Program

Preliminary Conference Schedule

  • 9:30-3:30 pm NGO bus tour (for international guests)

  • 1:00-5:30 pm NGO fair (booths at the AUC New Cairo campus)

  • 3:00-5:30 pm Main conference registration

  • 5:30-9:00 pm: OPENING CEREMONY & RECEPTION & TANOORA SHOW (free and open to the public)


     

     

    OPENING CEREMONY AGENDA


    5:30

    Reception

    AUC Music Department, John Baboukis


    6:00

    Opening Remarks

    Dr. Carie Forden, Conference Co-Chair

     

    6:10

    Welcome Remarks

    Dr. Zeinab Taha, Interim Dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences

    Dr. Alaa-Eldin Adris, Associate Provost for Research, Innovation and Creativity

    Dr. Ehab Abdel-Rahman, Provost

     

    6:20 

    Conference Opening

    H.E. Nivine Elkabbag, Minister of Social Solidarity


    6:30

    The Nicholas Ciaccio for Excellent Service for Children with Disabilities Award Ceremony

    Dr. Heba Kotb

     

    6:50

    “Youth Creating the World We Want” Panel

    Introduction

    Dr. Mona Amer, Conference Co-Chair

    Panelists

    Abdullah Essam, founder of the first Egyptian cerebral palsy football team 

    Molham El Khan, General Manager of Syria Alghad Relief Foundation

    Radwa Rostom, Founder and CEO of Hand Over, Egypt


    8:00

    Daraweesh Tannoura Show

     


Types of Conference Sessions

  • Keynote speeches

  • Symposia 

  • Interactive discussions

  • Workshops


Topics of Conference Sessions

Topic areas

  • Bullying

  • Collective identity

  • Colonialism, occupation

  • Crisis, war

  • Drug use

  • Economic participation

  • Education

  • Gender based violence

  • Health

  • Independence 

  • Informal education

  • Life satisfaction

  • Mental health

  • Parenting

  • Professional ethics

  • Protection vs exploitation

  • Resilience

  • Role of psychologists and social workers

  • Social integration

      • Sustainable (environment) behavior

      • Trafficking

  • Trauma

  • Workplace environment

Populations

  • Caregivers at institutional homes

  • Children with disabilities

  • Children who are homeless

  • Families

  • Mothers

  • NGO staff

  • Orphans and children in institutional care

  • School children

  • Social workers

  • University students

  • Refugees and refugee camp

  • Rural areas

  • Communities

Methods

  • Advocacy

  • Awareness campaigns

  • Best practices and models

  • Capacity building

  • Case study

  • Collaboration

  • Community education

  • Curricula

  • Empowerment

  • Hotline

  • Needs assessment

  • Policy

  • Positive deviance

  • Prevalence

  • Prevention

  • Program evaluation

  • Psychoeducation

  • Quasi-experimental intervention

  • Service learning

  • Skills building

Speakers (continuously updated)

  • Abdullah Bin Ghouth, Hadramaut University, Yemen 

  • Alean Al-Krenawi, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Jerusalem

  • Amira Ghonim, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo

  • Amira Zaky, General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, Ministry of Health, Cairo

  • Aya Soubra, Lebanese American University, Beirut

  • Ayah Sarhan, Intu Newcastle University, United Kingdom

  • Ayman Shehata, ElRehla, Cairo

  • Azza Osman, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo

  • Brigitte Khoury, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

  • Emad Elshaarawy, JPO - Justice and Peace-building Organization, Cairo
  • Eman Gaber, General Secretariat of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, Ministry of Health, Cairo

  • Eyad Othman, Chairman of the Palestinian Union of Social Workers and Psychologists, Palestine
  • Farah Shash, The Community Hub, Cairo

  • Fatema Abou El Ela, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo

  • Germeen Riad, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo

  • Ghada Alhudaithi, King Saud University, Riyadh
  • Hamid Hussain, University of Baghdad, Iraq

  • Hana Fahmy, The Community Hub, Cairo

  • Hany Salah Aldidamouny, Nass Academy, Cairo

  • Haydar Zamil Kadhim, University of Karbala, Iraq

  • Heba Kotb, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo

  • Heba Salem, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 6th October
  • Hella Schick, University of Cologne, Germany

  • Heyla Selim, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Hussien Hussien, Helwan University, Helwan

  • Ibrahim Kabbash, University of Tanta, Tanta

  • Jillian Campana, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo
  • Lamyaa Abdellateef, International Organization for Migration, Cairo

  • Lian Derini, Nafs for Empowerment, Ramallah, Palestine
  • Manar Ahmed Abdhamiid, Terre des Hommes, Assiut

  • Marie Therese Bishay, The Montessori Egyptian Center, Cairo

  • May Kassem, Private Practice, Cairo

  • Mohamed Abdelbaqy, African Centre for Women's Health, Alexandria

  • Mona Abdelnaby, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo

  • Mostafa Hanafy Mahmoud, Helwan University, Cairo

  • Nada Farahat, Care International Egypt, Cairo

  • Nazema Ahmed Sarhan, Helwan University, Egypt

  • Nessrin El-Nimr, Alexandria University, Alexandria

  • Nisreen Shelleh, Center for Engineering and Planning, Ramallah, Palestine

  • Noha Hassanin, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo

  • Zaher Redwan, Green Hand Organization, Aley, Jabal Lubnan, Lebanon
  • Reda Ali, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo

  • Sabah Zaki Abdelrahman, El Wedad International Charitable Foundation, Giza

  • Shaymaa Hasan Abdelmagid, Private Practice, Egypt

  • Wafaa El-Sawy, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt

  • Yasmine El Hagry, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo

  • Yasmine Saleh, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo

  • Yosr Kotb, Wataneya Society for the Development of Orphanages, Cairo

  • Zuhair Zakaria, Private Practice and Arab Union of Psychological Science, Amman, Jordan