Opening Session (10:00 to 11:20)
Keynotes and Honoring of Distinguished Scientists by UNESCO Chair for Women in Sciences and Technology
![Prof_Aisha_Alsaeed Prof_Aisha_Alsaeed](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Prof_Aisha_Alsaeed.jpg)
Member, Transitional Sovereignty Council Government of Sudan
Vice Chancellor, Sudan University of Science and Technology
![Prof_Awad_H_Saad Prof_Awad_H_Saad](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Prof_Awad_H_Saad.jpg)
![Prof_Intisar_Soughayroun Prof_Intisar_Soughayroun](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Prof_Intisar_Soughayroun.jpg)
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan
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Executive Secretary, L’Oréal-UNESCO Programme
Director, UNESCO Chair for Women in Sciences and Technology
![Prof_Amal2 Prof_Amal2](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Prof_Amal2.jpeg)
![Pavel- Pavel-](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pavel-.jpg)
Head of UNESCO Khartoum Office
![allam allam](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/allam.jpg)
ounding President, World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)
Secretary General, Sudanese Commission for Education, Science and Culture, Sudan
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![AichaBammoun AichaBammoun](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AichaBammoun.jpg)
Director of Project and Consultant on STI, Women in Sciences and Big Sciences , Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco
First Technical Session (11:20 to 12:00)
Keynotes and Honoring of Distinguished Scientists by UNESCO Chair for Women in Sciences and Technology
Obstetric Fistula, FGM and Beyond: A New Way Forward
![SOHEIR-ALNILE SOHEIR-ALNILE](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SOHEIR-ALNILE.jpg)
Dr. Sohier Elneil
Consultant Urogynaecology and Uro-neurology, Women’s Health, University College London and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK
Genetic analysis of Generalized epilepsies in a Sudanese cohort and functional validation in the model C. elegans
![M-A-H-A-D-A-H-A-W-I M-A-H-A-D-A-H-A-W-I](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/M-A-H-A-D-A-H-A-W-I.jpeg)
Maha Dahawi
PhD Student, Biological Sciences Joint programme of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum (Sudan) and Brain and Spine Institute (ICM), Sorbonne University (France)
Development of new cancer treatments using ground-breaking synthesis methodology based on garlic-like compounds
![DOAA DOAA](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DOAA.jpg)
Doaa Mohamed Alamin Abdalla Ali
PhD Student, University of Cape Town, South Africa and Winner of L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women Researchers
Break (12:00 to 12:30)
Second Technical Session (12:30 to 13:10)
Diagnosis of covid-19 using diagnostic radiology for chest
![CAROLINE CAROLINE](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CAROLINE.jpeg)
Professor Caroline Edward Ayad Khilla
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medical Radiological Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
Production of agrofiber based panels for innovative industrial applications
![ZEINAB-ABDELRAHIM-OSMAN ZEINAB-ABDELRAHIM-OSMAN](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ZEINAB-ABDELRAHIM-OSMAN.jpeg)
Professor Zeinab Abddelrahim Osman
Director, National Research Centre, Sudan
Effect of allelolpathy of some plants on striga (Stiga hermonthica) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) growth
![Samia-Osman- Samia-Osman-](https://unesco.sustech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Samia-Osman-.jpg)
Professor Samia Osman Yagoub
Manager, Weed Science Centre, Sudan University of Science and Technology