Tentative Program: 29th International Symposium of CIEC

(changes may apply due to Corona restrictions!)

29th International Symposium of CIEC jointly with the Kick-Off Symposium for the award winning projects of the 5th Round of GERF V (German/Egyptian Research Fund)  March 18.-23. 2022

Dialogue on Agricultural Issues between Orient and Occident

Venue: National Research Center, El Buhouth St., Dokki, 12622Cairo, Egypt  

March 18.-23. 2022 Arrival of foreign participants  in Cairo

-------- come together in Ramses Hilton, 1115 Nile Corniche, Sharkas, Bulaq, Cairo Governorate

March 19, 2022 CIEC Presidium meeting,  (Ramses Hilton Hotel)

---------  8:00 - 18:00 CIEC presidium excursion, local scientific excursion for foreign participants on "Ancient flood management  of the Nile river"  (Nile Barrage, Pharaonic City, Nilometer)

---------- 18:00 Dinner and CIEC Presidium Al Azhar Park

Evening: Chan el-Chalili Bazar Tour, Al-Azhar Mosque

March 19, 2022  Symposium Lectures I, venue: NRC, tentative program:

9:00 registration opens

10-11:00 Opening Ceremony, welcome addresses, Presidents of NRC, ASRT,  CIEC, N.N.

11-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-13:00 Plenary Lectures

               Jie Li & Zhudong Zhang, Shenyang, PRC and  Marwa Zouari, Sousse "Time line of benchmarks in agriculture development in China, Egypt and Europe"

Tarek Sayed Tawfik Ahmed,  Cairo, EGY "Significance of agriculture for the rise of the  Pharaonic empires"

               Sebastian Vötter, Cairo, EGY:  "The Silk road: Egypt and Chinas common life line though  space and time."

13:00 -14:00 Lunch break with poster presentations from GERF V Projects

14:00 - 15:30 Presentation  of 5 GERF V Projects (invited orals):

 14:00 -15:00: "Elicipharm"  Lewerenz, Selmar, Braunschweig, Badria, Mansour; "3D-Reamat",  Rosenthal, Dresden, El Aziz, Cairo; "Progeny" Haneklaus, Braunschweig, Abdelraouf, Cairo; "Co-Agrow" Kaltschmitt, Hamburg, Elbanhawy , Cairo; "BrucWireless" Melzer, Jena, El Din Shell, Cairo.

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00-17:00  Presentation of 15 Posters  and General-Discussion of GERF V Projects

REMARK, DOSIMED, SuBLIME, NSEDT, ENTEROTOXIN, DCC-AlSiC, GeoDes, 3D-TUBA, Re Sens, LAUNCH-3D, SweetWater, COmeBACK, QPSOA,MCDGENE, MiMeSiNa,

18:00 Dinner on The Nile

March 20, 2022 Cultural Excursion; Pyramids, Memphis, Sakkara    

March 21, 2022 Symposium Lectures II, venue:  Benha University Campus, tentative program:

8:00 Departure from Ramses Hilton to BU

10:00 Opening addresses by President of BU, President CIEC and Hon. President  CIEC

10:30 -10:50 Reham Sabry, Ahmed Abd El Ghafour and Salah Sayed Ahmed: "Agrotechnical methods to enhance metabolites of pharmaceutical significance in plants." - in memoriam Dr. Mohammed Qandeel (*1966  † 2018)

10:50 - 11:10 Mohamed Abu-Hashim and Mohamed Hassan: "Significance of sensor techniques and digitalization for land use management." - in memoriam Dr. Holger Lilienthal (*1972  † 2020)

11:10 -11:30 Hassan El-Ramady: Rare Earth Elements in soil-plant system: A story needs concern.

11:30 -11:50 Mohamed Abu-Hashim : Success story initiated in environmental sciences at the land of motivation.

11:50 - 12:10 Hazem Elewa: From orient to occident,  a young Egyptian scientists successful career in China.

13:00 Lunch break (at SEKEM??) Transfer to SEKEM Farm, Bilbeis, Ash Sharqia Governorate, Ägypten

Afternoon:  Campus tour at SEKEM

Evening: Dinner in "Police-Club Fish-Restaurant on the Nile"

 March 21, 2022

Morning: 8:30: Egyptian Museum

Afternoon: Dialog with (Visit of ) Egyptian Research Organizations (AGAYA, AGERI, ASRT,   Cairo  University Botanical Garden  (Prof. Hegazi)

March 22, 2022 Scientific Post Symposium Excursion (Production of pharmaceutical plants at   Macarios monastry and DINA Farms, Fare well dinner in Police Officers Club Gezira

March 23, 2022 Departure of foreign participants

March 24, 2022 Chinese delegation arrives back in Shenyang