Digital Transformation in the Field of Agriculture in Egypt and Africa
Streamed live on 24 February at 3 PM (EET)
Speaker
Dr. Mohamed El Kersh
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation & Official spokesman of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation. Dr. Mohamed El Kersh holds an important role amongst Young leaders in the agricultural and veterinary field in Egypt. With years of experience and dedication to the agriculture industry in Egypt, He is part of many projects that create an important impact in developing the industry. In Addition to being the ministry's spokesperson, Dr. Mohamed holds the position of Chairman of PRIME, is a Member of the Council of the General Union of Veterinarians and also a member of Scientific Committee and decision of the Skills development committee, Supervisor of the Department of Digital transformation of the Ministry of Agriculture and also a FAO consultant in Egypt for strategy development.
Speaker
Dr. Golestan Radwan
The Advisor to the Minister for Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT). Radwan possesses over 17 years of experience in technology areas, spending over 10 years in the technology industry in Germany, UK and US, where she held various positions in engineering management, strategic planning and product management. As an AI expert, Radwan participated as a speaker at several AI conferences in Europe and the US, and served as a consultant to many startups and investors in AI areas, especially health systems. Radwan earned a BSc in Computer Engineering from Cairo University in 2000; an MBA from London Business School (LBS), UK, in 2006; an MSc in Clinical Engineering and Healthcare Technology Management from City University of London, UK, in 2012. She is pursuing her PhD in computer engineering from the Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.
Speaker
Dr. Liangzhi You
Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute(IFPRI). His current research focuses on modeling agricultural land use systems and assessing the impacts of technology changes in agricultural production as well as on estimating the impact of climate change and climate variability on food security. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and many reports and policy briefs. Liangzhi earned a B.S. in hydraulic engineering from Tsinghua University in 1990, and an M.S. in environmental economics and Ph.D. in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 1999.
Digital Transformation in the Field of Agriculture in Egypt and Africa Webinar
Sahara Expo always seeks to support the market with the latest information in order to help all stakeholders of the agricultural sector including farmers, companies, and associations to find the best opportunities and achieve development for the industry in its various dimensions.
Consequently, Sahara is organizing this webinar in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation; Prime Project and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), to focus on the future vision of digital transformation in the agricultural sector, and to know the opinion of experts speaking about the importance of the project and how can the industry keep pace with this development.
You can now Join the webinar recording and discover the future of the agriculture industry.
