Program

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
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