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MENA REGION:
POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
The American University in Cairo
March 16-18, 2015 | New Cairo, Egypt
Conference Program
Conference Website http://conf.aucegypt.edu/AUC2015
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Welcome Message
Dear Participants,
Welcome to the 21stAnnual Research Conference of the American University in Cairo (AUC). The
theme of this year's conference is MENA Region Post 2015 Development Agenda. Since AUC is the
region's premier English-language university connecting the region and the world, this conference
has the objective of creating a policy dialogue with sizeable impact on different directives of the
Post-Arab Spring moving forward. Specifically, our conference includes thematic policy discussions
as well as specialized research sessions related to the MENA region and its future development
agenda. The conference sessions cover diverse topics ranging from social inclusion and economic
development to corporate governance, SMEs, youth employment, water, energy and food security,
international relations, political Islam, and regional integration.
The conference will bring together academics, policy makers, thought leaders, business community
and civil society in a structured array of academic discussions and policy debates relevant to
fourmain themes: (1) Social Inclusion and Economic Development, (2) Human Development, (3)
Sustainability & Governance, and (4) Regional and Global Integration.
AUC School of Business together with the Center for Sustainable Development, the School of
Global Affairs and Public Policy, and the Graduate School of Education have collaborated in
organizing this conference in association with key regional and international players.The
conference is expected to have critical focus on development challenges of the MENA region,
including lessons learned, policy propositions, and an outlook towards a brighter future.
In addition to the anticipated rigor, participants will also explore AUC's International Day
Festivities and an optional Cultural Evening including Oriental dinner and visit to the Pyramids.
We look forward meeting you at the conference!
Tarek H. Selim, Conference Chair
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The Conference Themes
Plenary 1: Social Inclusion and Economic Development
Social inclusion is a process that seeks to open ways for improving opportunities for vulnerable
groups. Inequality of opportunity, voice and well-being excludes many groups and leaves them
facing myriad vulnerabilities. In the MENA region, axes of exclusion are commonly structured
along lines of gender, income and class, age, ethno-religious identity, geographic location, access
to resources, disability status, or nationality. Social inclusion seeks to address those excluded
along these axes and others. In addition, economic development of the MENA region
encompasses challenges related to social cohesion, human well-being, social development,
entrepreneurship, and economic equity.
This theme will address policy oriented questions on eradicating poverty, reducing income
inequality and ensuring decent work and productive employment in MENA. Focal areas of
discussion in the plenary and follow-up parallel sessions will include: youth, gender, informality,
empowerment, poverty, inequality, unemployment, disability and migration, entrepreneurship,
micro and small enterprises, and social innovations.
Plenary 2: Human Development
Human development is commonly described as the stock of competencies, knowledge, social and
personality attributes central in the ability of citizens to undertake value added activities.
Education, training, and health are the most important investments in human development for
any society. The MENA region, however, faces daunting human development challenges.
Despite progress in some countries, successes need to be scaled up in terms of education, health,
and quality of life in general. In addition, the adaptation of international best practices to the
specific needs of the region need to be addressed. For example, in education, and despite an
almost universal primary education enrolment in most MENA countries, concerns about adequate
learning and quality of education are paramount. Opportunities for secondary and tertiary
education need to be carefully studied, in addition to the sustainability of subsidy schemes.
This theme will address policy oriented questions related to human development in the MENA
region. Focal areas of discussion in the plenary and follow-up parallel sessions will include:
education, human capital, life-long learning, health and livelihood, quality of life and human
well-being, education subsidies, social security and protection.
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Plenary 3: Sustainability and Governance
Sustainability and governance are key determinants to MENA's environmental, institutional and
socio-economic future. The focus here is on aspects of sustainability that relate to natural
resource use and its policy implications, in addition to sustainable cities, institutions and
corporations. The MENA region is known to have a large base of natural resource endowments
whereas sustainable resource management of such endowments needs to be addressed. Energy,
water and agriculture are key natural resources which need to be deeply studied based on critical
sustainability fronts. In addition, the advent of sustainablereal-estate enterprises and landscape
regions, as well as corporate responsibility and institutional governance arekey drivers for the
region's uncertain future.
This theme will address policy-oriented questions related to sustainability and governance in
MENA. Focal areas of discussion in the plenary and follow-up parallel sessions include: energy,
water, agriculture, natural resources, sustainable cities and regions, pollution and environmental
degradation, corruption, transparency and accountability, institutional governance, shared value
and corporate social responsibility.
Plenary 4: Regional and Global Integration
Regional and global integration of MENA includes all aspects and factors that contribute towards
more intensive integration within the region as a bloc and between MENA and the rest of the
world. This includes regional and global value chains, economic activities, and modern
transportation networks and infrastructure, in addition to cross-regional integration mechanisms.
It should be noted that regional and global integration of MENA entails challenges and
opportunities at a myriad of localized issues and settings. Although integration may create ties
across geographical boundaries and in many ways transform the way people envision the world
around them, yet for all the increased connections, inequalities of life opportunities can persist
and remain largely localized.
This theme will address policy-oriented questions which span MENA's regional and global
integration within the domains of science, business, culture, economy, and demography. Covered
areas in the plenary and follow-up parallel sessions include regional and international efforts and
studies related to: trade, tourism, infrastructure, finance, R&D, science and technology policy,
information technology, multinational enterprises (MNEs), foreign direct investment, and
mergers and acquisitions.
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Pre-Conference Events: March 16, 2015
Learning By Doing (Registration Required)
Moataz Al Alfi Hall, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
One-Day Summit on The Power of Experiential Learning in Management
Education in MENA Region
John D. Gerhart Center: Sustainability of Responsible Business
in the MENA Region (Open to Public)
Mary Cross Hall, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Re-Launch and Activity Plans for Gerhart Center’s footprint in relation to
Philanthropy, Civic Engagement, and Inclusive Business for the MENA
Region
African Academic Association on Entrepreneurship (AAAE)
Moataz Al Alfi Hall, 5:00 PM
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DAY 1: March 17, 2015
8:30-9:30
Alfi Hall
(Terrace)
9:30-10:30
Alfi Hall
Registration and Networking
Refreshments will be served
Opening Session
"Why This Conference?"
Tarek H. Selim, Conference Chair
Opening Remarks:
Lisa Anderson, President, The American University in Cairo
Mahmoud El Gamal, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Distinguished Conference Speaker
Ghada Waly: Minister of Social Solidarity
Government of Egypt
Plenary Session 1: Social Inclusion and Economic Development
10:30 -11:30
Session's Moderator:
Alfi Hall
Ahmed Darwish
United Nations Consultant; Egypt Minister of State for Administrative
Development (2004-2011)
Plenary Speakers:
Heba Handoussa
Founder and Director of Egypt Network for Integrated Development (ENID);
Director and Lead Author of National Human Development Report (Egypt)
Tarek Tantoush
Director General, National Economic Development Board of Libya
Tarik Yousef
Chief Executive Officer, Silatech and MENACouncil, World Economic Forum
Ghada Abdel Tawab
Program Officer, Ford Foundation
11:30- 12:00
Coffee Break (Alfi Hall Terrace)
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Parallel Session 1: Social Inclusion, Exclusion and Cohesion
Nashaat H. Hussein
Are They Marginalized? The Definition of Social Exclusion among
Children
Shahinaz Gamal
Enhancing Social Cohesion to Promote Economic Growth in Egypt
12:00 - 13:15
Mary Cross
Manal El-Shahat and Jilan Hosni
Participatory Model Using the Tools of Academic Research in Informal
Areas: Case Study Ezbet Abu Qarn
Montiana Ashour
The Commercialization of Children’s Television Content in Egypt: Impacts,
Changes and Viewership Trends
Parallel Session 2: Inequality of Opportunity in MENA
Sara El-Madani
Palestinian Refugees in Palestinian Territory: Unequal Opportunities?
Eduardo A. Haddad, Michael Lahr and Dina Elshahawany
Regional Analysis of Domestic Integration and Inequality in Egypt
12:00 -13:15
Shafik Gabr
Abbas Elzein, Jocelyn De Jong and Samira Koujok
Equity and Development in the Arab World: On Gender, Citizenship and
Military Conflict
Hamid E. Ali and Sara Sami
Inequality, Economic growth and Natural Resources Rent in the Middle
East and North Africa
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Parallel Session 3: Economic Development and Policy
Mark Learmonth, Carole Elliot and Ghaneya Al Derazi
Bankers’ Accounts of Patriarchy and Sexism: Experiences
in the Bahraini Banking Sector
12:00 -13:15
P022
Thomas Grebel and Sherif Emam
Stagflation in OECD and MENA Countries: A Comparative Study
Hanan Morsy, Antoine Levy and Clara Sanchez
Growing without Changing: a Tale of Egypt’s Weak Productivity Growth
Hassan Abdalatif
The Gold Sub-Sector in Sudan
Parallel Session 4: Access to Finance & Entrepreneurship
Aliaa Bassiouny
Foreign Equity Listing: The Case of MENA Firms
12:00 -13:15
P020
Noômen Lahimer
Reforming the Tunisian-Libyan Cross Borders Entrepreneurship Ecosystem:
From Informal to Formal Entrepreneurship
Charilaos Mertzanis
Access to Finance and Economic Development: Measurement
and Policy Issues
Hala Hattab
The Impact of Entrepreneurship Ecosystem on the Growth and Success of
Women Entrepreneurs in Egypt
Hussein A. Seoudy and Waleed E. Almonayirie
Corporate Financial Distress Diagnostic Approach Using Dual
Classification Scheme
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13:15-14:45
14:45 -15:45
Alfi Hall
International Day – Festival & activities
(Bartett Plaza and Across Campus)
&
Lunch
Plenary Session 2: Human Development
Session’s Moderator:
Bahgat Korany
Professor of Political Science and Director of AUC Forum
Plenary Speakers:
Gouda Abdel-Khalek
Former Minister of Solidarity and Social Justice, International UN
Consultant, Professor of Economics at Cairo University
Ragui Assaad
Distinguished Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of
Minnesota and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Amal Mowafy
Senior Program Manager, International Labour Organization (ILO), Egypt
Ted Purinton
Dean, Graduate School of Education, AUC
Parallel Session 5: Youth and Children Education
Hala Abou-Ali and Reham Rizk
Determinants of Household Expenditure on Children’s Education:
Evidence from MENA Countries
15:45 - 17:00
Mary Cross
Malak Zaalouk
Humanist Education for Global Citizenship: Ideas for the MENA Region
Reham Ezzat
Youth as a Driver for Sustainable Change
Nashwa Ismail
Investigating Teachers’ Resistance to the Implementation of
Student-Centred Leaning Approach in the Online Environment
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Parallel Session 6: Higher Education
Tarifa Al Zaabi
Proposed Models on Educating for Individual Social Responsibility and
Engagement in Higher Education
15:45 - 17:00
Shafik Gabr
Ray Langsten and Fatma Abdel Khalek
Track and Sector in Egyptian Higher Education:
Who Studies Where and Why?
Anne Desiderio
Globalization and Convergence in Tertiary Education During Recent
Periods of Massification: A Comparative Analysis of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia and Chile
Ray Langsten and Eman Shady
Effect of Tutoring on the Transition to Higher Education
Parallel Session 7: Education, Citizenship, and Civil Society:
Case Studies for MENA Region
Nagwa Megahed
Education and Gender Equity: The Cases of Egypt and Tunisia
Shaimaa Awad
Civil Society Organization’s Support to Global Citizenship Education in
Egypt: A Case Study of the Human Foundation Organization
15:45 - 17:00
P022
Ola Hussein Hosny
Young Rural Women’s Perspectives on the Impact of Education-Supported
Development Projects on their Lives: Cases from Upper Egypt
Governorates
Maha Damaj, Rima Afifi, Jocelyn DeJong, Ana Laura Dengo, Elsy
Maria Dumit and B.K. Singh
Creating Change –Case Study of a New Program to Promote Sustainable
Human Development
Jason Dorio
Citizenship Education and Universities in Egypt (Case Study)
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Parallel Session 8: Human Resource Management
Faisal Kattan
Job Localization and the Question of Human Capital:
Lessons Learned from Bahrain and Oman
15:45 - 17:00
P020
Sherine El-Fekey and Passant El Emary
The Effect of Human Resource Development Practices on Creating
Learning Organizations: An Empirical Study on the Banking Sector in
Egypt
Nellie El Enany, Yasmine Badr and Mostafa Hunter
Examining Institutional Challenges in Hospitals across Egypt
Basma Serag
An Evaluation of EU Cooperation in Educational Programs in Egypt
17:15
(Pick Up at
Pepsi Gate)
17:30-22:30
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Cultural Evening
including
Dinner
and
Light & Show
at the
Pyramids
(Additional
Fees
Apply)
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DAY 2: March 18, 2015
08:30 -09:30
09:30 -10:30
Alfi Hall
Networking and Coffee (Alfi Terrace)
Plenary Session 3: Sustainability and Governance
Session’s Moderator:
Hani Sweilam
Professor and Director of AUC Center for Sustainable Development
Plenary Speakers:
Salah Haggar
Regional Environmental Consultant, Professor and Chair of Department of
Mechanical Engineering, The American University in Cairo
Noha Mikawy
Representative of the Ford Foundation MENA Region, and UN Expert on
Governance and Institutional Reform
Bruce Currie-Alder
Regional Director, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Tarek Tawfiq
Deputy Director, Egyptian Federation of Industries
Parallel Session 9: Media, Law and Politics
Mervat Abou Oaf
The Evolution of Media Law and Ethics within the Fast-Changing Political and
Media Landscape
10:30 - 12:00
Mary Cross
Leyla Carimi and Christopher Lamont
Islamism and Transitional Justice in Tunisia and Libya
Arnaud Kurze
Ostracizing Arab Spring Activists in Tunisia and Egypt: State-Led Social Exclusion
and the Struggle to Create New Spaces of Deliberation
Ahmed El-Sayed
Egyptian Judiciary: From Compromised Independence to Detrimental Autonomy
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Parallel Session 10: Energy, Oil and Food Security
Salah Haggar and Dalia Nakhla
A Proposal to Environmentally Balanced Sugarcane Industry in Egypt
through Life Cycle Assessment
10:30 - 12:00
Shafik Gabr
Clemens Breisinger, Olivier Ecker and Jean Francois Trinh Tan
Conflicts Increasingly Matter for Achieving Food Security Related
Development Goals
Fahad Bishara, Lance Kent and Jake Schneider
The Implication of Institutions and Income: Inverse Correlation for MENA,
OPEC and Oman
Thomas Grebel and Sherief Emam
Energy Efficiency in the Middle East
Magdi Nasrallah
The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Basin and Future Prospects
in the MENA Region
Parallel Session 11: Sustainable Development and Cities
Ibrahim Elnur and Eileen Kuttab
Post-2015 Development Priorities for the Arab World
Salma Yousry
Urban Development Management Towards Improved City Prosperity
(The Case study of Egypt)
10:30 - 12:00
P022
Nanice Abdel Monem
Local Management Systems And Their Role In Promotion Of Popular
Participation For Sustainable Development In The Deteriorated Areas
Noha El-Bassiouny and Yosra Shaban
Sustainable Consumption in Egypt: Insights and Implications
Eduardo A. Haddad, Nadim Farajalla, Marina Camargo, Ricardo
Lopes, and Flavio Vieira
Climate Change in Lebanon: Higher-Order Regional Impact from
Agriculture
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Parallel Session 12: Corporate Governance and Institutions
Nermeen Shehata and Khaled Dahawy
Corporate Governance Disclosure in Egypt during the Pre-Revolutions Era
10:30 - 12:00
P020
Dina Hassouna and Hassan Ouda
The Development of a Corporate Governance Measurement Tool for
Egyptian Listed Companies
Hamid Ali and Sakiru Adebola Solarin
Military Spending, Corruption and the Welfare Consequence
Tamer A. El Nashar
The Continuous Improvement for Business Sustainability and Corporate
Governance to Expand Opportunities of International Finance
12:00-13:00
13:00 -14:00
Alfi
Lunch
Plenary Session 4: Regional and Global Integration
Session’s Moderator:
Ashraf Naguib
CEO, Global Trade Matters
Plenary Speakers:
Nader Asgary
Associate Provost for International Relations, Bentley University
Adel Beshai
Professor of International Trade, Department of Economics,
The American University in Cairo
Sahar Nasr
Lead Financial Economist
Regional Manager, World Bank
Noômen Lahimer
University of Carthage and Mediterranean School of Business MSB,
Tunisia
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Parallel Session 13: Trade, Integration and Sub-Regional Issues
Hebatallah Ghoneim and Mouchera Karara
Egypt-Mercosur FTA: A Complementarity Analysis
14:00 - 15:30
Mary Cross
Lamia Mkadem
Regions Efficiency and Spatial Disparities in Tunisia
Fátima Fernández
The Effects of ENP on Maghreb Sub-Regional Integration
Esmat Kamel
Do Small Association Agreements Succeed inAssimilating and Employing
Rules of Origin (RoO) Towards Increasing their Export flows?
Engy Said
South America’s Integration Process and the Post-2015 Development
Agenda: Lessons Learnt for the MENA Region
Parallel Session 14: Information, Labor and Income Resources
Perrihan Al-Riffai, Clemens Breisinger, Olivier Ecker and
Jean-Francois Trinh Tan
Better Information for Better Lives
14:00 - 15:30
Shafik Gabr
Mona Said and Mohamed El Komi
The Nexus Between Informal Credit And Informal Labor: Micro and Small
Enterprises (MSE) In Egypt
Bassem Fahmy
Sensible Public Participation in Tourism Development to Avoid Conflicts
Over Access to Income Resources
Manel Dridi
Dynamic Externalities and Regional Growth in Tunisia
Ayman Ismail and Sherif Yehia
Exploring Angel Investors Characteristics in Egypt
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Parallel Session 15: Public Policy Directives for MENA
Amir Ibrahim
Public Services as a Limit to the Egyptian Competition Law (ECL)
14:00 - 15:30
P022
Iman Seoudi and Salma Mahmoud
Public Policy Mechanisms to Support Emergence of Egyptian Venture
Capital: A Post 2015 Agenda
Amir Michael
Auditing Expectations Gap and Audit Report Form: The Case of Egypt
Laura Bradford
Intellectual Property Enforcement in Egypt
Ayman Ismail and Rawiah Abdallah
Why Do Egyptians Donate: Analysis of Donors’ Behaviour
Parallel Session 16: MENA Business Case Studies for Teaching
Rania S. Hussein and Hend Moustafa
Ariika Bean Bags: A Successful Egyptian Entrepreneur Capable of
Regional Expansion?
14:00 - 15:30
P020
Aliaa Bassiouny and Manar El-Batrawy
Olives: The Taste of Lebanon with a “Twist"
Ayman Ismail and Brendon Johnson
Adaptation During Revolutionary Times: Creativity In The Face Of
Recession (The Case ofBaraka Optics)
Maha Mourad and Laura Guindy
“Bey2ollak" Beat Traffic Together: Case from Egypt
Iman Seoudi and Mirette Shoeir
Funlozia’s Dune Raider Befriends the Egyptian Desert Sands
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-17:00
What's Next?
Conference Closing Session:
Recommendations for MENA Region Moving Forward
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Conference Participants (Alphabetical List)
Ghada Abd El Tawab
Hassan Abdalatif
Plenary Speaker
Economic Analyst
Program Officer, Ford Foundation
UNDP - Khartoum
Egypt
Sudan
Rawiah Abdallah
Fatma Abdel Khalek
MA Student and Research Assistant
Data Processing Coordinator
Department of Management
Social Research Center
The American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Egypt
Gouda Abdel-Khalek
Plenary Speaker
Nanice Abdel Monem
Former Minister of Solidarity and Social Justice,
Government of Egypt
International UN Consultant & Professor of Economics
at Cairo University
Research Engineer
National Research Center
Egypt
Egypt
Hala Abou-Ali
Mervat Abou Oaf
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Professor of Practice
Faculty of Economics and Political Science
Department of Journalism & Mass Communication
Cairo University
School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Egypt
The American University in Cairo
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Hamid E. Ali
Ghaneya Al Derazi
Chair and Associate Professor
PhD Researcher, Business School
Department of Public Policy and Administration
University of Durham
School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
United Kingdom
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Waleed E. Almonayirie
Perrihan Al Riffai
Research Scholar
Senior Research Analyst
Swiss Business School (SBS)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Zurich , Switzerland
Development Strategy and Governance Division
Washington D.C., United States
Nader Asgary
Tarifa Al Zaabi
Plenary Speaker
Executive Dean-Student Services
Higher Colleges of Technology, Central Services
Associate Provost for International Relations
Director of Cronin International Center
Abu Dhabi
Professor of Economics and Management
United Arab Emirates
Bentley University,
United States
Ragui Assaad
Montiana Ashour
Plenary Speaker
MA Student
Former Television producer & Visual Communicator
(Dubai Media Inc.)
Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
University of Minnesota
United States
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Shaimaa Awad
MA Student
Yasmine Badr
Knowledge Manager
Graduate school of Education
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Healthcare Governance and Transparency Association
(HeGTA)
Egypt
Aliaa Bassiouny
Adel Beshai
Assistant Professor of Finance and Associate Chair
Plenary Speaker
Department of Management
Director, Master of Science in Finance
Professor of International Trade
Department of Economics
The American University in Cairo (AUC)
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Egypt
Clemens Breisinger
Laura R. Bradford
Senior Research Fellow
Intellectual Property Counsel
Development Strategy and Governance Division
International Food Policy Research Institute
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Washington D.C., USA
Bruce Currie-Alder
Leyla Slama Carimi
Plenary Speaker
International Center
IDRC Director, Middle East Regional Office
for Transitional Justice in Tunis
International Development Research Centre
Tunisia
Canada
Khaled Dahawy
Ahmed Darwish
Professor of Accounting and VP for Students Affairs
Moderator Plenary Session
Consultant to several United Nations Organizations
The American University in Cairo
Minister of State for Administrative Development
Egypt
July 2004 – January 2011, Egypt
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Jocelyn De Jong
Anne Desiderio
Associate Dean
Scholarship & Fellowship Advisor
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Michigan
The American University of Beirut
United States
Lebanon
Jason Dorio
Manel Dridi
PhD Candidate
PhD Student in Faculty of Economics and
Management
Social Science and Comparative Education
UCLA Graduate School of Education
United States
University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
Olivier Ecker
Research Fellow
Manar El Batrawy
MS in Finance Student, Department of Management,
School of Business
International Food Policy Research Institute
Development Strategy and Governance Division
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Washington D.C., USA
Noha El Bassiouny
Nellie El Enany
Associate Professor in Marketing
Assistant Professor
Acting Head of the Marketing department
Organisation& Human Resource Management
Faculty of Management & Information Technology
Warwick Business School
German University in Cairo, Egypt
United Kingdom
Sherine Fathy El Fekey
Lecturer, and Faculty Human Resource Coordinator
Business Administration Department
The British University in Egypt
Egypt
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Salah El Haggar
Plenary Speaker
Professor and Chair of Department of Mechanical
Engineering
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
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Mohamed El Komi
Assistant Professor of Economics
Sara El Madani
Economics Department
PhD Candidate and Research Assistant
School of Business
Europa-Universität Flensburg
The American University in Cairo
Germany
Egypt
Noha El Mikawy
Tamer A. El Nashar
Plenary Speaker
Part-Time Faculty
Representative MENA Region
Ford Foundation
School of Continuing Education
The American University in Cairo
Cairo Office
Egypt
Ibrahim Elnur
Ahmed El Sayed
Associate Professor and Chair of Department of
Political Science
PhD Fellow
The American University in Cairo
University of Copenhagen
Egypt
Denmark
Centre for Comparative and European Constitutional
Studies (CECS)
Abbas Elzein
Manal El Shahat
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
School of Civil Engineering
SI - StädtebauInstitut
Universität Stuttgart
University of Sydney
Germany
Australia
Fátima Fernández
Sherif Emam
PhD Student
PhD student, Department of Economics
University of Santiago de Compostela
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Université Hassan II of Casablanca
Germany
Spain and Morocco
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Hebatallah Ghoneim
Shahinaz Gamal
Lecturer, Economics Department
Lecturer
Faculty of Management Technology
Faculty of Economics and Political Science
Cairo University
German University in Cairo
Egypt
Egypt
Eduardo A. Haddad
Thomas Grebel
Professor
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
Technische Universität Ilmenau
University of Sao Paulo
Germany
Brazil
Heba Handoussa
Dina Hassouna
Plenary Speaker
Lecturer of Accounting
Director, Egypt Network for Integrated Development
Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and
Political Science
& Advisor to the Economic Research Forum (ERF),
Director of Egypt Human Development Report
The British University in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt
Hala Hattab
Jilan Hosni
Lecturer in Business Administration
Publication and Project Officer
Program Director , GEM - Egypt
UN-HABITAT
The British University in Egypt
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Egypt
Egypt
Ola Hussein Hosny
Nashaat H. Hussein
MA Student and Developmental Specialist
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Graduate School of Education
The American University in Cairo
Misr International University
Egypt
Egypt
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Rania S. Hussein
Amir Ibrahim
Assistant Professor of Marketing, Department of
Management , School of Business
Research & Teaching Fellow
Center for Competition Law Studies
Queen Mary, University of London
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
United Kingdom
Nashwa Ismail
Ayman Ismail
PhD Researcher
Assistant Professor
Abdul Latif Jameel Chair of Entrepreneurship
School of Education
University of Southampton
The American University in Cairo
United Kingdom
Egypt
Esmat Kamel
Mouchera Karara
Academic Conference Coordinator
Assistant Lecturer
PhD Student and Director Center for Global Business
Excellence
Economics Department
Global Trade Matters (Egypt)
Faculty of Management Technology
Autónoma University of Madrid
German University in Cairo
Spain
Egypt
Bahgat Korany
Faisal Kattan
Moderator Plenary Session
MA in Arab Studies
Professor of Political Science
Director of AUC Forum
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
The American University in Cairo
Washington, D.C.
Egypt
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Arnaud Kurze
Noômen Lahimer
Assistant Professor of Justice Studies
Plenary Speaker
Department of Justice Studies
Assistant Professor of Economics
Montclair State University
University of Carthage
New Jersey, United States
Tunisia
Ray Langsten
Michael Lahr
Professor of Sociology
Associate Research Professor
Social Research Center
School of Planning and Public Policy
The American University in Cairo
Rutgers University, United States
Egypt
Mark Learmonth
Salma Mahmoud
Deputy Dean for Research
Research and Teaching Assistant
Professor of Organisation Studies
The American University in Cairo
Durham Business School
Egypt
United Kingdom
Nagwa Megahed
Charilaos Mertzanis
Director ICED Center and Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Finance
Graduate School of Education
Department of Management
The American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Egypt
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Amir Michael
Lamia Mkadem
Senior Teaching Fellow, Business School
Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of
Economical and Management Sciences of Tunis
Queen's Campus, University of Durham
United Kingdom
University of Tunis El Manar
Tunisia
Hanan Morsy
Hend Moustafa
Lead Economist
Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Region
Research Assistant, Department of Management
School of Business
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
The American University in Cairo
London, United Kingdom
Egypt
Amal Mowafy
Ashraf Naguib
Plenary Speaker
Moderator Plenary Session
Senior Programme Officer
CEO, Global Trade Matters
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Egypt
Egypt
Sahar Nasr
Dalia Nakhla
Plenary Speaker
PhD, Department of Environmental Engineering,
School of Sciences and Engineering
Lead Financial Economist
The American University in Cairo
World Bank
Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
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Ghassan Omet
Magdi Nasrallah
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Business
Professor and former Founding Chair,
Department of Petroleum Engineering
University of Jordan
Jordan
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Ted Purinton
Reham Rizk
Plenary Speaker
Lecturer and E-Learning Coordinator
Faculty of Business Administration, Economics &
Political Science
Dean (Elect), Graduate School of Education
& Associate Provost for Strategic and International
Initiatives
The British University in Egypt
Egypt
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Engy Said
Mona Said
PhD Student
Associate Professor Economics
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
& Consultant to EBRD
University of Notre Dame
The American University in Cairo
United States
Egypt
Tarek H. Selim
Jake Schneider
Conference Chair
MA in Economics
Chair and Professor, Department of Economics,
School of Business, & Vice-Chair of University
Senate
College of William & Mary
United States
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
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Iman Seoudi
Hussein A. Seoudy
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Professor of Finance
School of Business
School of Business
The American University in Cairo
German University in Cairo
Egypt
Egypt
Yosra Shaban
Basma Serag
Teaching Assistant, Marketing Department
MA in the European-Mediterranean Studies Program
Faculty of Management & Information Technology
Cairo University
German University in Cairo
Egypt
Egypt
Nermeen Shehata
Mirette Shoeir
Assistant Professor
Research Assistant
Department of Accounting
Department of Management, School of Business
School of Business
The American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Egypt
Hani Sweilam
Sakiru Adebola Solarin
Moderator Plenary Session
Faculty of Business
Professor of Sustainable Development
Director, Center for Sustainable Development
Multimedia University
The American University in Cairo
Malaysia
Egypt
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Tarek Tantoush
Tarek Tawfiq
Plenary Speaker
Plenary Speaker
Deputy Director
Director General
National Economic Development Board of Libya
Egyptian Federation of Industries
Libya
Flavio Vieira
Head of Department, Department of Veterinary
Medicine
University of Sao Paulo
Brazil
Sherif Yehia
Teaching Assistant, Department of Management
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Tarik Yousef
Salma Yousry
Plenary Speaker
Project Officer
United Nations Human Settlements Program
Chief Executive Officer
Regional Office
Silatech
Egypt
Malak Zaalouk
Professor of Practice
Founding Director of the Middle East Institute for
Higher Education
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
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