Our Speakers
Dr. Abdulaziz Almuzaini
Director, UNESCO
Welcome
Dr. Tarek, Shawki
Former Minister of Education and Technical Education,
and Supervisor of Egyptian Knowledge Bank Project (EKB)
Amanda Stevens
Associate Director of Publishing Services and Support
Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
Amina Itani
E-Resources Expert, Content & Scholarly Communication
United Arab Emirates University
Dr Asmaa Alfadala
Director of Research & Content Development
WISE Qatar
Dr Batool Almarzouq
University of Liverpool and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC)
Cable Green
Founder & CEO
Creative Commons
Dr Emily Choynowski
Head of Publishing
Knowledge E
Dr Ezra Clark
Policy and Capacity Building Division Director
UNESCO
Heather Joseph
Executive Director
SPARC
Professor Kamel Belhamel
Professor of Chemistry
University of Bejaia
Kamran Kardan
CEO & Founder
Knowledge E
Nazar Hassan
Senior Specialist at Cairo
UNESCO
Dr Raed AlZoubi
Library Director
Arab Research & Education Network (ASREN), Jordan University of Science and Technology
Dr Tariq Shawki
Former Minister of Education in Egypt
Dr Yousef Torman
Secretary General
Arab Research & Education Network (ASREN)
Yvonne Campfer
Founder
OA Switchboard
Rania Abdulghani | Associate Professor | Al Azhar University
Ahmed Abdullah Nasser | Senior Library System Administrator | Galala University
Mariam Al Jaberi | Unit Head of Digital Services | United Arab Emirates University
Dr. Alwaleed Alkhaja | Senior intellectual Property Librarian | Qatar National Library
Dr. Batool Almarzouq | Founder | Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (OSCSA)
Dr. Rabab Almuqahwi | Arabic Languages Course Coordinator | RCSI Bahrain
Ra’ed Al-Zoubi | Library Director | Arab Research & Education Network (ASREN), Jordan University of Science and Technology
Menna Bahloul Emam | Specialist Librarian | Galala University
Ahmed Bawa | CEO | USAF | Tokyo University
Dr. Kamel Belhamel | Managing Editor | Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Bakheet Beshtawy | Specialist Librarian | Medical Library, Dubai Health Authority (DHA)
Yvonne Campfens | Founder | OA Switchboard
Dr. Emily Choynowski | Organiser | Forum for Open Research in MENA (F.O.R.M.)
Dr. Ezra Clark | Policy and Capacity Building Division Director | UNESCO
Stephanie Dawson | CEO | ScienceOpen
Dr. Victorien Dougnon | Associate Professor | University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Dr. Tosin Ekundayo | Assistant Professor | Synergy University Dubai
Prof. Amr Ezzat Salama | Secretary General | Association of Arab Universities
Dr. Cable Green | Director of Open Knowledge | Creative Commons
Dr. Yousra Hamdaoui | Post-doctoral Fellow | Cape Town University
Nazar Hassan | Senior Science Specialist at Cairo | UNESCO
Rebecca Hill | Strategic Partnership Manager | F1000
Hagar Hussein Ashour | Libraries Director | Galala University
Tiberius Ignat | Director | Knowledge Services
Amina Itani | E-Resources Expert, Content & Scholarly Communication | United Arab Emirates University
Dr. Reem Jamil Younis | Senior Specialist | UAE Ministry of Education
Dr. Sherif K. Shaheen | Dean of Faculty of Special Education | Misr University for Science and Technology
Kamran Kardan | CEO & Founder | Knowledge E
Dr. Galina Kedrova | Professor | Lomonosov Moscow State University
Dr. Danny Kingsley | Library Services Director | University of the Sunshine Coast
Carolyn Kirby | Director of Open Research | Taylor & Francis
Nabil Ksibi | Engagement Lead | ORCiD
Dr. Yrjo Lappalainen | Assistant Professor and Data Services Librarian | Zayed University Library & Learning Commons
Paloma Marín-Arraiza | Engagement Manager | ORCiD
Dr. Nada Messaikeh | Adjunct Faculty | Alliance Manchester Business School
Tom Mosterd | Community Manager | OAPEN
Dr. Mootaz N. Elnozahy | Professor of Computer Science | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Khalid Pasha | Librarian Specialist | United Arab Emirates University
Johan Rooryck | Executive Director | cOAlition S
Mohamed Sayed Ibrahim | Senior Library Specialist | Galala University
Dr. Khalid Shaalan | Research Solutions | Elsevier
Amanda Stevens | Associate Director of Publishing Services and Support |Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
Isaac Tabor | Head of Digital Learning | Knowledge E
Dr. Yousef Torman | Secretary General | Arab Research & Education Network (ASREN)
Welcome Session
HE Sheikh Salem bin Khalid Al-Qassimi
UAE Minister of Culture and Youth
Ministry of Culture and Youth, UAE
Dr. Arif Sultan Al Hammadi
Associate Professor
Khalifa University of Science Technology, UAE
Kamran Kardan
CEO & Founder
Knowledge E
Prof. Seteney Shami
Director-General
Arab Council for the Social Sciences
Dr. Yousef Torman
Managing Director
Arab Scientific Research and Education Network (ASREN)
Dr. Aftab Ara
Assistant Professor
University of Hail, Saudi Arabia
Aizhan Shomotova
Faculty Instructor
Zayed University
*Speakers will be announced closer to the dates of the conference and are subject to change.
Speaker Announcements Coming Soon
This year’s conference theme is: Transforming Knowledge Into Action. We are honoured to have the Qatar National Library as our Host Partner for this event, and to have the continued support and funding from the Knowledge E Foundation.
Our programme will be filled with librarians, researchers, policymakers and Open Science advocates presenting research relating to the development and implementation of open science policies and practises, and the building of open science communities, in higher education institutions and libraries. The first day of the programme will be for online presenters who are unable to attend the conference in person.
