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NamePositionPresentationsCountryConfirmed
Abd El-Aziz, Farha  Professor of Clinical Immunology & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University and Vice President, Mansoura University  Egypt
Afzal, Mohamed  Executive Editor, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization  Pakistan
Al-Ansary, Nadia  Technical Assistant, President Office, ASRT
 Egypt
Al-Shorbaji, Najeeb  Director, Knowledge Management and Sharing  Switzerland
Ammann, Klaus  Professor Emeritus, University of Bern
 Switzerland
Anazawa , Hideharu  Strategic Planning Director, Japan Bioindustry Association
 Japan
Anderson, Walter Truett  , Co-Chair, World Academy Program on Climate Stability Governace and Member, International Expert Group on Earth System Preservation (IESP), Munich (USA)  United States of America
Anhoury, Pierre  Senior Vice President, KantarHealth
 France
Ashhab, Yaqoub  Director, Biotechnology Training and Research Unit, Palestine Polytechnic University
 Palestine
Ayral, André  Professor, European Membrane Institute of Montpellier  France
Azzazy, Hassan  Chairman, Department of Chemistry, the American University in Cairo  Egypt
Badr, Effat  Professor . Dept. of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University
 Egypt
Barcelo, Damia  Director, Catalan Institute on Water Research
 Spain
Berg, Robert J.  Senior Advisor, World Federation of United Nations Associations  United States of America
Berrie, Morris  Co-Chairman, TTS Ltd. and Managing Director, Tech Investor Ltd  United Kingdom
Bey, Pierre  Former Director, Institut Curie
 France
Blackstock, Jason  Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation & Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
 Austria
Brutlag , Douglas  Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Medicine
 United States of America
Bunn, Anthony  Director, MRC Innovation Centre
 South Africa
Carlone, Claudio  Chairman, Hypothesis
 Italy
Catley-Carlson, Margaret  Chair, BOT Crop Diversity Trust
 Canada
Christie, Werner  Former Norwegian Minister of Health
 Norway
Clark, Brian F.C.  Vice President, European Federation of Biotechnology
 Denmark
Cocking, Edward  Director, The Centre for Crop Nitrogen Fixation, University of Nottingham
 United Kingdom
Cosgrove, William  Founder, Ecoconsult Inc.
 Canada
Cubasch, Ulrich  Dean, Geoscience Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin
 Germany
Dario, Paolo  Professor, Scuolar Superior Sant'Anna
 Italy
Datta, Swapan  RashBehari Chair Professor, University of Calcutta
 India
Derhak, Dianna  Director, Business Development, EPOS
 United States of America
Derryck, Vivian Lowery  President and CEO, the Bridges Institute
 United States of America
Desmarescaux, Philippe  Chairman, The World Life Sciences Forum, BioVision  France
Dimitris, Kafetzopoulos  Principal Researchrer, Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH), Instiutute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB)
 Greece
El-Beltagy, Adel  Chair
 Egypt
Elgamal, Yousry  Chairman and BOT, Egyptian Japanese University of Science and Technology and Former Minister of Education  Egypt
Elliott, Malcolm  Founding Director, The Norman Borlaug Institute for Crop Improvement
 United Kingdom
El-Nokraschy, Hani  Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board
 Germany
El-Rakshy, Samy  Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University  Egypt
Elshabrawy, Mervat  Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Ophthalmic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University
 Egypt
El-Shayeb, Yasser  Head, Research Development and Innovation Network, RDI Programme (Egypt)
 Egypt
Elzawawy, Ahmed  President& First Founder, International Campaign for Establishment and Development of Oncology Centers (ICEDOC)
 Egypt
Farcy, Michel  Vice President, Pall Industrial  France
Fedoroff, Nina  Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State and to the Administrator of USAID
 United States of America
Finalle, Rodney  Director of Global Health, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
 United States of America
Fondacaro, Joe  President & CEO
 United States of America
Franceschi, Francois  Senior Director of Technology, Rib-X Inc.  United States of America
Ganguli, Prabuddha  CEO, Vision-IPR
 India
Geraghty, James A.  Senior Vice President, Genzyme  United States of America
Gillespie, Iain  Head, Science and Technology Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
 France
Girardet, Herbert  Co-Founder and Program Director
 United Kingdom
Gleick, Peter H.  Co-founder and President, the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
 United States of America
Grenier , Christian  CEO, The World Life Sciences Forum, BioVision
 France
Guinot, Francois  Former President, French Academy of Technology  France
Haoudi, Abdelali  Vice President -Research, Qatar Foundation
 Qatar
Hassan, Mohamed  President, African Academy of Sciences and Executive Director, TWAS  Italy
Helal, Hany  Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research  Egypt
Hentschel, Christopher  President and CEO, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV)
 Switzerland
Herrling, Paul  Head of Novartis Institutes for Developing World Medical Research, Novartis International AG  Switzerland
Hesse, Christoph  Assistant Professor in Architecture and Urban Design, Technical University Darmstadt
 Germany
Huang, Jianshi  Dean, School of Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, China  China
Huelshoerster, Christian  Director, DAAD Office in Cairo, Egypt
 Germany
Hussein, Tarek  President of Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research & Technology (ASRT)  Egypt
Ishiguro, Hiroshi  Professor, Osaka University  Japan
Jaeger, Raimund  Head, Research Group “Biomedical Materials and Implants”, Fraunhofer-Institute for Mechanics of Materials
 Germany
Jagadish, Mittur  Senior Vice President, BioAgri Division Avesthagen Limited  India
James, Clive  Chairman and Founder, ISAAA
 Cayman Islands
Kapiel, Tarek  Supervisor of the Technology Development (Invention and the Innovation) Sector, ASR
 Egypt
Kapoor , Andrew  Graduate Student, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto  Canada
Kassem, Heba  Director, Clinical Genomics Center, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University
 Egypt
Kent, Alastair  Director, Genetic Interest Group  United Kingdom
Kerr, David  Chief Research Advisor, SMRC, Member of Supreme Council of Health, Qatar, Director of Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Professor of Cancer Medicine, University of Oxford, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, President of ESMO
 Qatar
Kilama, John  President, Global Bioscience Development Institute
 United States of America
Kiplagat, Betty  Member, NEPAD/African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE), University of Ouagadougou  Burkina Faso
Kotze, Maritha  CEO, Gknowmix & Lecturer, University of Stellenbosch
 South Africa
Krattiger, Anatole  Adjunct Professor, Arizona State University
 United States of America
Ktonas, Periklis  Senior Researcher, Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens  Greece
Langlais, Chrystelle  Technical Support Senoir Engineer, SUEZ- Environment
 France
LaPorte, Ronald  Professor of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh  United States of America
Lazdins-Helds, Janis K.  Head, Novartis Vaccines Academy, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
 Italy
Leckebusch, Gregor C.  Associate Professor, Freie Universität Berlin
 Germany
Leisinger , Klaus M.  President and Executive Director, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
 Switzerland
León-Carrión, José  Prof. of Neuropsychololgy and Director, Human Neuropsychology Laboratory, Facultad de Psicología, University of Seville
 Spain
Linkov, Faina  Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine  United States of America
M’Mbijjewe, Kinyua  Monsanto Corporate Affairs Lead in Africa
 Kenya
Madkour, Magdy  Chairman, Technical Committee, Agricultural Research for Development Fund-ARDF
 Egypt
Mahmoud, Adel  Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University and Former President, Merck Vaccines
 United States of America
Maisonnier, Bruno  CEO, Aldebaran Robotics
 France
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-Lefevre, Julia  Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)  Switzerland
Matricardi, Paolo  Dr. med., Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Charité University Medical Centre
 Germany
McNeely, Jeffrey  Senior Science Advisor, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
 Switzerland
Mittermeier , Russell A.  President, Conservation International
 United States of America
Moawadhe, Hassan  Professor, National Research Center  Egypt
Morris, Jane  Director, African Centre for Gene Technologies
 South Africa
Mylonas, Evangelos  R & D Director of DEADALUS INFORMATICS Ltd
 Greece
Nakhla, Rafik  Vice President, Human Resources and Administration,Projacs International and BioVisionAlexandria Organizing Committee, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
 Egypt
Nicolelis, Miguel  Professor, Neurobiology Biomedical Engineering and Psychological and Brain Sciences and Co-Director, Center for Neuroengineering, Duke University Medical Center
 United States of America
Niyikiza, Clet  Executive Vice President Development Merrimack Pharmaceuticals
 United States of America
Nobel, Joel  Founder and Professor Emeritus, ECRI Institute
 United States of America
Nunes, Suzana  Principal Research Scientist, Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center, KAUST (SA)
 Saudi Arabia
Nutti, Marilia  Researcher, National Research Center on Food Technology, Embrapa
 Brazil
Oborne, Michael  Director, the International Futures Programme and the Global Science Forum, OECD
 France
Oikeh, Sylvester  Project Manager, Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA), African Agricultural Technology Foundation- AATF
 Kenya
Omenn, Gilbert  Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Public Health, University of Michigan
 United States of America
Omi, Koji  Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum  Japan
Padilla, Nicolas  Professor Associated C  Mexico
Paes de Carvalho, João  Principal, BiznessBrazil
 Brazil
Pagliano, Daniel  Director, Latin American Federation of National Biotechnology Companies Association (FELAEB)
 Uruguay
Pandya-Lorch , Rajul  Chief of Staff and Head, 2020 Vision Initiative
 United States of America
Papageorgiou, Kyriaki  Science and Technology Coordinator
 Egypt
Papanicolaou, Andrew  Director, Center for Clinical Neurosciences, the University of Texas, Medical School
 United States of America
Papazov Amman, Biljana  Dr. phil. nat.
 Switzerland
Pritchard, David  Professor of Parasite Immunology, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham
 United Kingdom
Rangel-Aldao, Rafael  Professor, Digital Molecular Medicine, Simon Bolivar University
 United States of America
Rios, Gilbert M.  Chairman European Membrane House (EMH)
 France
Rivero, Carmela  Vice President, Research & Development, PepsiCo Latin America Foods  Mexico
Rook, Graham  Professor of Medical Microbiology
 United Kingdom
Sakr, Mahmoud  Vice president of ASRT
 Egypt
Sauer, Francois  Founder and CEO, Trans Am Group  United States of America
Sayadi, Sami  Director, Bio-processes Laboratory, University of Sfax  Tunisia
Schrotter, Jean-Christophe   R&D Manager, VEOLIA
 France
Serageldin, Ismail  Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Egypt
Serra, Ricardo  Deputy President, Agriculture Association of Young Farmers-Spain (ASAJA)
 Spain
Shotkoski, Frank  Director, Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP) II, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University
 United States of America
Shubnikov, Eugene  Research Scientist, Institute of Internal Medicine, Novosibirsk  Russia
Simiyu , Kenneth  PhD, the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto
 Canada
Suzuki, Harukazu  Director of LSA Technology Development Group, Omics Science Center, RIKEN
 Japan
Thakor, Nitish  Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hoopkins University
 United States of America
Thorsteinsdóttir, Halla  Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
 Canada
Timmermann, Barbara  Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas
 United States of America
Traoré, François  Cotton Grower
 Burkina Faso
Uphoff, Norman  Professor, Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development
 United States of America
Van Montagu, Marc  Elected and Acting President, the European Federation of Technology
 Belgium
Vienken, Jorg  Vice-President, BioSciences-Fresenius
 Germany
Wagner, Tobias  Research Associate, Technische Universität München
 Germany
Warwick , Kevin  Professor of Cybernetics, University of Reading
 United Kingdom
Wexler, Philip  Technical Information Specialist, National Library of Medicine
 United States of America
Worthington, Barry  Executive Director, United States Energy Association
 United States of America
Yang, Huanming  Co-Vice Chairman, EAGLES
 China
Yaseen, Adel  Chairman and Managing Director, Fine Seeds International
 Egypt
Zaky, Yehia  Head, Academic and Cultural Affairs Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Egypt
Zerhouni , Elias  Senior Fellow, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  United States of America
Zervakis, Michalis  Director, Digital Image and Signal Processing Laboratory, Technical University of crete
 Greece

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