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Name

Position

Country

Presentation

Abdel Samie, Mostafa

Director, World Bank/ European Union Education Enhancing Program, Program Planning & Monitoring Unit

Egypt

Abou Gharbia , Magid

Senior Vice President & Head, Chemical & Screening Sciences, Wyeth Research

United States of America

Adly, Noha

Director, ICT Department, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Egypt

Aguilar , Alfredo

Head, Community Cooperation Activities Unit, International Scientific Cooperation, European Commission

Belgium

Alleyne , Sir George

Director Emeritus PAHO: Editor DCPP

United States of America

Amaral , Weber

Professor & CEO Brazilian Biofuels Programme

Brazil

Ammann , Klaus

Director, Botanical Garden, University of Bern

Switzerland

Anhoury , Pierre

Principal, IMS Health

France

Arab , Morsi

IDF Regional Chair Diabetes, EMME region

Egypt

Assaad-Khalil , Samir

Professor of Internal Medicine. Unit of Diabetes & Metabolism. Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University. Alexandria. Egypt

Egypt

Badr , Effat

Professor Emeritus. Dept. of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University

Egypt

Badran , Ibrahim

Former Minister of Health

Egypt

Bahieldin, Ahmed

Professor of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Egypt & Senior Scientist, AGERI, ARC, Giza, Egypt

Egypt

Bouis , Howarth

Director, HarvestPlus

United States of America

Breman , Joel

Senior Scientific Advisor, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health

United States of America

Carlone , Claudio

Chairman, Hypothesis

Italy

Catley-Carlson , Margaret

Chair, Global Water Partnership

United States of America

Chen , Zhangliang

President of China Agriculture University

China

Chieko , Ikeda

Director for Advanced Medical Science, Division of Life Science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology

Japan

Christie , Werner

Science and Technology Counsellor, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Beijing & Former Minister of Health, Norway

China

Clark , Brian

European Federation of Biotechnology, Vice President

Denmark

Collens , Lewis

President, IIllinois Institute of Technology

United States of America

Cooper, Quentin

Broadcaster - Science Journalist, Freelance but Mostly BBC

United Kingdom

Cunningham , Patrick

Professor of Animal Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin & Chair, IdentiGEN Ltd

Ireland

Daar , Abdallah

PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES

Canada

De Greef , Willy

Executive Director, International Biotech Regulatory Services

Belgium

Desmarescaux , Philippe

Chairman, The World Life Sciences Forum, BioVision

France

Diderichsen , Boerge

Vice President, Corporate Research Affairs

Denmark

Elliott , Malcolm

Executive Director, The Norman Borlaug Institute for Crop Improvement

United Kingdom

Elmikaty, Hoda

Director, PLanetarium Science Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Egypt

Erbisch , Frederic

Former Director, Office of Intellectual Property, Michigan State University

United States of America

Gillespie , Iain

Head of Biotechnology Division, Science, Technology and Industry, OECD

France

Godard, Alain

CEO of Aventis CropScience

France

Gros , François

Honorary Permanent Secretary, Académie des Sciences (Secretaire General)

France

Harford, Joe

Director, National Cancer Institute International Office

United States of America

Hassan , Mohamed

Executive Director, TWAS

Italy

Hayashizaki , Yoshihide

Project Director and Chief Scientist, Genome Exploration Research Group, Genomic Sciences Center

Japan

Helal , Hany

Minister of Higher Education

Egypt

Herrera-Estrella , Luis

Head, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, the National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico

Hirata , Tadashi

Former Chairman, CEO, Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. and Member of the Board of Japan Bioindustry Association

Japan

Huttner , Eric

General Manager, Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Limited

Australia

James , Clive

Chairman and Founder of ISAAA

United States of America

Jamison , Dean

Senior Editor, Disease Control Priorities Project & Fellow, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health

United States of America

Jarrett , Stephen

Deputy Director, UNICEF Supply Division

United States of America

Johnson , Brian

Head of Biotechnology Advisory Unit , English Nature

United Kingdom

Kapur , Anil

Vice Chairman of the Board of the World Diabetes Foundation

Denmark

Khush , Gurdev

Professor, University of California

United States of America

Kurokawa , Kiyoshi

President, Science Council of Japan & Director & Professor, Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University

Japan

Lachmann , Peter

Emeritus Professor of Immunology, University of Cambridge & Head, Microbial Immunology Group, Centre for Veterinary Science

United Kingdom

Laporte , Ronald

Professor of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

United States of America

Luka , Sohail

Scientific Officer, European Commission - DG Research, International Scientific Cooperation (Unit N2), European Commission

Belgium

Madkour , Magdy

Assistant Director General, International Cooperation, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

Syria

Mahmoud , Adel

President, Merck Vaccines, Merck & Co. Inc.

United States of America

Massoud , Ahmed

Prof. of Endodontics, Facutly of Dentistry, Alexandria University & Director, Egyptian Association for Continuing Education and Training

Egypt

McConnell, David

Co-ViceChairman, EAGLES

Ireland

Mohan , Viswanathan

Chairman & Chief of Diabetologist

India

Nakhla , Rafik

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Egypt

Nene , Vishvanath

Investigator, The Institute for Genomic Research

United States of America

Nobel , Joel

Founder and Professor Emeritus, ECRI

United States of America

Norrby , Erling

Secretary General, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Sweden

Nutti , Marilia

Researcher, National Research Center on Food Technology, Embrapa

Brazil

Oborne , Michael

Director, International Futures Programme, OECD - French Delegation

France

Omi , Koji

Former Japanese Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy; Chairman, the Diet Members Promotion Alliance for Life Science

Japan

Padulosi , Stefano

Senior Scientist, Diversity for Livelihoods Programme, IPGRI

Syria

Paes de Carvalho , Joao

Diretor de Desenvolvimento Corporativo

Brazil

Pagliano , Daniel

President, Latin American Federation of National Biotechnology Companies Association (FELAEB)

Uruguay

Pan , Changyu

Professor, Chinese PLA General Hospital

China

Pardey, Philip

Professor, Science and Technology Policy, University of Minnesota

United States of America

Patell , (Mrs.) Villoo

Avesthagen, Founder & CEO

India

Patermann , Christian

Director, Directorate E, European Commission.

Belgium

Persley, Gabrielle

Chair, Doyle Foundation

United Kingdom

Poortman , Ysbrand

Vice President, World Alliance of Organizations for the Prevention and Treatment of Genetic and Congenital Conditions

Netherlands

Potocnik, Janez

European Commissioner for Science and Research, European Commission

Belgium

Potrykus , Ingo

Chairman, Humanitarian Golden Rice Board and Network to fight micronutrient malnutrition in developing countries

Switzerland

Prakash , Channapatna

Professor, Plant Molecular Genetics & Director, Center for Plant Biotechnology Research, Tuskegee University

United States of America

Rabbinge , Roelof

Dean of Graduate Schools, Wagenigen University & Co-chair, InterAcademy Council (IAC) Study - Food for Africa

Netherlands

Ramaiya, Kaushik

Regional Chair IDF Africa Region

Tanzania

Rangel-Aldao , Rafael

Director of Project Digital Molecular Medicine, Professor of Biotechnology

Venezuela

Rezk , Mourad

Regional Medical Director, Novo Nordisk

Egypt

Ricciardone, Marie

United States Embassy in Egypt

United States of America

Riley, Phil

Communication Head at the IDF

United Kingdom

Roglic , Gojka

Technical officer Diabetes, WHO

Switzerland

Rubinstein , Ellis

President, New York Academy of Sciences

United States of America

Rubinstein , Joanna

Associate Dean for Global Initiatives at Columbia University Health Sciences Division, Director for Health and Science Initiatives, UN Millennium Project

United States of America

Sanjeevi , Carani

Associate Professor, Karolinska Institute

Sweden

Sarpong, George

Prof. of Environmenal Law, University of Ghana

Ghana

Sauer , François

CEO Trans Am Group

United States of America

Serageldin , Ismail

Director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Chairman of European Action on Global Life Sciences, EAGLES

Egypt

Shinozaki, Kazuo

Director of Plant Science Center, Riken Yokohama Institute

Japan

Shotkoski , Frank

Director, Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP) II

United States of America

Singer , Peter

Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics & Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

Canada

Soliman , Salah

Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria

Egypt

Suojanen, Christian

Secretary General, European Federation of Biotechnology & Strategic Adviser, Europe Unlimited SA

Spain

Suzuki , Yasuhiro

Director, R&D Promotion for Innovative Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare

Japan

Swaminathan , Soumya

Deputy Director (Sr.Grade), Tuberculosis Research Centre

India

Swaminathan , M.S.

Chairman, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

India

Thomas, Sandy

Director, The Nuffield Council on Bioethics

United Kingdom

Todd , David

Senior Evaluation Specialist , The Global Environment Facility (GEF)

United States of America

Tuomilehto, Jaakko

Professor, University of Helsinki

Finland

Vadez, Vincent

Senior Scientist, ICRISAT, Crop Physiology Laboratory, GT-1 Biotechnology, India

France

Valdez , Marta

Prof., University of Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Van Montagu , Marc

Chairman, Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries

Belgium

Walsh , Frank

Executive Vice President, Discovery Research, Wyeth

United States of America

Wambugu , Florence M.

CEO, Africa Harvest

Kenya

Wilgenbus, David

Project "La Main a la Pate"

France

Yang, Huanming

Director, Beijing Genomics Institute & Co-Vice-Chairman, European Action on Global Life Sciences

China

Younis , Wiam

Assistance to Young Diabetics-AYD

Egypt

Zaky, Yehia

Head of Acacemic and Cultural Affairs Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Egypt

Zerhouni , Elias

Director, National Institutes of Health

United States of America