KAUST INAUGURATION CEREMONY - Saudi Arabia

The newest University in the World, inaugurated in front of the King of Saudi Arabia and of more than 3000 guests, 50 Heads of State, 400 journalists, 30 Nobel Prize laureates, as well as the elite of Saudi society, on 23rd September 2009, Saudi National Day. That’s KAUST Inauguration Ceremony: a project that celebrated the birth of an extraordinary Institution, which is dedicated to the most advanced research in science and technology and located 80 km far from Jeddah, on the Red Sea.

To host the event, Filmmaster Events built a temporary structure of 25.000 square meters, which included an interactive exhibition and a futuristic auditorium featuring a 72 meter screen, that finally opened on the Marina to reveal the University and the amazing outdoor show of fireworks, lasers, water features and 40 Synchrolite sky-tracker lights.

Filmmaster Events conceptualized and produced that historical event, defined by the media as “Breathtaking, spectacular and just amazing”.

A team of professionals from more than 20 nationalities worked for 5 months on the project, delivering an event that made history in Saudi Arabia, in the Middle East region and all over the World.