"Green Economy: A Road Map for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction in the Arab Region" Conference
The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries' Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO) held its 11th Annual Meeting, 16-17 December 2015, at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. On the occasion of its annual meeting, an inter-disciplinary forum on green economy was held titled: Green Economy: A Road Map for Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction in the Arab Region.

This forum intended to bring together TWAS-ARO members and young affiliates, along with other distinguished speakers, to discuss the implementation of Green Economy to overcome the barriers faced by the society especially the developing ones. It addressed also how the Green Economy improves the human wellbeing while saving environmental risks and ecological scarcities.

TWAS-ARO is continuing its support for young Arab researchers by holding a poster session, to showcase their researches. TWAS-ARO sponsored 10 outstanding young researchers, from different Arab countries, to present their projects on the use of green economy to maintain sustainable development.

The conference official language is English.



Registration fees:
Academia/Other: EGP 150
Student: EGP 100

Registration Fees Offer ! For group registration (Groups of 5 persons):
For Academia group: EGP 100/person
For Students group: EGP 75/person.


Registration fees cover:
  • Coffee breaks as per program
  • Conference material

Deadline for Registration: 25 November 2015

For further information, please contact:
Ms. Heba Elgamal
Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Tel: +(203) 4839999, Ext: 6145
Email: heba.elgamal@bibalex.org
Abdel Nasser Tawfik
Abdel Nasser Tawfik

Professor and Director,
Egyptian Center for Theoretical Physics (ECTP) and World Laboratory for Cosmology And Particle Physics (WLCAPP),
Egypt.

Adel El-Beltagy
Adel El-Beltagy

Chair of the International Drylands Development Commission (IDDC)
Professor, Arid Land Graduate Studies&Research Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University,
Egypt.

Diaa El-Quosy
Diaa El-Quosy

Former Deputy Chairman of the National Water Research Centre,
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation,
EGYPT

Essam Abdelmawla
Essam Abdelmawla

Dean
Aquaculture Research Center
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
Alexandria
EGYPT

Hussein Abaza
Hussein Abaza

Senior Advisor to the Minister of Environment
Ministry of Environment
Egypt

Mohamed Hilmy Elnagdi
Mohamed Hilmy Elnagdi

Emeritus Professor
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science
Cairo University
EGYPT

Mohsen Tawfik
Mohsen Tawfik

Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering
Institute of Emvironmental Studies and Research
Ain Shams University
Egypt

Nisreen Lahham
Nisreen Lahham

Head
Future Studies Forum for Africa and the Middle East
Egypt

Rashid M. Hassan
Rashid M. Hassan

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

Rima Habib
Rima Habib

Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Health
American University of Beirut
Beirut
Lebanon

Saad S.M. Hassan
Saad S.M. Hassan

Director
Reference Lab, Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University
Cairo
Egypt

Salah Arafa
Salah Arafa

Professor
Physics Department
School of Sciences and Engineering
American University in Cairo (AUC)
Egypt

Samira Omar Asem
Samira Omar Asem

Principal Research Scientist
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
Kuwait

Mohamed Khanfar
Mohamed Khanfar

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Jordan
Jordan

El-Sayed Sabry
El-Sayed Sabry

Senior Consultant
Climate Change & Clean Technologies
Egypt

Hamed El-Mously
Hamed El-Mously

Professor
Design and Production Department, Faculty of Engineering,
Ain Shams University,
Egypt

Hani Sewilam
Hani Sewilam

Director, UNESCO Chair on Hydrological Changes and Water Resources Management,
RWTH Aachen University,
Germany

Mohsen Aboulnaga
Mohsen Aboulnaga

Professor
Sustainable Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering,
Cairo University,
Egypt

Sherien Elagroudy
Sherien Elagroudy

Executive Director
Egypt Solid Waste Management Center of Excellence
Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering
Ain Shams University
Egypt

Session 2   
Session 2 - Discussion   
Session 3   
Prof. Hani Sewilam - Session 3   
Prof. Mohamed Elnagdy - Session 3   
Dr. Rima Habib - Session 3   
Dr. Mohammad Khanfar - Session 3   
Prof. Sabah Al-Sulaiman - Session 3   
Session 3 - Discussion   
Dr. Essam Abdel-Mawla - Session 4   
Prof. Abdelnasser Tawfik - Session 4   
Prof. Salah Arafa - Session 4