Winter Enrichment Program

2024 Winter Enrichment Program

Digital Adventure

The 2024 Winter Enrichment Program at KAUST (WEP) will run from January 7 to 18 under the theme ‘Digital Adventure – Ride to the Future.’ Professor Xin Gao is the Chair, and Professor Michael Breumen is the Co-Chair.

We stand on the threshold of an era of perhaps the most rapid change in human history, with artificial intelligence the keystone in developing smart cities, smart health, quantum computing, virtual reality, the metaverse, and more.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Keynote lecture series

The keynote lectures are signature events taking place as part of a series of main lectures aligned with the WEP theme by international guest speakers, Nobel laureates, entrepreneurs, and academics.

Distinguished lecture series

This series of lectures features a range of inspiring in-Kingdom and regional business speakers to discuss the trends and opportunities related to business in Saudi Arabia and the international arena.

Panel discussions

This series of lectures features a range of inspiring in-Kingdom and regional business speakers to discuss the trends and opportunities related to business in Saudi Arabia and the international arena.