Honorary Speaker

H.E. Eng. Khalid Al Falih

Minister of Investment

 

 

Opening Remarks

Dr. Munir M. Eldesouki

Honorary Chair, KACST President

Dr. Tony Chan

Honorary Chair, KAUST President

Honorary Guests

Dr. Larry Carin

KAUST Provost Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Pierre Magistretti

KAUST Vice President for Research, Distinguished Professor, Director of KAUST Smart Health Initiative

Dr. Kevin Cullen

KAUST Vice President for Innovation

Dr. Talal Alsedairy

Senior Vice President, R&D, KACST

Dr. Saeed Al-Shihri

Vice President of Energy and Industry, KACST

Mr. Fahad Bahdailah

Vice President for Strategic Communication and Partnerships

Dr. Mariam Nouh

Vice President for Future Economies Sector, KACST

External Speakers

Dr. Shuji Nakamura

Nobel Laureate, US NAE, CREE Distinguished Professor, UC Santa Barbara

Dr. Paul Blom

Director, Max Planck Institute

Dr. Margarete Schramboeck

Former Austrian Minister of Digital & Economic Affairs

Dr. Ali Khatib

Deputy CEO, Investment & Portfolio, Ajlan & Bros Holding Group

Velu Sinha

Partner at Bain & Company

Dr. Herve Mace

Director of Semiconductor Sales, EMEA, Materials and Structural Analysis, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Dr. Patrick R. Haspel

Global Head of Synopsys Academic & Research Alliances (SARA)

Dr. Donal Bradley

Executive Director, NEOM Education, Research & Innovation Foundation and Vice-President for Research and Innovation, NEOM University

Dr. Gabriel Rebeiz

US NAE, Wireless Communications Industry Chair Professor, UC San Diego

Dr.  Thamer Tabbakh

General Manager of Microelectronics and Semiconductors, KACST

Dr. Umesh Mishra

US NAE, Donald W. Whittier Distinguished Professor, UC Santa Barbara

Dr. Steven DenBaars

US NAE, Distinguished Professor, UC Santa Barbara

Dr. Helen Hai Li

Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE Fellow, Clare Boothe Luce Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University

Dr. Hao-Chung Kuo

Head of Foxconn Semiconductor Research Chair Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Dr. Haisheng Rong

Sr. Principal Engineer and R&D Manager at Intel Corp, Fellow of IEEE, Optica, SPIE

Dr. Michael Pecht

IEEE Life Fellow, ASME Life Fellow, Director of CALCE, George Dieter Professor, Univ of Maryland

Dr. Kang L Wang

Academician, Academia Sinica IEEE Fellow, Distinguished Professor, UCLA

Dr. Nan Chi

Dean and Professor, Fudan University

Dr. Yaqub Mahnashi

KFUPM

Dr. Radwan Noor

Chair, Automotive and Aerospace Electronics, KACST

Mazhar Bari

CEO Advanced and Emerging Technologies, Ajilan & Bros Holding

Dr. Ahmad Alfaifi

Director of Saudi Semiconductors Program, KACST

Ali Rizvi

Head of Program Management, Lucid Motors

Dr. Abdullah Almogbel

Prospects and Challenges of Nitride Semiconductors in Space and Automotives, KACST

Dr. Hamad Albraithen

KSU

Dr. Sami Alghamdi

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University

Dr. Saeed Al-Shihri

Vice President of Energy and Industry, KACST

Dr. Abdulilah Mayet

KKU

Dr. Burhan Saifaddin

KFUPM

Dr. Abdulrahman Alsoliman

KACST

Dr. Masfer Alkahtani

Research Associate Professor, KACST

Dr. Maha Khayyat

Professor of Semiconductors Physics, KACST

Dr. Lain-Jong (Lance) Li

Chair Professor of Future Electronics, University of Hong Kong

Dr. Mohammed Amer

Center of Excellence for Green Nanotechnologies, KACST

Dr. David Westmoreland

NA and AFM Distribution Manager, Oxford Instruments

Dr. Abdulaziz Alorainy

Assistant Research Professor, KACST

Dr. Abdullah Alhassan

KACST

Ahmed Almalki

MISA

Munirah Alaboudi

MISA

Fahad Alsulimani

MISA

Dr. Abdullah Alharbi

KACST

KAUST Speakers

Dr. Khaled Salama

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Osman Bakr

Professor of Material Science and Engineering and Vice Provost, KAUST

Dr. Gianluca Setti

Professor & Dean of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering division

Dr. Boon Ooi

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST

Dr. Yating Wan

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST

Dr. Shehab Ahmed

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Husam Alshareef

Professor, KAUST

Dr. Atif Shamim

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), KAUST

Dr. Stefaan De Wolf

Professor of Material Science and Engineering, KAUST

Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST

Dr. Mario Lanza

Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Dr. Ahmed Eltawil

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Suhaib Fahmy

Associate Professor of Computer Science

Dr. Derya Baran

Associate Professor of Material Science and Engineering

Dr. Kazuhiro Ohkawa

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KAUST