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1 INCONET-GCC2 International Conference EU-GCC Research & Innovation cooperation: The way forward Metropole Hotel, Brussels, 29 November 2016 List of Participants First Name Name Position Organization Country Deputy Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Sheikha Al Akhzami Department; Deanship of Research Sultan Qaboos University Oman Hesham Al Ammal Dean, College of Information Technology University of Bahrain Kingdom of Bahrain Said Al Balushi Director of the Security Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE) Sultanate of Oman Salah Khalifa Al Binjassim Chairman Bahrain IT Society (BITS) Kingdom of Bahrain Umaima Al Mahdhori Brand Identity Specialist The Research Council - TRC Oman Hafidh Nasser Al Maskary Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Communication The Research Council - TRC Oman Ahlam Al Moflhi Embassy of Yemen in Brussels Yemen Noor Al Motawa Director of Education and Research Office Anti Doping Lab Qatar Qatar Mohammed Al Shomeli Leader, Entity Liaison Bahrain egovernment Authority Kingdom of Bahrain Alia Al Sweilem Education Department Gulf Cooperation Council - Secretariat General in Ryad This project has received funding from the European Union s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) under grant agreement No

2 Jasem Albudaiwi Ambassador Kuwait Abeer Alduaij Attachée Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Kuwait Qais Saleh Al-Duwairi Director-General Dasman Diabetes Institute Kuwait Fahad Alfadhli Third Secretary Amal Al-Hamad H.E. Ambassador HE Sheikh Ali Bin Jassim Al- Thani Ambassador Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf to the European Union State of Qatar to the Kingdom of Kuwait Qatar Bahiya Jawad Aljishi Ambassador Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain Bahrain Rahma Al-Mahrooqi Vice-Chancellor for Postgraduate Studies and Research Sultan Qaboos University Sultanate of Oman Ghanem Almarri First Secretary Embassy of the State of Qatar Qatar Naif Almasoud Assistant Professor University of Dammam Mansour AlSaleh Deputy Director, Joint Centers of Excellence Program (JCEP) Ziad Al-Sultan Researcher, EU Department Mezyad Alterkawi Director, International Cooperation & Scientific Twinning Department KACST - King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Embassy of the King Saud University Yahya Al-Wahaibi Dean of Research Sultan Qaboos University Oman Fatma Amer International Research Grants coordinator at Deanship of Scientific Research University of Dammam Abdel Majid AmZian Journalist AlMouwatinTV Ingrid Andersson Senior Advisor IKED Sweden Thomas Andersson Chairman IKED Sultanate of Oman Vangelis Argoudelis Financial Project Manager; Legal & Financial NCP for H2020 FORTH / PRAXI Network Greece

3 Zoltan Aszalos Senior Expert Mohammad Ayaz Analyst Mohammed Sherif Aziz Advisor (Strategic Planning) Semmelweis Medical University Health Services Management Training Centre Embassy of the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE) Dalia Badawi Director of Planning & Development Dasman Diabetes Institute Kuwait Giulia Barbagelata International Cooperation Stam S.r.l. Italy George Baroutas Juliane Brach Professor Hungary Technology Transfer Consultant; INCONET-GCC2 Coordinator FORTH / PRAXI Network Greece HSB - University of Applied Sciences Bremen Sultanate of Oman Germany Anthony Bury Chairman and Founder Mowgli Foundation United-Kingdom Yousuf Luiz Caires Vice President - Expo Live Expo 2020 Dubai UAE Marek Canecky Second Secretary Andrea Gaetano Antonio Carignani Casale Cenini Head of Unit, Nuclear energy, safety and ITER; DG ENERGY Liaison Office Manager; Chair of Working Group "Water Beyond Europe" within WssTP Seconded National Expert, Unit F4, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Permanent Representation of Slovakia to the EU European Commission UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education European Commission Piero De Bonis Policy Officer European Commission Thierry Devars International Cooperation Officer; DG RTD European Commission Claire Haris Donnellan Doukas Jauad El Kharraz Head of Research Slovakia Director of International Initiatives, School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity College Dublin Ireland Network Research Collaboration Specialist / Assistant Professor in NTUA EU-GCC Clean Energy Network Greece MEDRC - The Middle East Desalination Research Center The Netherlands Sultanate of Oman Mohamed El Shihe Head of Finance and Administration Sector Bibliotheca Alexandrina/ The Library of Alexandria Egypt

4 Zeinab El-Sadr Head of the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Networking Unit RDI Programme Ministry of Scientific Research Egypt Yasser Elshayeb Director Embassies of Knowledge Initiative Rocio Escolano Project Manager Clara Rachel Eybalin Casseus Visiting Fellow Bibliotheca Alexandrina/ The Library of Alexandria APRE - Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR), University of London Hubert Fabre Co-founder InnoGage Limited United-Kingdom Marco Falzetti Director APRE - APRE - Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea Alessandro Fazio Innovation and Tech-Transfer European Commission Shaikh Feroz Research Professor & Head (CCCI) Caledonian College of Engineering Sultanate of Oman Dimitris Filippidis Egypt Italy France Technology Transfer Consultant; INCONET-GCC2 Coordinator FORTH / PRAXI Network Greece Jaume Fortuny Senior Advisor on ICT & Smart Cities Observatory of Globalisation/ University of Barcelona Philippe G Freyssinet Director Technical, Energy and Environment Qatar National Research Fund Qatar Chloé Friedlander Consultant ITEMS International France Gérard Galler Italy Spain International Relations Officer, DG CONNECT, Unit D.3 "Policy outreach and international affairs" European Commission Nikos Giannoulidis Director of International Project Unit Euroconsultants S.A. Greece Ayad Hasan Finance & Administration Manager Political Development Forum Yemen Moumen Hasnah Director of Research Support Qatar University Qatar Ali Saif Hassan Executive Director Political Development Forum Yemen Bernard Huberland Advisor Business 2 Business Belfius Patrick Alexander Bree James Professor of Energy and Buildings / Sustainable Energy Research Group / Energy and Climate Change University of Southampton United-Kingdom Przemyslaw Jankowski Unit C3, DG EAC European Commission Imen Jeridi Associate Researcher Gulf Research Center Foundation Saudi Jüri Kahn Councellor Perm. Rep of Estonia Estonia

5 Sanya Kapasi Senior Administration Manager, Gulf Research Center Gulf Research Center Hugo Kerschot Managing Director IS- Practice Yasemin Koc Innovation Advisor British Council United Kingdom Vassilios Kougionas Policy Officer, DG Research & Innovation European Commission Sébastien Lévy Partner; Vice-President Global Forum /Shaping the Future ITEMS International France Marina Maggini Senior Epidemiologist National Institute of Health Italy Stavroula Maglavera Research Engineer UTH Greece Nezar Maroof Director, Strategy & ebusiness Process Reengineering Bahrain egovernment Authority Kingdom of Bahrain Enrico Mazzon Horizon 2020 National Contact Point Jeremy Millard Director Third Millennium Governance Denmark Mohamed Taha Mustafa Ambassador Embassy of Yemen in Brussels Yemen Nihad Nassar TUBITAK - The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Alar Olljum Director Middle East & Africa European External Action Service Mohammed A. Omar Department of Engineering Systems and Management MASDAR Institute Tamas Palicz Deputy Director Semmelweis Medical University, Health Services Management Training Centre Nicolas Patrici Programme Manager University of Barcelona Spain Ioannis Psarras Professor, Director NTUA - National Technical University of Athens Turkey United Arab Emirates Hungary Greece Najah Ali Rashed Counsellor Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain Bahrain Nuran Laura Reynaud Legal Advisor C2 Qatar University Qatar Eddy Roelants Vice-President R&D, Innovation and IPR Policy SIEMENS AG Matthieu Roest Executive Director Nils A. Rokke International Organisation for Knowledge Economy and Enterprise Development -IKED Sweden Executive Vice President Sustainability; co-chair of the Zero Emissions Technology Platform SINTEF Normay

6 Maria-Cristina Gérald Russo Santucci Paolo Luca Scarsi Scientific Expert Director of International Cooperation, DG Research and Innovation European Commission Adviser for "Cross-cutting Policy / Research Issues", DG CONNECT European Commission Sgouris Sgouridis Associate Professor MASDAR Institute Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Scientific and Technology Unit Adel Sharif Research Director Qatar Foundation Qatar Italy United Arab Emirates Jassim Sheikh Business Development Manager Jönköping University Sweden Fabrice Stassin Managing Director Sylviane Toporkoff EMIRI Association (Energy Materials Industrial Research Initiative) Founder Partner; President Global Forum / Shaping the Future ITEMS International France Daniah Trabzuni Post-doctoral research (Neurogenetics) UCL, Institute of Neurology United-Kingdom Jaakko Tuomilehto Professor Dasman Diabetes institute Kuwait Daniel Van Lerberghe Co-Founder InnoGage Ltd. United-Kingdom Antoine Weexsteen Policy Officer for Cooperation Africa and Middle East, Directorate General for Research and Innovation Ministry for National Education, Higher Education & Research France David Weytsman Communal Councillor City of Brussels Oskar Ziemelis Director of Cooperation Gulf Research Center Foundation

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