Thursday, November 23, 2023
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
WEP 2024-Unveiling Samia Falimban - Xin Gao - Abdulaziz Murtada | Bldg 19, Hall 3 | Special event | 1
Sunday, January 7, 2024
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Digital Discovery: Mastering Thya Tech for Intelligent Image Analysis at KAUST - Workshop A Justine Braguy - Azhar Mashat | Building 9; Room 2325 | Workshop | 4
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Aramco Upstream Digital Hackathon-Group 1/3 Abdulwahab A. Al-Ghamdi | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 8
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Professional Training through Improvisation- Group 1 Regina Saisi - Tim Orr - Basel Alnaffouri | Building 20, Lobby | Workshop | 4
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Machine Learning For Beginners-Group 1/5 Abdulhakim Qahtan | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 12
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Introduction to Python-PGDip students 1/5 David Pugh | Building 4, 5220 | Workshop | 12
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Professional Training through Improvisation-Group 2 Basel Al-Naffouri - Tim Orr - Regina Saisi | Bldg. 20, Lobby | Workshop | 4
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Opening Night and Keynote Samia Falimban - Suzan Nunes - Ian Campbell - Matteo Parsani - Tony Chan - Xin Gao | BLD 20 | Special event | 2
Monday, January 8, 2024
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The use of AI in Research Sidney Engelbrecht | Auditorium 2&3 | Workshop | 4
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Generative AI and Enterprise Value David Pugh - Neel Jadhav - Subhrajit Mohanty | Building 9; Room 2322 | Workshop | 4
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
ML and Generative AI: Lessons from Privacy and Security in ML Bias and AI Governance 1/2 Balachander Krishnamurthy | Building 9; Room 2325 | Workshop | 6
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Emergency Location Service at Google Mohammed Khider | BLD 20 | Academic | 1
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Machine Learning For Beginners Group 2/5 Abdulhakim Qahtan | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 12
2:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Jeddah AlBalad Tour-Speakers only | Jeddah AlBalad | Cultural |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Introduction to Python-PGDip students 2/5 David Pugh | Building 4, 5220 | Workshop | 12
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Fundamentals of Generative AI & LLMs Neel Jadhav - Subhrajit Mohanty - Ayad (Ed) Sleiman | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | Workshop | 4
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
AI, Robot, Cloud and Digital Twin Technologies for the New World Sangok Seok | BLD 20 | Keynote | 1
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Effectively Communicating Your Research and Building Your Professional Profile Online-Group 1/Part1 Tony Sheridan - Jason Power | Building 9; Room 2322 | Workshop | 6
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
ML and Generative AI: Lessons from Privacy and Security in ML Bias and AI Governance 2/2 Balachander Krishnamurthy | Building 9; Room 2325 | Workshop | 6
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
AI & Machine Learning in Health Ehsan Hoque - Mahmoud Alyamani - Ricardo Henao - Mohammed Aldosari | BLD 20 | Personal & Professional Development | 1
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Machine Learning For Beginners-Group 3/5 Abdulhakim Qahtan | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 12
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Effectively Communicating Your Research and Building Your Professional Profile Online-Group 2/Part 1 Tony Sheridan - Jason Power | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | Workshop | 6
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Introduction to Python-PGDip students 3/5 David Pugh | Building 4, 5220 | Workshop | 12
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Open Talk - Dr. Rattan Lal Rattan Lal | Lobby, Building 20 | Personal & Professional Development |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Sustainable Management of Soil Health and Agriculture for Addressing Global Issues of the 21st Century Rattan Lal | BLD 20 | Keynote | 1
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Effectively Communicating Your Research and Building Your Professional Profile Online-Group 1/Part2 Tony Sheridan - Jason Power | Building 9; Room 2322 | Workshop | 6
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Applying AI paradigms to Health Data from H-IoT sensors Zulfikhar Mohammed - Nasser Mohiuddin | Auditorium 2&3 | Workshop | 4
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Introduction to Pulser: framework for composing, simulating, and executing pulse sequences for neutral atom quantum devices-1/2 Chayma Bouaza | Building 3; Room 5220 | Workshop | 6
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Digital Intelligent Metasurfaces Cheng-Wei Qiu | Bldg 20 Auditorium | Personal & Professional Development | 1
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Machine Learning For Beginners-Group 4/5 Abdulhakim Qahtan | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 12
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Effectively Communicating Your Research and Building Your Professional Profile Online-Group 2/Part 2 Tony Sheridan - Jason Power | Bldg 9, Lecture Hall 2322 | Workshop | 6
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Introduction to Python-PGDip students 4/5 David Pugh | Building 4, 5220 | Workshop | 12
Thursday, January 11, 2024
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Digital Discovery: Mastering Thya Tech for Intelligent Image Analysis at KAUST - Workshop B Justine Braguy - Azhar Mashat | Auditorium 4&5 | Workshop | 4
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Aramco Upstream Digital Hackathon- Group 2/3 Abdulwahab A. Al-Ghamdi | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 8
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Prototyping your Ideas-Group 1 Hashim Alzain | Auditorium 2&3 | Workshop | 4
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
China’s Economic Sequel: Role of Technological Innovations in Shaping the Future Eric Li | Bldg 20 Auditorium | Personal & Professional Development | 1
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Machine Learning For Beginners-Group 5/5 Abdulhakim Qahtan | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 12
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Pitching using Storytelling Narrative-Group 1 Hashim Alzain | Auditorium 2&3 | Workshop | 4
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Introduction to Python-PGDip students 5/5 David Pugh | Building 4, 5220 | Workshop | 12
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Harnessing the Power of AI in Genomics Research Neil Ward | Building 20, Auditorium | Keynote | 1
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Thursday Night Improv performance Basel Al-Naffouri - Regina Saisi - Tim Orr | Bldg 20 Auditorium | Cultural |
Friday, January 12, 2024
1:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Jeddah Al Balad Tour-Friday | Jeddah AlBalad | Cultural |
1:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Moon Valley Guided Hike | Jeddah | Cultural |
Saturday, January 13, 2024
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Fireside Keynote | Cricket Visionaries: Shaping the Future of the Sport Shoaib Akhtar - H.R.H Prince Saud Bin Mishal Al Saud - Tariq Sagga | BLD 20 | Keynote | 1
3:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Jeddah AlBalad Tour-Saturday | Jeddah AlBalad | Cultural |
3:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Moon Valley Guided Hike-Saturday | Jeddah | Cultural |
Sunday, January 14, 2024
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Introduction to Deep Learning for Coders-1/5 David Pugh | Building 3; Room 5220 | Workshop | 12
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Prototyping your Ideas-Group 2 Hashim Alzain | Bldg 19 Level 3 Room 1 & 2 | Workshop | 4
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
QUANTUM COMPUTERS: AN EPOCH-MAKING TECHNOLOGY BELAL EHSAN BAAQUIE | Bldg 20, Auditorium | Personal & Professional Development | 1
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Teach an AI to play a game Group 1/5 Liam Mencel | Building 9; Room 2325 | Workshop | 12
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Pitching using Storytelling Narrative -Group 2 Hashim Alzain | Bldg 19 Level 3 Room 1 & 2 | Workshop | 4
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Senseable Cities Carlo Ratti | BLD 20 | Keynote | 1
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Delinking development from pollution Rick Fox | Bldg 20 Auditorium | Keynote | 1
Monday, January 15, 2024
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Introduction to Deep Learning for Coders-2/5 David Pugh | Building 3; Room 5220 | Workshop | 12
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
How to Protect Your Intellectual Property in the Digital Ag-Group 2 Mardson Mcquay | Building 9 Room 2322 | Workshop | 4
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Smart Cities of Tomorrow: Pioneering Innovation, Integration, and Sustainability Yousef Kahalili - Jay New - Joseph Cevetello - Haleema Alamri | BLD 20 | Personal & Professional Development | 1
1:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Jeddah AlBalad Tour-Speakers only-Jan 15 | Jeddah AlBalad | Cultural |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Teach an AI to play a game Group 2/5 Liam Mencel | Building 9; Room 2325 | Workshop | 12
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Introduction to Pulser: framework for composing, simulating, and executing pulse sequences for neutral atom quantum devices 2/2 Chayma Bouaza | Building 3; Room 5220 | Workshop | 6
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
NEOM Pioneering Cognitive Cities Yousef Khalili | BLD 20 | Keynote | 1
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
How to Protect Your Intellectual Property in the Digital Ag-Group 1 Mardson Mcquay | Building 9; Room 2322 | Workshop | 4
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Introduction to Deep Learning for Coders-3/5 David Pugh | Building 3; Room 5220 | Workshop | 12
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Diving into the Future: Journey into the World's Largest Marine Digital Twin Mark Gillan | BLD 20 | Personal & Professional Development | 1
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Aramco Upstream Digital Hackathon 3/3 Abdulwahab A. Al-Ghamdi | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
An Odyssey into Cyberpsychology Melissa Barnaschone - Janhavi Devdutt - Irfan Anjum | Building 9; Room 2322 | Workshop | 4
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Teach an AI to play a game Group 3/5 Liam Mencel | Building 9; Room 2325 | Workshop | 12
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Rehabilitation Medicine: High-tech Multimodal approach Franco Molteni | BLD 20 | Keynote | 1
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cybersecurity hackathon-1/4 Ayad (Ed) Sleiman - Mohamed K. Ujaimi | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 11
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Introduction to Deep Learning for Coders-4/5 David Pugh | Building 3; Room 5220 | Workshop | 12
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
The Future of Work with Intelligent Automation and Artificial Intelligence Peter Guess | BLD 20 | Personal & Professional Development | 1
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Cybersecurity hackathon-2/4 Ayad (Ed) Sleiman - Mohamed K. Ujaimi | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 11
1:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Jeddah AlBalad Tour-Speakers only-Jan 17 | Jeddah AlBalad | Cultural |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Teach an AI to play a game Group 4/5 Liam Mencel | Building 9; Room 2325 | Workshop | 12
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Cybersecurity in 2050: A glimpse into the future. Michael Tran Duff | BLD 20 | Keynote | 1
Thursday, January 18, 2024
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Cybersecurity hackathon-3/4 Ayad (Ed) Sleiman - Mohamed K. Ujaimi | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 11
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Introduction to Deep Learning for Coders-5/5 David Pugh | Building 3; Room 5220 | Workshop | 12
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Navigating the Cyber Wilderness in the Age of AI and Staying Safe in the Digital Jungle Michael Tran Duff - Ayad (Ed) Sleiman - Mohamed Ujaimi - Roberto Di Pietro | Bldg 20 Auditorium | Personal & Professional Development | 1
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Cybersecurity hackathon-4/4 Ayad (Ed) Sleiman - Mohamed K. Ujaimi | Building 19; Hall 1;2&3 | Workshop | 11
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Teach an AI to play a game Group 5/5 Liam Mencel | Building 9; Room 2325 | Workshop | 12
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
WEP 2024-Final Gala Atif Shamim - Suzana Nunes - Samia Falimban - Mani Sarathy - Khaled Salama - Mohamed Slim Alouini - Aubrie O’Rourke - Matteo Parsani - Robert Hoehndorf - Tony Chan - Xin Gao - Nazek El-Atab - Ahmed Eltawil - GIANLUCA SETTI | Bldg 20 Auditorium | Special event | 2