• TWAS-ARO 7th Annual Meeting
• Essential Skills for Brokering Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
• Science Supercourse
• BioVisionAlexandria 2012 Conference

TWAS-ARO 7^th Annual Meeting
Water, Nuclear and Renewable Energy: Challenges Versus Opportunities

28-29 December 2011

The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World’s - Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO) is planning to hold its 7^th Annual Meeting, 28-29 December 2011, at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The Meeting will be preceded by a seminar that intends to bring together leading experts to discuss challenges and opportunities of water, nuclear and renewable energy in the Arab region.

The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World’s Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO) will continue its support for young Arab researchers by holding a poster session for young Arab researchers, to showcase their researches. TWAS-ARO will sponsor 10 outstanding young researchers, from different Arab countries, to present their project/research on water, nuclear and renewable energy.

For additional information and registration, please visit: http://www.bibalex.org/cssp/Event/Event.aspx?ID=226
 

 Essential Skills for Brokering Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships

23-26 January 2012

Because of the growing demand around the world from the public sector, business and civil society for greater competence and professionalism in building and maintaining non-traditional forms of collaboration, the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) in collaboration with the CSSP is organizing the Training Workshop entitled: Essential Skills for Brokering Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships, at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

This training will provide the practical skills, knowledge and insight for managing the partnering process from the earliest "scoping" stage to the final "moving on" phase, including the delivery of measurable benefits to all partners.

For more information and for registration, please visit the following link: www.bibalex.org/cssp/Essentialskills for brokering
 

Science Supercourse

Science Supercourse is a project jointly coordinated by Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, and Ronald Laporte, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Disease Monitoring and Telecommunications at the University of Pittsburgh.

This effort was designed to improve information sharing among professionals and educators in four major fields of science: public health, agriculture, computer engineering, and environment. Lectures are shared in PowerPoint format to empower educators around the world.

 Get Involved!

The SSC is based on involving the community and encouraging professors and experts to participate by adding their own lectures to the website for the benefit of students and teachers everywhere.

 If you are a Professor of Agriculture, Computer Engineering, Health or Environmental Health, be part of the SSC and upload your lectures.

To view the lectures and join the team, please follow the link: http://ssc.bibalex.org

For any suggestion, please E-mail: ssc@bibalex.org
 

BioVisionAlexandria 2012 Conference
New Life Sciences: Linking Science to Society

22-25 April 2012

We are pleased to announce that so far 78 eminent speakers have confirmed their participation. Among them are three Nobel Laureates: Prof. Paul Crutzen, Chemistry, 1995; Prof. Richard Ernst, Chemistry, 1991; Prof. Wole Soyinka, Literature, 1986.  

Prof. Paul Crutzen	Prof. Richard Ernst	Prof. Wole Soyinka

Distinguished speakers such as Prof. Bruce Alberts, Former President, National Academy of Sciences (USA); Sir Peter Lachmann, Emeritus Professor of Immunology, University of Cambridge (UK) and Prof. M.S Swaminathan, Founder and Chairman, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (India) will also participate in the Conference.

Register now and get the early bird rates!!

The Conference will also feature a special exhibition entitled “BioFair@BioVisionAlexandria”, in addition to a Poster Session for young researchers and scientists. The call for posters is now open, please visit http://bibalex.org/bva2012/Home/StaticPage.aspx?page=56&m=6

For more information about BVA 2012, please visit: http://bibalex.org/bva2012/Home/Home.aspx