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Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Start Time  -  End TimeSessions
Bibliotheca Alexandrina  
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM   Registration and Tour of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina   
Break  
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM   Break   
Conference Center – Great Hall  
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM   Opening Session

  • Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
  • Khalid Al-Qussaibi, Minister of Economy and    Planning,Saudi Arabia
  • Taro Nakayama, Chairman, Constitution Research Council, Japan
  • Ahmed Abul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
  •  Amr Moussa, Secretary General, League of Arab States
  • Ahmed Nazif, Prime Minister, Egypt
               
 
Conference Center – East Hall  
 - 12.30 PM   
Exhibition Opening – Shodo and Arabic Calligraphy         
 
Break  
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM   Break                   
Conference Center – Lectures Hall  
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM     
Plenary Session 

  • Hisham Badr, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
  • Rawya Saud Al-Busaidi, Minister of Higher Education, Oman
  • Hessa El-Sabbah, President, Council for Arab Business Women, Kuwait 
  • Jiro Nemoto, Chairman, Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East, Japan
  • Koji Omi, Chairman, Science and Technology in Society forum, Japan

  Moderated by

  • Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt

Raporteur:

  • Heba El Rafei (BA)
 
 
Break  
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM    Break                               
Parallel Sessions  
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM              

Japan and the Arab Region: Advancing Relations to a Higher Plateau
Conference Center – Delegates Hall

Discussion Leaders

  • Farouk Ismail, Head of Education and Scientific Research committee, Shurah Council, Egypt
  • Adnan Omran, Secretary General, Arab Provisional Parliament, Syria
  • Takaya Suto, Director, Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Japan
  • Abdul Rahman Bin Abdullah Al-Zamel, Head of Shura Council, Saudi Arabia


Moderated by

  • Masayuki Yamauchi, Professor, Tokyo University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Japan

Raporteur:

  • Ghada El Khayat (BA)


Arab-Japanese Economic Partnership
Conference Center – Lectures Hall

Discussion Leaders

  • Fouad Shaker, Secretary General, Union of Arab Banks, Lebanon
  • Said Selim Marei Al-Shanfari, General Manager, Al-Maha Petroleum Products Marketing Company, Oman
  • Mikio Sasaki, Chairman, Japan Foreign Trade Council Inc., Japan
  • Abdul Moniem Seoudi, Chairman, Seoudi Group, Egypt
  • Sadao Umeda, Chairman, Kajima Corporation, Japan
  • Samir Radwan, Managing Director, Economic Research Forum, Egypt  

Moderated by

  • M. Shafik Gabr, Chairman, ARTOC Group for Investment and Development, Egypt 

 Raporteur:

  • Lamiaa El Ayouby (BA)


Globalization and its Effects on Culture and Society and Education – Phenomena, Perception and Responses
Conference Center – Small Theater

 Discussion Leaders

  • Tamotsu Aoki, Commissioner, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
  • Yoshiko Ashiwa, Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
  • Amal Basha, President, Sisters Arabic Forum for Human Rights, Yemen 
  • Ahmed El-Sheikh, Director, Arab Center for Western Studies, Egypt 

Moderated by

  • Rawya Saud Al-Busaidi, Minister of Higher Education, Oman

Raporteur:

  • Heba El Rafei (BA)


Innovation and New Models of Japan-Arab Cooperation: Water and Other Issues
Conference Center – Multipurpose Hall

Discussion Leaders

  • Yehia Bakkour, Secretary General, Arab Agronomists Union, Syria
  • Magdy Madkour, Head of Biotechnology, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute, Ain Shams University, Egypt
  • Koji Omi, Chairman, Science and Technology in Society Forum, Japan
  • Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt

Moderated by

  • Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Special Advisor to the Cabinet for Science, Technology and Innovation, Japan

Raporteur:

  • Abir Farouk (BA)
       
 
Break  
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM   Break                  
Conference Center – Middle Hall  
 - 8:00 PM    

                                                  

Cultural Event – Japanese and Egyptian Film

 Discussion Leaders

  • Samir Farid, Film Critique, Egypt
  • Yoji Yamada, Filmmaker, Shochiku Co., Ltd., Japan

Moderated by

  • Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
   
 
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Start Time  -  End TimeSessions
Parallel Sessions  
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM                                                                               

Prospects for the Middle East Peace Process
Conference Center – Delegates Hall


Discussion Leaders

  • Tatsuo Arima, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for the Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
  • Hagar Eslambouly, Former Ambassador of Egypt to South Africa, Egypt
  • Mohamed El-Masry, Senior Researcher, Center of Strategic studies, Jordan University, Jordan
  • Hassan Nafaa, Secretary General, Arab Thought Forum, Jordan
  • Hisham Youssef, Chief of Cabinet of Arab League Secretary General, League of Arab States

Moderated by

  • Abdel Salam El Messady, Former Minister of Education, Tunisia

Raporteur:

  • Ghada El Khayat (BA)


Beyond Oil: A New Era for Arab-Japanese Economic Partnership
Conference Center – Lectures Hall


Discussion Leaders

  • Amr Assal, President, Industrial Development Sector, Egypt 
  • Soheir Boukhammass, Managing Director, Boukhammass Group, Bahrain
  • Usamah Jamali, Energy Specialist, OAPEC, Kuwait
  • Keiichiro Okabe, Chairman, Cosmo Oil Company, Ltd., Japan
  • Yoshihiro Shigehisa, Chairman and CEO, JGC Corporation, Japan

Moderated by

  • Hamza El-Kholy, Chairman and CEO, Hamza El-Kholy Group, Saudi Arabia

Raporteur:

  • Lamiaa El Ayouby (BA)


Struggling in a Turbulent Wave of History: Life of Individuals as shown in Arab and Japanese Films


Discussion Leaders

  • Gaballah Ali Gaballah, Professor of Archaeology, Cairo University, Egypt 
  • Mostafa Darwish, Film Critique and former Judge, Egypt
  • Mitsuko Sano, Assistant Director of Japan Academic Center, Saint Joseph University in Lebanon, Japan
  • Yoji Yamada, Filmmaker, Shochiku Co., Ltd., Japan

Moderated by

  • Sahar Sobhy Abdul Hakim, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, Cairo University, Egypt 

Raporteur:

  • Heba El Rafei (BA)

The Environment
Conference Center – Multipurpose Hall


Discussion Leaders

  • Najia Kbir Argub, Founder and Former Director, National Institute of Scientific and Techincal Research, Tunisia
  • Adel El-Beltagy, Chair, Global Forum for Agricultural Research and Development, Egypt
  • Mostafa Kamal Tolba, President, International Center for Environment and Development, Egypt
  • Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, Former Ambassador in charge of Global Environment Issues, Advisor of the Cabinet, Japan
  • Miki Yoshida, Senior Manager, Energy and Environmental Solution Center Total Solution Division, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan

Moderated by

  • Mohamed Hassan, Executive Director, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Sudan 

Raporteur:

  • Abir Farouk (BA)
       
 
Break  
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM   Break                  
Parallel Sessions  
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM    


The Future of the Arab region: Agenda for Modernization and Reform
Conference Center – Delegates Hall

Discussion Leaders

  • Kamal Abdul Latif, Professor Philosophy, Mohamed V University, Morocco 
  • Kunio Katakura, Acting Chairman, Japan-Middle East Cultural and Economic Exchange Committee, International Friendship Exchange Council (FEC), Japan
  • Mervat El-Tellawy, Coordinator, Arabs Economic Summit, Egypt 
  • Samir El-Sadek, Managing Director, Taba Tourism Development Company, Egypt
  • Yuriko Koike, Former Minister of Defense, Former Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs, Member, House of Representatives, Japan

Moderated by

  • Walid Abdel Nasser, Ambassador of Egypt to Japan, Egypt

Raporteur:

  • Ghada El Khayat (BA)


Capacity-Building: Lessons Learnt from Japan
Conference Center – Lectures Hall

Discussion Leaders

  • Helmy Abul-Eish, Head of the Industrial Modernization Center, Egypt
  • Hiromichi Fujita, CEO, Toppan Printings Co.,Ltd., Japan
  • Iman El-Kaffass, American University in Cairo, Egypt 
  • Jiro Nemoto, Chairman, Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East, Japan

Moderated by

  • Taissier Suliman Al-Radawi, Head, State Planning Commission, Syria

 Raporteur:

  • Lamyaa El Ayouby (BA)


Cultural Exchange Towards Peace-Building
Conference Center – Small Theater

Discussion Leaders

  • Aiko Doden, Member of the Executive Board, NHK, Japan
  • Hussein Fahmy, Film Actor, Egypt
  • Aly Maher, Head of the Peace Institute, Egypt
  • Noury Negm Al-Marsomy, Former Under Secretary of Education, Ministry of Culture and Media, Iraq
  • Shadia Toukan, Technical office Director, Old City of Jerusalem Revitalization Program, Palestine   

Moderated by

  • Sadaaki Numata, Japan

Raporteur:

  • Heba El Rafei (BA)

Medical Cooperation
Conference Center – Multipurpose Hall

Discussion Leaders

  • Mohamed Baghdadi, Director, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Rabat University, Morocco 
  • Elias Baydoun, Professor of Biology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Yehia Halim Zaki, Former Dean of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
  • Seiichi Nagatsuka, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan  
  • Masayuki Niwa, President, Niwa Clinic, Japan

Moderated by

  • Madeeha Khattab, Former Dean of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Raporteur:

  • Abir Farouk (BA)
 
 
Break  
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM   Break                        
Conference Center – Lectures Hall  
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM    

  Reporting Session     

 
 
Break  
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM   Break

                  
 
Conference Center – Small Theater  
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM    Ikebana Demonstration         
Conference Center – Small Theater  
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM   Japanese Traditional Dance

 
 
Conference Center – Lectures Hall  
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM   Closing Session and Press Conference   
Conference Center – Small Theater  
 - 7:00 PM   Cultural Event – Egyptian Dance Show (Alexandria Folk Group)  

      

     
 
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