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MENA Region: Post 2015 Development Agenda

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

http://conf.aucegypt.edu/AUC2015


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


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.


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.


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


DAY 1: March 17, 2015

8:30-9:30

Alfi Hall

(Terrace)

Registration and Networking

Refreshments will be served

9:30-10:30

Alfi Hall

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

Alfi Hall

Session's Moderator:

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)


Parallel Session 1: Social Inclusion, Exclusion and Cohesion

12:00 - 13:15

Mary Cross

Nashaat H. Hussein

Are They Marginalized? The Definition of Social Exclusion among

Children

Shahinaz Gamal

Enhancing Social Cohesion to Promote Economic Growth in Egypt

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

12:00 -13:15

Shafik Gabr

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

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


Parallel Session 3: Economic Development and Policy

12:00 -13:15

P022

Mark Learmonth, Carole Elliot and Ghaneya Al Derazi

Bankers’ Accounts of Patriarchy and Sexism: Experiences

in the Bahraini Banking Sector

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

12:00 -13:15

P020

Aliaa Bassiouny Foreign Equity Listing: The Case of MENA Firms

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


13:15-14:45

International Day – Festival & activities

(Bartett Plaza and Across Campus)

&

Lunch

Plenary Session 2: Human Development

14:45 -15:45

Alfi Hall

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

15:45 - 17:00

Mary Cross

Hala Abou-Ali and Reham Rizk

Determinants of Household Expenditure on Children’s Education:

Evidence from MENA Countries

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


Parallel Session 6: Higher Education

15:45 - 17:00

Shafik Gabr

Tarifa Al Zaabi Proposed Models on Educating for Individual Social Responsibility and

Engagement in Higher Education

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

15:45 - 17:00

P022

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

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)


Parallel Session 8: Human Resource Management

15:45 - 17:00

P020

Faisal Kattan

Job Localization and the Question of Human Capital:

Lessons Learned from Bahrain and Oman

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

Cultural Evening

including

Dinner

and

Light & Show

at the

Pyramids

(Additional

Fees

Apply)


DAY 2: March 18, 2015

08:30 -09:30 Networking and Coffee (Alfi Terrace)

Plenary Session 3: Sustainability and Governance

09:30 -10:30

Alfi Hall


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

10:30 - 12:00

Mary Cross

Mervat Abou Oaf

The Evolution of Media Law and Ethics within the Fast-Changing Political and

Media Landscape

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


Parallel Session 10: Energy, Oil and Food Security

10:30 - 12:00

Shafik Gabr

Salah Haggar and Dalia Nakhla

A Proposal to Environmentally Balanced Sugarcane Industry in Egypt

through Life Cycle Assessment

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

10:30 - 12:00

P022

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)

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


Parallel Session 12: Corporate Governance and Institutions

10:30 - 12:00

P020

Nermeen Shehata and Khaled Dahawy

Corporate Governance Disclosure in Egypt during the Pre-Revolutions Era

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

Lunch

Plenary Session 4: Regional and Global Integration

13:00 -14:00

Alfi


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,


Sahar Nasr

Lead Financial Economist

Regional Manager, World Bank

Noômen Lahimer

University of Carthage and Mediterranean School of Business MSB,

Tunisia


Parallel Session 13: Trade, Integration and Sub-Regional Issues

14:00 - 15:30

Mary Cross

Hebatallah Ghoneim and Mouchera Karara

Egypt-Mercosur FTA: A Complementarity Analysis

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

14:00 - 15:30

Shafik Gabr

Perrihan Al-Riffai, Clemens Breisinger, Olivier Ecker and

Jean-Francois Trinh Tan Better Information for Better Lives

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


Parallel Session 15: Public Policy Directives for MENA

14:00 - 15:30

P022

Amir Ibrahim

Public Services as a Limit to the Egyptian Competition Law (ECL)

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

14:00 - 15:30

P020

Rania S. Hussein and Hend Moustafa

Ariika Bean Bags: A Successful Egyptian Entrepreneur Capable of

Regional Expansion?

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


Conference Participants (Alphabetical List)

Ghada Abd El Tawab

Plenary Speaker

Program Officer, Ford Foundation

Egypt

Hassan Abdalatif

Economic Analyst

UNDP - Khartoum

Sudan

Rawiah Abdallah

MA Student and Research Assistant

Department of Management


Egypt

Fatma Abdel Khalek

Data Processing Coordinator

Social Research Center


Egypt

Gouda Abdel-Khalek

Plenary Speaker

Former Minister of Solidarity and Social Justice,

Government of Egypt

International UN Consultant & Professor of Economics

at Cairo University

Egypt

Nanice Abdel Monem

Research Engineer

National Research Center

Egypt

Hala Abou-Ali

Associate Professor, Department of Economics

Faculty of Economics and Political Science

Cairo University

Egypt

Mervat Abou Oaf

Professor of Practice

Department of Journalism & Mass Communication

School of Global Affairs and Public Policy



Ghaneya Al Derazi

PhD Researcher, Business School

University of Durham

United Kingdom

Hamid E. Ali

Chair and Associate Professor

Department of Public Policy and Administration

School of Global Affairs and Public Policy


Egypt

Waleed E. Almonayirie

Research Scholar

Swiss Business School (SBS)

Zurich , Switzerland

Perrihan Al Riffai

Senior Research Analyst

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Development Strategy and Governance Division

Washington D.C., United States

Tarifa Al Zaabi

Executive Dean-Student Services

Higher Colleges of Technology, Central Services

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Nader Asgary

Plenary Speaker

Associate Provost for International Relations

Director of Cronin International Center

Professor of Economics and Management

Bentley University,

United States

Montiana Ashour

MA Student

Former Television producer & Visual Communicator

(Dubai Media Inc.)

The American University in Cairo, Egypt

Ragui Assaad

Plenary Speaker

Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs

University of Minnesota

United States


Shaimaa Awad

MA Student

Graduate school of Education


Egypt

Yasmine Badr

Knowledge Manager

Healthcare Governance and Transparency Association

(HeGTA)

Egypt

Aliaa Bassiouny

Assistant Professor of Finance and Associate Chair


Director, Master of Science in Finance

The American University in Cairo (AUC)

Egypt

Adel Beshai

Plenary Speaker

Professor of International Trade

Department of Economics


Egypt

Laura R. Bradford

Intellectual Property Counsel


Egypt

Clemens Breisinger

Senior Research Fellow


International Food Policy Research Institute

Washington D.C., USA

Leyla Slama Carimi

International Center

for Transitional Justice in Tunis

Tunisia

Bruce Currie-Alder

Plenary Speaker

IDRC Director, Middle East Regional Office

International Development Research Centre

Canada

Khaled Dahawy

Professor of Accounting and VP for Students Affairs


Egypt

Ahmed Darwish

Moderator Plenary Session

Consultant to several United Nations Organizations

Minister of State for Administrative Development

July 2004 – January 2011, Egypt


Jocelyn De Jong

Associate Dean

Faculty of Health Sciences

The American University of Beirut

Lebanon

Anne Desiderio

Scholarship & Fellowship Advisor

University of Michigan

United States

Jason Dorio

PhD Candidate

Social Science and Comparative Education

UCLA Graduate School of Education

United States

Manel Dridi

PhD Student in Faculty of Economics and

Management

University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Olivier Ecker

Research Fellow

International Food Policy Research Institute


Washington D.C., USA

Manar El Batrawy

MS in Finance Student, Department of Management,

School of Business


Egypt

Noha El Bassiouny

Associate Professor in Marketing

Acting Head of the Marketing department

Faculty of Management & Information Technology

German University in Cairo, Egypt

Nellie El Enany

Assistant Professor

Organisation& Human Resource Management

Warwick Business School

United Kingdom

Sherine Fathy El Fekey

Lecturer, and Faculty Human Resource Coordinator

Business Administration Department

The British University in Egypt

Egypt

Salah El Haggar

Plenary Speaker

Professor and Chair of Department of Mechanical

Engineering


Egypt


Mohamed El Komi

Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics Department

School of Business


Egypt

Sara El Madani

PhD Candidate and Research Assistant

Europa-Universität Flensburg

Germany

Noha El Mikawy

Plenary Speaker

Representative MENA Region

Ford Foundation

Cairo Office

Tamer A. El Nashar

Part-Time Faculty

School of Continuing Education


Egypt

Ibrahim Elnur

Associate Professor and Chair of Department of

Political Science


Egypt

Ahmed El Sayed

PhD Fellow

Centre for Comparative and European Constitutional

Studies (CECS)

University of Copenhagen

Denmark

Manal El Shahat

Assistant Professor

SI - StädtebauInstitut

Universität Stuttgart

Germany

Abbas Elzein

Associate Professor

School of Civil Engineering

University of Sydney

Australia

Sherif Emam

PhD student, Department of Economics

Technische Universität Ilmenau

Germany

Fátima Fernández

PhD Student

University of Santiago de Compostela

Université Hassan II of Casablanca

Spain and Morocco


Shahinaz Gamal

Lecturer

Faculty of Economics and Political Science

Cairo University

Egypt

Hebatallah Ghoneim

Lecturer, Economics Department

Faculty of Management Technology

German University in Cairo

Egypt

Thomas Grebel

Professor of Economics

Technische Universität Ilmenau

Germany

Eduardo A. Haddad

Professor

Department of Economics

University of Sao Paulo

Brazil

Heba Handoussa

Plenary Speaker

Director, Egypt Network for Integrated Development

& Advisor to the Economic Research Forum (ERF),

Director of Egypt Human Development Report

Egypt

Dina Hassouna

Lecturer of Accounting

Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and

Political Science


Egypt

Hala Hattab

Lecturer in Business Administration

Program Director , GEM - Egypt


Egypt

Jilan Hosni

Publication and Project Officer

UN-HABITAT

United Nations Human Settlements Programme

Egypt

Ola Hussein Hosny

MA Student and Developmental Specialist

Graduate School of Education


Egypt

Nashaat H. Hussein

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Misr International University

Egypt


Rania S. Hussein

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Department of

Management , School of Business


Egypt

Amir Ibrahim

Research & Teaching Fellow

Center for Competition Law Studies

Queen Mary, University of London

United Kingdom

Ayman Ismail

Assistant Professor

Abdul Latif Jameel Chair of Entrepreneurship


Egypt

Nashwa Ismail

PhD Researcher

School of Education

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Esmat Kamel

Academic Conference Coordinator

PhD Student and Director Center for Global Business

Excellence

Global Trade Matters (Egypt)

Autónoma University of Madrid

Spain

Mouchera Karara

Assistant Lecturer

Economics Department

Faculty of Management Technology


Egypt

Faisal Kattan

MA in Arab Studies

Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Georgetown University

Washington, D.C.

Bahgat Korany


Professor of Political Science

Director of AUC Forum


Egypt


Arnaud Kurze

Assistant Professor of Justice Studies

Department of Justice Studies

Montclair State University

New Jersey, United States

Noômen Lahimer

Plenary Speaker

Assistant Professor of Economics

University of Carthage

Tunisia

Michael Lahr

Associate Research Professor

School of Planning and Public Policy

Rutgers University, United States

Ray Langsten

Professor of Sociology

Social Research Center


Egypt

Mark Learmonth

Deputy Dean for Research

Professor of Organisation Studies

Durham Business School

United Kingdom

Salma Mahmoud

Research and Teaching Assistant


Egypt

Nagwa Megahed

Director ICED Center and Associate Professor

Graduate School of Education


Egypt

Charilaos Mertzanis

Associate Professor of Finance



Egypt


Amir Michael

Senior Teaching Fellow, Business School

Queen's Campus, University of Durham

United Kingdom

Lamia Mkadem

Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty of

Economical and Management Sciences of Tunis

University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia

Hanan Morsy

Lead Economist

Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Region

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

London, United Kingdom

Hend Moustafa

Research Assistant, Department of Management

School of Business


Egypt

Amal Mowafy

Plenary Speaker

Senior Programme Officer

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Egypt

Ashraf Naguib


CEO, Global Trade Matters

Egypt

Dalia Nakhla

PhD, Department of Environmental Engineering,

School of Sciences and Engineering


Egypt

Sahar Nasr

Plenary Speaker

Lead Financial Economist

World Bank

Cairo, Egypt


Magdi Nasrallah

Professor and former Founding Chair,

Department of Petroleum Engineering


Ghassan Omet

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Business

University of Jordan

Jordan

Reham Rizk

Lecturer and E-Learning Coordinator

Faculty of Business Administration, Economics &

Political Science


Egypt

Ted Purinton

Plenary Speaker

Dean (Elect), Graduate School of Education

& Associate Provost for Strategic and International

Initiatives


Engy Said

PhD Student

Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

University of Notre Dame

United States

Mona Said

Associate Professor Economics

& Consultant to EBRD


Egypt

Jake Schneider

MA in Economics

College of William & Mary

United States

Tarek H. Selim

Conference Chair

Chair and Professor, Department of Economics,

School of Business, & Vice-Chair of University

Senate


Egypt


Iman Seoudi

Assistant Professor of Marketing

School of Business


Egypt

Hussein A. Seoudy

Professor of Finance

School of Business


Egypt

Basma Serag

MA in the European-Mediterranean Studies Program

Cairo University

Egypt

Yosra Shaban

Teaching Assistant, Marketing Department

Faculty of Management & Information Technology


Egypt

Nermeen Shehata

Assistant Professor

Department of Accounting

School of Business


Egypt

Mirette Shoeir

Research Assistant

Department of Management, School of Business


Egypt

Sakiru Adebola Solarin

Faculty of Business

Multimedia University

Malaysia

Hani Sweilam


Professor of Sustainable Development

Director, Center for Sustainable Development


Egypt


Tarek Tantoush

Plenary Speaker

Director General

National Economic Development Board of Libya

Libya

Tarek Tawfiq

Plenary Speaker

Deputy Director

Egyptian Federation of Industries

Flavio Vieira

Head of Department, Department of Veterinary

Medicine

University of Sao Paulo

Brazil

Sherif Yehia

Teaching Assistant, Department of Management


Egypt

Tarik Yousef

Plenary Speaker

Chief Executive Officer

Silatech

Salma Yousry

Project Officer

United Nations Human Settlements Program

Regional Office

Egypt

Malak Zaalouk

Professor of Practice

Founding Director of the Middle East Institute for

Higher Education


Egypt

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