Program
Thursday, 25 October 2007
09:00-10:30 | Registration | Conference Opening Session: Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development | 10:30-11:45 | | 11:45-12:30 | Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Plenary Lecture (Egypt) | 12:30-13:00 | Coffee Break | Session 2: Biodiversity and Changes in the Ecosystems | 13:00-14:30 | - Chair: Hamdallah Zidan (Egypt)
- Hamdallah Zidan, Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University (Egypt)
- Jocelyn Webster, Executive Director, AfricaBio (South Africa)
- Omar El-Ariny, Chief Officer of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (Canada)
- Robert J. Berg, World Academy of Art and Science and World Federation of United Nations Associations(USA)
| 14:30-15:30 | Lunch Break | Session 3: Natural Resources and Waste Management | 15:30-17:00 | Chair: Salah Soliman (Egypt) El-Sayeda I. Moustafa, Head, Economic Department, Faculty of Commerce, University of Alexandria (Egypt) Hosny K. Khordagui, Chief, Water & Environment Team, United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) (Lebanon) Hussein Abaza, Chief, the Economics and Trade Branch, UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics(Switzerland)
| 17:00-18:00 | Session 4: Round Table Discussion: MENANEE "Network" |
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