The Global Science Summit

A UAEU – UC Berkeley Global Science Institute Partnership Event,  08th -10thMarch 2021

Leading Speakers

 

H.E. Eng. Suhail Almazrouei

Minister of Energy and Industry[...]

 

H.E. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Minister of Climate Change and Environment  [...]

 

H.E. Dr. Ahmad bin Abdullah Belhoul

Cabinet Member and Minister of State for Higher Education [...]

 

H.E. Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri

Minister of State for Advanced Sciences[...]

 

H.E. Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo

Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting [...]

 

H.E. Ahmed Mohammed Al Kaabi

Ministry of Energy and Industry, Assistant Under-Secretary [...]

 

H.E. Ludovic Pouille

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to t[...]

 

H.E. Ernst Peter Fischer

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United[...]

 

H.E. Massimo Baggi 

Ambassador of Switzerland to the United Arab Emirates and B[...]

 

Professor Omar M. Yaghi 

James and Neeltje Tretter Chair Professor of Chemistry Univ[...]

The Global Science Summit

Aims to bring the global science community together in order to share recent scientific discoveries in the physical sciences. It also aims at promoting international collaborations and building meaningful relationships across borders. A key aspect of the summit is to engage emerging scholars whose work and success is critical to our future.

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Nobel Laureates

 
Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn
University of Strasbourg, France

Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn, is an eminent French chemist who, together with Charles J. Pedersen and Donald J. Cram, won the prestigious Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1987 “for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity”. 

Prof. Ben L. Feringa
University of Groningen, Netherlands

Ben L. Feringa obtained his PhD degree at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands under the guidance of Professor Hans Wynberg. After working as a research scientist at Shell in the Netherlands and the UK, he was appointed lecturer and in 1988 full professor at the University of Groningen...

Hosting Organizations

Laboratories for Materials Innovation

A UAEU – UC Berkeley Global Science Institute partnership established in 2019 dedicated to enhancing research capacity, 

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College of Science

The College of Science was among the first Colleges to be established since the inception of United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). The College has five academic ...

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Berkeley Global Science Institute

BGSI mission is to provide places and programs for emerging scholars who have the will to learn but lack the opportunity. 

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CONFERENCE Themes

1. Frontiers in Scientific Research (a. Energy and Environment, b. Health, c. Water) 2. Science for Peace and Prosperity (a. Global Perspective, b. Science Diplomat Perspective c. Foundation + NGO Perspective) 3. Emerging Global Scholars (United Arab Emirates & Berkeley Global Science Institute).

 

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Our Speakers

Global Science Summit 2020 is aimed to bring distinguished scholars from entire scientific world to interact with emerging scholars.

Rocky S. Tuan

Vice Chancellor and President, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Christopher J. Cramer

Vice President for Research, University of Minnesota, USA

Adnan A. Shihab-Eldin

Director General of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

Peidong Yang

Chemistry professor, S. K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Chair Professor in Energy at the University of California, Berkeley

Laura Gagliardi

McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair University of Minnesota, USA

Kim Renée Dunbar 

Distinguished Professor and Davidson Chair of Science in the Chemistry Department Texas A&M University, USA

Matthew R Hill

Australian Research Council Future Fellow Monash University, Australia

Geraldine Richmond

Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of Chemistry University of Oregon, USA

Saad Lotfey

Editor in Chief of Popular Science Arabia  

Daniel Maspoch 

Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain. 

Our Speakers

Global Science Summit 2020 is aimed to bring distinguished scholars from entire scientific world to interact with emerging scholars.

Matthew Rosseinsky  

University of Liverpool, UK

Pantelis N. Trikalitis   

University of Crete, Greece 

Vladislav A. Blatov

Samara State Technical University, Russia

F. Dean Toste 

University of California, USA 

Jackie Y. Ying

A*STAR Senior Fellow, Nano Bio Lab, Singapore

Lena Ruiz-Azuara

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Rana Dajani 

Hashemite University, Jordan

Sihai Yang

University of Manchester, UK

Stefan Wuttke 

Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, Bilbao, Spain

Stefano Canossa

University of Antwerp, Belgium 

Our Speakers

Global Science Summit 2020 is aimed to bring distinguished scholars from entire scientific world to interact with emerging scholars.

Ting Xu

University of Berkeley, USA

Mohamed Eddaoudi

Distinguished Professor of Chemical Science, and Director of the Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA  

Felipe Gándara 

Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM), Spain

Markus J. Kalmutzki

Anton Paar Germany GmbH 

Charles Dunlap 

Director of the Research Competitiveness Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science 

Biman Bagchi

PhD (Brown University), FNA, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS Professor,Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU) Dean of Science, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Mei-Po Kwan

Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong

David Sheehan   

Khalifa University, UAE 

Saeed Alhassan Alkhazraji

Khalifa University, UAE  

Our Speakers 

Global Science Summit 2020 is aimed to bring distinguished scholars from entire scientific world to interact with emerging scholars. 

Ala Aldahan  

United Arab Emirates University, UAE 

Ahmed Alzamly

United Arab Emirates University, UAE 

Ahmed H. Al-Marzouqi 

United Arab Emirates University, UAE  

 

 

PARTNERS

Strategic Partner  

Ministry of Energy & Industry

 

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Strategic Partner  

Advanced Sciences 

 

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Knowledge Partner 

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation

 

Launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai in May 2007, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation has since led and implemented pioneering programmes aimed at establishing Dubai and the UAE as the centre for knowledge and research.

MBRF aims to empower future generations and enable them to devise sustainable solutions to facilitate the process of knowledge and research in the Arab World. The Foundation is committed to create knowledge-based societies throughout the region by funding research projects, activities, and initiatives. It nurtures ideas and innovation while focusing on its main pillars which are education, entrepreneurship, and research & development.

PLATINUM SPONSOR

 

 

 

Media Partners 

 
 

General Enquiries and Location

Thank you for your interest, For further information on the Global Science Summit 2020, please contact the following:

  • Contact Details

  • +971 3 713 6347
  • GSS2020@uaeu.ac.ae

  • Location

  • United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE
  • Cresent Building
Jan 17, 2023