The purpose of the conference is to bring together members of established German networks of scientific excellence with partners in the countries of the Middle East to exchange views and experiences on issues of scientific collaboration and scientific network organisation. In the Young Scientists Workshop scientists on the postdoc level have the opportunity to discuss topics of research opportunities in the scientific world of the Middle East together with colleagues from Germany and the countries of the Middle East.
SONNTAG, 10. MAI 2009
SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES BRIDGING CULTURES
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
Opening Session
Presented by Marwan Mousa
President, Jordanian Club of Humboldt Fellows
Welcome Address
His Majesty King Abdullah II
King of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Günter Stock
President, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and President, Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities
Helmut Schwarz
President, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Max G. Huber
Vice President, German Academic Exchange Service
HE Joachim Heidorn
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Jordan
Klaus Lucas
Vice President, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Conference Chairman
Coffee
11.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Science and Technology
Chair: Victor Rizkallah
Leibniz-Universität Hannover
Amin Mobarak
Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering
Energy and Environment
Janos Bogardi
UN University
Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn
Water Resources
Lunch
2.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Humanities and Culture
Chair: Zeidan Kafafi
University of Yarmouk, Jordan
HE Omar Jhdeifat
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Jordan
Dialogue between Cultures
Angelika Neuwirth
Freie Universität Berlin
Corpus Coranicum
A Long-Term Research Project at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Michael Niedermeier
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Goethe-Dictionary
A Long-Term Research Project at the Berlin- Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Coffee
4.00 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.
German Scientific Networks of Excellence
Chair: Peter Uecker
Vice President, German-Jordanian University, Amman
Max G. Huber
Vice President, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Dorothee Dzwonnek
Secretary General, German Research Foundation (DFG)
Verena Lepper
Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin / Member of The Young Academy
Colin Nippert
Student-Forum within the Tönissteiner Kreis
Alfred Pühler
Foreign Secretary, Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities
Georg Schütte
Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Coffee
6.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Perspectives of Long-Term Scientific Cooperation between Germany and the MENA Region
Chair: Klaus Lucas
Vice President, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Conference Chairman
HE Eid Dahiyat
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
University of Applied Sciences Amman
Thomas Götz
Deputy Director-General, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Saleh Hashem
General Secretary, Association of Arab Universities
Christoph Markschies
President, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Burkhard Rauhut
Rector, German University of Technology in Oman
Khaled Toukan
Chairman, Jordan Atomic Energy Commission
6.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.
Young Scientists Workshop
Challenges, Opportunities and Problems of Scientific Research in the MENA Region
Chair: Ziad Al-Saad
Vice President, German-Jordanian University, Amman
8.00 p.m. – 10.00 p.m.
Dinner
MONTAG, 11. MAI 2009
- On separate invitation of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation -
HUMBOLDT ALUMNI IN THE MIDDLE EAST - SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
9.00 a.m. - 9.15 a.m.
Welcome Addresses
Helmut Schwarz
President, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Marwan Mousa
President, Jordanian Club of Humboldt Fellows
9.15 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
Keynote Lectures
Coffee
11.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.
Plenary Lectures
Lunch
2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Workshops according to academic disciplines
1. Humanities
Chair: Ulrike Freitag
Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin
2. Life Sciences
Chair: Frauke Melchior
University of Heidelberg (on request)
3. Chemistry
Chair: Oliver Seitz
Humboldt University, Berlin
4. Physics
Chair: Ludwig Schultz
Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden
5. Engineering
Chair: Oliver Ambacher
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF, Freiburg
Coffee
4.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Panel discussion on Research Cooperation in the Middle East
Chair: Georg Schütte
Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.
Dinner
In cooperation with
Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung / Foundation
DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst / German Academic Exchange Service
For further information please contact:
Dr. Karin Elisabeth Becker
becker@bbaw.de
Please register at
jordan.conference2009@bbaw.de
by February 15th, 2009
10.05.2009, 10.00 - 22.00 Uhr 11.05.2009, 9.00 - 21.00 Uhr