Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus for Enhanced Climate Resilience in Mena Region

• 1 November 2023 09:30 - 11:00 (Heliopolis Ballroom)

Conveners

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  International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Area (ICARDA)

Co-Conveners

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  Arab Water Council (AWC)

Chairman

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  Prof. Mahmoud Abu-Zeid / Egypt

Speakers

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  Prof. Susan Amrose / United States

Prof. Susan Amrose

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Research Scientist interested in developing affordable and scalable water solutions for low resource settings and ultra low energy irrigation solutions for smallholder farmers. I was previously at the Gadgil Lab for Energy and Water Research at the University of California, Berkeley, where I helped develop water treatment technologies. I played an integral role in the development of ECAR technology to remove naturally occurring arsenic from drinking water, a problem affecting millions of people in South Asia. My team was awarded the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize in Water for ECAR in 2013. In 2014, I co-founded SimpleWater, Inc., a US company to commercialize ECAR technology for small water systems in the US that currently have no affordable arsenic solution. I led a research program to develop recycled materials for low-cost modular roofing for slum housing in India, which is currently being sold in Ahmedabad. At Berkeley, I taught a series of interdisciplinary graduate level courses on designing scalable technologies for low-income regions.
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  Eng. Anas Mansoury / Morocco

Eng. Anas Mansoury

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Research Assistant at the ICARDA Water Land and Ecosystems Research Program. Anas has a good experience in policy and strategy development within the Moroccan institutions, particularly in soil, water, environment, energy, climate, irrigation management at plot and farm scales, Water Energy Food Nexus, water balance modelling, and assessment of performance of irrigation technics.
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  Dr. Samar Attaher / Egypt

Dr. Samar Attaher

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PhD in Agricultural Sciences (2009) from Ain Shams University, Egypt. Senior Researcher of bio-engineering systems in Agricultural Agriculture Research Center (ARC) of Egypt. Interested in interdisciplinary research topics of agricultural systems modeling and analysis, precision agriculture applications, and the vulnerability and adaptation of agriculture to climate change.
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  Dr. Khaled AbuZeid / Egypt

Dr. Khaled AbuZeid

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Prof. AbuZeid carries a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Cairo University, and M.SC. & Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University. He’s a registered Professional Engineer, and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He has over 35 years of experience being CEDARE Regional Water Director, North African Ministers Council on Water Technical Secretariat Officer in Charge, Arab Water Council Director of Technical Programs, Egyptian Water Partnership Secretary General, Global Water Partnership-East Africa (GWP-EA) Former Chairman, Mediterranean Commission for Sustainable Development Former Vice-Chair, Member of the Arab League’s Council of Water Ministers’ Advisory Committee, Union for the Mediterranean Water Experts’ Group, Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) of the UN-Water SDG 6 Integrated Monitoring Initiative (IMI). He was the Team leader of the Nile Basin Decision Support System Conceptual Design, 1st , 2nd & 3rd Arab State of the Water Reports, Nile Basin 2012 State of the Water Report, the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer 2012 State of the Water Report, the Alexandria 2030 Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) Strategic Plan, and the 2030 Egypt Wastewater Reuse Strategic Vision and Strategy. He developed Egypt’s 2050 Water Resources Policy Options, and participated in the development of the Integrated Model for Egypt Water Resources Management, and
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  Dr. Hussein El Atfy / Egypt

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  Prof. Abdeen Saleh / Sudan

Prof. Abdeen Saleh

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Director of the Arab Water Academy of Arab Water Council. He is a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO and the Governing Board of UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education based in Delft, the Netherlands. His education included a first-class honor degree in Civil Engineering from Khartoum University, and DIC and PhD from Imperial College in London in 1973. He held various academic positions at many universities in Africa, Middle East, Europe and USA.
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  Dr. Ali Abousabaa / Egypt

Dr. Ali Abousabaa

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Aly Abousabaa is Regional Director, Central and West Asia and North Africa, CGIAR, as well as Director General of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). He is a strategic leader in sustainable development, climate change advocacy, and agriculture research in global dry regions. His scope covers North Africa and the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central and West Asia. In addition to being an active reformer both within ICARDA and One CGIAR, he promotes the global scaling of dryland agriculture innovations to improve the livelihoods resilience of smallholder family farmers under a climate crisis. Prior to joining CGIAR to head ICARDA, he was Vice President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). He led the preparation and execution of the Bank’s key strategies in the areas of agriculture, water, natural resources management, climate change, infrastructure, women, youth and governance. Through mobilizing and managing a portfolio of USD 11 billion, his work made a transformational impact on the lives of millions of people across Africa