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NamePositionPresentationsCountryConfirmed
Aziz, Ramy  Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University
 Egypt
El-Zoheiry, Abdelhamid  Coordinator, the EU Cooperation and Executive Director, the RDI Programme, Ministry of Scientific Research
 Egypt
Abd El-Aziz, Farha  Professor of Clinical Immunology & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine  Egypt
Abouleish, Helmy  Managing Director, SEKEM
 Egypt
Adly, Noha  Senior Consultant, Information Communication Technology Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
 Egypt
Alberts, Bruce  Editor-in-Chief, Science Magazine  United States of America
Ammann, Klaus  Editor, New Biotechnology, University of Bern
 Switzerland
Anderson, Walter Truett  Co-Chair, World Academy Program on Climate Stability Governace  United States of America
Arkin, Ronald  Regents' Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Space Planning
 United States of America
Attia, Ahmed  Vice Dean, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alexandria
 Egypt
Aziz, Emad Flear  Professor of physics at the Freie Universitaet Berlin and head of the Structure and Dynamics of Functional Materials in Solution department at the Helmholtz- Zentrum Berlin
 Germany
Azzazy, Hassan  Professor of Chemistry, Leader of Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics, the American University in Cairo  Egypt
Berrie, Morris  Co-Chairman, TTS Ltd and Managing Director, Tech Investor Ltd
 United Kingdom
Bond, Michael  Freelance Science writer and editor and consultant to New Scientist magazine
 United Kingdom
Bücking, Mark  Spokesman, Fraunhofer Food Chain Management Alliance, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME-AE
 Germany
Canavas, Constantin  Prof. Dr.-Ing, Faculty Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
 Germany
Carlone, Claudio  Advisor
 Italy
Catley-Carlson, Margaret  Chair, BOT, Crop Diversity Trust
 Canada
Chalita , Katia  President, ÁKBAR Produções Artisticas  Brazil
Christie, Werner  Former Norwegian Minister of Health
 Norway
Couvreur, Patrick  Full Professor, member of the Institut Universitaire de France
 France
Daar, Abdallah  Chief Scientist, grand Challenges Canada; Professor of Pubic Health Sciences, University of Toronto
 Canada
Daniel, Hannelore  Full Professor, Molecular Nutrition Unit, Technische Universität München
 Germany
Desmarescaux, Philippe  Chairman, The World Life Sciences Forum, BioVision
 France
Dutilh, Bas  Associate Faculty Member
 United States of America
El Dorry, Hamza  Chair, Department of Biology, The America University in Cairo
 Egypt
El Sherbiny, Maged  President, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology  Egypt
El-Beltagy, Adel  President, Governing Board, International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
 Egypt
El-Faham, Mohamed  Director, Center for Special Studies & Programs (CSSP), Bibliotheca Alexandrina,
 Egypt
El-Fouly, Osama  Alexandria Governor  Egypt
Elgamal, Yousry  Chairman and BOT, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Former Minister of Education  Egypt
Elliott, Malcolm  Founding Director, The Norman Borlaug Institute for Global Food Security
 United Kingdom
El-Nokraschy, Hani  Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board, DESERTEC Foundation
 Germany
El-Rakshy, Sami  Assisstant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University
 Egypt
El-Sayed, Mostafa  Julius Brown Chair, Director, Laser Dynamics Laboratory, Georgia Tech  United States of America
Fakhry, Sherif  Executive Director, the Science and Technology Development Fund  Egypt
Fassotte, Christian  VP Medical Affairs and R&D , Intercontinental region, Sanofi
 France
Fedoroff, Nina  Evan Pugh Professor, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Penn State University
 United States of America
Frackowiak, Richard  Professor of Neurology, Head of Clinical neurosciences department, CHU Université de Lausanne  Switzerland
Franceschini, Nicolas  Directeur de Recherche Emeritus Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS  France
Gamal, Hebatallah  Senior Manager, International Partnerships Europe/Middle East/Africa, TechSoup Global Network
 Poland
Gilbert, Jack Anthony  Senior Environmental Microbiologist, Argonne National Laboratory, Senior Fellow, Institute for Genomic and Systems Biology, Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
 United States of America
Goonatilake, Susantha  President, Royal Asiatic Society
 Sri Lanka
Harms, Michael  Director, DAAD in Egypt  Germany
Hassan, Mohamed  Cochair, IAP, The Global Network of Science Academies  Italy
Hassouna, Salah  Professor,Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University  Egypt
Hentschel, Christopher  Director  Switzerland
Hoch, Didier  Former President Sanofi-Pasteur – MSD
 France
Huttner, Eric  General Manager, Diversity Arrays Technology
 Australia
Jagadish, Mittur  Independent Biotechnologiy Consultant
 India
James, Clive  Chairman and Founder, ISAAA
 Cayman Islands
Jarrett, Stephen  Former, Principal Adviser, UNICEF
 United States of America
Kandil, Sherif  Professor of Material Science, The Institute of Graduate Studies and Research
 Egypt
Karajeh, Fawzi  Agriculture
 Egypt
Kassam, Amir  Visiting Professor, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading
 United Kingdom
Kassem, Moustapha  Director, Molecular Endocrinology Lab (KMEB), University Hospital of Odense
 Denmark
Kent, Alastair  Director, Genetic Alliance UK
 United Kingdom
Kilama, John  Director, Kilama International Consulting Group,  United States of America
Kotb, Malak  Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati  United States of America
Kourilsky, Philippe  Professor, College de France
 France
Krattiger, Anatole  Director, Global Challenges Division
 Switzerland
Lachmann, Sir Peter  Emeritus Professor of Immunology, University of Cambridge
 United Kingdom
LaPorte, Ronald  Professor of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
 United States of America
León-Carrión, José  Director, Human Neuropsychology Laboratory, Facultad de Psicología, University of Seville
 Spain
Linkov, Faina  Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh  United States of America
Mader, Marlene  Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCE) Graz - Styria University of Graz
 Austria
Madkour, Magdy  Professor, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute (ALARI), Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University
 Egypt
Marei, Mona  Head, Tissue Engineering Laboratories, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University  Egypt
Martin, Jacques-François  President and CEO, Parteurop  France
Masood, Ehsan  Editor in Chief, Research Fortnight and Research Europe  United Kingdom
McConnell, David  Professor of Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin
 Ireland
McCormack, Orla  Lecturer, Department of Education and Professional Studies, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick
 Ireland
McNeely, Jeffrey  Senior Science Advisor (retired)
 Switzerland
Murenzi, Romain  Executive Director, TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world  Italy
Nagi, Magdy  Senior Consultant, Information Communication Technology Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Egypt
Nakamura, Yoshihiko  Professor, Department of Mechano-Informatics, University of Tokyo  Japan
Nakhla, Rafik  Vice President, Human Resources and Adminstartion, Projacs International
 Egypt
Nwanze, Kanayo  President, IFAD
 Italy
Omenn, Gilbert  Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Public Health, University of Michigan
 United States of America
Omer, Aftab  President, Meridian University
 United States of America
Omi, Koji  Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum  Japan
Osório-Peters, Suhita  Scientific Coordinator, CEIFA ambiente, Lda
 Portugal
Padilla, Nicolas  Professor Associated C, Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, Division of Health Sciences and Engineering, University of Guanajuato  Mexico
Paes de Carvalho, João  Principal, BiznessBrazil
 Brazil
Pagliano, Daniel  Director, Institute of Applied Biosciences
 Uruguay
Papageorgiou , Georges  Minister Counsellor, Science, Technology & Innovation  Egypt
Papazov Amman, Biljana  Dr. phil. nat., University of Sofia
 Switzerland
Potrykus, Ingo  Professor Emeritus, Institute of Plant Sciences of the ETH Zurich
 Switzerland
Quan, Zoe  Founder, Qingchu Thinking, LLC
 United States of America
Ragab, Lamis  Professor of Pediatrics, Consultant of Medical Educa tion, Former Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
 Egypt
Sauer, Francois  Senior Partner CrossInnovation  United States of America
Serageldin, Ismail  Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Egypt
Sewilam, Hani  Academic Director, Department of Engineering Hydrology, RWTH Aachen University
 Germany
Shubnikov, Eugene  Research Associate, Institute of Internal Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia  Russia
Sinibaldi, Edoardo  Team Leader
 Italy
Soliman, Salah  Professor of Pesticide Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University
 Egypt
Suojanen, Christian  Director, Global Life Sciences, Valor Management, Co-Chairman, Tech Transfer Initiative (TTS Ltd)
 Switzerland
Uphoff, Norman  Professor, Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development
 United States of America
Van Montagu, Marc  President, European Federation of Biotechnology Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries (IPBO)
 Belgium
Van Rheenen, Teunis  Senior Research Staff, Director General's Office, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
 United States of America
Von Braun, Joachim  Director, Center for Development Research (ZEF Bonn), Department for Economics and Technical Change
 Germany
Warwick, Irena  .  United Kingdom
Warwick, Kevin  Professor of Cybernetics, School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading, Whiteknight  United Kingdom
Yahia, Mohammed  Editor - Nature Middle East
 Egypt
Yang, Huanming  President & Professor
 China
Zaky, Yehia  Head, Academic and Cultural Affairs Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina  Egypt
Zucconi, Alberto  President, Istituto dell'Approccio Centrato sulla Persona (IACP)
 Italy

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