09/04/2006
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Alexandria
Ismail Serageldin welcomed more than 320 guests who came to the Library of Alexandria to attend the two-day conference on William Shakespeare. The conference started with a keynote speech by Professor Catherine Belsey...
28/03/2006
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New York
The Earth Institute at Columbia University convened the fourth biennial State of the Planet Conference to discuss the feasibility of sustainable development for billions worldwide.
14/03/2006
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Amsterdam
Before a large audience of librarians at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Ismail Serageldin articulated his views about the digital future and the digital libraries of tomorrow. Serageldin also spoke about the BA and of the work that it is doing in this domain.
01/03/2006
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Alexandria
Challenges and Concerns facing the Civil Society is the theme of this years' Arab Reform conference at the BA. Addressing the opening session, Ismail Serageldin introduced the conferences' main themes...
26/02/2006
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Doha
Ismail Serageldin joined key Western, Arab and Muslim leaders for the second meeting of the High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations. The meeting focused mainly on the current cartoon crisis.
16/02/2006
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Alexandria
A main topic of discussion at the launch of the Peace Studies Institute was “Women in an insecure world: The challenge and the response”. Ismail Serageldin introduced the subject and then moderated a panel discussion devoted to the issue.
15/02/2006
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Alexandria
H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak officially launched the Peace Studies Institute of the Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement in an event that gathered Nobel laureates, intellectuals and business leaders.
25/01/2006
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Davos
Ismail Serageldin joined the members of the World Economic Forum for the Annual meeting of 2006. The theme of this years’ meeting is “The Creative Imperative”, which reflects an emphasis on innovative approaches to seek new solutions to the most pressing challenges on the global agenda.
23/01/2006
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Athens
The Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement and the Global Coalition of Women Defending Peace organized a roundtable on "Business Community against the Trafficking of Human Beings" to signal the beginning of an international campaign against the scourge of human trafficking.
17/12/2005
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Alexandria
Ismail Serageldin visited South Valley University in Qena and delivered two lectures to a full audience of university professors and students. Serageldin’s first lecture was: the BA’s role as a cultural institution.
06/12/2005
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Alexandria
As part of the celebration of the Hans Christian Andersen bicentenary, Thorvaldsen's Museum in association with the Hans Christian Andersen 2005 Foundation, UNESCO, and the Danish Ministry of Education are presenting an exhibition focusing on a selection of Hans Christian Andersen's diaries and almanacs.
01/12/2005
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Alexandria
A highlight of the TWAS 16th General meeting in Alexandria was a presentation about science in Egypt by Ismail Serageldin. Throughout the presentation titled From Imhotep to Zewail...
30/11/2005
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Alexandria
President Hosni Mubarak inaugurated the 16th General Meeting of The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The Meeting brings together scientists and researchers from around the Arab World, Africa, Asia, and Latin America and their counterparts from developed industrial countries.
27/11/2005
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Palma de Mallorca
In support of a call by Prime Minister José Luis Rodr?guez Zapatero of Spain, the UN Secretary-General launched an initiative for an “Alliance of Civilizations”, co-sponsored by the Prime Ministers of Spain and Turkey.
16/11/2005
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Tunis
The Arab Info. Mall was officially launched during the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), with messages by Kofi Anan, UN Secretary-General, Tarek Kamel, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Egypt and Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Chairman of the Arab Reform Forum.
16/11/2005
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Tunis
Phase II of the World Summit on the Information Society welcomed more than 16,000 delegates from 176 countries in Tunis to focus on forging strategies to improve the accessibility and affordability of information and communication technologies. The BA and Egypt’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology participated jointly at the event.
15/11/2005
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Alexandria
To mark the bicentennial of Mohamed Ali Pasha’s reign over Egypt, the BA hosted “Mohamed Ali and the World”; a conference to celebrate the historic achievements of the man who the world came to know as the father of modern Egypt. At the closing session, Ismail Serageldin spoke of Ali as a visionary and highlighted many of his worthy achievements in Egypt and the Arab world.
12/11/2005
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Cairo
In an exclusive interview on Dream TV, Ismail Serageldin discussed a variety of topics over a period of two hours on the evening show “Al Ashera Masaa”. The diverse topics covered from childhood memories to his present post as the Director of the Library of Alexandria.
03/10/2005
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Washington DC
Ismail Serageldin, well-known to Washingtonians as a former World Bank Vice President and leader of its civil society programs, delivered a presentation about reform in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean at the Library of Congress.
11/09/2005
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Kyoto
Ismail Serageldin delivered an eloquent summary on IT’s impact on human society at the close of the second STS forum to a large audience of leading scientists, policymakers, business executives and opinion leaders from around the globe in Kyoto at the second annual meeting of the STS forum.