Saturday, January 10, 2015
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Lights on @WEP 2015 WEP Team | Discovery Walk, near Bldg 1 | Special Event |
Sunday, January 11, 2015
8:30 AM - 3:20 PM
ICE In the Desert Carl Nablo - Frank Devitt - Jay Connor - Charlie Lewis - Robert Green - Amal Dokhan - Gordon Mcconnell - Hattan Ahmed | Bldg 19, Halls 1& 2 | Entrepreneurship |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Emerging programming models in high performance computing and big data analytics Edgar Gabriel - Saber Feki - Malek Smaoui | Spine Auditorium | Academic Lecture |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
ARCHES: An Innovative Workshop to Better Understand the Water Resources of the MENA Region Alan Fryar - Adam Milewski | Bldg 12, University Library | Workshop |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
From Metamaterials to Metadevices: exploring invisibility, micro/nano sensing and communication Pai-Yen Chen | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | Academic Lecture |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Professional Training through Improvisation (morning sessions) Basel Al-Naffouri - Tim Orr - Lisa Rowland - Regina Saisi | Bldg 20 , Rehearsal Function | Workshop |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Social Media stole my money! Kevin Sale | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Designer Solids for the Fabrication of Novel Functional Materials Christof Wöll | Bldg 9, Classroom 4223 | academic Lecture |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The global water crisis and water security in the Middle East Jay Famiglietti | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | academic Lecture |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Evolution of the Universe in a Computer: A Walk through the World of Supercomputers Christian Klingenberg - Samar Aseeri | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Lecture: The work of Billy Currie and Understanding Digital Workflow Billy Currie | Bldg 9, Classroom 3125 | skills |
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Opening Ceremony WEP Team | Bldg 20 | Special Event |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Leading by Example: the Role of Centers of Excellence Lubna Olayan | Bldg 20, Auditorium | keynote Lecture |
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Opening of the Modern Saudi Art Exhibit Mohammed Bahrawi | Bldg. 20, Auditorium | Exhibition |
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Workshop: Basic Photography Tuition by Billy Curie Billy Currie | ldg 4, sea view room 5209 | skills |
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Professional Training through Improvisation (afternoon sessions) Basel Al-Naffouri - Tim Orr - Lisa Rowland - Regina Saisi | Bldg 20 , Rehearsal Function | Workshop |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "Workers leaving the Lumiere Factory" and "The Artist" WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
Monday, January 12, 2015
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Navigating Business Communications Amjad Shacker | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | Entrepreneurship |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Extending the Limits in Energy Production with Feedback Control Miroslav Krstic | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture: The Importance of Post Processing by Billy Curie Billy Currie | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | skills |
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The Nabataeans: The Mada'in Saleh excavations Laila Nehme | Bldg 20, Auditorium | keynote Lecture |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "Hugo Cabret" by Martin Scorsese WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Botanical Tour 1 Martina Viglasska - Salah El Tawm | Campus: Meet at the bottom | Field Trip |
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Workshop: Basic Post Processing Tuition by Billy Curie Billy Currie | Bldg 9, Computer Lab 2223 | skills |
9:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Motivational Techniques for Sustaining Innovation David Paredes | Spine Auditorium (Between Bldg. 4 | Entrepreneurship |
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Open-source software for computational engineering Alberto Passalacqua - Matteo Icardi | Bldg 12, University Library, | Workshop |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
E-Textiles: Wearable Technology David Mcintosh - John Mcintosh | Bldg 9, Classroom 4223 | Workshop |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
The Emerging Carbon-Market and Climate Change Mark Maslin | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
The Coinage Reform of 'Abd Al Malik Jens Schneider | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | cultural |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Hacker Attack! Are you Ready? Kevin Sale - Zulfikhar Mohammed | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | skills |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A Big Data Challenge of Comparative/Evolutionary Genomics to Computational Biology Takashi Gojobori - Vladimir Bajic | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Lecture: UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Downtown Jeddah ('Balad’) Sami Nawar | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | cultural |
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Opening of the Two Week Exhibit - 'Al Balad 24' Marina Kochetyga - Andrea BachofenEcht | Bldg 16, Lobby | Exhibition |
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
A Neandertal Perspective on Human Origins Svante Pääbo | Bldg 20, Auditorium | keynote Lecture |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "Surrogates" by Jonathan Mostow WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Data Science and Big Data Analytics 1 Latif Abdul | bldg 12, University Library, Room 3134 | academic Lecture |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The Perfect Storm: Population, Development and Climate Change Mark Maslin | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
11:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Farmers market WEP Team | Discovery Square | Recreational |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Classification of Traditional Arabic Poems Abdulhakim Qahtan | Bldg 12, University Library, Sea View | cultural |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Keep it Simple 1 Mohammed Alhusein | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | skills |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Rice Tolerance to Submergence: making a difference in the world David J. Mackill | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
NMR-based Metabolomics Studies on Urinary Molecules in Research & Diagnostics Tony William Antakly - Abdul-Hamid Emwas | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | academic Lecture |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Creative Places for Collaborative and Innovative Cities Dora Dos Santos | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
A Journey To The Edge of Human Limits Guillaume Nery | Bldg 20, Auditorium | keynote Lecture |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "Fuel" by Joshua Tickell WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
Thursday, January 15, 2015
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
National Research Wildlife Center, Taif Paul Bennett - WEP Team | Taif | Field Trip |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
King Solomon's Gold: The Mines of Saudi Arabia Reinhard Paul Ramdohr | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | academic Lecture |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
The Global Leader Ghassan Mirdad | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | Entrepreneurship |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mineral Resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Reinhard Paul Ramdohr - Ayman Badirah - Abdullah Al Jehani - Martin Mai | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | Academic Course |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Alumni Lecture Series Camrin Braun - Luisa Javier - Xuance Zhou - Sameed Muhammed - WEP Team | ldg. 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Keep it Simple 2 Mohammed Alhusein | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | skills |
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Conduct Us! Morris Brooker | Discovery Square | cultural |
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
An evening of Improvisation Basel Al-Naffouri - Tim Orr - Lisa Rowland - Regina Saisi | Bldg 20, Auditorium | cultural |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "Wall-E" by Andrew Stanton WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
Friday, January 16, 2015
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
5K Fun Run WEP Team | Harbor Sports Club | Recreational |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Free diving in the pool 1 Guillaume Nery - Julie Gautier | Harbor Swimming Pool | Recreational |
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "Attention - A Life in Extremes" by Sascha Köllnreitner Guillaume Nery - Julie Gautier - WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "Super 8" by J.J. Abrams WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
Saturday, January 17, 2015
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Old Jeddah & Jeddah Historic Festival Paul Bennett - WEP Team | Jeddah | Field Trip |
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Free diving in the sea Guillaume Nery - Julie Gautier | Open Sea | Recreational |
9:30 AM - 8:00 PM
Field Trip to the Shayban Prospect - King Solomon's Gold Mines Reinhard Paul Ramdohr - Martin Mai | Shayban Prospect | Field Trip |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Free diving in the pool 2 Guillaume Nery - Julie Gautier | Harbor Swimming Pool | Recreational |
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Racketlon Tournament Daniel Binham | New Racket Club | Recreational |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "I, Robot" by Alex Proyas WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
Sunday, January 18, 2015
8:15 AM - 5:00 PM
Intensive Lean Startup Program Abdulrahman Aljiffry - Amal Dokhan - Ozan Sonmez - Gordon Mcconnell - Hattan Ahmed | Bldg 19, Hall 3 | Entrepreneurship |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
How the Mind Works: How Big Data Cognitive Science Unlocks the Mystery of the Human Mind David Reitter | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Workshop: Glorify Nature in the Tingatinga Painting Style 1 Pascal Bogaert - Juma Kileo - Mshana Mzuguno - Kipara Mzuguno | Discovery Square, Multipurpose Room | Workshop |
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
The Ultimate Physical Limits of Privacy Artur Ekert | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Opera Explained Louis Courtois | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | cultural |
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
The Photographic Act Fernando Montiel Klint | Bldg 12, University Library, Sea Vie | Workshop |
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
How Science and Technology Shape National Policy April L. Burke - Michael L. Ledford | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | academic Lecture |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Lecture: Tingatinga, East Africa’s Exciting Exotic Painting Style Pascal Bogaert | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | cultural |
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
A Journey of Waste from Bin to Market 1 Jacqueline Piper - Mohammad Alshawaf | Reuse Center | Field Trip |
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Exhibit: The Mzuguno Tingatinga Miracle Pascal Bogaert | Bldg 12, University Library | cultural |
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
A Journey of Waste from Bin to Market 2 Jacqueline Piper - Mohammad Alshawaf | Reuse Center | Field Trip |
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Back to the Beginning in Cosmology and Radio Astronomy Anthony Readhead | Bldg 20, Auditorium | keynote Lecture |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "A.I., Artificial Intelligence" by Steven Spielberg WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Star Gazing Lakshmi Selvakumaran - Thibaut Lery | Harbor Walk Way, Behind the Harbor Lybrary | Recreational |
Monday, January 19, 2015
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Design and Finance your own Desalination Plant in Saudi Arabia Nasir Moosa - Mohanad Bahshwan - Hashim Kamakhi | Bldg 2, Conference 2290 | Workshop |
10:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Field Trip to Mad Ad Dahab Mine Reinhard Paul Ramdohr - Martin Mai | Mad Ad Dahab Mine | Field Trip |
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Workshop: Glorify Nature in the Tingatinga Painting Style 2 Pascal Bogaert - Juma Kileo - Mshana Mzuguno - Kipara Mzuguno | Discovery Square, Multipurpose Room | Workshop |
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Meet Your Red Sea Friends Michael L. Berumen | Bldg 20, Lobby | academic Lecture |
12:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The Science Fair WEP Team | Discovery Walk | Special Event |
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The Promise of Urban Science Michael Holland | Bldg 20, Auditorium | keynote Lecture |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "The Age of Big Data" by Jonathan Fothergill WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Botanical Tour 2 Martina Viglasska - Salah El Tawm | Campus: Meet at the bottom | Field Trip |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Free-Space Optical Communications: Past, Present, and Future Julian Cheng | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | academic Lecture |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Data Science and Big Data Analytics 2 Latif Abdul | TBA | Academic Course |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
The Central Engines that Power Active Galaxies Anthony Readhead | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | Academic Course |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
The Uncreative Leader Khalid Alyahya | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | Entrepreneurship |
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Lecture on 'Optical Wireless Communication' Maite Brandt-Pearce | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | academic Lecture |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Chef Veganessa's Gluten Free Vegan Cooking Classes Vanessa Percher | Al-Marsa Restaurant | Recreational |
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Research Poster Competitions Suzana Nunes | Bldg 20, Lobby | Special Event |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Publishing Without Pain Christopher Davey | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | Entrepreneurship |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Workshop: Glorify Nature in the Tingatinga Painting Style 3 Pascal Bogaert - Juma Kileo - Mshana Mzuguno - Kipara Mzuguno | Discovery Square, Multipurpose Room | Workshop |
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
From Razor Clams to Robots: The Mathematics Behind Biologically Inspired Design Anette Hosoi | Bldg 20, Auditorium | keynote Lecture |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "Apollo 13" by Ron Howard WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Selected Themes in Next Generation Optical Communications Systems Habib Fathallah | Bldg 9. Lecture Hall 2325 | academic Lecture |
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Surfactants: Detergents, Cosmetics and Technical Applications Felix Mueller | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Ronix Wakeboarding Experience Paul Maguire | Harbor Walk Way | Recreational |
Thursday, January 22, 2015
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
A short course on Molecular Modeling and Computational Chemistry/Biology Prince Xavier - Jey Scaranto - Farhan Pasha | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | Academic Course |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Workshop "Deserts of the Earth" Michael Martin - Elfriede Martin | Bldg 12, University Library, Sea View Room | Workshop |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
The Red Sea Robotic Exploratorium 1 Oussama Khatib | Building 1, East Lobby | academic Lecture |
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Networked Visible Light Communications (Li-Fi) Lecture Harald Haas | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | academic Lecture |
12:30 PM - 12:30 PM
Flying with the Falcons: the Legacy and Future of KAUST’s “Shaheen” Systems David Keyes | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Red Sea Robotic Exploratorium 2 Oussama Khatib | Building 1, East Lobby | academic Lecture |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "Desert and Ice" Michael Martin | Cinema Theater | Movies |
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Networked Visible Light Communications (Li-Fi) Tutorial Harald Haas | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2325 | Workshop |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Stress responses in health and disease Klaus Richter | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | academic Lecture |
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Poster Competitions Award Ceremony Suzana Nunes | Bldg 20, Lobby | Special Event |
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Science to Watch: Minority Report Enzo Di Fabrizio | Vizualisation Lab | cultural |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Bella Gaia: A closing evening gala performance Kenji Williams - Yumi Kurosawa - Kristin Hoffmann - Weep Singh | Bldg 20, Auditorium | Special Event |
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Deserts of the Earth Michael Martin | Bldg 20, Auditorium | keynote Lecture |
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Movies @ WEP 2015: "Sand Wars" by Denis Delestrac WEP Team | Cinema Theater | Movies |
Friday, January 23, 2015
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Indoor Super 6's Cricket Tournament Adnan Qamar | Harbour Sports Club | Recreational |
Saturday, January 24, 2015
10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Beach Day WEP Team | South Beach | Recreational |
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Spirit of the Game: Ultimate Frisbee WEP Team | Thuwal Fields #1 and #2 | Recreational |