Thursday, 8 December 2005

International Friends Meeting

10:00 - 10:30

Opening Session Venue: Middle Hall

- Welcome and presentation by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director

10:30 - 11:00

Gift Donations

11:00 - 12:00

- Reports by the International Friends (limited to 7 minutes each)

12:00 – 12:30

Coffee Break Venue: B1 Cafeteria - BACC

12:30 - 1:30

- Reports by the International Friends (limited to 7 minutes each)

1:30 – 2:30

Session 1: Presentations by Departments: Venue: Middle Hall

Library, ICT, AlexMed

3:00 – 4:00

Lunch in the BACC Restaurant (2^nd floor)

4:00 – 6:00

Session 2: Fulfilling the Mission: Sustainability for the Library

Venue: Middle Hall

- Moderator: Dr. Yehia Halim Zaki

- Panel Speakers: Prof. Moustafa El-Abbadi

Dr. Bernard Salomé

Dr. Sohair Wastawy

6:00 – 7:30

Poetry Reading Nobel Section – Library 3^rd floor (F3)

7:30 – 8:30

Library Tour

8:30

Evening free – Fish dinner at “Gizeret Al Malika” EGP 60 each (Reservations arranged with Dina Abdel-Moneim)

Friday, 9 December 2005

International Friends Meeting

10:00 – 11:30

Session 3: Dreaming the Future - Specific Programs and Projects for Excellence in the Library: Strategies for the International Friends

Venue: Middle Hall

- Moderator: Dr. Sohair Wastawy

- Panel: Dr. Abdelwahab Elabd : “Egyptian Corner”

Dr. Annica Dahlstrom: The Library as a Meeting Place for Natural Scientists Scientific Facts about the Human Brain

Mr. David Wardrop,

Mrs. Rosalie Cuneo Amer

11:30 – 12:00

Coffee Break Venue: B1 Cafeteria - BACC

12:00 – 2:00

Session 4: Discussions continue on Strategies for the International Friends

Venue: Middle Hall

- Chair: Dr. Bernard Salomé

- Panel: Mrs. Beatrice Jaberg,

Mrs. Carmela Ruby: “Context, Planning, Creativity”

Mr. Lorenzo Montesini

Dr. Mohamed Ali Sherif

2:00 – 3:00

Lunch at the BACC Restaurant 2^nd floor

3:00 – 5:00

Session 5: Wrap up and Adjourn

Venue: Middle Hall

- Chair: Eng. Hoda El Mikaty

7:00 – 7:30

7:30 – 8:15

Evening program- Anke Limprecht film on the Library

(Last 15 minutes for questions and answers)

Venue: Middle Hall

Lecture by Mr.  Raymond Lonfat: Founder of the “Fondation des Archives Historiques de L’Abbaye de Saint Maurice” pr esenting the great Swiss foundation to all the Friends. Venue: Middle Hall