The KAUST Inauguration press conference featured senior leaders of the University,
and discussed all aspects of this noble endeavor from realizing His Majesty King
Abdullah’s vision in less to 1,000 days, to KAUST’s facilities, partnerships, faculty, students,
and research agenda.
List of speakers
H.E. Minister Ali Ibrahim Al-Naimi
Chairman, Board of Trustees, KAUST
> Read H.E. Minister Ali
Ibrahim Al-Naimi's biography
Mr. Khalid Al-Falih
Member, KAUST Board of Trustees
Professor Choon Fong Shih
President, KAUST
> Read Professor Choon Fong
Shih's biography
Mr. Nadhmi Al-Nasr
Interim Executive Vice President of Administration and Finance, KAUST
> Read Mr. Nadhmi A. Al-Nasr's
biography
Mr. Jamil Al-Dandany, Facilitator
Interim Communications Manager, KAUST