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NamePositionPresentationsCountry
Abd El-Aziz, Farha  Professor of Clinical Immunology & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University
 Egypt
Abdel Aleem, Eiman  Assistant Chairman for International Coopertion, MuCSAT and Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology, University of Alexandria
 Egypt
Abdel Latif, Ahmed  Program Manager, IPR Programs, ICTSD
 Switzerland
Abdelzaher, Magdy  Faculty of Agriculture, Saba Basha, University of Alexandria, Egypt
 Egypt
Abou Zeid , Perihan  Private Lawyer and Lecturer at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport.  Egypt
Adly, Nefertiti  Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Egypt
Al Aqeel , Aida  S. Consultant Paediatric Medical Geneticist and Endocrinologist, Department of Paediatrics, Riyadh Military Hospital  Saudi Arabia
Ammann, Klaus  Guest Professor, Delft University of Technology
 Netherlands
Anhoury, Pierre  Senior Vice President, Europe for MattsonJack
 France
Arab, Morsi  IDF Regional Chair Diabetes, EMME region
 Egypt
Araki, Kazuhiro  Director, Research and Development Division Health Policy Bureau, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labour
 Japan
Arnold, Tom  Chairperson, the European Food Security Group  Ireland
Ashour, Fayrouz  Diabetes Supercourse Project Coordinator, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
 Egypt
Assaad-Khalil, Samir H.  Head, Department of Internal Medicine and Head, Unit of Diabetes & Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt  Egypt
Azzazy, Hassan M. E.  Chairman & Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, The American University In Cairo  Egypt
Badr, Effat  Professor Emeritus. Dept. of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University
 Egypt
Bahgat, Mahmoud  Assistant Professor, the National Research Center and DAAD Alumnus
 Egypt
Balzi, Elisabetta  Directorate-General for Research, Directorate E - Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology, European Commission
 Belgium
Baydoun , Elias  Professor of Biology, American University of Beirut  Lebanon
Bayoumi, Riad  Professor and Head of Clinical Biochemistry, the College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University  Oman
Beachy, Roger N.  President, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
 United States of America
Benediktsson, Indridi  Directorate-General for Research, Directorate F - Health, European Commission  Belgium
Berg, Robert J.  SENIOR ADVISOR, World Federation of United Nations Associations
 United States of America
Bokanga, Mpoko  Executive Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation
 Kenya
Bouis, Howarth  Director, HarvestPlus
 United States of America
Breman, Joel  Senior Scientific Advisor, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Principal Coordinator, DCCP
 United States of America
Casey, Norman  Professor, Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, the University of Pretoria.  South Africa
Catley-Carlson, Margaret  Chair, Global Water Partnership  United States of America
Champey, Yves  Founding Chairman, Drug and Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)  France
Chaturvedi, Sachin  Research and Information System for Developing Countries.
 India
Christie, Werner  Science and Technology Counsellor, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Beijing & Former Minister of Health, Norway, Chairman of the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board.
 China
Chu, Chengcai  Principle Investigator and Laboratory Head, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
 China
Clark, Brian  Vice President, European Federation of Biotechnology, President, International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Aarhus University Chairman, EFB European Federation of Biotechnology  Denmark
Cunningham, Patrick  Professor of Animal Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin & Chair, IdentiGEN Ltd  Ireland
Daar, Abdallah  Professor of Public Health, University of Toronto and co-director, Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network.
 Canada
Daub, Carsten O.  Team Leader of the Bioinformatics Team, Genome Exploration Research Group, Genomic Science Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute
 Japan
Degett, Jens  Executive Director, the European Action in Global Life Sciences (EAGLES)  Spain
Derhak, Dianna  Director of Business Development, EPOS USA, Co-Chair Oxford Univeristy Conferences on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health  United States of America
Desmarescaux, Philippe  Chairman, The World Life Sciences Forum, BioVision  France
Diderichsen, Boerge  Vice President, Corporate Research Affairs, Novo Nordisk
 Denmark
Dinicola, Natalie  Director, International Partnerships, Monsanto
 United States of America
Discher, Dennis E.  Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular, Mechanical, and Bio- Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
 United States of America
Doss, Wahid  Head, the National Liver Institute, Cairo
 Egypt
El Nokraschy, Hani  CEO, Nokraschy Engineering GmbH
 Germany
El Quosy, Dia  Doctor
 Egypt
El-Beltagy, Adel  Chair, Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), and chairman, IDDC
 Egypt
El-Dawy, Mohamed  Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University  Egypt
El-Gamal , Yousry  Minister of Education  Egypt
El-Gendy, Abdel Ghany  Professor of Agri -engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University
 Egypt
Elliott, Malcolm  Founding Executive Director, The Norman Borlaug Institute for Crop Improvement
 United Kingdom
Elshayeb, Yasser  National Contact Point, FP7
 Egypt
El-Zayadi, Abdel-Rahman  Professor, Tropical Medicine Department, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine and Director, Cairo Liver Center
 Egypt
El-Zoheiry, Abdelhamid   Coordinator, Research, Development & Innovation Programme  Egypt
Finalle, Rodney  Founder & Executive Director, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Alliance for International Medicine
 United States of America
Flanagan, Jim  President, European Association for Animal Production  Ireland
Ganguli, Prabuddha  CEO, Vision-IPR
 India
Gillespie, Iain  Head of Biotechnology Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
 France
Hamed, Mohamed Raouf  Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Organization for Drug Control and Research  Egypt
Hassouna , Salah  Emeritus Professor of Environmental Microbiology, High Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University
 Egypt
Hillman, John  Former Director, Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI)  United Kingdom
Hoste, Christian  Programme Coordinator, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
 France
Huelshoerster, Christian  Director, DAAD office in Cairo, Egypt
 Egypt
Hussein , Tarek  President, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology  Egypt
Huttner, Eric  General Manager, Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Limited
 Australia
Jacobsen, Hans- Joerg  Professor, Institute for Plant Genetics, Hannover University
 Germany
James, Clive  Chairman and Founder of ISAAA
 United States of America
Jarrett, Stephen  Principal Adviser, UNICEF Supply Division
 United States of America
Joergensen, Birte Holst  Managing Director, Nordic Energy Research
 Denmark
Kassem, Heba   Director, Clinical Genomics Center, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University
 Egypt
Kaufmann, Stefan  Founding Director and Member, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology
 Germany
Ke, Wen  Institiute of Policy Management, Chineese Academy of Sciences.  China
Kent, Alastair  Director, Genetic Interest Group
 United Kingdom
Khush, Gurdev  Adjunct Professor, University of California
 United States of America
Kilama, John  President, Global Bioscience Development Institute
 United States of America
Kirschfink, Michael  Professor of Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg
 Germany
Kitasato, Ichiro  President, Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA)
 Japan
Konaté, Gnissa  Director, INERA
 Burkina Faso
Konde, Victor  Chair and Coordiantor  Zambia
Krattiger, Anatole  Research Professor, Arizona State University  United States of America
Kurasaki, Takaaki  Director, Division of Advanced Medical and Radiological Science, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
 Japan
Kurata, Kenji  Director, Bio-Industry Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
 Japan
Lang, Roland  Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technical University of Munich
 Germany
Laporte, Ronald  Professor of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
 United States of America
Linkov , Faina  Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
 United States of America
Madkour, Magdy  Professor of Plant Pathology and Biotechnology, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Egypt.  Egypt
Madkour, Samia  Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Damanhour
 Egypt
Marei, Mona K.  Professor of Prosthodontics and Head, Tissue Engineering Laboratories, Faculty of dentistry, Alexandria University  Egypt
Martin, Jacques-François  President and CEO, Parteurop  France
Marton-Lefèvre, Julia  Director General, IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature  Switzerland
Massoud, Ahmed  Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University  Egypt
McConnell, David  Co Vice Chairman, EAGLES and Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Dublin  Ireland
McDermott, John  Deputy Director General of Research, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)  Canada
Melon, Christina C.  University of Toronto  Canada
Mooney, Pat  Executive Director, ETC Group  Canada
Morris , Jane  Director, African Centre for Gene Technologies
 South Africa
Moussa, Mariam  Research Specialist, Center for Special Studies and Programs, Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Egypt
Nakhla, Rafik  BiovisionAlexandria 2008 Organizing Committee, Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Egypt
Nobel, Joel  Founder and Professor Emeritus, ECRI Institute (ECRI)  United States of America
Norrby, Erling  Professor, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
 Sweden
Nutti, Marilia  Researcher, National Research Center on Food Technology, Embrapa
 Brazil
Omi, Koji  Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum; Member of the House of Representatives  Japan
Paes de Carvalho, João  Principal, BiznessBrazil
 Brazil
Pagliano, Daniel  Director, Latin American Federation of National Biotechnology Companies Association (FELAEB)  Uruguay
Patell, Villoo Morawala  Founder and CMD, Avesthagen Limited  India
Persley, Gabrielle  Chair, Doyle Foundation  United Kingdom
Potocnik, Janez  European Commissioner for Science and Research, European Commission  Belgium
Rabbinge, Roelof  University Professor of Wageningen University & Chair of the Science Council of the CGIAR  Netherlands
Rangel-Aldao, Rafael  "Director of Project Digital Molecular Medicine, Professor of Biotechnology, Simon Bolivar University and Director, Research & Innovation
 Venezuela
Ray, Monali  University of Toronto  Canada
Reva, Oleg  National Bioinformatics Network Node Manager,ACGT Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit, University of Pretoria
 South Africa
Rios, Gilbert M.  Coordinator, NanoMemPro Network of Excellence NoE EC / FP6
 France
Rook, Graham  Professor, Centre for Infectious Diseases and International Health, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences
 United Kingdom
Sachez, Elena  Science Counselor, Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt  Egypt
Sachs, Jeffrey D.  Director, Earth Institute.  United States of America
Saenz, Tirso  Centre for Sustainable Developmewnt, University of Brasilia.  Brazil
Sauer, Francois  CEO Trans Am Group
 United States of America
Schmidt , Harald  Assistant Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics
 United Kingdom
Schneider, Cynthia P  Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy
 United States of America
Schnug , Ewald  Head, Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science
 Germany
Schockenhoff, Eberhard  Professor, Theologische Fakultأ¤t - Arbeitsbereich Moraltheologie, Albert-Ludwigs Universitأ¤t Freiburg  Germany
Serageldin, Ismail  Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Egypt
Shotkoski, Frank  Director, Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP) II, Cornell University  United States of America
Shubnikov, Eugene  Research Scientist, Institute of Internal Medicine, Novosibirsk
 Russia
Singer, Peter  Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics & Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
 Canada
Soliman, Salah  Professor of Pesticide Chemistry & Toxicology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University  Egypt
Suojanen, Christian  Secretary General, European Federation of Biotechnology  Spain
Swaminathan, Soumya  Deputy Director (Sr.Grade), Tuberculosis Research Centre
 India
Thorsteinsdottir, Halla  Mclaughlin – Rotman Center for Global health, University of Toronto.  Canada
Trigo , Eduardo J.  Director, Grupo CEO Consultores S.A. and Scientific Adviser, Directorate for International Relations, Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation
 Argentina
van der Meer, Piet  Executive Secretary, Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI)
 Belgium
Van Montagu, Marc  Elected and Acting President, the European Federation of Biotechnology
 Belgium
Varfolomeev, Sergei  Director, Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
 Russia
Yang, Huanming  Director, Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director, Huada Genomics Research Center.
 China
Zaky, Yehia  Head, Academic and Cultural Affairs Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Egypt
Zimmer , Daniel  Executive Director, World Water Council
 France

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