Sahara Conference Agenda

Opening Ceremony

12:00 - 12:30

Digital transformation in the agriculture field & industry

The importance of keeping up with the digital transformation wihtin the industry

  • Dr. Mohamed El Kersh, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation & Official spokesman of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation. 

12:30 - 1:00

Official Spokesman Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

New educational programs 

  • Dr. Maged Ghoneima

1:00 - 1:30 

Advisor to the Minister of Education 

Digital Transformation in the field of agriculture

1:30 - 2:00 

Agriculture Bank of Egypt

E Aswaaq's digital programs & services

  • Mr. Mohamed Gharib

2:00 - 2:30 

E Aswaaq

Break

2:30 - 3:00 

Establishing new factories / Newly Established factories

The current challenges facing factories and how to overcome them

  • Eng. Amr Abou Freikha, Executive Director - Tanta Motors

3:00 - 3:30

Tanta Motors

The bank's financial & non finanicial services for factory investors

  • Mr. Mamdouh Afia

3:30 - 4:00

National Bank of Egypt

The IDA's role in developing established factories

  • Eng. Ensaf Bechir 

4:00 - 4:30 

Industrial Development Authority of Egypt

Global Sustainability Trends

Global Sustainability Trends Report

  • Somaia Basha

4:30 - 5:00 

 Euromonitor

End of Day One

Sustainable agriculture in light of climate change

Part1 : How Can the Agriculture Sector in Egypt Overcome Climate Change Barriers Towards Sustainability?

Climate Change Impacts a Barrier for Sustainable Agriculture in Egypt

  • Eng. Saber Osman, Former UNFCCC and IPCC NFPHead of Environment, Climate Change, and Agriculture

1:30 - 1:45 

AHDO-Arab Health and Development Corporation

Egypt's Sustainable Agriculture Strategy 2030

  • Prof.Dr. Ayman Abou Hadid, Former Minister of Agriculture Professor at Faculty of Agriculture

1:45 - 2:15

Ain Shams University

The role of Agriculture Modern Technology in Sustainable Agriculture

  • Prof. Dr Abdel-Aziz Belal, Head of Agriculture Application, Soil, and Marine Division

2:15 - 2:45

National Authority For Remote Sensing & Space Sciences

Smart Agriculture for sustainability

  • Prof. Dr. Samir Masoud, Professor of Agricultural Ecosystem Management, Department of Environment and Biological Agriculture Faculty of Agriculture

2:45 - 3:15 

Al-Azhar University

Q&A

3:15 - 3:30 

Break

3:30 - 3:45

Part 2: The role of supportive and advisory bodies in achieving sustainable development of the agricultural sector

Preparing Egyptian Private Sector for competition under climate change circumstances towards sustainability

  • Dr.Mamdouh Issa, Managing Director

3:45 - 4:05

AHDO-Arab Health and Development Corporation

IFAD role for Supporting Sustainable Agriculture

  • Mr. Tarek Abdel Monem, Environment and Climate Officer

4:05 - 4:25

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 

The role of the Smart Agriculture Project towards Sustainable Agriculture in Beni Suef and Assuit Governorates

  • Ms.Howaida Nagy, Project Manager, SMART AGRICULTURE Project

4:25 - 4:45

Care Egypt

The role of Agriculture Innovation Project towards Sustainable Agriculture in Beni Suef and Menia Governorates

  • Dr.Othman Elshaikh, Senior Advisor

4:45 - 5:05

The Agricultural Innovation Project (AIP)GIZ

The role of Agriculture Division in Netherlands Embassy to Support Sustainable Agriculture in Egypt

  • Eng. Omar Latif, Agricultural Policy Advisor

5:05 - 5:25

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Q&A

5:25 - 5:45

End of Day Two

Financing & supporting programs for the agriculture industry in Egypt

The bank's finanical and non financial programs for SME's

1:30 - 2:00

The National Bank of Egypt

Prime's programs 2021-2022 to support small farmers

2:00 - 2:30 

Prime

The bank's programs to support and finance agriculture projects & businesses

2:30 - 3:00 

The Agriculture Bank of Egypt

Break

3:00 - 3:30

Pesticides Safety & Security

QCAP's role in developping agriculture exports

  • Dr. Hend Abdellah, Director of the Central Lab of Residue Analysis of Pesticides and Heavy Metals in Food QCAP & Member of the Agricultural Pesticides Committee

3:30 - 4:00

QCAP

The importance of plant protection and the factors that help you increase its efficiency and extended protection period with safe and responsible use

  • Dr. Sherif Ayoub, Director of Marketing and Technical Support for Egypt and the Middle East

 

4:00 - 5:00

Kafr El-Zayat Pesticides and Chemicals Co

The importance of plant protection and the factors that help you increase its efficiency and extended protection period with safe and responsible use

  • Dr. Sherif Ayoub, Director of Marketing and Technical Support for Egypt and the Middle East

 

4:00 - 5:00

Kafr El-Zayat Pesticides and Chemicals Co

Women in Agriculture Success Stories

5:00 - 6:00

End of Conference