Programme
08:30 | Arrival Refreshments and Networking |
Session (1): An Overview of the MENA Region | |
09:00 | “Welcome” PROF. AIDAN BERRY Dean, Brighton Business School, University of Brighton, UK Read the presentation slides (PDF) Watch the presentation (YouTube)“Overview about MENA and Introduction to MEKEI” PROF. ALLAM AHMED Director, MEKEI, Brighton Business School, University of Brighton, UK Senior Lecturer, SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, UK Read the presentation slides (PDF) Watch the presentation |
09:30 | “18 Years in the Newsroom: How the World See the Middle East and North Africa” ALA SUBHI Duty Editor, BBC Arabic, BBC World Service, London, UK Read the presentation slides (PDF) Watch the presentation (YouTube) |
10:00 | “The Role of Universities in Achieving Sustainable Development in the Arab Countries” PROF. ABDULLA AL HAWAJ President, Ahlia University, Bahrain President, Association of Arab Private Institutions for Higher Education Read the presentation slides (PDF) Watch the presentation (YouTube) |
10:30 | “LIVE DEMO – FIRST Knowledge Management Framework in the Middle East” RICHARD PINDER Director, EMEA Smartlogic, UK PROF ALLAM AHMED Director, MEKEI, Brighton Business School, University of Brighton, UK Senior Lecturer, SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, UK |
11:00 | Tea/Coffee Break |
Session (2): Managing Knowledge and Information in MENA | |
11:30 | “What is the Knowledge-based Economy? Concepts and Lessons for the Middle Eastern Countries” PROF W. EDWARD STEINMUELLER Director, Information, Networks and Knowledge (INK) Research Group, SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, UK Read the presentation slides (PDF) Watch the presentation (YouTube) |
12:00 | “Knowledge Management – Step by Step” DR. PETER HEISIG Senior Research Fellow, Socio Technical Centre (STC), Leeds University Business School Founder, European Research Center for Knowledge and Innovation (EUREK), UK Read the presentation slides (PDF) Watch the presentation (YouTube) |
12:30 | “Capturing and exploiting corporate knowledge: from onboarding to alumni” Paul J. Corney Read the presentation slides (PDF) Watch the presentation (YouTube) |
13:00 | Lunch and Networking |
Session (3): Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in MENA | |
14:00 | “Bridging the Gap between Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research and Policy Making PROF. GEOFFREY OLDHAM Honorary Professor, SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, UK Read the presentation slides (PDF) Watch the presentation (YouTube) |
14:30 | “Scientific Research and Knowledge Management in Sudan: Success Story from the Mycetoma Research Centre” PROF. AHMED HASSAN FAHAL Professor of Surgery and Founding Director, The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Sudan Watch the presentation (YouTube) |
15:00 | “Public Health Research in MENA: Challenges and Opportunities DR. IHAB TEWFIK Course Leader Human Nutrition, University of Westminster, UK Chairman, The International Forum for Public Health (IFPH), UK Read the presentation slides (PDF) Watch the presentation (YouTube) |
15:30 | “Towards a Sustainable Transportation System in the MENA Region PROF. WAFAA SALEH Professor of Transport Engineering, Transport Research Institute (TRI), Edinburgh Napier University, UK Read the presentation slides (PDF) Watch the presentation (YouTube) |
16:00 | Concluding Remarks and Networking |