Where: Spine Auditorium between Buildings 4 & 5
Credit: 10
Description
An offering with a pre-registration process
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 in a meaningful or moving way for a general audience. This communication gap can prevent significant scientific advances from reaching target audiences and inspiring positive change. By teaching young scientists to be compelling communicators, we can inspire the next generation, not just to inform a general audience about KAUST research, but also to engage the viewers memorably.
About this five-day course:
Video is a powerful instrument for conveying even the most technical messages. This course will not only demonstrate how to communicate science through video effectively but also how to emotively portray scientific discovery’s implications to society by drawing out their value and use in a social context.
In this workshop, students will learn how to tell compelling scientific stories that are engaging and concise. Students will learn to explain complicated scientific or technological terms to the general audience and will acquire new communication skills in videography. This course was the most popular one at WEP 2017 and 2018, so book early to secure a space!
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Basma Abdulkarim
Basma Abdulkarim brings hands-on experience with implementing Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and National Transformation Plan. She leads teams creating innovative strategies for developing Saudi Arabia’s cultural sector, and has built intercultural programs to deepen global communication about Saudi Arabia’s culture and history.
Based in Riyadh, Basma previously served in Saudi Arabia’s new Ministry of Culture, where she managed the Culture Fund initiative to develop the Ministry’s strategy and operating model. She led the international relations initiatives for the Saudi Film Council portfolio and developed investment strategies for Saudi and international companies specializing in film production and content development. Basma was the extra’s casting coordinator on the production team for “Born a King”, the first
Saudi/international feature-length film. Prior to her work at the Ministry of Culture, Basma served in Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an international affairs officer at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Berlin. She managed investment cases for Saudi-German companies and laid the groundwork for public relations strategies with international bureaus for culture and economic development. She enabled a new bilateral communications platform for German and Saudi companies seeking investment opportunities and planned intercultural dialogue programs bringing together German and Saudi leaders. Currently, Basma is a senior associate at Jones Group International. She also is the Director of Operations for the Jones Group Riyadh office, where she is the primary connection between the Riyadh team and the USA office on all administrative, business and operational matters; and the interface with all local business partners and government relations. Basma earned her Master’s degree in Management Science from the European Business School in Wiesbaden and her bachelor’s degree at Prince Sultan University in Riyadh. She is a graduate of the Diplomats Training Program of the Federal Foreign Office in Germany. Basma speaks Arabic, English, German and Portuguese.
Todd Nims
Todd Albert Nims is a Saudi-born American producer heavily involved in the Gulf region’s cinema and entertainment development. Mr. Nims is known for producing the feature films JOUD (2019) and BORN A KING (2019) for release to cinemas in 2019. He held the Film Producer position at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s state-of-the-art hub for inspiring creativity and global culture, Ithra, for six years where he established the Kingdom’s first cinema and assisted in launching the first Saudi Film Days (saudifilmdays.com) program to provide funding and development to Saudi filmmakers while screening their films in Hollywood. Mr. Nims owns a AB Media, a media consultancy business based in the USA and Empty Quarter Entertainment, a tech media company, based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Yaser Binabdulrahman
Yaser B. is an active young Saudi Director/ Editor. In 2018 Yaser went to Los Angeles to take a filmmaking course, while he was in school he managed to direct his first short film and work on sets with some of the elites in the field like Meshal Aljaser. After coming back to Saudi Arabia Yaser got an opportunity to work with one of the best rental houses in Saudi “EQEW”. While working for EQEW Yaser got a chance to get a three-month scholarship from the Saudi Film Council for an editing course in one of the best film schools worldwide “University of Southern California”. After coming back from the states Yaser directed his first big project with a full professional crew for medical PSA competitions “W3i”. After that competition, Yaser directed a commercial for an application for the Medical ministry that has been showed for the 4th global ministerial summit. In 2019, Yaser flew to Los Angeles to Co-direct a Saudi feature film with his brother Maan titled “Junoon” it will hit Saudi theater in December 2019.
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