T h u r s d a y 1 5 t h M a y 2 0 1 4 08h30 Registration

09h00 Opening SeSSiOn, WelcOme n Welcome by Robert Klapisch (Sharing Knowledge Foundation) n Address by Rosalia Vargas (Ciencia Viva) and José Mariano Gago (Former Minister For Science, Technology and Higher Education)

09h30 Break

10h00 gOVeRnAnce AnD FinAnciAl STRUcTUReS chair: José mariano gago n The ibrahim index of African governance, Nathalie Delapalme (Mo Ibrahim Foundation) n The european investment Bank in menA region, Henry Marty-Gauquié (BEI) n Microcredit as an efficient way to develop businesses, Joël Pain (Planet Finance)

12h00 Lunch

13h00 eneRgY FOR menA AnD AFRicA: DemAnD AnD SUpplY ASpecTS chair: Robert Klapisch n Keynote: Transporting electricity by Supraconductivity: a novel technology     to bring electricity from the places it is produced to where people live is in a transition  from the laboratory to industrial deployment, Carlo Rubbia (CERN and IASS)13h30 Round Table: Olivier Grabette (RTE), Giovanni Grasso (Columbus), Jean-Maxime Saugrain (Nexans), Ronan Stephan “Alstom and Supraconductivity” (Alstom), Johannes Stuhlberger (Airbus)

15h00 Break

15h30 eneRgY: DemAnD n Urban and long-distance train projects in Africa, Thierry de Margerie (Alstom)

n Land-based transportation in Sub-Sahara Africa as a link with port and maritime activity, Jean-Louis Lacombe (Consultant, Paris)

16h15 eneRgY: SUpplY n Keynote: gas perspectives in menA and Africa, Bruno Weymuller (Total) n Using the Hydraulic resource of the congo River for electricity production and irrigation, Jean Bienvenu Dinga (IRSEN,Congo-Brazzaville) n environmental consequences of fracking for oil and gas, Antonio Costa Silva (Partex Oil and Gas) n Integration of intermittent wind energy in the network of Capo Verde,   João Peças Lopes (INESC, Porto) n Small and medium sized nuclear reactors, Jacques Chenais (CEA)

18h30 enD OF SeSSiOn

18h45 Welcome Cocktail-buffet in the main exhibition room of the Pavilion of Knowledge

F r i d a y 1 6 t h M a y 2 0 1 409h00 WATeR AnD FOOD chair: Joao paulo crespo n Keynote: How countryside will be able to feed urban population,  Jean-Christophe Debar (FARM) n contribution of gm crops to food security in Subsaharan Africa, Albert Sasson (Académie des Sciences Hassan II, Morocco) n Traditional users of arable land in Africa are being dispossessed by foreign powers      «the land grab» as well as by the urban bourgeoisie, Lionel Gbaguidi (Agrivet, Benin)10h30 Break

11h00 n monitoring post Harvest losses in Africa, Didier Montet (CIRAD) n Water and Waste Water treatment for Safe (re)Use, Joao Paulo Crespo (New University, Lisbon) and Vanessa Pereira (IBET)

12h00 Lunch

13h30 eRADicATing eXTReme pOVeRTY chair: Henry marty-gauquié n Keynote: energy poverty in SubSaharan Africa, Jean-Pierre Favennec (WD Cooperation et Association pour le Développement de l’Energie en Afrique) n University to the benefit of innovation: the Israeli reference model, Muriel Touaty (Technion France) by Skype n Open innovation: a tool for north South partnership, Pascal Colombani (Valeo and AT Kearney) n Development of renewable energies in Morocco, social and economical issues,  Amal Haddouche (Ministère de l’Energie, des Mines, de l’Eau et de l’Environnement, Morocco)15h30 Break

16h00 impROVing SeeminglY inTRAcTABle pROBlemS n Waterless toilets based on nanotechnologies, Alison Parker (Cranfield University) n clean cooking Stoves: a solution based on biogas from cattle, Denis Loyer (Sciences-Po) impROVe pUBlic HeAlTH n eradicating Smallpox and other plagues and the 2013 polio outbreak in israel and in the middle east, Iza Ciglenecki (Médecins sans Frontières) ineQUAliTieS OF RicH AnD pOOR TOWARDS cATASTROpHeS n contrasting consequences of catastrophes (natural or man-made) for rich and poor countries, Zoé Druilhe (FAO, Belgium) 17h00 eneRgY AnD DeSAlinATiOn n Renewable energy based desalination, Pedro Horta (INETI, Portugal)

17h30 WATeR STReSS in THe JORDAn RiVeR BASin n The important israel Jordan pA December 2013 agreement, Miriam Balaban (European Desalination Society), Shimon Tal (Tal Consulting, Former Water Commissioner, Israel), Abdelrahman Tamimi (Palestinian Hydrology Group, Palestinian Authority), Mousa Mohsen (American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE and Jordan)

18h30 End of Session

20h00 Meeting in the lobby and departure for town

20h30 Gala Dinner

S a t u r d a y 1 7 t h M a y 2 0 1 409h00 ASpiRATiOn TO mODeRniTY: impAcT OF DigiTAl ReVOlUTiOn chair: Abdeslam Hoummada n The digital revolution in perspective: from technologies to societal impact, Dominique Leglu (Sciences et Avenir) n The African digital divide has diminished but the knowledge gap persists, Boubakar Barry (WACREN, Senegal) n introducing the euro-mediterranean University, Mustapha Bennouna (Université Euro-méditerrannée, Morocco)

10h15 Break

10h30 ASpiRATiOn TO mODeRniTY: SOcieTAl TRAnSFORmATiOn Round Table: Integrating Women in the workforce in MENA and Africa,  Oum Kalthoum Ben Hassine (Tunisia), Gisèle Yitamben (Cameroun), Rokhsana Ismail AbdulRahman (Yemen) n Training technicians in Malawi bring connectivity to rural Africa,  Chomora Mikeka (University of Malawi and ICTP Trieste) n lifetime Training and Distance learning in the enterprise, Alain Bucaille (Areva)

12h30 Lunch

13h30 innOVATiOn AnD Science AS An eSSenTiAl FAcTOR in DeVelOpmenT chair: John ellis ceRn: inTeRnATiOnAl lABORATORY n Following the PhD fellow from Morocco, a Palestinian Doctoral Student has joined  the ATlAS experiment on 1st April 2014, Patrick Fassnacht (CERN) n After the Higgs Boson, now what?  John Ellis (Kings College) nA project for ceRn in 2040: a ring of 100 km under the lac léman, Frederick Bordry (CERN)

14h45 Break

15h00 ReSeARcH cenTeRS in AFRicA AnD menA n SeSAme is opening- the 3rd generation regional light source based in Jordan is under construction, Eliezer Rabinovici (Hebrew University and V-P SESAME Council) n The Square Kilometer Array in Southern Africa, William Garnier (SKA Organisation Headquarters, UK)16h00 AFRicAn ScienTiFic gROUnD n Low-cost laboratories use the possibilities offered by inexpensive LED and tunable dye lasers      now available from the consumer market, François Piuzzi (CEA)16h30 clOSing RemARKS: n Africa as a land of opportunities, Lionel Zinsou (PAI Partners)17h00 cOnclUSiOnS AnD RecOmmenDATiOnS

18h30 End of Session

20h00 Meeting in the lobby and departure for town

20h30 Conference Dinner and Fado

Sharing knowledge across the mediterranean( 9)

Lisbon, Portugal 15-17 May 2014

This conference is organised by the Sharing Knowledge Foundation: www.sharing-knowledge.orgPresident: Robert KlApiScH robert.klapisch@netplus.ch