During KAUST's Winter Enrichment Program (WEP), Innovation and Economic Development’s Entrepreneurship Center will be delivering a program for students called ‘ICED in the Desert,’ which combines teaching and workshops on innovation, creativity entrepreneurship and design thinking. It will take place...
If you are building a startup, you need to find a mentor. The panel discussion will talk about the importance of mentorship in the journey of building startups. The panelist will host international mentors Jay Connor and Brian Hayes and...
A number of economic and competitiveness issues will be discussed at this year’s Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF), which is held in partnership with the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, in Riyadh from January 24 to 26. Over 80 international speakers...
The 7th Annual Saudi Technology Incubation Conference 2016 is a forum that enables government, financial institutions, universities, research institutions, the private sector and chambers of commerce to share experiences and best practices in business incubation acceleration and entrepreneurship programs. A number of speakers from...
Rubotherm was founded in 1990 and is a spin-off from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Rubotherm produces unique analytical measuring instruments and laboratory testing facilities. Join Dr. Frieder Dreisbach, the Managing Director of Rubotherm, to learn more about his university spin-off experiences. His...
To ensure you understand how business development and commercialization work in the real world, it helps to learn from practitioners — what we sometimes call a “pracademic” approach. Our New Ventures School was established with this idea in mind. The...
The Saudi Water & Electricity Forum is the premier strategic meeting of the water and electricity industries of Saudi Arabia. It takes place from February 7 to 9 in Riyadh. Mark Crowell, KAUST's VP of Innovation and Economic Development will...
To ensure you understand how business development and commercialization work in the real world, it helps to learn from practitioners — what we sometimes call a “pracademic” approach. Our New Ventures School was established with this idea in mind. The...
Augmented reality (AR) is when a view of a real-world environment is enhanced by computer-generated sensory inputs such as sound, video, graphics and/or GPS data. Listen to Dr. John Kymissis from Columbia University and learn how three AR-related companies have...
KAUST welcomes representatives from its industrial and scientific partners to the University’s campus for the seventh annual KAUST Industry Advisory Board (KIAB) meeting. KIAB was established to ensure ongoing alignment of the University’s academic, research and economic development activities and goals...
