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.
Workshops
Join the Digital Adventure workshops during WEP – a chance to learn about different topics.
SPEAKERS
Carlo Ratti
Sensible City Lab Director
Eric Li
Chinese Venture Capitalist and Political Scientist
Prof Matteo Parsani
Associate Professor, KAUST
Sangok Seok
Naver Labs
Rick Fox
ActorFormer
Basketball Player
Join the Adventure Virtually
Sponsors
