Event Schedule
Get ready for three days of creativity, learning, and innovation at SAAI: Super Artistic AI Factory.
Hackathon | SAAI for kids
Open to students worldwide, ages 13-18, in teams of up to 5 members.
Are you ready to innovate with AI in art?
Medvation SAAI Workshops
Workshops: 15 online training sessions covering AI, creative coding, and generative models. We provide curated guides, tools, and tutorials for each track to help participants build their AI-art projects.
Event Schedule (April 12–14, 2025)
Morning Session
- 08:30 – 09:00 – Registration (For students only)
- 09:00 – 09:15 – SAAI for Kids Welcome Notes! – Mohamed Elhoseiny (Building 20)
- 09:20 – 10:10 – Talk 1: SAAI Factory – Introduction to an international, interdisciplinary and collaborative initiative – Christoph Faulhaber (Building 20)
- 10:10 – 11:00 – Talk 2 – David Keyes Elliott (Building 20)
- 11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee Break
- 11:20 – 12:00 – Talk 3: AI Art: From Technology to Culture – Luba Elliott (Building 20)
- 11:40 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
- 13:35 – 14:00 – AI-STEAM in Art (Launching Hackathon) – Sakhaa Alsaedi (Building 20, Rehearsal Room)
- 14:00 – 14:30 – Workshop: Design Thinking – Medvation Team (Building 20, Rehearsal Room)
- 14:30 – 17:00 – Hackathon – Medvation TAs (Building 20, Rehearsal Room)
Morning Session
- 09:00 – 09:10 – Start of the Day – Presenter (Building 20)
- 09:10 – 10:00 – Talk 4: Imaginative AI for Art and Culture – Prof. Mohamed Elhoseiny (Building 20)
- 10:00 – 10:50 – Talk 5: Improvisation and Creativity – Basel Al-Naffouri (Google) (Building 20)
- 10:50 – 11:20 – Coffee Break
- 11:20 – 12:00 – Talk 6: SAAI for Kids – Sakhaa Alsaedi (Building 20)
- 12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
- 13:35 – 14:25 – Workshop: How to Pitch an Idea – Medvation Team (Building 20, Rehearsal Room)
- 14:25 – 17:00 – Hackathon – Medvation TAs (Building 20, Rehearsal Room)
Morning Session
- 09:00 – 09:15 – Start of the Day – Presenter (Building 20)
- 09:00 – 10:30 – Showcases (Building 20)
- 10:30 – 11:30 – Award Announcement and Closing Speech (Building 20)
- 11:35 – Group Photo
Thank you to our esteemed speakers for generously sharing their expertise and guiding the next generation of AI-driven creatives.
- Prof. David E. Keyes| KAUST
- Christoph Faulhaber | Conceptual artist, performer, filmmaker, and author
- Luba Elliott| Creative AI Thought Leader and AI Art Curator
- Prof. Basel Al-Naffouri | Google
- Prof. Mohamed Elhoseiny | KAUST
- Prof. David Pugh | KAUST
- Sakhaa Alsaedi | CEO of Medvation
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