Over 80 of Egypt's foremost intellectuals met at the Library of Alexandria to chart some of the key actions and projects tat the Library should undertake in the coming years. Ismail Serageldin committed the library to implement two suggestions as others are being developed. The two projects dealing with a biographical Encyclopedia and an intellectual framework for the analysis of the dialogue of cultures, are to be led by Professors Salah Fadl and Sayyed Yassin respectively.