The first Tuesday of WEP 2015 is full of great events, with highlights including a keynote lecture by Svante Pääbo on Neandertal man, an early morning botanical tour of our campus and the opening of the Balad 24 photography exhibit.
Here are the WEP events for today:
Botanical Tour
Student Center (building 18), meet at the bottom of the stairway in front of the building
7:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Photography Workshop: Basic Post Processing Tuition with Billy Currie
Engineering Science Hall (building 9), Computer Lab (room 2223)
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
ICE In the Desert Entrepreneurship Workshop
Conference Center (building 19), Halls 1,2
8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Motivational Techniques for Sustaining Innovation
Discovery Walk lecture hall (between buildings 4 and 5)
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Open-source software for computational engineering
University Library, (room 3134)
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Professional Training through Improvisation (morning sessions)
Auditorium (building 20), Rehearsal Function (room 2011)
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
E-Textiles: Wearable Technology
Engineering Science Hall (building 9), (room 4223)
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The Emerging Carbon-Market and Climate Change
Engineering Science Hall (building 9), Lecture Hall (room 2322)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
The Coinage Reform of ‘Abd Al Malik
Engineering Science Hall (building 9), Lecture Hall (room 2325)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Hacker Attack! Are you Ready?
Engineering Science Hall (building 9), Lecture Hall (room 2322)
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
ARCHES: An Innovative Workshop to Better Understand the Water Resources of the MENA Region
University Library, (room 3134)
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Open-source software for computational engineering
University Library, (room 3134)
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
A Big Data Challenge of Comparative/Evolutionary Genomics to Computational Biology
Engineering Science Hall (building 9), Lecture Hall (room 2322)
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Lecture: UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Downtown Jeddah (‘Balad’)
Engineering Science Hall (building 9), Lecture Hall (room 2325)
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Professional Training through Improvisation (afternoon sessions)
Auditorium (building 20), Rehearsal Function (room 2011)
4:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Opening of the Two Week Exhibit – ‘Al Balad 24’
Administration Building, lobby
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Keynote Lecture: A Neandertal Perspective on Human Origins, by Svante Pääbo
Auditorium (building 20)
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Movies @ WEP 2015: “Surrogates” (by Jonathan Mostow)
Discovery Theater
9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
If you have questions related to WEP 2015, please contact the Office of Enrichment at contactwep@kaust.edu.sa
For further details and seat availability of these events, check wep.acadox.com
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