings 4 & 5
Make your research meaningful for a general audience
Science and technology have infinite potential for solving local and global concerns. However, many scientists are unable to convey their research ... more
Be Mind full or Mindful? Group B 1/2
Location: Bldg 5, Level 5, Room 5220
Mindfulness is a fundamental skill
The concept of time in our everyday life mainly consists of being caught into the past or the future. Present sometimes is almost nonexistent or we rush it too quic ... more
KAUST is excited to present its annual International poster competition. Everyone is welcome to attend the exhibit as undergraduate students from around the world present their best research in a post ... more
KAUST Live Interview with David Rooney
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
A Philosophical Odyssey in The Concept of Time
Location: Spine Auditorium between Buildings 2 & 3
Francois de Ryckel will present how philosophy has conceptualized time throughout history. The audience will travel in time to discover how Greek philosophers already devised linear and cyclica ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Selling Time: Stories from the Greenwich Observatory
Location: Bldg. 20 Auditorium
We are surrounded today by accurate time. We can hear time signals on the radio or look at automatically corrected kitchen clocks. Our home computers are synchronized by the internet or we can pick ... more
Scientific Writing for Academic Success: Advanced PhDs 3/4
Location: Bldg. 9 Classroom 3131 ≤ 42
During this workshop, students will explore how scientific articles are constructed and interpreted, how research findings are presented, and how scientific arguments are developed. Attendees will lea ... more
Masterclass: Trust in Time: Real-World Applications with Blockchain 1/2
Location: Building 19, Level 3, Conference Hall number 2&3
About this 2-day workshop
This workshop will cover everything from the foundations of blockchain, to what smart contracts are, how to write them, good examples worldwide, and a brainstorming session ... more
A Conversation with David Rooney
Location: Spine Auditorium between Buildings 2 & 3
"A Conversation with..." is a series of technical talks with invited speakers and are an intimate and interactive session allowing for a deeper conversation about a technical topic. The sessio ... more
Take a guided tour of the Museum of Science and Technology in Islam with Ana Catarina D. Matias, acting manager, Public Relations at KAUST.
The Museum celebrates the contributions of Musli ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Dava Sobel
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
A sneak peak of clips from the film BORN A KING followed by a Q&A with the film producer Todd Nims on the challenges of making the film. An extraordinary real life story set in 1919 , BORN ... more
The KAUST Farmers Market, part of the sustainable food movement, will feature on Wednesday 23, Thursday 24, and Friday 25 locally sourced produce, nuts, seeds, honey, and fresh fish for purc ... more
The Idea workout is a workshop which aims to introduce people to prototyping process and the part it plays in generating, challenging and exploring ideas. The 1hr session is designed to get participan ... more
Registration to this event is mandatory for all students who must complete WEP.
About the speaker
Dava Sobel is an American writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. Her ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Scientific Writing for Academic Success: New Students for Credits 4/4
Location: Bldg. 9 Classroom 3131 ≤ 42
About this morning workshop for new students
During this workshop, students will explore how scientific articles are constructed and interpreted, how research findings are presented, and how scientif ... more
Masterclass: Trust in Time: Real-World Applications with Blockchain 2/2
Location: Building 19, Level 3, Conference Hall number 2&3
About this 2-day workshop
This workshop will cover everything from the foundations of blockchain, to what smart contracts are, how to write them, good examples worldwide, and a brainstorming session ... more
Be Mind full or Mindful? Group B 2/2
Location: Bldg 5, Level 5, Room 5220
Mindfulness is a fundamental skill
The concept of time in our everyday life mainly consists of being caught into the past or the future. Present sometimes is almost nonexistent or we rush it too quic ... more
KAUST is excited to present its annual International poster competition. Everyone is welcome to attend the exhibit as undergraduate students from around the world present their best research in a post ... more
Location, Location, Location, and Time
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
The Global Positioning System GPS has been a driver for so many applications that it is often considered to be a key technology of our time. GPS is not only the dominant positioning service, but it ... more
Scientific Writing for Academic Success: Advanced PhDs 4/4
Location: Bldg. 9 Classroom 3131 ≤ 42
During this workshop, students will explore how scientific articles are constructed and interpreted, how research findings are presented, and how scientific arguments are developed. Attendees will lea ... more
The KAUST Farmers Market, part of the sustainable food movement, will feature on Wednesday 23, Thursday 24, and Friday 25 locally sourced produce, nuts, seeds, honey, and fresh fish for purc ... more
Don’t miss our Final Gala as we celebrate the end of the tenth annual Winter Enrichment Program, featuring an evening of live performance and awards.
Vivaldi's Four Seasons by ... more
Friday, January 25, 2019
The KAUST Farmers Market, part of the sustainable food movement, will feature on Wednesday 23, Thursday 24, and Friday 25 locally sourced produce, nuts, seeds, honey, and fresh fish for purc ... more
