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Speakers

 NamePositionStatus
 • Nahed Abdelghaffar    Confirmed
 • Mahnaz Afkhami    Confirmed
 • Layla Almahdy    Confirmed
 • Mashael Bint Mohamed Alsaoud    Confirmed
 • Sherin Assem    Confirmed
 • Margaret Catley-Carlson  IDRC Governor and Chair of the Global Water Partnership  Confirmed
 • Hala Eissa    Confirmed
 • Dina ElKhishin    Confirmed
 • Nina Federoff  External Faculty, Science Steering Committee, Santa Fe Institute, Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State, U. S. Department of State  Confirmed
 • Rafia Ghubash  President, Arab Gulf University  Confirmed
 • Yolanda Kabadse Navarro  Executive President of Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano.  Confirmed
 • Madiha Khattab  Dean of Medicine, Cairo University  Confirmed
 • Amina Khayri    Confirmed
 • Carol Mandel  Dean of the Division of Libraries at New York Univ  Confirmed
 • Mona Mareiy  Professor of Dentistry , Alexandria University, Head of Tissue engineering Laboratories , Alexandria University www.tissueengineering.org, Vice-president, Representative of Emerging countries - Tissue Engineering and regenerative Medicine society International " TERMIS" www.termis.org, Biomedical Engineering Representative - African Scientific committee - Nelson Mandella Institute for Knowledge building US/African Material Science " USAMI"usami.princeton.edu/index.shtml  Confirmed
 • Rouba Medhat    Confirmed
 • Sudha Nair  Director of Eco-technology, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation  Confirmed
 • Ndiaye Ndioro    Confirmed
 • Ann Okerson  Director of the Office of Scientific & Academic  Confirmed
 • Akila Saleh    Confirmed
 • Cyriaque Sendashonga  Senior Environmental Affairs Officer, Biosafety Protocol, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  Confirmed
 • Manju Sharma  Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting  Confirmed
 • Zohreh Tabatabai  Director of Communication and Public Information, ILO  Confirmed
 • Jocelyn Webster  Executive Director of AfricaBio  Confirmed
 • Maha Eldemellawi  Dean of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), Mubarak City for Scientific Research & Applied Technology (MuCSAT).  Confirmed
 • Farouk Elbaz  Professor and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University.  Confirmed
 • Cynthia Schneider  Professor, Georgetown University  Confirmed
 • Mohamed Hassan    Confirmed
 • Christine Pernelle   Conservatoire National Des Arts et Metiers  Confirmed
 • Marcella Villareal  Director, Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division  Confirmed
 • Samia Galal  SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST  Confirmed
 • Michael M.Cernea  Cernea is Research Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington D.C. and member of the Science Council of the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). He is a native of Romania, a member of Romania's Academy of Sciences, and Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Science Board of the Social Development Institute, Hohai University, China. For about two decades, Cernea served as the World Bank's Senior Advisor for Social Policy and Sociology, and held senior positions in the Operational Policy Vice Presidency and the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (ESSD). He received the "Bronislaw Malinowsky Prize" for his social science research and policy contributions, and has written and edited numerous books and studies on development, social change, culture, population forced resettlement, social forestry, grassroots organizations, and participation. His most recent book is on Cultural Heritage and Development in the Middle East and North Africa.  Confirmed
 • Michael Keller    Confirmed
 • Hisham ElSherif  Chairman, Regional Information Technology Center (RITSEC) and Commissioner, Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC), Egypt  Confirmed
 • Adel Beltagy  Chair of GFAR (Global Forum for Agriculture Research)  Confirmed
 • Hossam Badrawy  prof. of OB/GYN Cairo University Medical School.  Confirmed
 • Sheikha Bint jabor Al-Thani    Confirmed
 • Suhair Wastawy    Confirmed
 • Noha Adly    Confirmed
 • Magdy Madkour  Head of Biotechnology, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute, Ain Shams University  Confirmed
 • William A. Swope  Vice President, General Manager, Corporate Affairs Group, Intel Corporation  Confirmed
 • Haya Al Saud    Confirmed
 • Lihadh Al- Gazali  Professor of Clinical Genetics and Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University.  Confirmed
 • Nagwa Meguid    Confirmed
 • Susannah Clarey  Intel Award Winner  Confirmed
 • Farida Allaghi  Senior Adviser to HRH Prince Talal Bin Abdulazez Al Saud, President of the Arab Gulf Program For the United Nations Development Organizations, Saudi Arabia; former Director, Woman and Child Division, Arab Gulf Program, Saudi Arabia  Confirmed
 • Farkhonda Hassan  professor of geology at the American University in Cairo, a member of the Egyptian Parliament, and secretary-general for the National Council for Women in Egypt.  Confirmed
 • Effat Badr  Professor Emeritus, Department. of Genetics Faculty of Agriculture, Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt  Confirmed
 • Venice Kamel Gouda  Minister of State for Scientific Research.  Confirmed
 • Robert Berg  World Academy of Art and Science and World Federation of United Nations Associations  Confirmed
 • Rose-Mary Boustany    Confirmed