Robert KLAPISCH

Robert KLAPISCH entre au CNRS en 1956 dès sa sortie de l’Ecole de Physique et Chimie de Paris. Son travail de thèse dirigé par René Bernas (élève de A.O. Nier, et pionnier de la Spectrométrie de Masse en France) concerne la nucléosynthèse des éléments légers Lithium Beryllium et Bore et le mystère de leur survie alors qu’ils devraient disparaître par fusion. Pour cela, il utilisera les accélérateurs du CERN et participera à ses Comités Scientifiques. Il quitte le CNRS en1981 lorsque Herwig Schopper, DG du CERN lui propose de devenir Directeur de la Recherche (1981-1987). Carlo Rubbia, le nouveau DG (1989-1993), le prend comme Conseiller et le charge de moderniser la communication du CERN. Il organisera l’inauguration du LEP en 1989 et dirigera un Pavillon à l’Expo de Séville en 1992. A la fin du mandat de Rubbia, il s’associe au projet Amplificateur d’Energie, une approche novatrice de l’énergie nucléaire (1993-1997). En 2002, il est nommé par le Président Chirac au Comité Coppens préparant la « Charte de l’Environnement », qui fait maintenant partie de la Constitution française. Président de l’Association Française pour l’Avancement des Sciences (2000-2003), il propose un Dialogue Nord-Sud entre les scientifiques de l’Europe et ceux des pays moins développés d’Afrique et du Moyen Orient. Ceci le conduira à créer en 2006 la Fondation “Partager le Savoir” ou “Sharing Knowledge Foundation” (SKF), qu’il préside. Le Président Sarkozy le promeut Officier de la Légion d’Honneur en 2007.

Robert Klapisch est décédé le 21 mars 2020.

Hani Al Mulki

Hani Al Mulki the current Prime Minister of Jordan, he served as interim between 29 May 2016 and 25 September 2016, until the Jordanian general election, 2016 were concluded. Previously Al-Mulki held several ministerial and diplomatic positions, and he was Chief Commissioner of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority before his designation as Prime Minister by King Abdullah II.

He served as Jordan’s ambassador to Egypt and as Jordan’s permanent representative at the Arab League. He has held several ministerial positions; water, energy, supplies, industry and foreign affairs ministries.

Mulki chaired the negotiating committee which produced the Israel-Jordan peace treaty between Jordan and Israel in 1994. During his time as foreign minister, Jordan experienced diplomatic issues with both Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Mulki was appointed as Scientific Advisor to the King, and then a member of the Senate. On 9 February 2011, Mulki was reappointed as Minister of Trade and Industries. On 9 November 2014, he was appointed Chief Commissioner of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, replacing Kamel Mahadin. On 29 May 2016, Mulki was appointed as the Prime Minister of Jordan, succeeding Abdullah Ensour. His cabinet was sworn in on 1 June. After the 2016 general election Mulki order a cabinet reshuffle, which resulted in three new portfolios, 22 ministers remaining and the introduction of 7 new ministers.

Khaled Toukan

Dr. Toukan is the Chairman of Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, served previously as the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (2011), Minister of Education from 2000 to 2007, and Minister of Higher Education (2001-
2002) and (2005-2007). Dr. Toukan was the President of Al-Balqa Applied University (1997-2001), Jordan; he also held the position of Dean of Faculty of Engineering & Technology and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Jordan; Research Scientist at Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany; and Associate Research Scientist at the University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Toukan holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978-1982), and M.Sc. degree in Nuclear Engineering from University of Michigan (1976-1978), and a B.E. degree in Electrical
Engineering from The American University of Beirut (1971-1976). Dr. Toukan’s awards include the UNESCO Ghandi Medal of Peace (2003), the Royal Grand Gordon of Alkukab Al-Urduni (2003), the Theos J. Thompson Fellowship (1980-81) in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at M.I.T., Legion de Honore from the French Republic (2004), and Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany (2006) and King Hussein’s Medal of Excellence (2008).
Born in Amman in 1954, Dr Toukan is married with three children. He is a Member of the International High Level EFA Group, a member of H.M. King Abdullah II Economic Consultative Council and presently is Director of SESAME and serves also as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of University of Jordan.

Khaled Toukan

Dr. Toukan is the Chairman of Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, served previously as the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (2011), Minister of Education from 2000 to 2007, and Minister of Higher Education (2001-
2002) and (2005-2007). Dr. Toukan was the President of Al-Balqa Applied University (1997-2001), Jordan; he also held the position of Dean of Faculty of Engineering & Technology and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Jordan; Research Scientist at Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany; and Associate Research Scientist at the University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Toukan holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978-1982), and M.Sc. degree in Nuclear Engineering from University of Michigan (1976-1978), and a B.E. degree in Electrical
Engineering from The American University of Beirut (1971-1976). Dr. Toukan’s awards include the UNESCO Ghandi Medal of Peace (2003), the Royal Grand Gordon of Alkukab Al-Urduni (2003), the Theos J. Thompson Fellowship (1980-81) in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at M.I.T., Legion de Honore from the French Republic (2004), and Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany (2006) and King Hussein’s Medal of Excellence (2008).
Born in Amman in 1954, Dr Toukan is married with three children. He is a Member of the International High Level EFA Group, a member of H.M. King Abdullah II Economic Consultative Council and presently is Director of SESAME and serves also as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of University of Jordan.

Frédérick BORDRY

Frédérick BORDRY, has a degree in engineering and a PhD in energy conversion from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (INPT). After a two-year teaching post at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil), he took up a teaching and research post in Toulouse before joining the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in 1986. From 2009 to 2013, he was the Head of the CERN Technology Department. Since January 2014, he is the Director of Accelerators and Technology, responsible for the operation and exploitation of the whole CERN accelerator complex, with particular emphasis on the LHC and for the development of new projects and technologies. As a convinced advocate of international exchange in the cultural, political and scientific fields, he has devoted a considerable amount of time towards reflecting on issues relating to education, research, and multilingualism.

John ELLIS

John ELLIS est actuellement  Clerk Maxwell Professor of Theoretical Physics au King’s College a Londres. Après son PhD de Cambridge University en 1971, il a travaillé à SLAC, Caltech et au CERN où il a dirigé durant 6 ans la Division de Théorie. Ses recherches sont axées vers les aspects phénoménologiques de la physique des particules élémentaires et ses rapports avec l’astrophysique, la cosmologie et les aspects quantiques de la gravitation. Une partie importante de ses travaux concerne directement l’interprétation des recherches expérimentales de nouvelles particules. Il a été un des premiers à étudier comment le Boson de Higgs pourrait être produit et découvert. Il est actuellement très impliqué dans les efforts pour comprendre la particule de Higgs découverte au CERN ainsi que ses implications pour de possibles nouvelles physiques telle que la Matière Noire ou la Supersymmétrie. Il étudie également de futurs accélérateurs tels que le Collisionneur Linéaire Compact (CLIC) et de futurs collisionneurs circulaires. Son effort sans relâche pour promouvoir une collaboration globale en physique des particules est connu de tous. John Ellis a reçu la Maxwell Medal (1982) et le Paul Dirac Prize (2005) par l’ Institute of Physics. Il été élu Fellow of the Royal Society de Londres en 1985 et de l’Institute of Physics en 1991. Il a reçu plusieurs Doctorats Honoris Causa et est Honorary Fellow du King’s College de Cambridge et du King’s College de Londres. Il été promu CBE lors de l’Anniversaire de la Reine en 2012.

Amr Abdelghany

Associate Professor Dr. Amr Mohamed Abdelghany obtained his PhD degree from Mansoura University in Experimental Physics 2010. Currently Dr. Amr serves Spectroscopy Department at National Research Center in Egypt. He has published numerous refereed articles in professional international journals two books. Dr Amr’s field of expertise’s are spectroscopy and Material Science.

Ahmed Bassalat

Patrick FASSNACHT

Patrick FASSNACHT a commencé sa carrière dans le domaine de la Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules à l’Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg en 1979. Puis, il est parti rejoindre le Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille pour se consacrer davantage à la Physique des Hautes Energies en intégrant l’expérience CPLear (asymétrie matière/antimatière) puis l’expérience ATLAS (une des quatre expériences majeures auprès du LHC (Large Hadron Collider)). Auprès de cette dernière il a contribué comme coordinateur du faisceau test puis, pendant six ans, comme coordinateur technique de l’un des composants majeurs d’ATLAS, le calorimètre Argon Liquide. Il était responsable pour l’assemblage, l’insertion dans les cryostats et la validation des calorimètres. A partir de 2004, pour une période de plus de six ans, il a été en charge d’un groupe de 200 utilisateurs en tant que CERN ATLAS Team leader. Durant cette période il a eu de nombreuses interactions avec les différents utilisateurs du CERN ; ce qui l’a conduit à partir de 2012 au poste de conseiller auprès du DG pour les pays du Moyen-Orient et de l’Afrique du Nord. Depuis 2018, il est également le Délégué à la Communication de la Fondation Partager le Savoir.

François PIUZZI

Physico-Chimiste  (recherche fondamentale)  Docteur en Physico Chimie, Ingénieur de recherché au Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (1982-2014), retraité. Enseignement : Applications des lasers en Physico Chimie à l’université Paris XI (Orsay) et à l’université Paris VII (Jussieu).

Gestion de la recherche : Rapporteur à l’Agence Nationale de  la recherche (2005-2007) dans le comité « Sciences pour l’Ingénieur ». Chargé de mission  pour les Nanosciences au Ministère de l’éducation supérieure et la Recherche (MESR 2010-2013), représentant au comité  NMP (Nanosciences Matériaux Production) de la commission européenne à Bruxelles. Membre du comité de rédaction du journal de la Société Française d’optique  “Photoniques” (depuis 2006). Fondateur du prix d’instrumentation en Chimie-Physique (2007). Membre du bureau de la division de Chimie Physique (SFC-SFP) (2004-2016).

Coopération Internationale en science : Président (2016-now) de la commission  “Physique sans Frontières” de la Société Française de Physique.  Ancien Président du groupe interdivisions “Physics for Development” de la  European Physical Society (EPS) (2009-2015). Fondateur et ancien président de l’association  “Puya Raimondi”. Coopération scientifique avec le Pérou et l’Amérique latine (2004-). Professeur honoraire de la “Universidad  Nacional de Ingenieria  (UNI) (2005) et de la “Universidad Ricardo Palma” (2013), Lima, Pérou. Membre du bureau de l’ APSA (Association pour la Promotion Scientifique de l’Afrique) et co-organisateur des « Rencontres des jeunes chercheurs africains francophones » (2014 and 2016).

Henry MARTY-GAUQUIE

De formation juridique et en sciences politiques, il a consacré toute sa carrière à la construction européenne. En 1978, il entre au service du Premier Ministre français (Raymond Barre) au secteur juridique du S.G.C.I., actuellement S.G.A.E. De 1981 à 1989, il sert successivement à la Cour de Justice de l’Union européenne (comme PremierRéférendaire du Juge français), puis à la Cour des Comptes de l’Union (comme Jurisconsulte adjoint, puis directeur du Cabinet du Président). En 1989, il a rejoint la Banque européenne d’investissement (BEI) dont il devient le Porte-parole et Directeur de la Communication Groupe ; en 2003, il est nommé Représentant du Groupe BEI en France et responsable de la liaison avec les institutions internationales non communautaires. En retraite depuis la fin 2016, il exerce diverses responsabilités dont celles d’administrateur de l’Institut de la Gestion Déléguée(IGD) et de membre du Comité Consultatif du RéseauFEMISE ; il est également membre des Conseils Scientifiques de la Fondation « Partager le Savoir », de l’Association Euromed-IHEDNet du Groupe d’analyse JFC Conseil. Ordre du Mérite européen : médaille d’argent.

Philippe DELLEUR

Philippe DELLEUR est Senior Vice-Président en charge des Affaires Publiques chez Alstom. Entre 2011 et 2015 il était Senior Vice-Président en charge du réseau international d’Alstom et Président de Alstom International. Il a rejoint Alstom en 2006 en tant que SVP Europe du Sud – Afrique – Moyen Orient, puis SVP Amérique latine et Président de Alstom Brésil. Avant de rejoindre Alstom il a travaillé 23 ans au Ministère français de l’Economie et des Finances, notamment comme Directeur Général de l’Agence centrale des Achats, Chef de Service à la Direction des Relations Economiques Extérieures et membre du cabinet du Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances Michel Sapin. Il est ancien élève de l’ENA, diplômé de Sciences po Paris et licencié en droit.

Scott E. Kalb

Chairman of the Sovereign Investor Institute (SII), a membership organization of Institutional Investor and the world’s largest private-sector led community for sovereign and government funds. He is CEO and founder of KLTI Advisors, a firm dedicated to helping institutional investors build and protect capital over the long-term. In addition, Scott also was appointed Fellow and Senior Advisor at New America for Bretton Woods II, an initiative focused on encouraging large, long-term institutions to engage in sustainable investing and commit a portion of their assets into impact investing in the developing world.

During 2009-2012, Scott served as the CIO and Deputy CEO of the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), Korea’s US$85 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund, and is one of the few foreigners appointed to manage another country’s sovereign wealth fund portfolio. During his time at KIC, assets under management grew from US$19 billion to US$60 billion. Prior to KIC, Scott was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Balyasny Asset Management (BAM), a multi-strategy hedge fund firm (2006-2008), CEO and Senior Portfolio Manager at Black Arrow Capital Management (2002-2006) and Senior Equity Portfolio Manager at Tudor Investment Corp (1999-2002). Scott also worked at Citigroup for ten years (1990 – 1999), serving as Managing Director of International Asset Management (1995-1999) and of International Equity Research (1990-1995).

Since 2009, Scott has been a member of the WE Forum Global Agenda Council on the Future of Investing He also is on the Advisory Board of the Private Capital Research Institute, a Harvard based initiative dedicated to furthering the understanding of private capital. Scott has written numerous articles regarding long-term investing and the sovereign fund community. He lived in Asia for over fifteen years, speaks Korean and has an AM Degree from Harvard and a BA degree from Oberlin College. Scott lives in Greenwich CT.

Ulrike Steinhorst

Ulrike Steinhorst, a German national, has a long experience in senior executive functions, notably at the French utility EDF, the German Degussa Group and the European aeronautics, space and defense company Airbus, with an internationally oriented career and a strong industrial and strategic dominance. Ulrike Steinhorst dedicates at present most of her time to her non-executive Board memberships and to her consulting firm Nuria Consultancy.
After a fascinating experience as advisor to the French Minister of European Affairs during the German re-unification process, she joined the French utility EDF in 1990 for 9 years, holding different functional and operational positions. She changed company and industrial sector when joining the German chemical group Degussa in Germany, first as HR Director in one of the 3 Divisions, later as head of leadership development at Group level. In 2003, Ulrike took over the responsibility for Degussa’s French affiliates in Paris and headed also the representative office of the Group in Brussels. From 2007 to 2012, Ulrike Steinhorst worked closely with CEO Louis Gallois as his Chief of Staff at the helm of EADS/ Airbus Group. She joined the Corporate Technical Office as Head of Strategy, Planning and Finance in 2012 and left Airbus in June 2017. Ulrike is a German lawyer (Ass. Iur.) and holds an EMBA from CPA/HEC. Graduated from the University Paris II – Panthéon in public law, she is also a former student of Ecole Nationale d’Administration. She is currently completing her coaching certificate (ICC) at INSEAD, Fontainebleau.

Khaled Toukan

Dr. Toukan is the Chairman of Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, served previously as the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (2011), Minister of Education from 2000 to 2007, and Minister of Higher Education (2001-
2002) and (2005-2007). Dr. Toukan was the President of Al-Balqa Applied University (1997-2001), Jordan; he also held the position of Dean of Faculty of Engineering & Technology and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Jordan; Research Scientist at Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany; and Associate Research Scientist at the University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Toukan holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978-1982), and M.Sc. degree in Nuclear Engineering from University of Michigan (1976-1978), and a B.E. degree in Electrical
Engineering from The American University of Beirut (1971-1976). Dr. Toukan’s awards include the UNESCO Ghandi Medal of Peace (2003), the Royal Grand Gordon of Alkukab Al-Urduni (2003), the Theos J. Thompson Fellowship (1980-81) in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at M.I.T., Legion de Honore from the French Republic (2004), and Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany (2006) and King Hussein’s Medal of Excellence (2008).
Born in Amman in 1954, Dr Toukan is married with three children. He is a Member of the International High Level EFA Group, a member of H.M. King Abdullah II Economic Consultative Council and presently is Director of SESAME and serves also as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of University of Jordan.

Bruno WEYMULLER

Bruno Weymuller a été membre du Comité Exécutif du groupe pétrolier international Total. Entré dans le groupe Elf Aquitaine en 1981, il a occupé divers postes dans la branche exploration-production puis a été directeur financier du Groupe (1994-2000). Il a été ensuite directeur de la Stratégie et de l’Evaluation des Risques de Total (2000-2008). Il a commencé sa carrière dans l’administration française au ministère de l’Industrie de 1972 à 1978, avant de rejoindre le cabinet du Premier ministre Raymond Barre de 1978 à 1981.

Il est aujourd’hui membre du conseil d’administration du Conseil Français de l’Energie. Il est professeur à l’École de l’Institut Français du Pétrole et des Énergies Nouvelles et membre de Total Professeurs Associés. Ses domaines d’intérêt sont l’économie de l’énergie et de l’environnement. Bruno Weymuller est ancien élève de l’Ecole Polytechnique, diplômé de l’École des Mines de Paris et titulaire d’un Master of Science du Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Harkness Fellow).

Bruno Lescoeur

Bruno Lescoeur, né en 1953, est diplômé de l’Ecole Polytechnique, de l’Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE) et de l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.  Il intègre EDF en 1978 au sein du Service des Etudes Economiques Générales. En 1990 Il représente EDF à  Londres dans la réorganisation de l’industrie électrique britannique, puis rejoint en 1993 la direction financière dont il  devient Directeur Délégué. En 1998, Il est nommé Président Directeur Général de London Electricity Group, qu’il développe pour en faire ce qui devint EDF Energy. En 2002, il devient le  Directeur de la Production, de l’Ingénierie et du Trading d’EDF, au moment où EDF lance la construction le réacteur nucléaire de nouveau modèle EPR a Flamanville. En 2005, il est Directeur Général Adjoint d’EDF, membre du comité exécutif, en charge de l’international. Il négocie le retrait d’EDF d’Amérique Latine, et assure la promotion de l’EPR à l’international (notamment en Chine à Taishan). Il  est chargé en 2008 de développer les activités gazières du Groupe et conduit le projet de construction du terminal GNL de Dunkerque. Il est nommé en avril 2011 administrateur délégué d’EDISON spa dont EDF prend le contrôle fin 2012, et continu d’être le Directeur gaz du Groupe et responsable de  l’Europe du sud, basé à Milan.

De retour à Paris début 2016, Il est conseiller spécial du Président Directeur Général d’EDF. Président de l’Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie. Depuis 2013, il est Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite et de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur.

Khaled Toukan

Dr. Toukan is the Chairman of Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, served previously as the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (2011), Minister of Education from 2000 to 2007, and Minister of Higher Education (2001-
2002) and (2005-2007). Dr. Toukan was the President of Al-Balqa Applied University (1997-2001), Jordan; he also held the position of Dean of Faculty of Engineering & Technology and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Jordan; Research Scientist at Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany; and Associate Research Scientist at the University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Toukan holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978-1982), and M.Sc. degree in Nuclear Engineering from University of Michigan (1976-1978), and a B.E. degree in Electrical
Engineering from The American University of Beirut (1971-1976). Dr. Toukan’s awards include the UNESCO Ghandi Medal of Peace (2003), the Royal Grand Gordon of Alkukab Al-Urduni (2003), the Theos J. Thompson Fellowship (1980-81) in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at M.I.T., Legion de Honore from the French Republic (2004), and Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany (2006) and King Hussein’s Medal of Excellence (2008).
Born in Amman in 1954, Dr Toukan is married with three children. He is a Member of the International High Level EFA Group, a member of H.M. King Abdullah II Economic Consultative Council and presently is Director of SESAME and serves also as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of University of Jordan.

Alain Bugat

President of the National Academy of Technology of France (2015-2016). A career fully dedicated to advanced technologies, inside government owned research organizations and industrial companies. Two main activities: energy, nuclear energy and renewables and second : information technologies. Last executive position: Administrateur Général (Chairman and CEO) of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). Founder in 2009 and present Chairman of NucAdvisor, an advisory and engineering company dedicated to consultancy and owner’s engineer services for new nuclear programs, especially for “Newcomers” countries.

Bruno Lescoeur

Bruno Lescoeur, né en 1953, est diplômé de l’Ecole Polytechnique, de l’Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE) et de l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.  Il intègre EDF en 1978 au sein du Service des Etudes Economiques Générales. En 1990 Il représente EDF à  Londres dans la réorganisation de l’industrie électrique britannique, puis rejoint en 1993 la direction financière dont il  devient Directeur Délégué. En 1998, Il est nommé Président Directeur Général de London Electricity Group, qu’il développe pour en faire ce qui devint EDF Energy. En 2002, il devient le  Directeur de la Production, de l’Ingénierie et du Trading d’EDF, au moment où EDF lance la construction le réacteur nucléaire de nouveau modèle EPR a Flamanville. En 2005, il est Directeur Général Adjoint d’EDF, membre du comité exécutif, en charge de l’international. Il négocie le retrait d’EDF d’Amérique Latine, et assure la promotion de l’EPR à l’international (notamment en Chine à Taishan). Il  est chargé en 2008 de développer les activités gazières du Groupe et conduit le projet de construction du terminal GNL de Dunkerque. Il est nommé en avril 2011 administrateur délégué d’EDISON spa dont EDF prend le contrôle fin 2012, et continu d’être le Directeur gaz du Groupe et responsable de  l’Europe du sud, basé à Milan.

De retour à Paris début 2016, Il est conseiller spécial du Président Directeur Général d’EDF. Président de l’Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie. Depuis 2013, il est Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite et de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur.

Rasmi Hamzeh

Executive Director; Jordan Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF). EFQM 2013 Certified Assessor. CEO/Co-Founder CSRArabia/ Consulting Company. EFQM Assessor Certification. Assessor at King Abdullah II Center for Excellence Award, Abu Dhabi Award for Excellence in Government Performance and Dubai Government Excellence Program. Consultant /Business developer, SME’s Capacity Building and Enhancing Entrepreneurs capabilities, SME’s and Entrepreneurs. PMP certification. Daily columnist/writer of newspaper articles regarding political, economic, social and cultural issues.

Hanna Zaghloul

Hanna Zaghloul is the Chief Executive Officer at Kawar Energy (an eco-friendly project development company) since 2008. At Kawar Energy, Zaghloul directly leads several projects in renewable energy including the developmen of ’Shams Ma’an’ a 52.5-megawatt photovoltaic (solar energy) project at the southern part of Jordan.

Zaghloul is particularly interested in ’Shamsi’, a community-scale distributed renewable energy project enticing households and businesses to become clean-energy producers, while also making use of smart-grid technologies, storage solutions and services for energy efficiency and management.

Zaghloul is a founding and ex-board member/ vice chairman of EDAMA initiative and business association, Jordan’s blueprint for a green economy. EDAMA Association formed as a private sector-partnership that seeks innovative solutions for energy and water independence. He is also a founding member and ex-President for the Jordan Energy Chapter, JEC, representing the Association of Energy Engineers, AEE, in Jordan.

In addition to Mr. Zaghloul Energy career that started in 2008, he has over 20 years of experience and strong involvement in the Jordanian Information and Communication Technologies, ICT, field during which he headed several IT companies involved in software development, infrastructure, storage, communications, training and consulting.

Mr. Zaghloul is one of the initial team members to work on Jordan ICT Strategy formulated by the REACH initiative in addition of being a previous board member of INTAJ, Jordan’s ICT business association, where he served as Secretary General. Currently he is a board member of several IT and Energy companies. Mr. Zaghloul holds a bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine.

Lionel GBAGUIDI

Lionel GBAGUIDI serves as Emergency Management Specialist at FAO-Emergency Management Center for Animal Health. Before joining FAO, he worked as independent consultant for international organizations (FAO, USAID, and USDA) in West Africa on the prevention and the control of Infectious Diseases (Avian Influenza, Anthrax,..), the adoption of the one health approach for public and veterinary health systems in developing countries and on the analysis of agricultural value chains. He received his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Tunisia National Veterinary School in 2001. Afterward, he pursued graduate studies in Epidemiology at the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp (Belgium). He also holds a Master in Toxicology from Tunis Medical School and a graduate certificate in avian pathology from the French National veterinary school of Alfort.

Jean-Christophe DEBAR

Jean-Christophe DEBAR, ingénieur agronome, a débuté comme agro-économiste à l’ambassade des Etats-Unis en France, avant de devenir consultant sur les questions d’économie et de politique agricole internationales et de lancer la lettre mensuelle Agri US Analyse, consacrée à l’agriculture américaine. Depuis 2011, il dirige la Fondation pour l’agriculture et la ruralité dans le monde (FARM), basée à Paris, dont la mission est de promouvoir dans les pays du Sud des agricultures et des filières agroalimentaires productives et durables. FARM mène des actions de think tank et soutient des projets pilotes en Afrique, en s’appuyant sur une vision entrepreneuriale de l’agriculture centrée sur l’émergence de petites et moyennes exploitations capables d’approvisionner les marchés locaux.

Jean-Christophe DEBAR

Jean-Christophe DEBAR, ingénieur agronome, a débuté comme agro-économiste à l’ambassade des Etats-Unis en France, avant de devenir consultant sur les questions d’économie et de politique agricole internationales et de lancer la lettre mensuelle Agri US Analyse, consacrée à l’agriculture américaine. Depuis 2011, il dirige la Fondation pour l’agriculture et la ruralité dans le monde (FARM), basée à Paris, dont la mission est de promouvoir dans les pays du Sud des agricultures et des filières agroalimentaires productives et durables. FARM mène des actions de think tank et soutient des projets pilotes en Afrique, en s’appuyant sur une vision entrepreneuriale de l’agriculture centrée sur l’émergence de petites et moyennes exploitations capables d’approvisionner les marchés locaux.

Lionel GBAGUIDI

Lionel GBAGUIDI serves as Emergency Management Specialist at FAO-Emergency Management Center for Animal Health. Before joining FAO, he worked as independent consultant for international organizations (FAO, USAID, and USDA) in West Africa on the prevention and the control of Infectious Diseases (Avian Influenza, Anthrax,..), the adoption of the one health approach for public and veterinary health systems in developing countries and on the analysis of agricultural value chains. He received his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Tunisia National Veterinary School in 2001. Afterward, he pursued graduate studies in Epidemiology at the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp (Belgium). He also holds a Master in Toxicology from Tunis Medical School and a graduate certificate in avian pathology from the French National veterinary school of Alfort.

Uriel Safriel

Professor Emeritus of Ecology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Former: Director of the Blaustein Institute for Desert Research of Ben-Gurion University, Chief Scientist of the Israeli Nature Reserves Authority, Chair of the Committee of Science and Technology and Co-chair of the Science-Policy Interface of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. Currently Chair of Israel National Ecosystem Assessment, and of Israel National Man and Biosphere Committee.

Pedro Berliner

Prof Emeritus Pedro Berliner, a member of the Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Berliner’s main research interest is the efficient use of water in rainfed agricultural systems and planted forests in drylands. He has studied and developed the techniques that make use of flood waters for the irrigation of orchards and forests planted in arid zones, with a focus on the evaporation of water from the surface of bare soils and between the rows of crops. He is involved in the development, testing and modeling of agricultural techniques that increase the water use efficiency of crops and planted forests. The results of these studies have been published in leading scientific journals and he has served as a referee for numerous scientific journals and funding agencies. In addition to BGU, he has held a research post in South Africa and was a visiting professor in Spain, Japan and Mexico and was the Director of the Blaustein Institutes from 2010 to 2014. He is currently Israel’s Focal Point for the United Nations Convention for Combating Desertification and incumbent of UNESCO Chair “Plant water relations in sand dunes”.

Mohammed Ali Mudabber

Graduated from the University of Jordan in 1980 (B.Sc. in Soil and Irrigation) and in 1987 (M.Sc. in Soil and Irrigation). Currently working as a Director of the Water and Environment Research Directorate at the National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension (NCARE). Work experience is 10-years work at the ministry of agriculture and 19-years work at NCARE). Experience includes soil conservation expert and water management. A coordinator for several projects working in the fields of wastewater-reuse, use of marginal water and irrigation management information system. An irrigation expert in the project “Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Irrigated Agricultural Productivity in Lebanon and Jordan – ENSIAP” since February 2013.

Theib Oweis

Currently acting director of the Integrated Water and Land Management Program (IWLMP) at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). Formerly, Distinguished Guest Professor of water management in agriculture at the International Platform for Dryland research and Education (IPDRE) of Tottori University in Japan. Since 1991, worked for ICARDA as Director of research, scientist, and research manager.  Earlier, worked for the University of Jordan, Amman, as an assistant professor in irrigation and drainage and in the 70’s worked for Dar Alhandash Consultants (Shaer and Partners) as a field irrigation engineer in south Yemen.  Received a BSc. degree in agriculture from Aleppo University, Syria in 1972 and MSc and PhD degrees in agricultural and irrigation engineer from Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA in 1980 & 1983. Has over 40 years of experience in international research, development and human capacity building and in the management of water for agriculture in the dry areas.  Author of over 200 refereed journal publications, books/book chapters and conference proceedings in the areas of water use efficiency, supplemental irrigation, water harvesting, water productivity, deficit irrigation, salinity and the management of scarce water resources.

Martin Gastal

Mr.Martin Gastal (MBA and MSc Physics) is a senior staff member of CERN, the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Mr.Gastal has been since 2006 the manager of the CMS experimental area, which includes the planning, coordination and follow up of all the activities of one of the largest and most advanced machines that human kind has ever built. Mr.Gastal is also a facilitator for the integration of new institutes into the CMS collaboration through engineering and technological engagement. He stimulates the development of many projects that, using CERN technology, benefit the local communities and promote economic development.

Miriam Balaban

MIRIAM BALABAN est diplômée en chimie de l’Université de Pennsylvanie à Philadelphie, Etats-Unis. Elle est la fondatrice de la revue internationale Desalination, consacrée au dessalement et à la purification de l’eau. Elle en a été rédactrice en chef de 1966 à 2009. En 2009, elle lance la revue mensuelle Desalination and Water Treatment pour accueillir le flot croissant d’articles dans le domaine et en assurer la publication rapide. Elle est rédactrice et éditrice du Desalination Directory, une base de données internationale sur le dessalement et la réutilisation de l’eau. Elle est la Secrétaire Générale de la European Desalination Society, dont les quartiers généraux sont basés en Italie et d’où, elle organise cours, conférences et ateliers sur le dessalement. Elle collabore au programme de dessalement – Center for Clean Water and Energy – au département de génie mécanique du Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Miriam Balaban a reçu un prix pour l’ensemble de ses réalisations (Lifetime Achievement Award) de la part de l’Association Internationale de Dessalement, ainsi que l’Ordre de l’Etoile d’Italie de la part de son Président. Enfin, elle a été conseillère pour l’Académie Africaine de Science dans le cadre de la création de la revue Discover et la mise en place de l’African Association of Science Editors.

Koussai Quteishat

Koussai Quteishat is the General Manager of Jordan River Consultancy Services, JRC, a private consultancy firm on water institutional issues. He is also the President of Jordan Desalination and Reuse Association, a Jordanian NGO. Both entities serve as a resource providing access to Jordanian water professionals in all aspects of water and wastewater ranging from policy and governance to institutional management and day to day operations. Mr. Quteishat gained extensive technical expertise in five major specialties: water and wastewater, geotechnical engineering, desalination, and contract management. Mr. Quteishat has had long term involvement in regional and international water issues in public and private settings; served on many international committees and has given presentations worldwide on the topics of water, water management, desalination, project finance, as well as regional and peace process water issues.

Maysoon Al-Zoubi

Maysoon Al-Zoubi currently the Secretary General of the Higher Population Council.  She got a bachelor of Engineering at the University of Jordan in 1986. Then, she attended many specialization courses abroad. She got a Master of Water Demand Management at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. From January 2009 to July 2012, she has been the Secretary General of the Jordan Ministry of Water & Irrigation. Her professional experience is quite extensive and was accumulated mainly at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation.  She joint the Hashemite Royal Court as Senior Policy Analyst / Economic Affairs Department from 2007 to 2009. Before that, she was seconded to the Prime Ministry of Jordan as Senior Infrastructure Specialist from April 2005 to April 2007.  She has involved in providing objective, timely and proactive analysis with respect to international and domestic economic issues through constant coordination with various stakeholders including both the private and public sectors. Recommend a set of policy priorities and directions in accordance with Jordan’s strategic and national objectives. Prepare an extensive report providing sector overview that includes:  main sector indicators in comparison to previous years, recent developments, and challenges.

Maysoon Zoubi has a long and prestigious career increasing accountable, sustainable, water sector management and governance for Jordan’s water resources. Maysoon Al-Zoubi has 29 years of experience managing water resources and utilities in Jordan demonstrating political savviness and diplomacy working closely with numerous political and private stakeholders. Eng. Maysoon Al-Zoubi served as the Technical Committee Chair for the ambitious Red to Dead Sea Project, Negotiator and Ambassador for Climate Change, Jordan.  She is a WANA Institute’s Academic Advisory Board Member, Blue Peace Core Group member, chaired by HRH Prince Hasan Bin Talal, and The Jordanian Engineers Association’s Representative in Arab Engineers Union Committee of Water and Natural Resources.

Patrick Bachelery

Patrick Bachelery is the General Manager of Samra Plant Operation & Maintenance Co. Ltd, the current operator of the biggest Wastewater Treatment Plant in Jordan, located in Zarqa, Hashimiyyah. He has been working in the field of potable and sewage water for 25 years and has occupied different management positions in engineering and operation for Suez Group, one of the world leaders in environment services. During the last 14 years, he specialized in operation of wastewater treatment plants and also managed different projects in treated wastewater and sludge reuse in agriculture.He holds a Master of Science in Hydraulics, water resources option, from l’ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D’HYDRAULIQUE et de MECANIQUE (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble), France.

Miriam Balaban

MIRIAM BALABAN est diplômée en chimie de l’Université de Pennsylvanie à Philadelphie, Etats-Unis. Elle est la fondatrice de la revue internationale Desalination, consacrée au dessalement et à la purification de l’eau. Elle en a été rédactrice en chef de 1966 à 2009. En 2009, elle lance la revue mensuelle Desalination and Water Treatment pour accueillir le flot croissant d’articles dans le domaine et en assurer la publication rapide. Elle est rédactrice et éditrice du Desalination Directory, une base de données internationale sur le dessalement et la réutilisation de l’eau. Elle est la Secrétaire Générale de la European Desalination Society, dont les quartiers généraux sont basés en Italie et d’où, elle organise cours, conférences et ateliers sur le dessalement. Elle collabore au programme de dessalement – Center for Clean Water and Energy – au département de génie mécanique du Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Miriam Balaban a reçu un prix pour l’ensemble de ses réalisations (Lifetime Achievement Award) de la part de l’Association Internationale de Dessalement, ainsi que l’Ordre de l’Etoile d’Italie de la part de son Président. Enfin, elle a été conseillère pour l’Académie Africaine de Science dans le cadre de la création de la revue Discover et la mise en place de l’African Association of Science Editors.

Yousef S. Abu Mayla

Ph.D. in Hydrology.   Manchester University, England, (1984 – 87). ( Hydrologic and Geomorphic Processes in Coombs Brook Macclesfield forest U. K. ). Thesis: The problem of Water in Jordan – East Bank. Lecturing in Hydrology and environmental Science Al Azhar University – Gaza ; and  the Islamic University of Gaza.

Research and  Activities: about 57 paper – and about 25 Project. Attended a number of workshops and conferences in water and environmental  issues. Also participated in all the meetings of the Multilateral Negotiations on the Middle East Peace Process for water (1991-1995).

Charlotte De Bruyne

Charlotte joined OQ in August 2015. Besides her extensive experience in the water sector, she completed a PhD in transboundary water management at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Before OQ, she worked as a consultant for the Center of Transboundary Water Management of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel and the Palestinian Territory, the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka and South Africa and OXFAM GB in the DR Congo.

Abraham Tenne

Chemical Engineer B.Sc graduated in 1973. Worked for many years in the chemical industry and in the water sector as project manager and general management.In the years 2005-2015 worked for the Israeli Water Authority as Head of desalination Division and Chairman of the WDA (water desalination administration). The Water Authority is the governmental authority regulating the water sector and including all water and waste water issues in Israel.

Since 2016 working as a senior consultant on Water, Wastewater, Desalination, Solid municipal waste (waste to energy) and Clean and Renewable Energy.

Zubaida Ezery

Zubaida Ezery is from Akko, and currently living in Beer Sheva. Zubaida is a coordinator of Gray water system in the Bedouin communities in the Negev project, part of the Center for Transboundary Water Management (CTWM) at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies started working at The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) recently as an environmental education project coordinator, her job includes being in charge of two projects that deal with pupils and teachers.

Zubaida was a student at the Arava Institute in spring 2013 and a PA in full 2014. Before that, she worked as a lab manger in a wastewater and effluent tests lab. Zubaida is a Phd Student candidate at the Faculty of Health Sciences in the Department of Health Systems Managemen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Has a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from Haifa University, In February 2015, supported by the Arava institute, she wrote her thesis at Ben-Gurion University on “Inadequate Wastewater Infrastructure Effect on the Health and Environment of the Bedouin Population in the Negev”.

Shira Kronich

Associate Director of the Center for Transboundary Water Management (CTWM) at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, www.arava.org, and the Wastewater Manager at the Eilot Regional Council. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Melbourne in Environmental Engineering and Master’s degree from Hebrew University of Jerusalem in G/local Community Development. Her work at CTWM focuses on providing a platform for regional water professionals and policy makers to cooperate in water conservation, desalination, wastewater treatment and education. The center facilitates direct communication among regional water professionals in the three lower riparian states of the Jordan River and Dead Sea Basin (Israel, Palestine and Jordan. She was the project manager for an EU Marie Curie Action and a USAID Conflict Mitigation and Management grant focused on the conflict resolution aspects of regional water, food and energy challenges between Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.

Ms. Kronich is currently the Co-Chair and Coordinator of the Arava Institutes Track II Environmental Forum which aims to “promote cross-border environmental agreements between Jordan, Israel and Palestine, with the objectives of improving lives, protecting the environment, and supporting sustainable resolution of conflict.”

Munqeth Mehyar

Munqeth Mehyar serves as Chairman and Jordanian Director of EcoPeace Middle East which is a unique regional organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli environmentalists to promote sustainable development and advance peace efforts in the Middle East. The organization has offices in Amman, Bethlehem and Tel-Aviv,  and employs over 40 paid staff and actively involves hundreds of volunteers.

Alison PARKER

Alison PARKER a une importante activité de recherche dans le domaine des technologies en assainissement urbain. Elle dirige la réponse de l’université de Cranfield au défi posé par la Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation de réinventer les toilettes, en utilisant une technologie de membrane innovante afin de traiter les déchets humains sur site. Son travail couvre tout le processus de développement technologique – en aidant à développer une nouvelle technologie pour le Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) et en testant des systèmes prêts à l’emploi pour le Water and Sanitation for Urban Poor (WSUP). Soutenir les parties prenantes afin qu’elles puissent fournir de l’eau salubre est un autre centre d’intérêt pour Alison Parker au travers de son travail au sein du WASHTech Project, un projet européen visant à aider les preneurs de décision africains à choisir les technologies d’assainissement et d’approvisionnement d’eau les plus adaptées pour leurs projets ; ainsi que le Community Water Plus, un projet soutenu par AusAID, visant à comprendre les besoins pour Inde. Alison Parker suit des étudiants travaillant à des plans de sécurité de l’eau en Malaisie, Nigeria, Jamaïque, Inde et Ouganda, ainsi que dans le domaine de la transition des communautés urbaines de systèmes informels à des systèmes de canalisations au Kenya. Elle est responsable de cours pour le Master en Approvisionnement en eau des collectivités et Assainissement.