| Name | Position | Presentations | Country | Confirmed |
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Abou Sabaa, Aly
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Director General, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
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Egypt
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AbuZeid, Khaled
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Senior Regional Director, Water Resources, Center for Environment & Development for Arab Region & Europe (CEDARE)
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Egypt
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Aguib, Yasmine
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Head of Life Sciences Department - Deputy Director, Molecular Research
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Egypt
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Aliko, Blerta
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UN Women Country Representative, Egypt Country Office
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Egypt
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Amer, Pakinam
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Chief Editor, Nature Middle East
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Egypt
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Ammann, Biljana Papazov
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Switzerland
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Ammann, Klaus
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Chairman, Section on Biodiversity, European Federation of Biotechnology EFB
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Switzerland
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Anestidou, Lida
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Senior Program Officer, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
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United States of America
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Anhoury, Pierre
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International Liaison Officer, Institut Curie
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France
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Aradottir, Gia
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Research Scientist, Biointeractions and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research
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United Kingdom
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Asem, Samira Omar
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Director, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
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Kuwait
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Ataguba, John Ele-Ojo
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Associate Professor, Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town
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South Africa
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Aziz, Ramy
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Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University
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Egypt
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Azzazy, Hassan
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Professor, School of Sciences and Engineering, American University in Cairo (AUC)
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Egypt
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Bahgat, Mahmoud
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Professor, Philipps-Universität Marburg and Professor of Biochemistry, Therapeutic Chemistry Department, Division of Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research, National Research Centre
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Egypt
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Benoit, Jean-Pierre
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Angers
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France
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Bhira, Saïd
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Special Counselor to the Secretary General for Higher Education and Research, The Union for the Mediterranean
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Spain
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Birnstingl, Birgit
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Chief Executive Officer, Sekem Energy
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Austria
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Cangelosi, Angelo
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Professor, Artificial Intelligence and Cognition, School of Computing and Mathematics, Plymouth University
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United Kingdom
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Catley-Carlson, Margaret
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Chair, Board PAC
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Canada
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Cocking, Edward
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Research Professor, Faculty of Science, School of Biosciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Nottingham
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United Kingdom
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Connell, Nancy
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Visiting Research Scholar, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
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United States of America
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Conway, Gordon
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Professor for International Development, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College
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United Kingdom
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Datta, Swapan
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Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati University
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India
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Degelsegger-Márquez, Alexander
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Head of Department
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Austria
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Delawar, Sherif
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Visiting professor of management at the Arab Academy for Sciences and Technology and the Senghor University
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Egypt
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Diab, Roseanne
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Executive Officer, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
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South Africa
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Dictus, Richard
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UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP Resident Representative, Arab Republic of Egypt
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Egypt
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Diop, Salif
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Former Senior Staff Member, Scientific Assessment Branch, Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - President of Commission/ANSTS
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Senegal
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Dubock , Adrian
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Executive Secretary, Golden Rice Project
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Switzerland
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El Ashry, El Sayed
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Professor of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University
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Egypt
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El Fawal , Hassan
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Professor and Dean, School of Sciences and Engineering, American University in Cairo
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Egypt
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El Feki, Mostafa
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Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Egypt
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El Kateb, Hany
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Technical University of Munich
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Germany
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El-Atfy, Hussein
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Former Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation in Egypt and Secretary General, Arab Water Council (AWC)
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Egypt
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El-Badri, Nagwa
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Founding Chair, The Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Science and Technology, Zewail City of Science and Technology
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Egypt
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El-Baz, Farouk
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Director, Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University
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United States of America
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El-Beltagy, Adel
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Chair, The International Drylands Development Commission (IDDC)
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Egypt
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El-Faham, Mohamed
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Senior Expert, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Egypt
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Elhadidy, Mohamed
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Associate Professor of Microbiology, College of Veterinary , Mansoura University
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Egypt
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Elliott, Malcolm
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Founding Director, The Norman Borlaug Institute for Global Food Security
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United Kingdom
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Elshahed, Mostafa
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Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University
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United States of America
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El-Sharoud, Walid
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Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University and Biology Editor of Science Progress
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Egypt
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El-Shibiny, Ayman
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Zewail City of Science and Technology
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Egypt
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El-Shinawi, Mohamed
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Professor of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University and Advisor to Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research for International Collaborations and Agreements
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Egypt
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El-Wakil, Marwa
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Director, Center for Special Studies and Programs, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Egypt
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El-Zoheiry, Abdelhamid
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President, Euro-Mediterranean University of Slovenia
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Slovenia
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Fanaky, Nourhan
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Vice President, Pharos University and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University
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Egypt
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Farag, Mohamed
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Professor, Chemistry Department, American University in Cairo
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Egypt
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Fedoroff, Nina
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Senior Science Advisor, OFW Law and Emeritus Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Eberly College of Science, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University
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United States of America
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Fickert, Lothar
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Professor and Dean, Electrical Plants and Grits, Graz University of Technology
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Austria
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Flink, Tim
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Senior Researcher
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Germany
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Ghoneim, Mohamed
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Member of the Presidential Advisory Council, Professor Emeritus of Urology, Mansoura University
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Egypt
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Griset, Pascal
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Professor, Sorbonne University
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France
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Halim, Yehia
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Senior Expert, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Egypt
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Hamdan, Mohammad
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Senator in the Upper House of Jordan’s Parliament, TWAS Arab Vice-President for the Arab Region, Senior Advisor, Arab Open University (AOU)
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Jordan
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Hamzah, Riyad Yousif
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President, University of Bahrain
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Bahrain
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Hassan, Mohamed
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Founding Executive Director, The World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (TWAS)
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Italy
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Hassouna, Salah
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Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Studies Department, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Alexandria University
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Egypt
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Hussain, Saber
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Professor
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United States of America
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Jabbour, Jean Yaacoub
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WHO Representative, Egypt - WHO Country Office
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Egypt
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Johnson, Ray
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Executive Director, QxBranch
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United States of America
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Joseph Wafula, Muliaro
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Director, ICT Centre of Excellence and Open Data, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
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Kenya
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Kakarougkas, Andreas
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Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo
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Egypt
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Kana, Musa
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Associate Professor
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Nigeria
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Kandil, Sherif
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Professor of Material Science, The Institute of Graduate Studies and Research
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Egypt
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Kasim, Samar
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Professor, Ain Shams University
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Egypt
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Kassem, Heba
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Professor of Medical Genetics and Director, Clinical Genomic Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University
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Egypt
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Kent, Alastair
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Independent Patient Engagement Consultant
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United Kingdom
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KEPES, François
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Member, The National Academy of Technologies of France
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France
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Khalil, Yasser
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Director, Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East – SESAME
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Jordan
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Khamis, Alaa
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Senior Advanced Technology Specialist, General Motors
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Canada
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Kheddar, Abderrahmane
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Director of Research
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Japan
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Kilama, John
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Director and Founder, Kilama International Consulting Group (KICG)
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United States of America
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LaPorte, Ronald
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh
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United States of America
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León-Carrión, José
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Chair, Department of Experimental Psychology, Human Neuropsychology Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Seville
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Spain
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Linkov, Faina
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Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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United States of America
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Luckscheiter, Roman
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Director, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Cairo Regional office
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Egypt
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Madkour, Magdy
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Professor, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute (ALARI), Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University
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Egypt
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Maphosa, Stanley
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International and National Liaison Manager, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
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South Africa
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Mavridis, Nikolaos
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Founder, Director, Interactive Robots and Media Lab
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United Arab Emirates
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McGrath, Peter
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Coordinator, IAP, TWAS Science Policy/Science Diplomacy Programme, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
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Italy
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Molokhia, Abdulla
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Vice President for Research and Quality Affairs, Pharco Pharmaceuticals
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Egypt
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Moran, James
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Associate Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies
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Belgium
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Moustafa, Ahmed
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Associate Professor, Department of Biology, American University in Cairo
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Egypt
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Nelson, Karen
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President, the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI)
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United States of America
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Neubauer, Peter
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Professor
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Germany
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Petersen, Bent
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Associate Professor and Head of Studies Human Life Science Engineering, Department of Bio and Health Informatics, Technical University of Denmark
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Denmark
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Piuri, Mariana
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Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Buenos Aires
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Argentina
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Rangan , Latha
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Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
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India
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Ruffier, Franck
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CNRS Research Scientist, The National Center for Scientific Research
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France
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Russo, Maria Cristina
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Director for International Cooperation Directorate, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
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Belgium
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Sakr, Mahmoud
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President, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology
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Egypt
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Sauer, Francois
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Founder, Sauer & Associates LLC
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United States of America
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Sedky, Sherif
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Executive President, Zewail City of Science and Technology
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Egypt
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Serageldin, Ismail
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Founding Director Emeritus, Library of Alexandria
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Egypt
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Sewilam, Hani
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Professor and Academic Director, Department of Engineering Hydrology
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Germany
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Shepherd, Robert K.
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Principal Scientist, Bionics Institute
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Australia
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Shubnikov, Eugene
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Research Scientist, SibDiab
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Russia
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Siam, Rania
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Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo
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Egypt
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Smith, Ina
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Project Manager, African Open Science Platform, Academy of Science of South Africa
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South Africa
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Soliman, Salah
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Senior Expert, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Egypt
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Soror, Sameh
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Head, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University
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Egypt
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Turjanski, Adrián
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Director, The Argentinian Bioinformatic Platform and adjunct Investigator, National Scientific and Technical, Research Council
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Argentina
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Van Montagu, Marc
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Emeritus Professor, Ghent University, President, Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries (IPBO)
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Belgium
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Varshney, Rajeev
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Research Program Director for Genetic Gains, International crops Research Institute for The Semi-Arid Tropics
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India
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Waseem A. Halmy, Marwa
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Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University
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Egypt
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Yahia, Mohammed
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Executive Editor, Nature Research Middle East
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Egypt
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Zanaty, Mennat
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Assistant Researcher, Technical Office, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
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Egypt
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