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TWAS-ARO 7th Annual Meeting "Water, Nuclear and Renewable Energy: Challenges Versus Opportunities"

The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World's -Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO) held its 7 ^thAnnual Meeting , 28-29 December 2011, at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The Meeting was preceded by a seminar that intended to bring together leading experts to discuss challenges and opportunities of water, nuclear and renewable energy in the Arab region.

Today, population and demographic pressures increase demand for critical resources such as energy, water, and arable land, all of which are under mounting stress in the Arab region. Acute natural resource scarcity, in turn, can contribute to economic stagnation, increased migration, and competition among social groups and countries. Unless patterns of development address the issue of sustainability, the Region's future growth and human security could be undermined.

Accordingly, addressing ongoing research in the Arab countries cannot be separated from the surrounding market changes, governmental projects, and policies. Some countries have declared their interest in nuclear power generation while a few are considering wind and solar energy in a region which is rich with sun energy almost the year round. Arab countries in the MENA region are estimated by the firm to have a potential to generate 630,000,000 megawatts of solar power, and also 75,000 megawatts of wind power potential. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Arab States (RBAS) 2010). In addition, freshwater makes up only three per cent of the water on our planet, some 77.6 per cent of this is in the form of polar or mountain icecaps and 21.8 per cent is subterranean water. Only the remaining 0.6 per cent is what meets the daily consumption, agricultural and industrial needs of the world's current population of six billion which necessitates implementing integrated water management systems.

Egypt and other Arab countries are now passing through many political and economical changes. Such changes will affect various segments, specially the energy sector. This conference addressed two important topics regarding the energy field: Nuclear and Renewable. The energy seminar was structured by experts in the field of energy and will highlight different aspects of Nuclear and Renewable Energies.

TWAS-ARO members and young affiliates, along with other eminent speakers, were provided an opportunity for a wide range of fruitful discussions and solution-oriented idea exchange to join together and embrace the future of water, nuclear and renewable energy in the Arab World. TWAS-ARO Regional Prize winner, in addition to TWAS-ARO Young Affiliates 2011 announcement, took place during the Meeting.

As scientific research is an important tool for social development and economic progress of any country, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World's Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO)continued its support for young Arab researchers by holding a poster session for young Arab researchers, to showcase their researches. TWAS-ARO sponsored 10 outstanding young researchers, from different Arab countries, to present their projects/researches on water, nuclear and renewable energy.

Registration Deadline was 20 December 2011.

Registration fees were:

Academia: EGP 100
Student: EGP 75

New Offer on registration fees! For Group Registration: Groups of 10 persons or more 50% discount.

Registration fees included:

Coffee breaks as per the program

2 lunch breaks

Seminar material

For further information, please contact:
Ms. Israa Elfayoumi
Research Specialist
Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Tel:+(203) 483 9999, Ext: 6142
Fax:+(203) 482 0469
E-mail: israa.elfayoumi@bibalex.org

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Elias Baydoun
Water Track
Professor, Biology Department, American University of Beirut, Beirut

Adel El Beltagy
Water Track
President of the Governing Board of the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), Chair of the International Dry land Development Commission (IDDC)

Adnan Badran
Water Track
President, Petra University

Rashid Hassan
Water Track
Professor and Director, Center for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa, University of Pretoria

Yousry El-Gamal
Plenary
Board Member, BoD, Center for Special Studies & Programs (CSSP); Chairman of BoT, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) and Former Minister of Education

Mostafa El-Sayed
Plenary
Julius Brown Chair and Regents Professor Director, Laser Dynamics Lab Georgia Institute of Technology School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Mohamed Abdrabo
Water Track
Professor, Environmental Economics, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University

Laila A. El-Guebaly
Energy Track
Research Professor, Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Mohamed Sawan
Energy Track
Distinguished Research Professor, Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Ibrahim El-Osery
Energy Track
Nuclear Power Plants Authority, Cairo

Aly Mortada Aly
Energy Track
Executive Director, Nuclear Safety, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Emirus Consulting Inc., Ontario

Salah Bedair
Energy Track
Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

Magdi Ragheb
Energy Track
Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

Fouad Teymour
Energy Track
JP Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

Massimo Zucchetti
Energy Track
Professor, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Mohamed Yasser Khalil
Energy Track
Director, the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME), Amman

Walid Zidan
Energy Track
Professor, Director of Egyptian System of Nuclear Material Accounting and Control

Said Abdel-Khalik
Energy Track
SNC Distinguished Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Mohamed Elmaghrabi
Energy Track
Senior Nuclear Licensing Engineer, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., Connecticut

Amgad Shokr
Energy Track
Senior Safety Officer, Division of Nuclear Installation Safety, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna

Adel Elbassioni
Energy Track
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC

Mahmoud Abu-Zeid
Plenary
President of the Arab Water Council, Former Minister of water Resources and irrigation, Egypt

Romain Murenzi
Plenary
Executive Director, TWAS - the academy of sciences for the developing word

Saouma BouJaoude
Water Track
Center for Teaching and Learning & Science and Math Education Center, American University of Beirut

Ismail Serageldin
Plenary
Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Magdy Madkour
Water Track
Head of Biotechnology at the Arid Lands Agric

Salah Soliman
Water Track
Professor of Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University

Abdeltif El Ouahrani
Energy Track

Aya Diab
Energy Track

Sherien Elagroudy
Energy Track

Mahmoud Madian
Energy Track

Sameh Kantoush
Water Track

Mohamed Samir
Energy Track

Hager Mahmoud
Energy Track

Mona Saif
Energy Track

Musaed M. Aklan
Water Track

Olfa Khelifi
Water Track

Saloua Rochdane
Water Track

Taoufik Hermassi
Water Track

Elsadig Elfaki
Water Track

Hassan Abou Bakr
Water Track
Professor of Biological Control, Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University