– photos by M.Z. Hoffman
Sofitel Hotel
Group Photo
Opening ceremony
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- Distinguished guests: (from the right) Rachid Benmokhtar Benabdellah, Minister of National Education and Vocational Training, Morocco; Dwight L. Bush, Sr., U.S. Ambassador to Morocco; Karen Betts, U.K. Ambassador to Morocco; Anne Vasara, Finland Ambassador to Morocco; Are-Jostein Norheim, Norway Ambassador to Morocco; Fadila Boughanemi, European Commission of the E.U. Not in the picture: Donna Nelson, ACS President-elect.
Speakers
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- Zafra Lerman, President of the Malta Conferences Foundation, offering welcoming remarks.
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- Ghita Wallin (at left) and Marianne Vikkula of SLUSH at Aalto University, Finland, participants in the presentation by Olli Vuola on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation.”
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- Dan Shechtman (Technion, Israel) giving his plenary lecture on “Technological Entrepreneurship: Key to World Peace and Prosperity.”
Poster session
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- Studying the poster by Mama El Rhazi (Hassan II University, Morocco) on “Recent Progress in Sensors Based on Nanocomposites and Conducting Polymers.”
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- Yousef Abu Mayla (Al-Azhar University, Gaza, Palestinian Authority) explaining his poster on “Water Situation in the Gaza Strip 2015.”
Coffee Break
Building bridges to peace in the Middle East
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- Zafra Lerman (at left) with Fadila Boughanemi.
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- (l-r) Morton Hoffman (Boston University), Abdol-Khalegh Bordbar (University of Isfahan, Iran), Masoud Mehrgardi (University of Isfahan, Iran).
Bird of paradise
