A center of the scholarly community for NYU Abu Dhabi, the UAE, and the Gulf, the NYUAD Institute hosts academic conferences, workshops, lectures, film series, performances, and other public programs directed to both local audiences and the worldwide academic and research communities.

Upcoming events are in the works, so stay tuned. Information will be posted as it becomes available. In the meantime, browse past events to get an idea of what's in store.

Highlighted Events

  • The Natural Effort to Better One's Conditions

    Iqbal Z. Quadir, Yaw Nyarko

    | 19 Washington Square North, New York

    Iqbal Z. Quadir is an accomplished entrepreneur who realized in the early 1990s that the ensuing digital revolution could facilitate the introduction of telephone access throughout Bangladesh, including its rural areas. To make this vision a reality, he established a New York-based company, Gonofone Development Corp, and assembled a global consortium of Gonofone, micro-credit pioneer Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, and Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor to create Grameenphone. This discussion will address Quadir's recent work in mobile technology.

    In collaboration with the Center for Technology & Economic Development and NYU Africa House

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  • Lecture

    Philip Kennedy Open to the Public

    Part of "Research at the NYUAD Institute"

  • Lecture

    Robert Buckley Open to the Public

    Part of "New Approaches to City Planning and Slum Upgrading"

  • Lecture

    Sean Carroll Open to the Public

    Part of "Luminaries of Science"

  • Lecture

    Gary Anderson, Mark Cohen Open to the Public

    Part of "Paradoxes of Charity"

Upcoming events are in the works, so stay tuned. Information will be posted as it becomes available.