28/09/2012
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Ganja
In Ganja, Azerbaijan, home of the ancient Azeri poet Nizami Ganjavi, Serageldin co-chaired, together with Abulfaz Garayev, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan, an international conference dedicated to the 870th Anniversary of the poet. Among the eminent speakers at the conference were Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former President of Latvia and Roza Otunbayeva, former President of Kyrgyzstan. The conference publications bore the logo of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
27/09/2012
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Tbilisi
In Tbilisi, Serageldin gave a lecture at each of the Georgian capital’s main universities: the University of Georgia, Ilia State University, where he also signed a Memorandum of Understanding , and the Free University of Tblisi. During his two-day stay in Tbilisi he also visited the National Library of Georgia, the National Academy of Sciences and met with Nikoloz Rurua, Minister of Culture and Tourism.
26/09/2012
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Istanbul
Flying from Ankara to Istanbul, Sergeldin then visited some of the major educational and cultural institutions of this city. He was welcomed at Koç University by Umran Inan, President of the university, its professors, and Tuba Akbayturk, Director of Koç University Suna Kıraç Library. After visiting two more of Istanbul’s private universities, Maltepe University and Bahçeşehir University ...
25/09/2012
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Ankara
On the second day of his visit to Ankara, Serageldin was welcomed at Bilkent University by Rector Ali Dogramaci, and at the Turkish National Academy of Science by Ahmet Cevat ACAR, president of the Academy. On his second visit to the Turkish Parliament he met with MP Mahir Ünal Head of Turkey/Egypt Inter-parliamentary group and Deputy Chairman AKP Party Group at Parliament.
24/09/2012
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Ankara
Ismail Serageldin and Tuncel Acar, Director of the National Library of Turkey (NLT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the BA and NLT. In so doing the two institutions, have agreed to cooperate with each other in areas of mutual interest, such as support of research, training programs and scientific exchanges.
13/09/2012
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Paris
Serageldin joins the International Jury of the Chirac Foundation to select this year’s winners of the Prize for Conflict Prevention. The selection is to be made after meeting with a committee of experts who propose a list of individuals or institutions that have taken exemplary and urgent action towards prevention of clash in areas of potential conflict.
12/08/2012
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Alexandria
The International Social Science Council (ISSC) has invited Ismail Serageldin to become a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the World Social Science Report 2013. Produced by the ISSC and co-published with UNESCO, the report will focus on global environmental change and is scheduled for launch at the October 2013 UNESCO General Conference.
08/08/2012
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Alexandria
The BA hosts, on 8 and 9 August 2012, the first meeting of the African Union (AU) High Level Panel on Science, Technology and Innovation which will guide the AU on the review process of Africa’s Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA).
26/07/2012
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Addis Ababa
The African Union Commission has selected Serageldin as member of the high level panel for the review of Africa’s Science and technology Consolidated plan of Action. Established in 2002, the African Union consists of 54 African States. Among its objectives are the achievement of greater unity and solidarity between the African countries and the promotion of peace, security, and stability on the continent.
25/07/2012
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Beijing
As member of the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Executive Committee, Serageldin was invited to the 2012 Meeting organized by the Biodiversity Committee, Chinese Academy of Sciences, held in Beijing on 25 and 26 July 2012. The Committee members, who are senior figures from the cornerstone institutions of the international initiative, convened to discuss future plans for the EOL as it soon enters into its sixth year of providing global access to knowledge about life on Earth.
20/07/2012
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Nicosia
At the the meeting of the Informal Competitiveness Council of the European Research Council (ERC), Serageldin spoke in the plenary session on EuroMediterranean Cooperation in Research and Innovation. Serageldin and his co-speaker Eduard Brezin, Former President of the French Academy of Sciences, both gave speeches entitled “Enhancing regional collaborations in Research and Innovation – The way forward”; while Serageldin addressed the topic from the Mediterranean countries perspective, Brezin spoke from the EU countries perspective.
14/07/2012
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Dublin
At the biennial Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF), hosted in Dublin, and assembling more than 5000 leading researchers and influential scientists from Europe and around the World, Serageldin chaired the Africa-Europe Partnership Symposium: Science for Economic Development.
26/06/2012
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Washington DC
At the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a gathering place for leading experts and scholars from around the world, Serageldin gave a speech entitled “Revolution and Rebirth: the View from Alexandria, Egypt”. He spoke about the role of the reborn Library of Alexandria in helping to promote the values of freedom that were at the heart of Egypt’s revolution, and about the challenges facing the Library in the Arab Spring.
25/06/2012
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Washington DC
With special focus on the importance of the gender agenda in the MENA region at this point in time, Serageldin spoke at the forum held at the World Bank by the Gender Economic Research and Policy Analysis (GERPA), entitled Changing Times, Emerging Issues on Gender Equality and Women''s Empowerment in MENA.
05/06/2012
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Washington DC
On the occasion of 150th anniversary of the birth of Jurji Zaidan, the Library of Congress and the Zaidan Foundation held an international conference, open to the public, entitled Jurji Zaidan: His Contributions to Modern Arab Thought and Literature.
23/05/2012
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Alexandria
Al-Hayat, one of the leading daily pan-Arab newspapers, carried the last two of the chapters of Ismail Serageldin’s essay on the Egyptian constitution on 2/3 of a page, in its issue of 23 May 2012.
02/05/2012
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
The American Society of Arts and Sciences has announced the election of Ismail Serageldin as one of its new members. The Academy honors excellence by electing to its membership scholars, artists, scientists, writers and philanthropic leaders of exceptional achievement.
22/04/2012
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Alexandria
In the Great Hall of the Library of Alexandria, Serageldin welcomed worldwide participants to the opening session of the BioVisionAlexandria (BVA) 2012. He introduced the eminent guests and speakers of the sixth international biennial conference: Didier Hoch, CEO, the World Life Sciences Forum, BioVision (France); Koji Omi, Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum (Japan); Romain Murenzi, Executive Director, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World - TWAS (Italy); and Osama El-Fouly, Alexandria Governor (Egypt).
03/02/2012
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Alexandria
Ismail Serageldin and all the staff of the Library of Alexandria offer their condolences to the families of the young people who lost their lives in the tragic events of the football match in Port Said last week. The BA observes three days mourning and shares in the grief of all of Egypt over all the young lives lost.
12/01/2012
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Cairo
The January 6 edition of one of Egypt’s leading daily newspapers, Al-Masry Al-Youm, features an article by Ismail Serageldin titled “Different thinking for the new constitution”. The article covers six issues: Citizenship; Civil Society; Environment; Media; joint management of resources; and nuances in applying concepts. Follow Serageldin’s thoughts on Twitter on these issues.