Program – WASD

International Day for Women and Girls in Science (Webinar)
11 February 2021
(10:00 to 14:00) Khartoum time (09:00 to 13:00) Paris time (08:00 to 12:00) London time
Venue: Vice Chancellor Office, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
Agenda

Moderators

Abdelgadir Abdin Salih National Programme Officer, Natural Sciences and Culture, UNESCO Khartoum Office

Mona Adam Director, Shaman PR, UK

(10:00 to 11:20) Opening Session
Keynotes and Honouring of Distinguished Scientists by UNESCO Chair for Women in Sciences and Technology

H. E. Mrs. Aisha Musa Al Saeed Member, Transitional Sovereignty Council Government of Sudan

H. E. Prof. Intisar Al-Zein Saghiroun

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan

H. E. Prof. Awad Saad Vice Chancellor, Sudan University of Science and Technology

H.E. Dr. Pavel Kroupkine Head of UNESCO Khartoum Office

Mrs. Wafaa Seed Ahmed

Secretary General, Sudanese Commission for Education, Science and Culture, Sudan

H. E. Prof. Amal Babiker Director, UNESCO Chair for Women in Sciences and Technology

H. E. Prof. Allam Ahmed Founding President, World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)

H. E. Dr. Ana Persic

Executive Secretary, L’Oréal-UNESCO Programme

Dr. Aicha Bammoun Director of Project and Consultant on STI, Women in Sciences and Big Sciences , Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco

(11:20 to 12:00) First Technical Session

Obstetric Fistula, FGM and Beyond: A New Way Forward

Dr. Sohier Elneil Consultant Urogynaecology and Uro-neurology, Women’s Health, University College London and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK

Development of new cancer treatments using ground-breaking synthesis methodology based on garlic-like compounds

Doaa Mohamed Alamin Abdalla Ali PhD Student, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Winner of L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women Researchers

Genetic analysis of Generalized epilepsies in a Sudanese cohort and functional validation in the model C. elegans

Maha Dahawi PhD Student, Biological Sciences Joint programme of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum (Sudan) and Brain and Spine Institute (ICM), Sorbonne University (France)

Women and Scientific Research in Sudan: Challenges and Way forward

Dr. Sarra Saad Associate Professor, National Center for Research, Sudan

(12:15 to 12:45) Break

(12:45 to 13:45) Second Technical Session and Closing

Diagnosis of covid-19 using diagnostic radiology for chest

Professor Caroline Edward Ayad Khilla Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medical Radiological Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan

Production of agrofiber based panels for innovative industrial applications

Professor Zeinab Abddelrahim Osman Director, National Research Centre, Sudan

Effect of allelolpathy of some plants on striga (Stiga hermonthica) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) growth

Professor Samia Osman Yagoub

Manager, Weed Science Centre, Sudan University of Science and Technology