Annual Conference 2024 in Tunis: Innovate Together

AGYA is overjoyed to hold its Annual Conference in Tunis, Tunisia, for the first time. The AGYA Annual Conference titled ‘Innovate Together: Interdisciplinary Arab-German Research Cooperation’ is organized in cooperation with the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts (Beït al-Hikma) and will be the first AGYA Annual Conference to take place in Tunisia. Highlights of the conference will be inspiring events with high-level representatives from academia and science policy. It will therefore provide an excellent opportunity to strengthen Arab-German research cooperation. 

Monday, 25 November 2024 

10:30 – 11:00 
Public Festive Opening of the AGYA Annual Conference 2024

Welcome Addresses

Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Ben Romdhane
President Beït al-Hikma, Tunis, Tunisia

H.E. Elisabeth Wolbers
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Tunisia

Mr. Malek Kochlef
Director-General for International Cooperation, Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research,
Tunis, Tunisia

Prof. Dr. Verena Lepper
AGYA Principal Investigator, Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin, Germany

11:00 – 11:15 
Inauguration of AGYA Alumni 2024

Welcome Address and Presentation
Prof. Dr. Lobna Said
AGYA Co-President, Nile University, Cairo, Egypt

Prof. Dr. Sascha Hein
AGYA Co-President, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 

Prof. Dr. Maha Nasr
AGYA Alumni Co-Speaker, Ain Shams University, Egypt

Prof. Dr. Kalman Graffi
AGYA Alumni Co-Speaker, Technische Hochschule Bingen, Germany

11:15 – 12:00 
Braving the Polycrisis: United in Courage to Shape Tomorrow

Keynote Lecture by
Prof. Dr. Jelel Ezzine
National Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT), Tunisia & World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS)