Registration and Welcome Coffee
Setting Goals, Defining Objectives and Expert Inputs
Composition and Structure of the Working Groups
Coffee break
Launch the Five Thematic Working Groups
Setting the Stage for the Long Term Collaboration within the Working Groups
Dinner
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Welcome Talk and Opening Remarks
Introduction to the Symposium Theme
Keynote - DAAD
Dr. Kai Sicks: General Secretary German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Plenary Panel Discussion
Shaping Futures: The Role of Migrant Communities in Advancing Host Nations and Connecting with Origins
Kassem Taher Saleh: German Parliament Member
Kai Sicks: General Secretary German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Frank Albrecht: Philipp Schwartz Initiative/Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Nahla Osman: Activist, Lawyer and Syrian Diaspora Specialist
Coffee break
Parallel Sessions (I): Invited and Horizon Talks
Shaping Society: Where Knowledge Meets Innovation
Invited Talk 1: Prof. Dr. Mira Sievers
(30 min)
Invited Talk 2: Dr. Sara Hagy
(30 min)
Horizon Talk 1: Mohammed Gebrail, The Burden of War: The Case of Sudan
(15 min)
Horizon Talk 2: Mariam Alnouri, AI, Digital Humanities, and Gender: Addressing the Global Challenge of Cultural Representation
(15 min)
Health in Context: Bridging Care, Innovation, and Communities
Invited Talk 1: Dr. Bilal Ashkar Alhamwi
(30 min)
Invited Talk 2: Prof. Dr. Tareq Juratli
(30 min)
Horizon Talk 1: Sophia Shalabi, Reimagining Primary Care in Syria: Designing a Community Health Worker Model for a Post-Conflict Health System
(15min)
Horizon Talk 2: (tbd)
(15 min)
Innovating Together: Science & Engineering for a Sustainable Future
Invited Talk 1: Dr. Qusai Ramadan
(30 min)
Invited Talk 2: Eng. Salah Eddin Mustafa
(30 min)
Horizon Talk 1: Osamah Kharsah, Project Innovate!: Sparking a Passion for STEM in a New Generation
(15 min)
Horizon Talk 2: Dr. Mohamad Bdiwi, “From the German Model to the Syrian Renaissance: Building a Sustainable Applied Research Ecosystem as Fraunhofer”
(15 min)
Lunch
Plenary Panel Discussion: Leadership for Syria Alumni for (Re-)Constructing Syria
Recommendations, action plans form the in-person LfS-ARC Kick-off Meeting
DAAD Leadership for Syria Alumni (Working groups leaders)
DAAD representative, (Facilitator)
Parallel Sessions (II): Workshops
Shaping Society: Where Knowledge Meets Innovation
Orwa Eyade
Health in Context: Bridging Care, Innovation, and Communities
Dr. Azza Soliman
Innovating Together: Science & Engineering for a Sustainable Future
Engineering Innovation for Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Eng. Maher Daboul
Eng. Abdul Wahab Atiq
Coffee break
Parallel Sessions (III): Workshops
Shaping Society: Where Knowledge Meets Innovation
Empowering Arab academics by bridging academic institutions
Hani Harb & Nidal Zarifah
Round Table: Syrian community in Germany
Ehab Badwi
