President of Beni Suef University attends the closing ceremony of the 3rd Egyptian International Conference in Nanopotonics and Nanophonics
Prof. Mansour Hassan, President of Beni Suef University, witnessed the closing ceremony of the 3rd Egyptian International Conference on Nanopotonics and Nanophonics, held in Hurghada from 26 to 29 September 2018 in the presence of Prof. Hanan Suleiman, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Prof. Dr. Arafa Hussein, Chairman of the Physics Department, Prof. Dr. Mohamed Shaaban Saied, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science of Navigation and Space Technology, Conference Coordinator, and Dr. Hamada Mahmoud, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, and the participation of 90 researchers from 15 Egyptian universities and institutes and 8 foreign researchers from Germany, England, Russia, Malaysia, China, France and Colombia. The percentage of young researchers reached 50% of the participants. 35 papers were discussed, in addition to 10 lectures for foreigners.
The University president delivered shields to foreign participants, best cast awards, best poster, and best attendance. He also praised the performance of foreign participants and their active participation in the conference, and thanked the heads of delegations of Egyptian universities and institutes for their contribution to the conference. On the other hand, the participating foreign scientists were very pleased to hold such specialized conferences in Egypt, the research papers discussed and the level presented by the Egyptian researchers and the participation of young researchers, especially the percentage of the female component. They expressed their admiration for the extent of research development witnessed in Egypt, especially at Beni Suef University. The foreign researchers expressed their willingness to conduct joint research, and a protocol of cooperation with Maly University of Malaysia, which ranked 87th in the world and the first in Malaysia, in addition to providing a number of grants to young researchers at Beni Suef University.
Prof. Mansour Hassan recommended the opening of the next Fourth conference at Beni Suef University. The participants also recommended the following:
1. To maintain the continuation of this conference annually
2- To establish a scientific association for this specialization in Egypt, headed by Beni Suef University
3 - Provide the necessary support for young researchers to increase their participation rate of 70%.
4- Organizing a one-day workshop between the Egyptian universities and institutes in this specialization to be during the month of December of each year.
5- Increasing scientific exchange between Egyptian and foreign universities and institutes effectively.
6 - Progress in joint projects between the University of Beni Suef and other Egyptian universities and foreign universities participating.