TWAS–ARO 12th Annual Meeting Sustainability in Food and Water: An Arab Viewpoint 18–19 December 2016
Under the Patronage of HRH Prince El-Hassan bin Talal, Jordan
Sunday, 18 December 2016 9:00–10:00 Registration
Opening Session
Welcome Note: Mohammad Hamdan, TWAS Vice President for the Arab Region; Senator in the Upper House of Jordan’s Parliament; and Senior Advisor, Arab Open University (AOU) (Jordan) 10:00–11:30 Yehia Zaky, Technical Adviser to Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina representing Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt) Mohamed El-Faham, Scientific Advisor, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt) representing TWAS Arab Regional Office (TWAS–ARO)
Keynote Speech: HRH Prince El-Hassan bin Talal (Jordan) 11:30–12:00 Group Photo and Networking Break Session 1: Food Security and Poverty Reduction
Chair: Adnan Badran, Chancellor, Petra University; and former Prime Minister of Jordan (Jordan)
Mohamed Farag, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow; and Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University (Egypt) 12:00–13:30 “Plant Growth Promoting Soil Bacterial Volatiles: A Novel Formula for Sustainable Agriculture” Ayman Suleiman, Professor of Crop and Agricultural Water Modeling, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Jordan (Jordan) “A Modern Method for Computing Crop Water Requirements” Mahmoud Duwayri, Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Jordan; and former Minister of Agriculture (Jordan) “Sustainable Food Production in Dry Regions”
13:30–14:30 Lunch Break
* This program is subject to change. The organizers reserve the right to alter session topics, timings and speakers.
TWAS–ARO 12th Annual Meeting Sustainability in Food and Water: An Arab Viewpoint 18–19 December 2016
Sunday, 18 December 2016 Session 2: Water Scarcity... The Great Challenge
Chair: Sabah Al-Sulaiman, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University (Sultanate of Oman)
Abdin Salih, Professor, Water Research Center, University of Khartoum (Sudan) 14:30–16:00 “Prospective of Water Harvesting in G-WADI Actions” Hani Abu Qdais, Professor of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) (Jordan) “Environmental Impacts of Mega Desalination Projects: Red–Dead Sea Conveyor” Anwar Battikhi, President, The University of Jordan, College of Agriculture, Jordan Society for Scientific Research (Jordan) “Water Resources in the Arab World: Past and Present” 16:00–16:30 Networking Coffee Break Session 3: Climate Change: Current Status and Future Prospects
Chair: Salma El-Kindy, Dean, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University (Sultanate of Oman)
Adel El-Beltagy, former Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and Chairman, International Drylands Development 16:30–18:00 Commission (IDDC) (Egypt) “The Impact of Climate Change on Food Production and Water Availability in the Dry Areas in the Arab World” Salah Soliman, Professor of Pesticide Chemistry & Toxicology, Alexandria University; and Senior Expert, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt) “Interactions of Rising CO2, Temperature and Climate Change on Food Safety with Special Focus on Pests and Pesticides” Hussein El-Atfy, Secretary-General, Arab Water Council (AWC); and former Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources (Egypt) “Regional Cooperation and Coordination Towards Water and Food Security in the Arab Region”
18:00–19:00 YAS Prize Committee Meeting (by Invitation Only)
* This program is subject to change. The organizers reserve the right to alter session topics, timings and speakers.
TWAS–ARO 12th Annual Meeting Sustainability in Food and Water: An Arab Viewpoint 18–19 December 2016
Monday, 19 December 2016 9:00–11:00 TWAS–ARO Closed Meeting (Members and Young Affiliates Only) 11:00–11:30 Networking Coffee Break Session 4: Engaging Society… Public Awareness and Human Wellbeing
Chair: Mohammad Hamdan, TWAS Vice President for the Arab Region; Senator in the Upper House of Jordan’s Parliament; and Senior Advisor, Arab Open University (Jordan)
Yousry El-Gamal, former Minister of Education and Board Member, Consultant, Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (Egypt) 11:30–13:30 “Role of ICT to Promote Sustainable Food Systems” Yehia Zaky, Technical Adviser to Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt) “Public Health and Human Wellbeing” Ramy Aziz, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University (Egypt) “Improving Human Health From the Inside-Out: Genomics and Metagenomics in Public Health and Precision Medicine” Muntaser E. Ibrahim, Head of Unit, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum (Sudan) “In Defining the Natural Domain of the (Arabic): A Revisit of the Metaphor” 13:30–14:30 Lunch Break Closing Session: Strengthening the Food and Water Sustainability: A Policy-Maker Perspective— Open Discussion
Chair: Mohammad Abu Qudis, Director, Arab Open University (AOU) Jordan
Mohammad Hamdan, TWAS Vice President for the Arab Region; Senator in the Upper House of Jordan’s Parliament; and Senior Advisor, 14:30–16:00 Arab Open University (Jordan) Adel El-Beltagy, former Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and Chairman, International Drylands Development Commission (IDDC) (Egypt) Hussein El-Atfy, Secretary-General, Arab Water Council (AWC); and former Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources (Egypt) Mahmoud Duwayri, Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Jordan; and former Minister of Agriculture (Jordan) Abdin Salih, Professor, Water Research Center, University of Khartoum (Sudan)
* This program is subject to change. The organizers reserve the right to alter session topics, timings and speakers.