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TWAS/BVA2008.NXT Program


TWAS/BioVisionAlexandria.NXT 2008*-----------Friday, 11 April 2008

09:00-10:00

Opening Session (Small Theater)

  1. Yehia Zaky, Head, Academic and Cultural Affairs Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)
  2. Magdy Madkour, Professor, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute (ALARI), Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University (Egypt)
  3. Tarek Hussein, President, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (Egypt)
  4. Mohamed Hassan, Executive Director, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World-TWAS (Sudan)
Break

10:30-12:00

Funding Organizations (Small Theater)
Chair: Yehia Zaky, Head, Academic and Cultural Affairs Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)
Rapporteur: Nefertiti Adly

  1. Joel Breman, Senior Scientific Advisor, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (USA)

Research Training Opportunities Supported by the Fogarty International Center, U.S. National Institutes of Health

  1. Adel El Zaim, Senior Program Specialist, International Development Research Center-IDRC (Canada)

Science for Humanity

  1. Alaa El-Sadek, President, the Arab Regional Unit, WAYS (Egypt)
Lunch Break

14:30-17:00

Funding Organizations (Small Theater)
Chair: Magdy Madkour, Professor, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute (ALARI), Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University (Egypt)
Rapporteur: Nefertiti Adly

  1. Indridi Benediktsson, Directorate-General for Research, Health, European Commission (Belgium)
  2. Mona Ayoub, Deputy Director, DAAD Office in Cairo (Germany)

German Funding Programmes for Science and Research

  1. Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry, Programme Coordinator Research, Development and Innovation Programme (Egypt)
  2. Dianna Derhak, Director, Business Development, EPOS USA and Co-Chair Oxford University Conferences on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health (USA)
Break

17:30-19:30

Table Discussions (Meeting Room F and Meeting Room H-Library B1)

  1. Moderator: Mohamed Ihab Elmasry, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (Egypt)

20:00-22:00

Dinner (Gathering point: Registration Desk)

TWAS/BioVisionAlexandria.NXT 2008*-----------Saturday, 12 April 2008

09:00-11:00

Success Stories in Research Funding in the Developing World (Small Theater)
Chair: Salah Soliman, Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University (Egypt)
Rapporteur: Nefertiti Adly

  1. Prabuddha Ganguli, Elected Fellow, the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences(India)
  2. Erdan Dong, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Planning, National Natural Science Foundation of China (China)
  3. Mohammad Afzal, Acting Regional Adviser, Research Policy and Cooperation, WHO/Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office in Cairo (Pakistan)

Funding Research for Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of WHO: From Research to Policy and Practice

  1. Gabrielle Persley, Chair, Doyle Foundation (UK)
Break

11:30-13:30

Panel Discussions: (Small Theater)
Chair: Rafik Nakhla, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)
Panelists: Mohammad Afzal, Mohamed Ihab Elmasry, Mona Ayoub, Indridi Benediktsson, Joel Breman, Dianna Derhak, Erdan Dong, Alaa El-Sadek, Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry, Prabuddha Ganguli, Gabrielle Persley

Lunch Break

 

14:30-15:30

Reporting and Closing Session: (Small Theater)

  1. Reporter: Nefertiti Adly
  2. Yehia Zaky, Head, Academic and Cultural Affairs Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)

15:30-16:30

BA Tour

 

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