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AI and Ethics in Research: Perspectives from the Think Tank Sector

This talk will explore the novel and complex ethical questions, limitations and challenges that AI raises in the research environment. Building on perspectives from the think tank sector in the UK, the talk will touch on both the importance of ethics and how the think tank sector navigates and safeguards complex ethical questions. It will further explore the potential uses of AI in researc...

Sep

Women in the US Naval Academy: Past, Present and Future

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join us to hear from our international AUC students who are also female midshipmen at the US Naval Academy. They will share their ambitions, challenges and career aspirations in the US Navy and Marine Corps.

Sep

An Empirical Study of Blockchain-Driven Transparency in a Consumer Marketplace

12:45 pm

AUC New Cairo

By understanding how utilizing structural estimation helps understand how consumers assess product attributes and quality, the seminar discusses blockchain technology’s impact on consumer marketplaces and highlights that consumer responses (and welfare effects) vary in sophistication and size based on their prior experience with the product category. Additionally, the seminar will establish tha...

Oct

Mountains of the Pharaohs: An In-Person Book Talk with Zahi Hawass

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join us for a book talk with Dr. Zahi Hawass about the new paperback edition of his book "Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders". Hawass will walk us through the story of the pyramids, weaving archaeological data with a history of Egypt’s powerful pharaohs, and argues that the pyramids—including the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the only one of the Seven Wonders of th...

Oct

Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF)

Oct 17 – Nov 10

1:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Experience innovation across global multidisciplinary art that reshapes audience and performer interactions.

Oct

Art D'Egypte Forever Is Now .04

Oct 26 – Oct 30

1:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Unearth the dialogue between antiquity and modern artistry. This year’s edition will feature exciting talks, offering insights into visual awareness and the intersection of art and design.

Sep

Ensemble Aventure Performs Leqaát, Encounters

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Ensemble Aventure is a Freiburg-based contemporary music ensemble of Egyptian and German composers renowned for its concert series, international collaborations as well as numerous premieres. This concert program focuses on the encounters between oriental cultural traditions and contemporary music of Western influence. This is particularly evident in the new works by composers Amr Okba, Hossa...

Sep

The Philosophy of Education in Egypt

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

With the start of the new academic year and in light of the latest reforms announced by the Ministry of Education, the debate regarding the philosophy of education in Egypt is being reignited. What is the purpose of the educational process? Is it to build human capacity or prepare people for the labor market? To answer those questions and understand how the newest cascade of policies fit...

Sep

Prompt Engineering 101: How I Stopped Worrying and Let AI Do the Heavy Lifting

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

This workshop offers an engaging, hands-on introduction to harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in day-to-day work through effective prompt engineering. Participants will gain a solid understanding of how free AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot can be used to drive productivity and innovation. The session is designed to shatter the fears of using AI and break down ...

Sep

Film Screening: Sh’hili Documentary

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

For several decades now, people have been talking everywhere about the processes of climate change and global warming underway. Conferences, forums and publications are multiplying. The famous COPs (Conferences of the Parties) held each year in a different country bring together hundreds of delegations from all over the world. And yet there are few results, even though CC phenomena continue to ...