German-Middle East International Conference
Under the Patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II.

Please register at jordan.conference2009@bbaw.de by February 15th, 2009

The purpose of the conference is to bring together members of established German networks of scientific excellence with partners in the countries of the Middle East to exchange views and experiences on issues of scientific collaboration and scientific network organisation. In the Young Scientists Workshop scientists on the postdoc level have the opportunity to discuss topics of research opportunities in the scientific world of the Middle East together with colleagues from Germany and the countries of the Middle East.

SONNTAG, 10. MAI 2009

SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES BRIDGING CULTURES

10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.

Opening Session

Presented by Marwan Mousa

President, Jordanian Club of Humboldt Fellows

Welcome Address

His Majesty King Abdullah II

King of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Günter Stock

President, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and President, Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities

Helmut Schwarz

President, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Max G. Huber

Vice President, German Academic Exchange Service

HE Joachim Heidorn

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Jordan

Klaus Lucas

Vice President, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Conference Chairman

Coffee

11.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.

Science and Technology

Chair: Victor Rizkallah

Leibniz-Universität Hannover

Amin Mobarak

Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering

Energy and Environment

Janos Bogardi

UN University

Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonn

Water Resources

Lunch

2.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.

Humanities and Culture

Chair: Zeidan Kafafi

University of Yarmouk, Jordan

HE Omar Jhdeifat

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Jordan

Dialogue between Cultures

Angelika Neuwirth

Freie Universität Berlin

Corpus Coranicum

A Long-Term Research Project at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Michael Niedermeier

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

The Goethe-Dictionary

A Long-Term Research Project at the Berlin- Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Coffee

4.00 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.

German Scientific Networks of Excellence

Chair: Peter Uecker

Vice President, German-Jordanian University, Amman

Max G. Huber

Vice President, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Dorothee Dzwonnek

Secretary General, German Research Foundation (DFG)

Verena Lepper

Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin / Member of The Young Academy

Colin Nippert

Student-Forum within the Tönissteiner Kreis

Alfred Pühler
Foreign Secretary, Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities

Georg Schütte

Secretary General,  Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Coffee

6.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.

Panel Discussion

Perspectives of Long-Term Scientific Cooperation between Germany and the MENA Region

Chair: Klaus Lucas

Vice President, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Conference Chairman

HE Eid Dahiyat

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

University of Applied Sciences Amman

Thomas Götz

Deputy Director-General, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Saleh Hashem

General Secretary, Association of Arab Universities

Christoph Markschies

President, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Burkhard Rauhut

Rector, German University of Technology in Oman

Khaled Toukan

Chairman, Jordan Atomic Energy Commission

6.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.

Young Scientists Workshop

Challenges, Opportunities and Problems of Scientific Research in the MENA Region

Chair: Ziad Al-Saad

Vice President, German-Jordanian University, Amman

8.00 p.m. – 10.00 p.m.

Dinner

MONTAG, 11. MAI 2009

- On separate invitation of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation -

HUMBOLDT ALUMNI IN THE MIDDLE EAST - SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

9.00 a.m. - 9.15 a.m.

Welcome Addresses

Helmut Schwarz

President, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Marwan Mousa

President, Jordanian Club of Humboldt Fellows

9.15 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.

Keynote Lectures

Coffee

11.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.

Plenary Lectures

Lunch

2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.

Workshops according to academic disciplines

1. Humanities

Chair: Ulrike Freitag

Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin

2. Life Sciences

Chair: Frauke Melchior

University of Heidelberg (on request)

3. Chemistry

Chair: Oliver Seitz

Humboldt University, Berlin

4. Physics

Chair: Ludwig Schultz

Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden

5. Engineering

Chair: Oliver Ambacher

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF, Freiburg

Coffee

4.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.

Panel discussion on Research Cooperation in the Middle East

Chair: Georg Schütte

Secretary General, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.

Dinner

In cooperation with

Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung / Foundation

DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst / German Academic Exchange Service

For further information please contact:

Dr. Karin Elisabeth Becker

becker@bbaw.de

Please register at

jordan.conference2009@bbaw.de

by February 15th, 2009