2024
Keynote speaker
Global engagement
Keynotes, conferences & international workshops
Thirty-one listed conference and workshop activities from 1995 through 2024, including COP27, World Water Forum, Cairo Water Week, ICID, ICOLD and international water-policy forums.
2023
Keynote speaker
Cairo Water Week 6 — “History, Present & Future of AI in Water Resources Management”
2022
Speaker
UNFCCC COP27 — Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Cities for Improved Livelihoods, Sharm El-Sheikh
2022
Session Chairman
Cairo Water Week 5 — “Water, climate change, and future cooperation”
2020
Keynote speaker
Cairo Water Week 3 — “Climate Change in Arid Countries: The Risks”
2018
Keynote speaker
World Water Forum 8, Brasilia — “Open Source and Big Data for Water Use Efficiency and Sustainable Development”
2017
Committee member
Water Research Cooperation between NWRC and Japanese Universities, Tottori University, Japan
2016
Selected water leader
Global Water and Climate Initiative, Colorado State University, USA
2014
Participant
Water Diplomacy Workshop, Harvard & MIT, Boston, USA
2014
Participant
ICOLD Annual Meeting & Symposium, Bali, Indonesia
2013
Participant
Energy and Water 2013 / Colin Powell Lecture, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2012
Participant
International Roundtable on Transboundary Water Resources Management, UNECE, Rome, Italy
2011
Participant
2nd Arab Water Forum, Arab Water Council, Cairo, Egypt
2009
Participant
5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Türkiye
2008
Participant
3rd International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2007
Participant
58th ICID IEC Meeting / USCID Fourth International Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, Sacramento, USA
2006
Participant
4th World Water Forum, Mexico City, Mexico
2005
Rapporteur
UNESCO Flanders FIT FRIEND/Nile Project Conference, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
2005
Participant
19th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Beijing, China
2005
Participant
3rd International Water Seminar, JICA, Damascus, Syria
2004
Participant
First African Regional Conference on Drainage, Cairo, Egypt
2004
Participant
Second Regional Conference on Arab Water 2004, Cairo, Egypt
2003
Participant
3rd World Water Forum, Kyoto, Japan
2000
Rapporteur
International Conference on Wadi Hydrology, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
1999
Rapporteur
International Conference on Integrated Management of Water Resources in the 21st Century, Cairo, Egypt
1999
Participant
17th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Granada, Spain
1999
Technical assistance / participant
Seventh Nile 2002 International Conference, Cairo, Egypt
1998
Participant
International Conference on Shared Rivers, Park City, Utah, USA
1998
Participant
International Conference on Arab Water, Cairo, Egypt
1996
Participant
16th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, Cairo, Egypt
1995
Participant