Annual Conference
SCIENCE DIPLOMACY
RE-THINKING EURO-MEDITERRANEAN COOPERATION
11 – 12 February 2015
Portorož – Piran, Slovenia
Coordination
www.emuni.si
Euro-Mediterranean University
Portorož – Piran, Slovenia | [email protected]
Welcome Address
The Euro-Mediterranean area is one of extremely diverse cultural and religious backgrounds.
The Mediterranean Sea is our treasure, our common neighbourhood and an area of immense
opportunities. For us to exploit the potential of this region, we need to employ our collective
knowledge and capabilities and activate our institutions and channels.
I believe that EMUNI is a unique channel that can serve as a bridge across the Mediterranean for
students, academics and institutions on both shores of our common sea. This year's conference
shows the importance of intercultural dialogue that can be supported through science
diplomacy and I am happy to see a big number of international participants at this event. I am
certain that we will gain important and interesting insights from the panellists.
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Giliberti
Chairman of the Management Board of the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI)
Professor at Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy
Our meeting this year comes amid a time when the Euro-Mediterranean region is facing
substantial challenges. Youth are falling victims to extremist ideologies; terrorism and violence
are rising; desperate migrants are fleeing conflict zones on dangerous journeys to safe havens in
Southern Europe. On the Northern shores of the Mediterranean the economic crisis and the
quest for European identity further aggravate the situation. I am afraid that an inter-cultural rift
will emerge if we do not jointly address our challenges and explore our opportunities.
EMUNI as an international university with an extensive network of partner institutions from
diverse geographic, political, cultural and religious backgrounds appreciates the role of
intercultural dialogue and inter-religious tolerance and understanding as the only means of
bridging differences. This year's conference is a good opportunity to display and exercise science
diplomacy in practice.
I am delighted that 27 eminent speakers and panellists from 17 different countries and
international organisations will share with us their experience and insights on this crucial
subject and we expect around 150 distinguished participants from 35 Euro-Mediterranean
countries.
In addition, we will use the opportunity of this conference to present the main outlines of the
MERID (Middle East Research and Innovation Dialogue) project, which EMUNI coordinates
with 12 partners from Europe and the Middle East. This Horizon 2020 project focuses on
intensifying and encouraging research and innovation cooperation between the EU and the
Middle East region and represents the first attempt to systematise support to the policy dialogue
and involvement of research communities of Iran and Iraq in the EU's Horizon 2020
programme.
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Portorož and I look forward to fruitful discussions,
productive networking and constructive outcomes of these two days.
Prof. Dr. Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry
President of the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI), Slovenia
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
The language of the Conference is English
8:00 – 10:00
16:00 – 17:00
17:15
18:00 – 19:30
Registration (Grand Hotel Portorož)
Transport from Grand Hotel Portorož to Piran
OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE (Tartini Theatre, Piran)
Ÿ Meira Hot, Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Piran,
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Slovenia, on behalf of Peter Bossman, Mayor of the
Municipality of Piran
Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry, President of the Euro-Mediterranean
University (EMUNI)
Karl Erjavec, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Slovenia
Omnia Taha, Director of Department for Europe and EuroArabian Cooperation at the League of Arab States on behalf
of His Excellency Nabil Elaraby, Secretary General of the
League of Arab States
Elisabeth Lipiatou, Head of Unit 'European Neighbourhood,
Africa and the Gulf', DG Research and Innovation, European
Commission
Ilan Chet, Deputy Secretary General of the Union for the
Mediterranean
WELCOME DRINK offered by the Mayor of Piran
20:00
DINNER (Olive Garden Restaurant, Grand Hotel Portorož)
Special guest speaker Jaka Ihbeisheh
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Hotel Slovenija, Portorož,Christopher Columbus Hall
8:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 11:00
Registration (Foyer of Christopher Columbus Hall)
PANEL I: Future of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in the view
of political instability and economic uncertainty in the region
Panelists
List of panelists in alphabetic order
Ÿ Rym Ayadi, Professor at HEC Montreal and Founding
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President of Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association
(EMEA)
Hany Helal, Former Minister of Higher Education and
Research, Egypt
Lieģis Imants, Latvian Ambassador to Hungary in charge of
Slovenia
Salam Kawakibi, Deputy Director of the Arab Reform
Initiative
Cosimo Lacirignola, Secretary General of Centre International
de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes
(CIHEAM)
Sergio Piazzi, Secretary General of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Mediterranean
Moderator:
Ÿ Ana Bojinović-Fenko, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of
Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana and Researcher at
the Center of International Relations, Slovenia
11:00 – 12:00
Networking break (Piano Bar Foyer)
Please note that the conference will be live streamed.
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Hotel Slovenija, Portorož,Christopher Columbus Hall
12:00 – 14:00
PANEL II: Science Diplomacy: a tool for intercultural dialogue
and effective partnership
Panelists
List of panelists in alphabetic order
Ÿ Nabil Ayad, Director of the Academy of Diplomacy and
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International Governance, Loughborough University, London,
UK
Hanan Dowidar, Vice President of Forum for EuroMediterranean Innovation in Action
Rouhollah Ghadiri, Executive Director of the Iranian
Association for Management of Technology (IRAMOT) and
Research Fellow at the Presidential Technology Studies
Institute (TSI)
Fouad Mrad, Director of ESCWA Technology Centre, Jordan
Eliezer Rabinovici, co-Vice-President of Synchrotron-light for
Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East
(SESAME) Council and Blaise Pascal Chair Holder LPTHE
l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI
Angelo Riccaboni, Rector of the University of Siena, Italy
Salman M. Salman, Professor of Physics, Al-Quds University,
Palestine
Moderator
Ÿ Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry, President of the Euro-Mediterranean
University (EMUNI)
14:00 – 16:00
Networking lunch (Mediterranean restaurant, Grand Hotel
Portorož)
Consult the web page of EMUNI (www.emuni.si)
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Hotel Slovenija, Portorož,Christopher Columbus Hall
16:00 – 18:00
PANEL III: Middle-East research and innovation dialogue
project
Panelists
List of panelists in alphabetic order
Ÿ Tanya Dimitrova, MERID project coordinator at the European
Commission
Ÿ Mouïn Hamzé, Secretary General of the National Center for
Scientific Research of Lebanon
Ÿ Kyriaki Papageorgiou, Senior Researcher and Marie Curie
Fellow, Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management,
ESADE
Ÿ Claudio Bogliotti, Head of European Research Affairs Office
of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean
Agronomic Studies
Ÿ Irene Costantini, Researcher at Sustainable Communication
Ÿ Samir Badrawi, Director of the Technology Transfer Office,
Ministry of Science and Technology of Iraq
Moderator
Ÿ Dejan Hribar, Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI)
19:30
Transport from Hotel Slovenija to Ribja kantina
20:00
Networking dinner including conference recommendations
(Ribja kantina Portorož)
Friday, 12 February 2015
Closed meeting for the MERID project partners
Social programme for participants of the conference*
Option 1:
Option 2:
Trip to Venice (Italy) (coincides with the famous Venice
Carnival)
Trip to Bled and Postojna cave (Slovenia)
* Subject to number of registered participants.
SPEAKERS
Meira Hot, Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Piran, previously
worked as lawyer in a number of law firms in Slovenia. She was a
Slovenian national expert in the Migration Policy Group of the
British Refugee Council. Ms. Hot was as assistant lecturer at Gea
College and expert on the project Updating the country report on
the implementation of the EU Race Directive and Framework
Employment Directive. She was also involved in the preparation of
the Anti-discrimination country report for Slovenia. Ms. Hot holds
a MSc in International Law.
Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry (MD, PhD), President of the EuroMediterranean University (EMUNI), a medical doctor and
professor at Cairo University who pioneered public-private and EU
partnerships to establish and operate a Skills training Centre of
Excellence for medical students and professionals, the “Learning
Resource Centre” (LRC) at Cairo University. In 2007 he was
seconded to the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and
Research as Senior Advisor to the Minister and Executive Director
of the “Research Development and Innovation” (RDI) Programme.
Along the RDI Programme, he initiated numerous research
partnerships between Egyptian and EU institutions and organised
extensive activities to promote and engage the public in science and innovation. In 2012
he was appointed as founding President of Heliopolis University for Sustainable
Development and in February 2014 he was appointed as President of the EuroMediterranean University in Slovenia. Representing Egypt, he co-chaired several policy
committees and councils, including the Euro-Mediterranean Group of Senior Officials for
Research and Innovation, the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology and
the Africa-EU Research and Innovation high-level policy dialogue. El-Zoheiry is the
founding President of the international association “Forum for Euro-Mediterranean
Innovation in Action” (FEMIA).
Karl Erjavec, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, (since 2012) also served as
the Minister of Defence (2004-08) and the Minister of the
Environment and Spatial Planning (2008-10). Mr. Erjavec holds a
BA in Law and is the author of a variety of articles on the protection
of human rights, the functioning of the judicial system and on
security issues. Since 2005, Mr. Erjavec is the President of the
Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia.
Elisabeth Lipiatou, Head of Unit of 'European Neighbourhood,
Africa and Gulf' International Cooperation, DG Research and
Innovation, European Commission, focuses in her work on EU
international cooperation objectives through the international
cooperation on research and innovation strategy. She was
previously Head of Unit of Climate Change and Environmental
Risks and was involved in climate science negotiations and
international climate policy interface. Ms. Lipiatou has extensive
experience in managing science-policy interface at the European
Commission, as well as ten years of academic experience in
various universities and research centers, including the Centro de Investigacion y
Dessarollo (CSIC) in Barcelona, Spain, the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, France,
and the University of Minnesota, USA. Ms. Lipiatou received a Master in Oceanography
and Meteorology from the University Pierre&Marie Curie and Master in Computer
Sciences applied in Chemistry and Biology from the University Paris VII. She obtained a
PhD in Chemical Oceanography from the University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris.
Ilan Chet, Deputy Secretary General for Higher Education and
Research at the Union for the Mediterranean (PhD in
microbiology), previously Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture in
Rehovot, Vice President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Prof. Chet's
renown is also illustrated by an extensive list of academic
appointments, prizes and awards (Max-Planck Award for
Distinguished Research (1994), Israel Prize (1996) and Wolf
Prize (1998)). He received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit
of the Federal Republic of Germany (2001). He is member of the
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 1998, and of the European Academy
of Sciences since 2004. Recently Prof. Chet was awarded the French “Chevalier” Legion
of Honor award. In 2014, he was elected member of the Academia Europea. He
published extensively in international scientific journals, edited five books, held 38
patents and trained numerous PhD and MSc students.
Omnia Taha, Director of Department for Europe and EuroArabian Cooperation at the League of Arab States on behalf of
His Excellency Nabil Elaraby, Secretary General of the League of
Arab States
PANEL I
Rym Ayadi, Professor at HEC Montreal, Director of the
International Institute for Cooperatives and leading the
International Research Initiative on Cooperative Finance (PhD)
is also Senior Research Fellow at the Euro-Mediterranean
University in Slovenia. Dr. Ayadi is expert member of several highlevel expert groups in the European Commission and European
regulatory authorities (on banking, insurance and occupational
pensions), external advisor to international assemblies, including
the European Parliament and the Assembly of the Mediterranean
and invited expert in international organisations. She is Vice
President of the European Financial Inclusion Network (EFIN) and President of the EuroMediterranean Economists Association (EMEA) established to contribute to the future of
political and socio-economic model in the South Mediterranean region post Arab Spring.
She is author of several books and scholarly articles and member of several editorial
boards. Dr. Ayadi was a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Financial Institutions
Unit at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels.
Hany Helal, Professor at Cairo University and former Minster of
Higher Education and Research, Egypt (Diplôme de Docteur
Ingénieur in Earth Sciences), is expert in Higher Education
Reform, Science&Technology and Innovation policies with
experience in international cooperation, management and culture.
As Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research he
developed strategic reform plans for Higher Education,
Science&Technology in Egypt. He was President of Senghor
University and Secretary General of the Education Development
Fund, Egypt. Prof. Helal worked as Egyptian Cultural and Scientific
Counsellor in a number of European countries and as Director for Cultural, Educational
and Scientific Office at the Egyptian Embassy in Paris. He was National TEMPUS
Coordinator, Consultant/Interim Administrative Director at the International Centre for
Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Sciences and Applications in the Middle East
(SESAME), and worked at UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Technology in Arab
States. Prof. Helal received international awards, among other also from Germany and
France.
Lieģis Imants, Latvian Ambassador to Hungary, also accredited
to Montenegro, Slovenia and Croatia. Mr. Imants was Latvia's
Ambassador to NATO in the pre-accession period until Latvia
joined NATO 10 years ago. Thereafter he was Ambassador to the
EU Political and Security Committee, Ambassador to Spain and
the Benelux countries. He has worked as a career diplomat since
1992, and previously worked as a lawyer in England, where he
was born and educated. Mr. Imants served as Latvian Minister of
Defence (and Acting Minister of Justice). Following that he was
elected to Latvia's Parliament for one year, working as Chairman of
the European Affairs Committee and Head of Delegation to NATO's Parliamentary
Assembly. He is a Research Fellow at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and
Board Member of the European Leadership Network for multilateral nuclear
disarmament and non proliferation issues. He has published works on foreign affairs and
defence and security matters.
Salam Kawakibi, Deputy Director of Arab Reform Initiative (DEA
in Political Sciences and DEA in International Relations), also
President of Initiative for a New Syria, Senior Fellow with the
Centre for Syrian Studies at the University of St Andrews,
nonresident fellow with the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
at the Atlantic Council and a member of the Consultative Council
of the Mediterranean Citizens' Assembly (MCA). Kawakibi teaches
in Masters programme on Development and Migration (Sorbonne,
Paris), was principal researcher at the Faculty of Political Science
of the University of Amsterdam and director of the Institut Français
du Proche Orient (IFPO) in Aleppo, Syria. Kawakibi published numerous essays in edited
volumes and specialized journals in various languages on the topics of human rights,
civil society, migration, media, North-South relations, and political reform in the Arab
World.
Cosimo Lacirignola, Secretary General of the Centre
International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques
Mediterraneennes (CIHEAM), previously worked as officer at the
European Economic Community, and as Principle Administrator at
CIHEAM. Since 1988 he is Director of the Mediterranean
Agronomic Institute of Bari (Italy), the Italian seat of CIHEAM. He
worked Head of the International Relations Office and as Advisor
to the Minister at the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and was
President of Fiera del Levante (Bari, Italy) as well as Director of the
review New-Medit. He is co-author of scientific publications on
the topics of agricultural cooperation in Euro-Mediterranean countries, Natural
resources, Management of water resources, soil and plants. He holds a Commodore
National Medal of the Italian Republic, a Commodore National Cedars Medal of the
Lebanese Republic and he is Honorary Dean of the Mediterranean University “René
Cassin”, Nice.
Sergio Piazzi, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Mediterranean, is an Alumnus of the Nunziatella military
school of Napoli. He holds an Honours Degree Doctorate in
Political Sciences, University of Naples, Italy, and attended the
Diplomatic School in Rome. He also holds a Masters in Economics
and Foreign Trade, Rome, and a Crisis Management Certificate,
University of Wisconsin, USA. Ambassador Piazzi served as
Political Officer at the US State Department in the early 1980's
and coordinated UN relief operations in Northern Ethiopia. He
conceived and managed the UN Programme on the use of
international Military and Civil Defence Assets in Disaster Relief. In 1996 he was
appointed Head of the UN/DHA Regional Desk for Europe and CIS and was later
responsible for UN/OCHA's External Relations. In January 2007, he was appointed
Senior Adviser on European Affairs, responsible inter-alia for policy cooperation with the
international organisations and their Parliamentary Assemblies.
Ana Bojinović Fenko, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social
Sciences, University of Ljubljana and Research Fellow at the
Centre for International Relations (PhD), teaches courses in
International Relations, European Studies and Diplomacy
programmes. Her research interests are international regionalism
in the Mediterranean, foreign policy (of small states), and
European Union external action, mainly interregionalism and
enlargement policy. She is (co-) author of about 30 scientific
articles and book chapters, (co-)author of four monographs and
(co-) editor of three books. She coordinates European Studies
programme at her home institution and has been leading three European Union cofinanced projects “EU at school”. She is an active participant at international
conferences of scientific associations such as ISA, EISA, CEEISA, IPSA and WISC and is
the organizer of the 2016 CEEISA conference in Ljubljana.
PANEL II
Nabil Ayad, Director of the Academy of Diplomacy and
International Governance, Loughborough University, London
(PhD) is also Member of APCO's International Advisory Council.
He was Founder, Director and Rector of the London Academy of
Diplomacy, University of East Anglia and was Director of the
External Relations and Development. Prof. Ayad held the
Ambassadorial Role for University of East Anglia and INTO
Universtiy Partenerships and acted as Supervisor of PhD Research
Degrees at the School of Political, Social, and International
Studies (PSI). He is currently member of the International Institute
for Strategic Studies, the Royal Institute of International Affairs and an Associate
Member of the London Diplomatic Association.
Hanan Dowidar, Vice President of FEMIA (MA in Political
Sciences), a development expert having worked for international
organisations, government, educational and civil society
associations. Dowidar started her career at the Egyptian Ministry
of International Cooperation before joining the World Bank
working both in Washington DC and Cairo offices. She then
consulted for the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva. Working as
Deputy Director of the EU-funded Research, Development and
Innovation (RDI) Programme in Egypt she gained first-hand
experience on science and innovation policies and practices. She
is currently Vice President of the Forum for Euro-Mediterranean Innovation in Action
(FEMIA), an association aiming to employ innovation for sustainable development in the
Mediterranean and Senior Advisor to 1001 Inventions, an award-winning UK-based
organisation that creates global educational campaigns. Dowidar is passionate about
communicating science for development, where she introduced several initiatives in
Egypt along the RDI Programme and as advisor to the President of the American
University in Cairo on informal science education.
Rouhollah Ghadiri, Executive Director of Iranian Association for
Management of Technology (IRAMOT) and Research Fellow at
Presidential Technology Studies Institute (TSI) (PhD) got his
bachelor in Industrial Management (Shahid Beheshti University),
his Master in Management of Technology (University of Allame
Tabatabaei) and his PhD on Futures Studies (University of
Tehran). His expertise is on Science and Technology Management
and Policy making, Foresight and Futures Studies. He managed a
lot of research projects in the fields of MOT and Foresight in Iran
and is author of many books and articles in these fields (in Farsi language). He is Member
of the Board of the most important event in the field of MOT in Iran, the International
Annual Conference on Management of Technology (known as IRAMOT 2015, IRAMOT
2014, IRAMOT 2013, etc.).
Fouad Mrad, Executive director of United Nations ESCWA
Technology Centre (PhD in Electrical Engineering), joined the
United Nations in December 2009. Prior to this, Professor Mrad
held the post of Development Staff for IBM – Magnetic Storage
Division in Minnesota USA (1990-1993), moving on to American
University of Beirut in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department from 1993-2009. Other key roles include Consultant
to: Qatar Foundation “Stars of Science” TV program (20082012), Lebanese Industrial Research Institute (2008-2010),
Industrial Development Corp (Indevco) (2003-2008), Lebanese
Minister of Industry (2002-2005), and Lebanese National Council for Scientific
Research (2003). Professor Mrad received his Ph. D. and M. S. in Electrical Engineering
from Purdue University, USA. He earned his B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering
from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Eliezer Rabinovici, co-Vice-President of Synchrotron-light for
Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East
(SESAME) Council and Blaise Pascal Chair Holder LPTHE
l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI (PhD), an emeritus
Professor of Physics, Leon H. and Ada G. Miller Chair of Science at
the Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
His area of research is theoretical high-energy physics, in
particular quantum field theory and string theory, having
extensively published in the field. He was Visiting Professor at UC
Berkeley and Visiting Scholar at KITP UCSB. Prof. Rabinovici was
a fellow at IAS Princeton and visiting professor at Michigan-Ann Arbor, Rutgers and
Stanford Universities, along with several European institutes (including CERN). He held
a Kramers Professorship at Utrecht, a Humboldt Fellow at Golm/Berlin and Munich, a
Leverhulme visiting professor at Imperial College London and a visiting position in SISA,
Italy. He was received a number of international awards and was director of the Israeli
Institute for Advanced Studies. He is the Israeli delegate to CERN and SESAME Councils
and a founder of SESAME.
Angelo Riccaboni, Rector of the University of Siena (PhD) is Full
Professor of “Management Control Systems” at Faculty of
Economics and Management “R. M. Goodwin”. He is Chair of the
CRUI Foundation, the operating body of CRUI, the Association of
Italian Rectors. Prof. Riccaboni is Member of the board of the
International Association of Universities (IAU). He is Member of
the Leadership Council of the United Nations' Sustainable
Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Chair of the Regional
Centre of the SDSN for the Mediterranean. Prof. Riccaboni is also
Chair, by MIUR appointment, of the PRIMA General Assembly.
Salman M Salman, Professor at Al-Quds University (PhD), also
director of Alquds Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Member of
SESAME Council and Technical Committee member and Vice
President of PNC. He was awarded the Fulbright scholarship
(1987-1988), the Islamic Development Bank scholarship (19921995) and excellent leadership award (2014). Prof. Salman was
founding director of Alquds-Julich cooperation and chairman of
SESAME finance committee. He was visiting professor with
Cornell CLEO-Collaboration, EC member of Palestine Education
Council and founding president of the Technical Development
Corporation. Prof. Salman's current research includes accelerators&synchrotrons, solar
energy, microwave radiation, quantum mechanics, spin-electronics, nuclear medicine
and physics of consciousness. He is involved in projects related to development, politics,
philosophy and sociology. He authored studies including Questions about modernity,
One, two and three state confederation, Investment for development in PalestineUNCTAD, Evolution of societies based on physical laws, Questions on education and a
housing plan for Palestine.
PANEL III
Tanya Dimitrova, Policy officer, EU Neighbourhood, Middle East,
Black Sea region Unit ”EU Neighbourhood, Africa and the
Gulf”,DG Research and Innovation, European Commission holds
MA in International Relations from Sofia University and MA in
European Integration and international relations from Institut
Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Nice, France. She
was scholarship holder of the Fund for American Studies (TFAS)
and of CIFE (Centre international de formation europeenne) and
worked as an EU affairs expert and policy adviser in the political
and governmental sector in Bulgaria. Later, she worked in the
European Parliament, following closely the work of the Foreign Affairs Committee,
particularly on European Neighbourhood Policy, the Sub-committee on Security and
Defence, the EU-South Caucasus Delegation and others.
In the Unit ”EU
Neighbourhood, Africa and the Gulf” of DG Research and Innovation in the European
Commission she is responsible for research, science and innovation cooperation
between EU and the Middle East.
Mouïn Hamzé, Secretary General of the Lebanese National
Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), obtained his “Doctor Es
Sciences” in Plant Sciences in 1983 from the University of
Montpellier, France. He started his career as Professor at the
Lebanese University where he also founded and was appointed
Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences between 1985 and
1997. In 1998, he was appointed Secretary General of the
National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), where he
established the National Science and Technology Innovation
Policy Programme (STIP), and related research and human
resources development programmes. He heads several international and regional
projects and regularly advises graduate students. He has authored several books, reports
and scientific papers; chaired numerous international and regional meetings and
symposia; and has been actively involved in several international organizations (IAEA,
CIHEAM, ICARDA, AUF…) and regional projects. He is a recipient of a number of
international awards and distinctions
Claudio Bogliotti, Head of Europan Research Affairs Office of the
International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic
Studies (CIHEAM) and Senior counsellor at CIHEAM-IAMB,
responsible of “EU Research and Innovation Policies”. He is the
co-ordinator of the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation platform on
R&I (MED -SPRING) and an Eranet Mediterranean
(ERANETMED), both funded by the EU (FP7). He has more than
30 years professional experience both as researcher (hydro
geology, water resources) and EU research project management /
coordinator. He worked in both private sector and public research
or international organisation (UNDP, University of Leuven, CIHEAM-IAMB) and he has
long standing international experience in research cooperation, particularly in south
Mediterranean countries (North Africa and Middle East) and Sub-Saharan Africa. He
has also worked in the European Commission (DG Research and Innovation) as policy
officer responsible of the bilateral and bi-regional policy dialogue with the Mediterranean
Partner Countries. He is author of several scientific publications.
Irene Costantini, Researcher at Sustainable Communication, is a
PhD candidate at the School of International Studies, University of
Trento. Her research interests include the politics of post-conflict
interventions, and state and society relations in the Middle East
and North Africa region. During the last two years, she has been
working in the EU-funded project "MedSpring"-Mediterranean
Science, Policy, Research & Innovation Gateway.
Samir Badrawi, Director of Technology Transfer Officer, Ministry
of Science and Technology (MoST), Iraq (PhD) previously worked
as Scientific Researcher at the Military Research and
Development Commission. At MoST he served as Head of the
Control and Robotics Research Centre, Deputy Director General to
the main General Directorates on Industrial
Research&Development and Space&Communication. Dr. Badrawi
participated in several Training and Implementing Programs to
promote Innovative Eco-System for Iraq, a dedicated "Science
Policy" program designed specifically for Iraq by US/DoS, and
“Science Day” workshop at US Embassy in Baghdad. He is involved in major
implementing Programs such as drafting ISTIP - Iraqi Science, Technology and
Innovation Policy, all in collaboration with international agencies including UNESCO, US
DoC/CLDP, and IIA (Information International Associates). Recently, Dr. Badrawi was
appointed National Contact Point for the EU Horizon2020 Program. He holds a PhD in
"Complex Digital Systems Design for Testability" from West London University.
Kyriaki Papageorgiou, Senior Researcher and Marie Curie
Fellow, Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management,
ESADE (PhD) holds a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology
with an emphasis in Science and Technology Studies from the
University of California, Irvine. Kyriaki's academic work addresses
questions of epistemology and scientific uncertainties, focussing
on genetics, agriculture and bioethics. Her current research draws
on the theory and methods developed by anthropologists studying
technoscience to examine social, technological and business
innovation side-by-side. Her academic work has received support
from top competitive funding agencies such as the US National Science Foundation, the
EU Marie Curie Actions, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Fulbright and UNESCO. Kyriaki
has worked for the Delegation of the European Union to Egypt where she observed,
monitored and reported on research and innovation policies and activities across the
Southern Mediterranean region. She is a founding member of the Forum for EuroMediterranean Innovation in Action (FEMIA).
Dejan Hribar, Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI) obtained
a bachelor in International Relations and a master in World
Studies at the University of Ljubljana and is in charge sponsored
programmes at the EMUNI. His duties are maintenance of the
EMUNI international network, coordination of the Erasmus+
programme, writing proposals for national, EU and international
projects and helping in drafting internal EMUNI documents. He
was a national coordinator for the Europe for Citizens programme
within the EACEA. His expertise is international relations, EU
funding mechanisms and project management. He has broad
knowledge and practical experience in project management
(EDULINK II, ENPI Migration III, ECFEFP, projects for different Slovenian authorities and
institutions), organisation of international events and communication skills. As a project
manager for EMUNI international projects, his main duties are implementation of project
contractual requirements, monitoring of project implementation and preparing analyses
and reports. He supports and carries out duties and tasks delivered by the President.
Venue
Grand Hotel Portorož, Hotel Slovenija
and Congress Centre Portus
Obala 33, 6320 Portorož
+386 5 692 90 01
Tartini theatre
Tartini Theatre
Kidričevo nabrežje 6, 6330 Piran
Hotel Slovenija
Grand Hotel Portorož
Lifeclass Congress Centre
EMUNI Team
Prof. Dr. Abdelhamid El-Zoheiry
President
Denis Čurčić
Information and
Organisation Systems
Tiuana Grlj
President’s Office
Dejan Hribar
Office for Sponsored
Programmes
Tadeja Jerovšek
Education Department
Špela Majcen
International Cooperation Office
Important telephone numbers
Emergency call: 112 | Police: 113
Hotel Slovenija and Grand Hotel Palace Reception: +386 5 692 90 01
Pharmacy: +386 5 674 86 70 | +386 5 677 82 50
Tourist office: +386 5 674 22 20
SIXT Rent-a-car: +386 5 674 40 24 | +386 51 601 805
Bus station: +386 5 671 31 22 | Taxi: +386 40 301 000
Ribja kantina: +386 5 677 91 04
EMUNI: +386 70 824 136 (Denis) | +386 41 323 122 (Dejan)
Conference rooms
REGISTRATION
ENTRANCE
ENTRANCE
EXIT
HOTEL SLOVENIJA MAIN RESTAURANT
EXIT
EMUNI University
Sončna pot 20
SI – 6320 Portorož
Tel: +386 59 25 00 50
Fax: +386 59 25 00 54
[email protected]
www.emuni.si
Horizon 2020
European Union Funding
for Research & Innovation