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His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Irina Bokova
UNESCO
Director General
Michio Kaku
MC & Opening Ceremony Featured Speaker
Peter Thompson
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean
Majd Shweikeh
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Jordan
Omar Al Razzaz
Ministry of Education, Jordan
Minister
Ertharin Cousin
Stanford Spogli Institute
Payne Distinguished Lecturer
Peter Gluckman
Office of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
Chief Science Adviser
Lassina Zerbo
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
Executive Secretary
Flavia Schlegel
UNESCO
Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences
Abdallah Al Dardari
World Bank
Senior Adviser on Reconstruction, Office of the Vice President,...
Wilfred Madius Tangau
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia
Minister
Tateo Arimoto
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and...
Marcia C. Barbosa
Instituto de Física da UFRGS
Professor of Physics
Gloria Bonder
UNESCO
Regional Chair
Joachim von Braun
Centre for Development Research
Professor for Economic and Technological Change
Mihail Dimovski
Regional Environmental Center
Executive Director
Roseanne Denise Diab
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Executive Officer
Jauad ElKharraz
MEDRC Water Research
Head of Research - General Secretary
Ruth Francis
F1000
Communications Director
Tassos Haniotis
European Commission
Director
Haruo Hayashi
Kyoto University
Professor Emeritus of Disaster Prevention Research Institute
Carthage Smith
Global Science Forum OECD
Lead Coordinator
Pavel Kabat
International Institute for Applied System Analysis
Director General and Chief Executive Officer
Gihan Kamel
SESAME
Infrared Beamline Scientist
Mark William James Ferguson
Science Foundation Ireland
Director General SFI and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government...
Dominique Leglu
Sciences et Avenir
Editorial Director
Jacqueline McGlade
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Chief Scientist
Gordon McBean
International Council for Science, ICSU
President
Michinari Hamaguchi
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
President
Carlos Moedas
European Commission
European Commissioner for Science, Research and Innovation
Virginia Murray
Public Health England
Public Health Consultant in Global Disaster Risk Reduction
Orakanoke Phanraksa
Global Young Academy
Ph.D., Intellectual Property Consultant, National Science and...
Paulo Eduardo Eduardo Artaxo Netto
Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Professor of Physics
Elizabeth Pollitzer
Portia Ltd
Co-Founder and Director
Daya Reddy
International Council for Science (ICSU)
President-Elect
Sabina Leonelli
University of Exeter
Professor of Philosophy and History of Science
Venkatramanan Subrahmanian
University of Maryland
Director / Professor
Vladimir Šucha
European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Director-General
András Szöllősi-Nagy
World Water Council
Secretary
Vaughan Charles Turekian
US National Academy of Sciences
Senior Board Director
Tim Willcox
BBC News
Journalist
Stephen Cole
Institute of Diplomacy & Business
Chairman
Jean-Paul Ngome Abiaga
UNESCO
Assisstant Programme Specialist
Said Abousahl
European Commission
Head of the Euratom Coordination Unit of the Joint Research Centre
Layla Al-Musawi
Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS)
Program Manager
Eva Alisic
Monash University Accident Research Centre
Past Co-Chair
Abier Amarin
CRDF Global-MENA Office
Director
Christine Stabell Benn
Statens Serum Institut
Professor in Global Health
Eduardo Bianchi
Escuela Argentina de Negocios - Instituto Universitario
Professor and Researcher
Katalin Annamária Bogyay
Permenant Mission of Hungary to the United Nations
Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations
Richard Irvine Bourgeois-Doyle
National Research Council of Canada
Secretary General
Cathleen Campbell
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Visiting Scholar
Philip Carter
Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR)
Chief Scientist
Michael Byers
University of British Columbia
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and...
Giorgia Cesaro
UNESCO Amman Office
Associate Project officer
Sok Ching Cheong
Third World Academy for Sciences (TWAS)
Senior Group Leader, Head and Neck Cancer Research, Cancer Research...
Sierd Cloetingh
European Cooperation in Science &Technology (COST)
President
Simon Connell
University of Johannesburg
Professor of Physics
Thierry Courvoisier
European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
President
Rush D. Holt
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
CEO
Gordon Dalton
International Consortium of Research Staff Associations (ICoRSA)
Chair
Roberta D'Alessandro
ICSU/CFRS
Member of the CFRS
Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry
Euro-Mediterranean University of Slovenia (EMUNI)
President
Rabia Ferroukhi
IRENA
Robin Bradshaw Fears
EASAC
Director Bioscience Programme
Michael Gilmont
University of Oxford
Research Fellow in Water Security
Rolf-Dieter Heuer
SAM, European Commission
President of Council
Mandë Holford
Chemical Biology, Hunter College, CUNY and American Museum of Natural History
Associate Professor
Mustapha Jazar
Lebanese Association for Scientific Research (LASeR)
Founder and President
Éva Kondorosi
European Research Council
Vice President
Joëlle Jenny
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Fellow
Naresh Kumar
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
Director, Human Factors Directorate concurrent Director, Office of...
Isil Kurnaz
Gebze Technical University
WG Leader
Keisuke Hanaki
Science Council of Japan
Vice president for International Affairs
Rohit Jigyasu
ICOM
President
Manfred Lange
MENA Regional Center, Future Earth MENA Regional Center
Director
Marc Lecuit
Institut Pasteur
Nicole Leghissa
Documentary Filmmaker
Edward Lempinen
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Public Information Officer
László Lovász
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, World Science Forum
President
Neta Lipman
Mimshak Science Policy Fellowships program at Director of the Israel Society of Ecology & Environmental Sciences (ISEES). Israel Society of Ecology & Environmental Sciences (ISEES)
Founding Director
Julia MacKenzie
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Director of International Relations
Maciej Nalecz
UNESCO
Director & Executive Secretary of the International Basic Sciences...
Fook Kay Lee
Ministry of Home Affairs
Chief Science & Technology Officer
Sekazi Kauze Mtingwa
TriSEED Consultants, LLC
Principal Partner
Paul Moughan
AASSA
Representative
Mukundan Champadi Raman
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Neuroscientist, former Professor and Head of Clinical Psychology at...
Nasser Bin Nasser
Middle East Scientific Institute for Security (MESIS)
Managing Director
Yousef Najajreh
Al-Quds University, Anticancer Drugs Research Lab-Faculty of Pharmacy
Dean Faculty of Pharmacy
CM
Claire Mc Nulty
National Geographic Society
Senior Director, Programs and Explorer Development, Europe,
Ong Bee Leng May
Singapore, OCSTO
Director Unconventional Threats
Balázs Papp
Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Principal Investigator
Makram Al Queisi
Jordan Embassy / Paris
Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to France, Portugal and...
Baron Peter Piot
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Director and Professor of Global Health
Paul Rübig
European Parliament
Vice Chairman Science and Technology Options Assessment
Jozef Ritzen
United Nations University-MERIT Maastricht
professorial fellow
Ahmad Sadiddin
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Agricultural Economist, Syrian Refugee
Muhammad Saidam
Royal Scientific Society
Chief Scientist
Patrick Schroeder
Institute of Development Studies, UK
Research Fellow
DS
Daniel Stephan Korbel
British Council
Global Head of Science (acting)
Marga Gual Soler
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Senior Project Director
William Sutherland
University of Cambridge
Miriam Rothschild Professor in Conservation Biology
Celine Taminian
IIE Scholar Rescue Fund
Special Adviser for MENA Region
Leiv Kristen Sydnes
University of Bergen
Professor
Tracey Elliott
InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)
Project Director
Tibor Tóth
Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization
Executive Secretary Emeritus
Miyoko O. Watanabe
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Deputy Executive Director
Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos
Evandro Chagas Institute
Director and Professor of Global Health
Mohammed Yahia
Nature Publishing Group in the Middle East
Executive Director
Ola El Zein
World Association of Young Scientists, Arab Region
Endashaw Bekele Wordoffa
Addis Ababa University, Department of Microbial, Cellular & Molecular Biology, College of Natural Sciences
Professor
SA
Sarah Agbor
African Union Commissioner for Human Resources, Science & Technology
Hakam Al Alami
Majlis El Hassan
Advisor to HRH Prince El Hassan bin Tala
Sonia Al-Zoghoul
IEEE
Chair IEEE WIE Affinity Group - Jordan Section
Bassem Al-Maythalony
King Fahd University of petroleum and minerals
Research Scientist
MA
Maryam Althani
IEEE
Member IEEE UAE Section
SA
Scott Atran
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Research Director in Anthropology
Meshgan Al Awar
Director, Research & Studies Center
Dubai Police Academy
Amal Amin
Egyptian Young Academy
Advisory Board Member
Yazan Alsmadi
American Electric Power (AEP)
Senior Lead Engineer, Advanced Transmission Studies & Technology
RA
Ramia Al Bakain
The University of Jordan
Associate Professor in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
AB
Aicha Bammoun
Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)
Director, Science & Technology Directorate
Nesreen Barakat
To Excel Consulting
Former Minister of Social Development
JL
José Lino Barañao
Minister of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation
Minister
FG
Felipe Gándara Barragán
Materials Science Institute of Madrid - Spanish National Research Council
Researcher
Issa Batarseh
University of Central Florida
Director
EA
Efthymia Arvaniti
Alessandro Bello
UNESCO
Project Officer
Youmna El Bitar
IEEE
Region 8 Women in Engineering Coordinator
AB
Annie Black
L'Oréal Corporate Foundation
Deputy Executive Director
Amy Bogaard
School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Professor of Neolithic and Bronze Age Archaeology
LB
Lidia Brito
UNESCO Office in Montevideo
Director of UNESCO Office in Montevideo, Regional Bureau for Science...
Reem Bsaiso
Global Outreach - Bahrain
Founder and Managing Partner
NB
Neven Bondokji
WANA Institute
Team Leader, CVE
LB
Laura Bocarro
UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Senior Policy Advisor
AA
Abeer Al Bawab
Scientific Research Support Fund ( SRF)
Director
IC
Isabelle Combe
FC
Fadi Comair
Hydraulic and Electrical Resources of Lebanon
Director General
Kyle Cordova
Berkeley Global Science Institute
Associate Director
Anne Cambon-Thomsen, MD
ESOF 2018
Emeritus Research Director at CNRS, Champion
WC
William Colglazier
AAAS Journal of Science & Diplomacy Journal
Editor-in-Chief
RD
Rana Dajani
Hashemite University
Faculty
TD
Tariq Durrani
University of strathclyde and IEEE
ETP Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University...
GD
Ganmaa Davaasambuu
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor
HD
Hasan Dweik
Al-Quds university
Executive Vice President
Ghaith Fariz
UNESCO Regional Office for Science in the Arab States
Director
Eltayeb Elsadig
UNESCO Chair in Water Resources
Chair-holder of UNESCO Chair in Water Resources
Wejdan Abu Elhaija
Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Professor of Engineering
Bahaa Darwish
Faculty of Arts, Minia University, Egypt
Professor, Head, Department of Philosophy
Khaled Elshuraydeh
The Higher Council for Science and Technology / WSF National Task Force
Secretary General
Alejandro Fracaroli
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (UNC), INFIQC-CONICET
Assistant Professor and Researcher
DG
Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck
Carnegie Middle East Center
Eva Grosman
Centre for Democracy & Peace Building, TEDxStormont Organiser
CEO
SH
Sawsan Hakooz
Zarqa University
Assistant Professor Islamic Jurisprudence
Nancy Hakooz
University of Jordan
Professor of Pharmacy
MG
Marysa Guimond
UNESCO
Men and Women for Gender Equality, Arab States Regional Office
Yuval Golan
Sesame and Ben Gurion University
Prospective Scientific User
MH
Mouïn HAMZE
National Council for Scientific Research CNRS-L
Secretary General
NG
Noor Gammoh
University of Edinburgh
Principle Investigator
Dominik Fleitmann
University of Reading
Professor in Palaeoclimatology and Archaeology
MD
Maryam Dajani
MBA Pharm D, Entepreneuer and Business Women
MH
Mike Hardy
Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
Professor and Executive Director
Thomas Hartung
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Professor
NM
Nazar Mohamed Hassan
UNESCO Regional Bureau for Sciences in the Arab State
UNESCO NECTAR Director and Science Unit Chief
MH
Mohamed Hassan
Sudanese National Academy of Sciences
President
BI
Bisher Imam
UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Technology in the Arab States
Senior Program Sepecialist of Water Sciences
Ahmad Jadallah
Phi Science Institute
Founder and CEO
Hassan Janabi
Ministry of Water Resources
Minister of Water Resources in the Republic of Iraq
MJ
Monther Jamhawi
Department of Antiquities of Jordan
Director General
Sally Jordan
The Open University
Head of School of Physical Sciences
Yousry Khafagy
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI)
Under-Secretary
NK
Niveen Khashab
L’Oréal UNESCO Award For Women In Science
Laureate
EK
Essam Khamis
Higher Education and Scientific Research
Deputy Minister
MY
Mohamed yasser Khalil
SESAME
Director of Administration
LK
Lena Karlsson
UN women
Program Manager
AK
Alexandar Kagansky
Global Young Academy
Executive Committee
MJ
Mohammad Jaber
Founder of mawdoo3.com
HK
Hala Khyami-Horani
University of Jordan
Faculty member, Microbial Biotechnolgy
Osamu Kobayashi
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Director, Department of International Affairs
Michiel Kolman
Elsevier B.V.
Senior Vice President
OL
Ophelie Lebrasseur
School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Researcher)
Abdullah Al Khataibeh
Yarmouk Univesity
Professor in Science Education
Zafra Lerman
Malta Conferences Foundation
President
AM
Anjum Malik
Alhambra U.S. Chamber
CO Founder & Managing Partner
ML
Mohamed Louzir
Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Director General
AM
Ali Malkawi
Harvard University
Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities and a Professor of...
Isabel Ruiz Mallen
Open University of Catalonia (UOC)
Senior Researcher
Adhra Al Mawali
Ministry of Health
Director of Studies and Research Centre
Hanan Malkawi
Royal Scientific Society - WSF 17 National Task Force & Speaker
Vice President for Science Engagement - Jordan
DM
Daniel Martinez
Major of Montevideo
VT
Volker ter Meulen
The InterAcademy Partnership - IAP
President
EM
Edward Mitchell
JM
Jan Marco Müller
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Head of Directorate Office, Coordinator for Science to Policy and...
MA
Marwan Al Muasher
Carnegie Endowment, former Deputy Prime Minter and Minister of...
AN
Amin Nehme
Lebanese Development Network
President
Romain Murenzi
TWAS
Executive Director
Özgül Öztürk
University of Siegen
Scientific User
Grace Naledi Pando
Ministry for Science and Technology, South Africa
Minister
BP
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
IEEE WIE & University of Kansas (KU)
2017 Global Chair of IEEE WIE & Professor of Mathematics & Engineering
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