TWAS-ARO 6th Annual Meeting
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World - Arab Regional Office
(TWAS-ARO) held its 6th Annual meeting on 22 December 2010 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

The theme of this year's meeting was
"Linking Research Institutions, Universities, and Industry in the Arab World"

and aimed at creating self-consciousness and cooperation among Arab countries,
in addition to exploring ways to improve knowledge transfer between research institutions and industry in particular. TWAS-ARO members and young affiliates along with other eminent speakers, gave a talk and participated in a panel discussion around the meeting's topic.

TWAS-ARO Regional Prize winner, in addition to TWAS-ARO Young Affiliates 2010 announcement also took place on the first day of the meeting.

Registrants had the priority to attend the Public Lecture of Prof. Mostafa El-Sayed, Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA which was held on the 23rd of December 2010, under the topic: "Beating Cancer Cells to Death with Gold Nanoparticles in More than One Way".

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Abdin Mohamed A.Salih
Abdin Mohamed A.Salih

Civil Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering
The University of Khartoum Sudan

Amir Wassif
Amir Wassif

E-JUST
Advisor to the President
International and External Relations
Borg Al Arab City
Alexandria
Egypt

Mohamed Ahmed Hamdan
Mohamed Ahmed Hamdan

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Al Albait University.
Senior Advisor, Arab Open University
Jordan

Mohamed Abdou
Mohamed Abdou

Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Rashid Hassan
Rashid Hassan

Professor and Director
Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA)
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
University of Pretoria

Ibrahim Abouleish
Ibrahim Abouleish

Founder of Sekem Egypt

Yousry Elgamal
Yousry Elgamal

Chairman,
Board of Trustees,
Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST)
Egypt

Ahmed Bahaaudin. M. Khairy
Ahmed Bahaaudin. M. Khairy

President
Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST)
Egypt

Reyad Sawafta
Reyad Sawafta

President & CEO
QuarTek Corporation
U.S.A.

Rasheed Azzam
Rasheed Azzam

Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
University of New Orleans
USA

Elias Baydoun
Elias Baydoun

Professor,
Department of Biology,
American University of Beirut,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Prof. Amir Wassef,  Advisor to the President, International and External Relations, Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology (E-JUST), during the first day of the meeting   
Prof. Rashid Hassan, Director, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), University of Pretoria, South Africa during the first day of the meeting   
Prof. Abdin Salih, Professor, University of Khartoum, Sudan during the first day of the meeting   
Prof. Mohamed Hamdan, Senior Advisor, Arab Open University, Jordan during the first day of the meeting   
Prof. Reyad Sawafta, Founder, President & CEO QuarTek Corporation, USA during the first day of the meeting   
Prof. Rasheed Azzam, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans, USA during the first day of the meeting   
Prof. Ahmed Khairy, President, Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt during the first day of the meeting   
Mr. Ibrahim Abouleish, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Heliopolis University, Egypt during the first day of the meeting.   
Prof. Mohamed Abdou,  Director, Energy and Fusion Centers, University of California, USA during the first day of the meeting   
Prof. Adel El Beltagy, Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and Chairman of IDDC during the closed meeting of TWAS-ARO members   
TWAS-ARO members and Young Affiliates during the TWAS-ARO closed meeting   
TWAS-ARO members discussions during the closed meeting