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.
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
Time is Rhythm: Traditional West African Drumming for Beginners Group A 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 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
Time is Rhythm: Traditional West African Drumming for Beginners Group B 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 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
