• Abdellah, Mohamed

Vice President,

University of Alexandria,

Alexandria, Egypt

• Alexio, Lucia

Previous Executive Secretary,

National Biosafety Committee of Brazil-CTNBIO,

Brazil

E-mail: lucia.alexio@saude.gov.br

• Al-Shayji, Youssuf

Manager,

Biotechnology Department

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)

Kuwait

E-mail: yshayji@safat.kisr.edu.kw

• Ammann, Klaus

Director,

Botanical Garden,

Systematically- Geobotanisches Institute,

University of Bern,

Bern, Switzerland

E-mail: klaus.ammann@ips.unibe.ch

• Badr, Effat

Professor of Genetics,

Alexandria University,

Alexandria, Egypt

E-mail: effatbadr@yahoo.com

• Carlone, Claudio

Chairman,

Hypothesis,

Milano, Italy

E-mail: carlone@hypothesis.it

• Conway, Gordon

President,

The Rockefeller Foundation,

New York, USA

E-mail: president@rockfound.org

• Crooy, Pierre

President,

European Federation of Biotechnology,

Rixensart, Belgium

E-mail: pierre.crooy@sbbio.be

• Damir, Mohamed Nasr El-Deen

President,

University of Alexandria,

Alexandria, Egypt

E-mail: mdamir@frcu.eun.eg

• Dausset, Jean

President,

MURS Fondation,

Jean Dausset-Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH),

Paris, France

E-mail: dausset@cephb.fr

• De Carvalho, Antonio Paes

Founder and President,

Brazilian Association of Biotechnology Enterprises,

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

E-mail: apcarva@attglobal.net

• Desmarescaux, Philippe

Président,

Fondation Scientifique de Lyon et du Sud Est,

Lyon, France

E-mail: biovision@wanadoo.fr

• Dodds, John

Founder,

Dodds & Associates Law Firm,

Washington DC, USA

E-mail: j.dodds@doddsassociates.com

• Ebeid, Nadia Makram

Former Minister,

State for Environmental Affairs,

Cairo, Egypt

E-mail: eeaa@idse.gov.eg

• El Beltagy, Adel

Director General,

The International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA),

Aleppo, Syria

E-mail: a.el-beltagy@cgiar.org

• El Dawy, Mohamed

Emeritus Dean,

Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tanta,

Tanta, Egypt

E-mail: eldawymo@thewayout.net

• El Deek, Mohamed

Director,

UNESCO Cairo Office & UNESCO Representative to Egypt, Sudan & Yemen,

Cairo, Egypt

E-mail: eldeek@mail.unesco.org.eg

• El Kassas, Mohamed

Emeritus Professor,

Botany, Faculty of Science,

University of Cairo,

Cairo, Egypt

E-mail: sheriff@aucegypt.edu

• El Shihy, Osama

Professor,

Plant Biotechnology,

Faculty of Agriculture,

Cairo University,

Cairo, Egypt

• Flavell, Richard

Chief Scientific Officer,

Ceres Inc.,

California, USA

E-mail: rflavell@ceres-inc.com

• Gabr, Mamdouh

Secretary General,

Egyptian Red Crescent,

Cairo, Egypt

E-mail: erc@brainy1.ie-eg.com

• Gadsden, James Irvin

Special Negotiator for Biotechnology

United States Embassy, Economic/Political Section,

United States Department of State,

USA

• Gezairy, Hussein

Regional Director,

World Health Organization,

Regional Office for the Eastern Meditteranean,

Cairo, Egypt

E-mai: gezairyh@emro.who.int

• Ghaleb, Haider

Emeritus Professor,

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics,

Faculty of Medical, Cairo University,

Cairo, Egypt

E-mail: hghaleb@mailcity.com

• Gopo,Joseph Muchabaiwa

Advisor,

Biotechnology & Biosafety,

Commonwealth Secretariat,

Ministry of Higher Education,

Namibia, Kenya

• Haerlin, Benedikt

Strategic Advisor,

Greenpeace,

Berlin, Germany

E-mail: bhaerlin@greenpeace.de

• Herrling, Paul

Head of Research,

Novartis Pharma AG,

Basel, Switzerland

E-mail: paul.herrling@pharma.novartis.com

• Hoban, Thomas

Professor,

College of Agriculture & Life Sciences,

North California State University,

California, USA

E-mail: tom_hoban@ncsu.edu

• Idris, Mohamed

President, CACU

Chairman, IFAP Egyptian CTT,

Cairo, Egypt

E-mail: idris@cacueg.org

• Jaffe, Gregory

Co-Director,

Biotechnology Project, Center for Science in the Public Interest,

Washington DC, USA

E-mail: gjaffe@cspinet.org

• John, George

Senior,

Aquaculture Scientist for ICLARM

International Center for Living Aquatic

Resources Management (ICLARM),

Penang, Malaysia

E-mail: iclarm-ddg@cgnet.org

• Johnson, Brian

Head,

Biotechnology Advisory Unit

c/o English Nature,

Taunton, UK

E-mail: brian.johnson@english-nature.org.uk

• Johnston, Donald J.

Secretary General,

The Organization for Economic Co-operation &
Development (OECD),

Paris, France

E-mail: donald.johnston@oecd.org

• Kearns, Peter

Principal Administrator,

Environment Directorate OECD

Paris, France

• Leisinger, Klaus

Executive Director,

Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development,

Basel, Switzerland

E-mail: klausm.leisinger@group.novartis.com

• Madkour, Magdy

Director,

Agriculture Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI),

Cairo, Egypt

E-mail: mmadkour@ageri.sci.eg

• Magnus, David

Graduate Studies Director and Bioethics Professor,

Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, USA

E-mail: magnus@mail.med.upenn.edu

• Mahfouz, Mahmoud

Emeritus Professor,

Radiation Oncology & Nuclear Medicine,

Cairo University,

Cairo, Egypt

E-mail: m_m_mahfouz@yahoo.com

• Mayor, Federico

Fundaction Ramon Areces

E-mail: btietchen@fund-culturadepaz.org

• Moharram, Hesham

Professor,

Natural Products Biotechnology Group,

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI),

Mubarak City for Scientific Research,

New Borg El Arab City, Alexandria, Egypt

E-mail: gtbiotech@link.net

alexbiotech@yahoo.com