Italian-Egyptian Science Day

Italian-Egyptian Science Day 14 June 2011, Hotel Semiramis Intercontinental, 3rd Floor Corniche El Nil, Cairo

Expected number of participants: around 200

Morning sessions

9:00 – 11:00 Meeting of the Joint Working Group on the Egyptian-Italian University, opened by HE Minister Amr Salama and in parallel

10:00 – 10:30 Registration and Welcome, 3rd floor, Hotel Semiramis

10:30 – 11:00 Teeba Room

Opening of the Seminar on Italian Technology for Energy Saving in the plastic material transformation.

Speakers: Giuseppe Federico, Italian Trade Commission; Khaled Abou El Makalen, President Chamber Chemical Industry; Girolamo Dagostino, representative Assocomaplast; Mohamed Kamal, Director Plastic Technology Center; Ahmed Sami, Chairman Industrial Council for Technology and Innovation center, Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade.

11:00 – 12:00 Teeba Room Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ruggero Testori, Assocomaplast

Plenary session, 12:00 Teeba Room

Official Opening of the Italian-Egyptian Science Cooperation Day

With the participation of: HE Claudio Pacifico, Ambassador of Italy in Egypt HE Vincenzo Scotti, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Italy HE Maged George, Minister of the Environment HE Hassan Younes, Minister of Electricity HE Samir El Sayyad, Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade HE Amr Salama, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Franco Porcelli, Scientific Attaché, Embassy of Italy in Egypt, and Maged Al Sherbiny, Assistant Minister, Higher Education and Scientific Research (moderators) To follow

Signature of Technical Agreements and Memorandum of Understanding

MoU on the creation of Spazio Italia at the South Valley University in Luxor (signatories: HE Vincenzo Scotti and HE Amr Salama)

MoU on the preparation of the second Geophysical Expedition to Gebel Kamil meteorite crater site (signatories: Dr. Luigi Folco and Prof. Maged Al-Sherbiny)

MoU between the Italian Space Agency and the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space (signatories: Eng. Dr. Enrico Saggese and Prof. Ayman El Dessouky)

Brief Information on the Status of the Egyptian-Italian University (Prof. Samir Riad and Prof. Stefania Giannini)

To follow

Keynote Speakers: Dr. G.Lelli, ENEA Commissioner, CSP Solar Energy Project Dr. E.Saggese, President Italian Space Agency, Space Technologies

13:30 End of Opening Session

In parallel: 13:30 – 15:00 13:30 – 14:30 The Grill restaurant Haroun El Rashid Restaurant Lunch offered by the Italian Trade Lunch offered by the Scientific Office, Commission to the participants of the Embassy of Italy in Egypt Seminar on plastic material transformation

Afternoon parallel sessions 15:00 – 17:30 Teeba Room 14:30 – 17:30 Babylon Room Presentations of Italian-Egyptian Seminar on Italian Technology for Scientific Cooperation Programs Energy Saving in the plastic material transformation

17:30 Closing of the Italian-Egyptian Science Day Presentations of Italian-Egyptian Scientific Cooperation Programs 15:00 – 17:30 Teeba Room

Italian Speakers:

Prof. Franco Porcelli, Scientific Office, Embassy of Italy in Egypt

Prof. Ayman El Dessouky, President, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences

Dr. Fabrizio Fabrizi, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, ENEA

Prof. Amr Amin, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Helwan University

Prof. Stefania Giannini, Rector, University for Foreigners of Perugia

Prof. Mansour El Noby Mansour, President, South Valley University

Dr. Luigi Folco, University of Siena

Prof. Ashraf Zaghloul, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University - Euro-Arab School of Oncology (EASO)

Prof. Maged Negm, Dean of the Faculty of Tourism, Helwan University

Prof. Leonardo Urbani, University of Palermo (tbc) Associated Events

June 1st , 10:00, National Water Research Center: Visit of an Italian scientific delegation to the

June 13th, 10:30, NARSS Conference Hall: ASI-NARSS Workshop on Remote Sensing applied to Archeology

June 13th, 18:00 at Semiramis Hotel: Meeting of the Gebel Kamil scientists

June 14th, 9:30, Semiramis Hotel: Meeting of the Joint Working Group on the Egyptian-Italian University

June 15th, 10:00, Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering: Meeting with Prof. Carlo Naldi, Vice-Rector, Politecnico di Torino

June 15th, 14:00, ASRT Meeting Room: Solar Energy Workshop

July (date to be defined) Workshop on the Zabargad Island Geological project

September-December 2011 (dates to be defined)

- Signing of a Collaborative Agreements between Helwan and Bergamo Universities - Biotech Science Park meeting - Workshop on the Science and medicine of Extreme Environments