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Name	Position	Country
Abdel Ghafar, Ismail	President, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport	Egypt
AbdelRahman, Rehab	Senior Researcher, Agricultural Research Center	Egypt
Aborizka, Mohamed	Director, Center of Excellence, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport	Egypt
Abouleish, Helmy	Chief Executive Officer, SEKEM	Egypt
Aguib, Yasmine	Deputy Director, Research Department, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation	Egypt
Al-Ghazawy, Ola	Senior Communication Officer, Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt
Ali, Sameh S.	Prof. of Biophysics and Founding Director, Center for Aging and Associated Diseases, Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt
Amâncio, Mônica Cibele	Laywer, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária	Brazil
Amin, Kamilia	Pharmacy Officer, Science & Technology Development Fund (STDF)	Egypt
Ammann, Klaus	Professor Hon. Emeritus and Former Director, Botanic Garden, University of Bern	Switzerland
Anhoury, Pierre	Director, Strategy and Business Development, International Prevention Research Institute	France
Aradottir, Gudbjorg Inga	Research Scientist, Department of Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research	United Kingdom
Arkin, Ronald	Regents' Professor, Associate Dean Research and Space Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology	United States of America
Assem, Shireen	Director, Agricultural Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center	Egypt
Auffray, Charles	President and Founding Director, European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine	France
Aziz, Ramy	Assistant Professor,Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University	Egypt
Azzazy, Hassan	Professor, School of Sciences and Engineering, American University in Cairo	Egypt
Bakr, Mona	Director, Nanotech Egypt Co. Inc.	Egypt
Bayoumi, Amr	Chair, Electronics and Communications Department, Arab Academy for Science and Technology	Egypt
Benson, Peter	Head, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, London South Bank University	United Kingdom
Bhooshan, Neeru	Principal Scientist, Zonal Technology Management, Business, Planning, and Development, Indian Agricultural Research	India
Blackstock, Jason J.	Head of Department, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Public Policy Department, University College London	United Kingdom
Boyle, Peter	President and Founder, International Prevention Research Institute	France
Breisinger, Clemens	Senior Research Fellow and Country Program Leader, Egypt	United States of America
Catley-Carlson, Margaret	Vice Chair, Board of Directors	Canada
Chalita, Katia	President and Director, ÁKBAR Produções Artisticas	Brazil
Clokie, Martha	Professor, Infection, Immunity, and Inflammation Department, University of Leicester	United Kingdom
Cocking, Edward C.	Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Science, University of Nottingham	United Kingdom
Conway, Gordon	Director, Agriculture for Impact and Professor of International Development, Imperial College London	United Kingdom
de Carvalho, João Paes	Principal, BiznessBrazil	Brazil
de Oliveira, Guilherme Corrêa	Senior Researcher	Brazil
Dessalegn, Bezaiet	Senior Scientist, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas	Egypt
Diop, Salif	Former Senior Staff Member, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme	Senegal
Dissanayake, Hashini Galhena	Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University	United States of America
Dubock, Adrian	Executive Secretary, Golden Rice Project	Switzerland
El Kholy, Rasha	Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Heliopolis University	Egypt
El Shazly, Yehia	Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Alexandria University	Egypt
El-Agha, Abdalla	Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University	Egypt
El-Badri, Nagwa	Director, Center of Excellence for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt
El-Baz, Farouk	Director, Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University	United States of America
El-Beltagy, Adel	Chair, International Dryland Development Commission	Egypt
El-Faham, Mohamed M.	Scientific Advisor, Bibliotheca Alexandrina	Egypt
El-Gamal, Yousry	Former Minister of Education	Egypt
El-Gendy, Bahaa El-Dien	Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Benha University	Egypt
El-Khamisy, Sherif	Director, Center of Genomics, Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt
Elliott, Malcolm	Founding Director, Norman Borlaug Institute for Global Food Security	United Kingdom
El-Nokraschy, Hani	Managing Director, Nokraschy Engineering GmbH	Germany
El-Sayed, Mostafa	Regents’ Professor and Julius Brown Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology	United States of America
El-Shahed, Mostafa	Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University	United States of America
El-Sharoud, Walid M.	Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University	Egypt
Eltahlawy, Eman	Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Department, National Research Centre	Egypt
Elwakil, Marwa	Deputy Director, Center for Special Studies and Programs, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt)	Egypt
Fariz, Ghaith	Director, UNESCO Office in Cairo	Egypt
Farouk, Amr	Assistant to the President, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology	Egypt
Fedoroff, Nina	Evan Pugh Professor Emerita, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Penn State University	United States of America
Ganan, Monica	Research and Enterprise Development Manager, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, London South Bank University	United Kingdom
George, Biju	Senior Scientist, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas	Egypt
Gonzalez, Eduardo	Professor, Department of Technology of Biological Processes, Simón Bolívar University	Venezuela
Hamdan, Mohammad	Senior Advisor, Arab Open University	Jordan
Hanafy, Moemen	Professor, Plant Biotechnology, Cairo National Research Centre	Egypt
Hassan, Mohamed	Co-Chair, Inter Academy Partnership	Italy
Heikal, Ola	Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, German University in Cairo	Egypt
Hugonnet, Christian	Founding President, the Week of Sound	France
Hussain, Saber	Senior Nanotoxicology Research Scientist, Research Laboratory, Air Force Base	United States of America
Jenkins, Jeffrey	Professor, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University	United States of America
Johnson, Ray O.	Executive Director, QxBranch	United States of America
Kana, Musa Abubakar	Senior Lecturer and Consultant Public Health Physician, Faculty of Medicine, Kaduna State University	Nigeria
Kasry, Amal	Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, British University in Egypt	Egypt
Kassam, Shinan	Senior Scientist, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas	Jordan
Kassem, Heba	Assistant Professor, Director, Clinical Genomics Centre, Alexandria University. Consultant Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation, Director of BA MYF Genetics Lab.	Egypt
Kheddar, Abderrahmane	Director, CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory	Japan
Kilama, John	Chairman, Innovators for Africa Development (INOFAD)	United States of America
Kotb, Malak	Chair, Department of Basic Sciences, University of North Dakota	United States of America
Kropinski, Andrew	Professor Emeritus, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University	Canada
LaPorte, Ronald	Professor Emeritus, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh	United States of America
Linkov, Faina	Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh	United States of America
Maarouf, Ahmed	Senior Scientist	Egypt
Madkour, Magdy A.	Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University	Egypt
Maredia, Karim	Director, World Technology Access Program, Michigan State University	United States of America
Marei, Mona	Head, Tissue Engineering Laboratories, Faculty of Dentistry	Egypt
Masood, Hassan Ehsan	Editor, Research Professional	United Kingdom
Mavridis, Nikolaos	Founder and Director, Interactive Robots and Media Lab, UAE University	United Arab Emirates
Mbabazi, Ruth	Research Associate, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University	United States of America
Mira, Alex	Principal Investigator, Oral Microbiome Laboratory, Advanced Research in Public Health Center	Spain
Mizuno, Carolina	Biologist, Molecular Biology of Gene in Extremophiles Unit, Institut Pasteur Paris	France
Moreno, José Ali	Former Professor, Department of Physics, Universidad Central de Venezuela	Venezuela
Moustafa, Ahmed	Associate Professor, Department of Biology, American University in Cairo	Egypt
Mukhwana, Eusebius	Deputy Commission Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Commission for University Education, University of Nairobi	Kenya
Nakhla, Rafik	Group HR Manager, A&P Group	United Arab Emirates
Ohanyido, Francis	Chair and Senior Fellow, West African Academy of Public Health	Nigeria
Omi, Koji	Founder and Chairman, the Science and Technology in Society Forum	Japan
Pagès, Jean-Marie	Director, UMR MD1 Research Unit, Aix-Marseille University	France
Pagliano, Daniel	Professor of Biotechnology, Universidad de la Empresa	Uruguay
Papazov Ammann, Biljana	Professor, University of Sofia	Switzerland
Parque, Victor	Associate Professor	Japan
Patell, Villoo	Founder, Chairperson, and Managing Director, Avesthagen Limited	India
Payumo, Jane	Integrative Activities Specialist, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Saudi Arabia
Petersen, Bent	Associate Professor, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark	Denmark
Rangel-Aldao, Rafael	Invited Professor, Department of Technology of Biological Processes, Simón Bolívar University	Venezuela
Ruffier, Franck	Research Scientist, Institute of Movement Sciences, CNRS	France
Sabri, Sami	Senior Researcher, Agricultural Research Center	Egypt
Saito, William H.	Special Advisor, Prime Minister	Japan
Sauer, François	Special Advisor, SHINE Program	United States of America
Serageldin, Ismail	Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina	Egypt
Sewilam, Hani	Academic Director, Engineering Hydrology, RWTH Aachen University	Germany
Sharafudeen, Meghanna	Associate Program Officer (Global Health, Climate Change and Food Security), Global Challenges Division, World Intellectual Property Organization	Switzerland
Shepherd, Robert K.	Director, Bionics Institute	Australia
Shotkoski, Frank	Director, Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II, Cornell University	United States of America
Shoukry, Amin	Dean,The Electronics, Communication and Computer Engineering School, Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology (EJUST)	Egypt
Shubnikov, Eugene	Research Scientist, Research and Innovation Department, Institute of Internal Medicine	Russia
Siwo, Geoffrey H.	Research Scientist, South Africa Lab, TJ Watson Research Center, International Business Machines (IBM)	United States of America
Solh, Mahmoud	Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas	Lebanon
Soliman, Salah A.	Special Advisor, Bibliotheca Alexandrina	Egypt
Soliman, Taysir	Associate Professor and Vice Dean, Post Graduate Studies and Research, Assiut University	Egypt
Sulaiman, Suad	Health and Environment Advisor	Sudan
Suloma, Ashraf	Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University	Egypt
Swelam, Atef	Senior Scientist, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas	Egypt
Unger, Felix	President, European Academy of Sciences and Arts	Austria
van der Merwe, Nicole	Doctor, Medical and Health Science Faculty, Stellenbosch University	South Africa
van Eenennaam, Alison	Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis	United States of America
van Montagu, Marc	Founder and Chairman, International Plant Biotechnology Outreach, Ghent University	Belgium
Williams, Meryl	Director, AsiaPacific-FishWatch	Malaysia
Yahia, Mohammed	Executive Editor, Middle East, Nature Publishing Group	Egypt
Zaki, Yehia H.	Special Advisor, Director's Office Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina	Egypt
Zaslavsky, Ilya	Director, Spatial Information Systems Laboratory, University of California San Diego	United States of America