• TWAS-ARO Young Arab Scientist (YAS) Prize 2016
• “Sustainability in Food and Water: An Arab Viewpoint” Conference

TWAS-ARO Young Arab Scientist (YAS) Prize 2016

Deadline for Nominations:  25 October 2016.

In celebration of the International Year of Pulses (UNESCO 2016), TWAS-ARO chose the theme of “The Implementation of Food Security Research for the Arab Region Sustainability” for the Young Arab Scientist (YAS) Prize 2016.

The prize Will be awarded to a young Arab scientist who contributed with research to sustainability of Food Security in the Arab world.

The value of the prize is 3,000 USD.

Eligibility:

Applicants must :

1. Be Natives of an Arab country.
2. Be Living and working in an Arab country.
3.  Hold a PhD.
4. Have a proven track record in his/her field.
5. Be under 40 years old by 1 January 2016.

For more information and for nominations, please visit: http://bibalex.org/TWAS-ARO/en/Prize/Details.aspx?prizeID=1026

“Sustainability in Food and Water: An Arab Viewpoint” Conference

18 -19 December 2016 

The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries' Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO) held its 12th Annual Meeting, 18-19 December 2016. This will be the first meeting to be held outside Alexandria at the Arab Open University (AOU), Amman, Jordan. On the occasion of its annual meeting, an inter-disciplinary forum on green economy was held titled: “Sustainability in Food and Water: An Arab Viewpoint”.

The conference will bring together TWAS-ARO members and young affiliates, along with other distinguished speakers, to discuss the food security and water scarcity in the Arab region. It will also tackle the correlation between the water and food, how to build sustainable systems and frameworks, as well as how to strengthen the networks among the policy makers and scientific committees. It will address the way Food and Water sustainability improves human wellbeing, environmental maintenance and food and water saving resources.

Registration is Now Open

Detailed information about the conference is available on:

http://www.bibalex.org/cssp/TWAS-ARO2016Conference