Opening Session (10:00 to 11:20)
Keynotes and Honoring of Distinguished Scientists by UNESCO Chair for Women in Sciences and Technology
Member, Transitional Sovereignty Council Government of Sudan
Vice Chancellor, Sudan University of Science and Technology
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Sudan
Executive Secretary, L’Oréal-UNESCO Programme
Director, UNESCO Chair for Women in Sciences and Technology
Head of UNESCO Khartoum Office
ounding President, World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD)
Secretary General, Sudanese Commission for Education, Science and Culture, Sudan
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
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
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 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
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
Professor Zeinab Abddelrahim Osman
Director, National Research Centre, Sudan
Effect of allelolpathy of some plants on striga (Stiga hermonthica) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) growth
Professor Samia Osman Yagoub
Manager, Weed Science Centre, Sudan University of Science and Technology