EJISST2008 Closure Speech
Culture, Education and Science Bureau
Embassy of Egypt
Acknowledgements
Hon. Mr. Koji Omi
Former Minister of Finance of Japan,
Member of the House of Representatives,
Founder and Chairman of the Science and Technology in
Society forum (STS forum)
Dr. Katsuhiko Shirai
President, WASEDA University
Dr. Seinosuke Narita
Advisor, International Affairs Office, Executive,
Senior Researcher, Information Technology Research
Organization,
Waseda University
Invited Speakers and Joint Projects
• JICA
• JSPS
• Japan Foundation
• Japanese Professors
• Egyptian Professors
Co-organizers
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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(MOFA)
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology in Japan (MEXT)
WASEDA University
Chiba University
KYUSHU University
Egyptian Students’ Association in Japan
(ESAJ)
H.E. Ambassador Norihiro Okuda
Director General, Middle Eastern and African Bureau,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA)
Mr. Yasutaka Moriguchi
Director General, Science and Technology, Policy Bureau,
Ministry of Education, Culture Sports, Science and
Technology (MEXT)
Dr. Farouk Ismail
Former President of Cairo University,
Member of the Shoura Council,
President of Ahram Canadian University
and Honorary President of the Association of
Japanese University Graduates and Researchers
PATRONS
• His Excellency Dr. Hany Helal
Minister of Higher Education and State for
Scientific Research, Egypt
• His Excellency Dr. Walid Abdelnasser
Ambassador of Egypt to Japan
HONORARY ADVISOR
• Dr. Ahmed B. Khairy
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First Under-Secretary for Cultural Affairs and
Missions, Ministry of Higher Education and State
for Scientific Research, Egypt
Dr. Meselhy Ragab
Professor of Cairo University
One of the coordinators of Japan-Egypt Science
and Technology Year 2008 (JESTY08).
Organizing Committee for
EJISST2008
• Egyptian Post Doctor Fellows
• Egyptian Doctoral candidates
• Egyptian Students Association of Japan
(ESAJ)
• ESAJ Old Union Board
• ESAJ New Union Board
EJISST2008 Fruitful Harvest
• First Egypt-Japan International
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Symposium on Science and Technology
2008 was held in Waseda University for
three days with a large number of
esteemed participants from the Japanese
Universities under the umbrella of JapanEgypt Science and Technology Year 2008
(JESTY08).
This symposium brought together Egyptian
Doctoral candidate students and Egyptian
Post Doctoral fellow researchers and their
Japanese professors in Japan for
exchanging scientific experiences.
EJISST2008 Fruitful Harvest
• This symposium was a good platform for
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increasing scientific cooperation between
Japan and Egypt.
More than 200 papers were presented for
oral presentation during the period of
three days.
The symposium covered many fields of
science that are of common interest for
Egyptian and Japanese scientists.
Sessions covered in the Symposium
Sunday 8th June
• Session 1: Nanotechnology-Materials, -Process,
and – Products
• Session 2: Energy New renewable Energy-Solar,
-Wind, and Bio-energy
• Session 3 :Manufacturing and Qualityfabrication of Electronic Components
• Session 4: Biotechnology- Agriculture - Food-1
• Session 5: Biotechnology-Medicine-1
• Session 6: Biotechnology-Pharmacy Session
• Session 7: Human Science
Sessions covered in the Symposium
Monday 9th June
• Session 8: Biotechnology- AgricultureFood-2
• Session 9: Biotechnology-Medicine-2
• Session 10: Health –Clinic and Practice-2
• Session 11: Health-Diagnosis and Health
Management -1
Sessions covered in the Symposium
Tuesday 10th June
• Session 12: Health-Diagnosis and Health
Management-2
• Session 13: Information and Communication
Technology (ICT), and Supercomputing
• Session 14:
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• Session 15:
• Civil and Environmental Engineering-Earthquake
Geotechnical, and
• -Air Pollution
• Session 16: Civil and Environmental Engineering -Air
Pollution
• Session 17: Mechanical Engineering
Recommendations
• Involvement of Egyptian Researchers graduates
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from Japanese Universities in supporting the EJUST.
Continuing this Egyptian-Japanese scientific
meeting on yearly basis every year.
Hosting the scientific meeting by a different
Japanese University every year.
Participation of Japanese young researchers
with their researches in future EgyptianJapanese scientific meetings.
• Creating a cooperation between Japanese
professors who are supervising Egyptian
researchers through the Egyptian
Japanese scientific meetings.
Thank you very much.