AGYA Science Fair
Public Event
Please note that registration is required for this event. To register, please use the link indicated below. Thank you!
| 11:00 | Opening of the AGYA Science Fair Interactive Stations, Performances & Live Demonstrations by AGYA Members and Alumni |
| 11:30 | Parallel Sessions Migration and Health |
| Parallel Sessions continued Science Forum II: Energy, Technology, Power: New Lines of Contest The global order is being reshaped along new lines of contest – over energy, technology, and raw materials. Hydrogen, once framed as the centerpiece of a new Arab-German energy partnership, has moved from euphoria to a more sober reassessment of markets, industrialization, and competitiveness. At the same time, the currency of power increasingly lies on technology, critical minerals, and industrial leadership. Where do Germany and the Arab countries stand in this shifting landscape: as partners, competitors, or bystanders? Hydrogen after the Hype Dr. Dawud Ansari AGYA Member, Shaheen Institute for Strategy and Development, Oman Prof. Dr. Mounia Boucetta Policy Center for the New South & Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco Dr. Katrin Lammers AGYA Member, Reiner Lemoine Institute Berlin, Germany Moderated by Dr. Mujtaba Isani AGYA Member, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan/Germany Technology, Minerals, and Power Dr. Mohammad Abu Ghazleh TRENDS German Virtual Office, UAE/Germany Dr. Abdulla Alabbasi AGYA Member, The Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies, Bahrain Malek Kochlef Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia Moderated by Dr. Dawud Ansari AGYA Member, Shaheen Institute for Strategy and Development, Oman | |
| 13:00 | Lunch and Presentations AGYA Science Fair: Interactive Stations, Performances & Live Demonstrations |
| 14:00 | Panel Discussion Resilience in Arab-German Research Cooperation Taking the conference title „Polycentric and Participatory Knowledge Production“ as its starting point, the forum explores whether academic resilience grows when scientific excellence is shared across centers of knowledge, and whether transnational co-creation and societal involvement strengthen trust in science. Together, the discussants examine the terms of partnership and agency: How to set joint research agendas, how credit is shared, how mobility programs can mitigate brain drain, and how funding can build lasting rather than episodic structures. The central question is: How do we build partnerships that not only survive disruption, but grow through it? Dr. Heide Ahrens Secretary General of the German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany Mr. Ali Alali Director of the Dubai Branch at TRENDS Group, United Arab Emirates Prof. Dr. Bassam Alameddine AGYA Alumnus, President of the American University of Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates Prof. Dr. Raja Yassine Bahri President of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts – Beït al-Hikma, Tunisia Dr. Erik Hansalek Head of Division I11, Cooperation with Africa & Middle East, German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), Germany Moderation by Prof. Dr. Hanan Badr AGYA Alumna, Head of Division, Public Spheres and Inequality Research, University of Salzburg, Austria |
| 15:00 | Coffee Break and Presentations AGYA Science Fair: Interactive Stations, Performances & Live Demonstrations |
| 15:30 | Closing Remarks Dr. Christin Camia & Prof. Dr. Manuel Moritz Members of the AGYA Steering Committee, Zayed University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates & Hochschule Flensburg, Germany |
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Date: 22 October 2026
Time: 11:00 am - 03:30 pm
Venue:
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
Heinemannstr. 2
53175 Bonn
Germany
Language: English
Calendar: ICS/ICAl
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