09/04/2009
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Alexandria
His Excellency Mr. Demetris Christofias, President of the Republic of Cyprus, accompanied by a high-level delegation including Ministers of Finance and Industry, visited the BA, a landmark not only in Egypt, but in the whole region.
06/04/2009
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Istanbul
As Ambassador of the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC), Serageldin is attending the Second Forum of the Alliance being held in Istanbul from 6 to 7 April. Several top-level political leaders will participate in this year’s event: Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; Prime Minister of Spain José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero; UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
24/03/2009
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Geneva
Serageldin was this month’s speaker at Les Grandes Conferences - a series of monthly lectures held by the University of Geneva in celebration of its 450th anniversary.
08/03/2009
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Lyon
At this year’s Biovision forum, Serageldin moderated several sessions on topics ranging from biodiversity to biorobotics, and shared his visions on the "Economic Future of Africa" with other prominent personalities with different perspectives at a “Debate Dinner” where the speakers debated with the participants on issues related to Life Sciences and Nutrition, Agriculture, Health and Environment.
01/03/2009
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Alexandria
Serageldin inaugurated the Sixth Arab Reform Conference, entitled The Arab World: The Present and the Future, at the BA, with the participation of eminent intellectuals and public figures from Egypt and the Arab world. This year’s conference marks five years from the issuance of the Alexandria Statement in the First Arab Reform Conference, held in March 2004.
27/02/2009
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Alexandria
The Fourth Arab Youth Forum, entitled Arab Youth Culture and Identity in the Era of Globalization, was inaugurated by Serageldin with a welcome note to the participants. Always a champion of youth, Serageldin expressed his delight in hosting such a large number of young participants from different Arab nations and giving them the opportunity to discuss issues impacting their societies...
18/02/2009
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Alexandria
At the BA Great Hall, in a three-part series presentation on the Art and Technique of Cinema , Serageldin illustrated the evolution of the seventh art, from its earliest days of silent cinema to the computer generated magic of today; tracing how “it went from being a curiosity to being an art form”.
17/02/2009
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Alexandria
Serageldin welcomed HE Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of Egypt and Chairperson of the BA Board of Trustees; Mrs. Gihan El-Sadat, wife of the late President Sadat; Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni; Minister of International Cooperation, Fayza Abul Naga; Governor of Alexandria, Adel Labib; as well as several other public figures...
15/02/2009
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Doha
Serageldin participated, as speaker and moderator, in the 2009 U.S.-Islamic World Forum: Common Challenges, which brought together key leaders in the fields of politics, business, media, academia, and civil society from across the Muslim world and the United States...
03/02/2009
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Trieste
Serageldin attended the third meeting of the Steering Committee of The Academy of Sciences in the Developing World (TWAS). Members of the Steering Committee convened to discuss TWAS activities and new initiatives, as well as the program and budget for 2009. Serageldin is Vice President of TWAS for the Arab World.
22/01/2009
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Alexandria
Serageldin has been formally appointed a member of the Advisory Board of Coalition of Dialogue on Africa (CoDA), an initiative jointly sponsored by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank, which is aimed at promoting inclusive dialogue in support of African development.
17/01/2009
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Cairo
Invited to speak in the opening session of The International Conference on The Role of Think Tanks in Developing Countries: Challenges and Solutions , Serageldin gave a keynote speech entitled Think Tanks and Development Policies. The conference was held by The Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC)...
14/01/2009
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Alexandria
Serageldin welcomed the speakers and participants of the conference Arab Women Facing the Challenges of Globalization which is being held at the BA during the period from 13 to 15 January 2009. Calling for a greater gender equality, Serageldin said that just as we breathe with two lungs, see with two eyes, walk with two legs, but speak with one voice, so must enlightened men and empowered women work side by side towards a better future.
12/01/2009
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Bahrain
Upon the invitation of Sheikha Mai Bint Mohammad Al Khalifa, Minister of Media and Culture in Bahrain, Serageldin gave a lecture on Scientific Research Horizons at the Sheikh Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research.
10/01/2009
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Washington DC
Serageldin joined the members of Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum in a Council Meeting held to discuss reports and feedback on the fifth annual meeting which took place in Kyoto in October 2008, and to prepare a program for the 6th annual meeting due to convene in October of this year.
05/01/2009
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Alexandria
Serageldin today inaugurated the Science Supercourse Day, an event held at the BA to launch the Library’s new Project: The Science Supercourse. The project aims to build an internet archive of PowerPoint lectures in four main scientific disciplines, namely: Medicine (public health), Agriculture, Engineering and Environment. It is targeting a total of 100,000 Golden PowerPoint lectures within a year and one million in three years.
21/12/2008
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Alexandria
Addressing a large number of scholars, literature students and lovers of mystery tales, Serageldin gave an enlightening talk at the BA on Edgar Allan Poe, in commemoration of the bicentennial anniversary of the father of the detective story. Himself a professed Poe fan since early youth, Serageldin presented to his audience an account of Poe’s life and works and shed interesting light on little-known sides of the writer and his contributions to science.
02/12/2008
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Alexandria
The BA is hosting a conference entitled Investing in Cultural Heritage, in preparation for the Second International Cultural Heritage Conference to be held in Rome in 2009. As Vice-President of the World Bank (at the time), Serageldin had played a key role in the First International Cultural Heritage Conference held in Florence in 1999, which was co-sponsored by the Government of Italy, the World Bank and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
24/11/2008
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Cairo
On behalf of the President of France, French Ambassador to Egypt, Mr. Jean Felix-Pagnon, decorated Serageldin with the insignia of Knight of the French Legion of Honor, in recognition of his outstanding role as visionary and humanist, as promoter of Franco-Egyptian cooperation, as ardent advocate of the dialogue of civilizations, and in admiration of the brilliant success of the New Library of Alexandria, as a place for the promotion of human rights, tolerance, pluralism, science, and dialogue between cultures.
19/11/2008
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Santa Barbara
Over the next three days, Serageldin will be co-chairing the third meeting of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management, of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), together with Ernst Ulrich Von Weizsäcker, Dean of Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California.