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“Protecting Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Arab Region”, in Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Emergencies, UNESCO Regional Office in Cairo
16 April 2025
Keynote Speaker / Forum Chair, “Underwater Cultural Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals”. The Regional Forum on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Arab Countries. Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization / Bibliotheca Alexandria
24-26 December 2024
Keynote Speaker, “The Blue Memory: Egypt’s Maritime Culture Heritage”, Ministry of Culture, Alexandria Opera House
3 November 2024
Keynote Speaker, Alexandria Métropolitain Seminar, “Building a Contemporary Matrix for Mediterranean Cities”, l'Agence des Villes et Territoires Méditerranéens Durables, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
15 October 2024
Keynote Speaker, “Echoes of the Deep: Historical Shipwrecks of the Red Sea”, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
29 February 2024
Co-Director, CMAS Instructor Development Course. International Underwater Federation / Egyptian Diving and Lifesaving Federation, Alexandria, Egypt
8-13 July 2023
Chair, panel on the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. The International Day of the Museums, UNESCO Cairo Office
13 May 2023
Speaker, “The International Conference on Alexandria and Hellenism in Northern Egypt”, Alexandria Library
7-9 May 2023
Chairperson, UNESCO Seminar on Education and Capacity Building in Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Arab Region. Alexandria Library, Alexandria
24 February 2022
“Ancient Greek Ships” The Alexandria Centre for Hellenistic Studies / the Science Centre and Museum of Technology in Thessaloniki (NOESIS) / the General Secretariat of Greeks Abroad at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Republic of Greece. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
16 December 2021
Coordinator, Session Chair, International Seminar on Capacity Building and Education in Museum Studies, Alexandria Library
8 October 2019
Speaker, World Heritage Assimilation Symposium, Alexandria Library
1 August 2019
Speaker, The 21st Conference of the Union for Arab Archaeologists, Cairo
10-11 November 2018
Speaker, the 5th National Erasmus Day & Smart-Learn 2018. Cairo
8– 9 October 2018
Speaker, The International Seminar of the Environment and Heritage of the Red Sea- CMAS
12 – 13 May 2018
Coordinator, Workshop on EU projects management- Alexandria University
1 – 2 April 2018
Head of the 3rd Scientific Forum for postgraduate students – Faculty of Arts – Alexandria University
3 – 6 March 2018
Speaker, "The Archaeological Survey of Marsa Bagoush" Western borders and margins of Egypt from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Institut français d'Égypt., Cairo
2 – 3 December 2017
Chairman, Conference on the Past and Present of Water in Egypt, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University
28-19 March 2017
Chairman, The Second Symposium for Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University
1-2 March 2017
Speaker, Session Chair, Sustaining Heritage in Digital Age: Towards Virtual Environment for Middle East Cultural Heritage, University of Nottingham Trent, National Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Egyptian Civilisation Museum, Cairo
20-21 February 2017
Information Day “Virtual Reality for Cultural Heritage Education”, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University
26 April 2015
The 13th ICOM-UMAC - 45th ICOM CECA & UMAC Committees Conference, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
4 -9 October 2014
The International Conference Alexandria: Current Archaeological Activities and Future Perspectives organized on the occasion of the 120th Anniversary of the Archaeological Society of Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
7 – 9 April 2013
A workshop on Underwater Cultural Heritage, Faculty of Tourism, Alexandria University
24 April 2012
Instructor Development Workshop – World Underwater Federation / Egyptian Diving and Lifesaving Federation, Hurghada, Egypt
14 – 16 November 2011
The 14th annual Conference of Arab Archaeologists, ALECSO/Arab League, Cairo
15 – 16 October 2011
The Second Conference of the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI) “Living together in a Multi-Cultural Society”, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
13 – 14 June 2010
The International Workshop on Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton, University of Ulster, The British Museum, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
5 – 7 April 2010
The International Seminar on Maritime Cultural Heritage: Preservation and Presentation, University of Southampton, The British Museum, Alexandria University. Bibliotheca Alexandrian, Alexandria, Egypt
3 – 4 April 2010
International Workshop on the Establishment of an Underwater Archaeology Research Centre at Qaitbay Fort. UNESCO, Ministry of Antiquities, BA
8 – 9 May 2013
The 1st The Euro-Mediterranean Student Research Conference, EMUNI/Alexandria University
6 July 2009
The International Conference on the Archaeology of the Mareotic Region, University of Southampton, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
5 – 6 April 2008
A Scientific Collegium in honour of Abdelhalim Nour Eldin. “Riverine Transport in Roman Egypt” Faculty of Arts – Alexandria University
10 – 12 April 2007
Seminar on Underwater Archaeology and its Future in Egypt“A new vision of the museum of underwater archaeology in Alexandria” The Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo
8 March 2007
UNESCO workshop on the foundation of the Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Alexandria. “Alexandria Museum of Underwater Archaeology: the purpose and the concept” Alexandria Library
3 – 6 July 2006

Professor of Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage, UNESCO Chairholder, and Vice-President at MUST, with expertise in heritage policy, governance, education, and capacity building.

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