This conference will held on the occasion of the 145th anniversary of the inauguration of the Suez Canal, and it will also celebrate the launching of the new canal project. The conference is being organized by the Francophone Activities Center and the Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du Canal de Suez.
An exhibition of photographs and watercolor paintings depicting the digging and inauguration of the Suez Canal will be held alongside the conference