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