Keynote Speeches [IMAX Theater]:

• Mostafa Elsayed
  Julius Brown Chair; Regents Professor and Director of Laser Dynamics Laboratory
  USA
• Hoda Baraka
  First Deputy to the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology
  EGYPT

Session A-1 [Aquarium (AQ) Hall]:
Featuring Nanotechnology at Science Centers

•  Serif Kaynar
  President, Turkey Science Centers Foundation, TURKEY

Speakers:

• Luigi Amodio
  Director, Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza
  ITALY
• Mona Bakr
  Professor, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science, Cairo University
  EGYPT
• Erik Jacquemyn
  CEO, Technolpolis - the Flemish Science Center
  BELGIUM
• Lorenz Kampschulte
  Curator Nano- and Bio- Science, Deutsches Museum
  GERMANY

Session A-2 [Aquarium (AQ) Hall]:
ICT and Multimedia Trends in Science Centers

• Faleh Alsulaiman
  Director General, Sultan Bin AbdulAziz Science & Technology Center (SciTech), KSA

Speakers:

• Alan Draeger
  Associate Director, Traveling Programs, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), USA
• Joaquin Fargas
  Executive Director of RedPOP, ARGENTINA
• Lynn Freiji
  Founder and Director, Wadi Environmental Science Center (WESC), EGYPT
• Wayne LaBar
  Vice-President, Exhibition & Featured Experiences Liberty Science Center, USA
• Vincenzo Lipardi
  International Affairs & Strategy Delegate, Fondazione IDIS/Città della Scienza, Naples, ITALY

Keynote Speech [IMAX Thearter]:

• Mahmoud Abdul Raheem
  Director of Research Directorate, The Kuwait Foundation for The Advancement of Sciences, KUWAIT

Session B-1 [Aquarium (AQ) Hall]:
Empowerment of Youth and Volunteering at Science Centers

• Mijbil Almutawa
  Chairman & Managing Director, TSCK, KUWAIT

Speakers:

• Amna Aldhubaib
  Educational Operations Manager, TSCK,
  KUWAIT
• Ingit Mukhopadhyay
  Former Director General, National Council of Science Museums,
  INDIA

Session B-2 [Aquarium (AQ) Hall]:
Involvement of Academia in Science Centers

• Hoda Elmikaty
  Director, BA Planetarium Science Center, EGYPT

Speakers:

• Joaquin Fargas
  Executive Director of RedPOP, ARGENTINA
• Lorenz Kampschulte
  Curator Nano- and Bio- Science, Deutsches Museum
  GERMANY
• Boshra Salem
  Chair Madame, Environmental Sciences Department
  Faculty of Science, University of Alexandria EGYPT

Keynote Speeches [IMAX Theater]:

• Kazem Behbehani
  Director General, Dasman Diabetes Institute, KUWAIT

Session C-1 [Discovery Place (DP) Hall]:
Interactivity in Science Centers

• Hoda Elmikaty
  Director, BA Planetarium Science Center, EGYPT

Speakers:

• Reham Alhabib
  Educational Facilities Manager, TSCK
  KUWAIT
• Luigi Amodio
  Director, Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza, ITALY
• Najoua Bey
  Senior Scientist, Tunis Science City, TUNISIA
• Axel Hüttinger
  Director, Hüttinger Exhibition Engineering
  Kurt Hüttinger GmbH, GERMANY
• Erik Jacquemyn
  CEO, Technolpolis - the Flemish Science Center
  BELGIUM
• Wayne LaBar
  Vice-President, Exhibition & Featured Experiences Liberty Science Center, USA

Session C-2 [Aquarium (AQ) Hall]:
ICT and Multimedia Trends in Science Centers

• Mohamed Hedi Ben Ismail
  Director General, Tunis Science City, TUNISIA

Speakers:

• Adel Alonizi
  IT Manager, The Scientific Center of Kuwait KUWAIT
• Mike Bruton
  Past-President, SAASTEC - MTE Studios, SOUTH AFRICA
• Hassan Dweik
  Executive Vice President, General Director and Founder , Science and Math. Centers, Al-Quds University, PALESTINE
• Hans van Hartevelt
  Director, Information & Library Services, Royal Tropical Institute, NETHERLANDS
• Ludo Verheyen
  Director, MTE Studios, Dubai, UAE
• Sofoklis Sotiriou
  Head of R&D Department, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, GREECE