Presentation & Program

Celebrating 10 Years of Service to

Moroccan-American Life Scientists

PRESENTATION:

This meeting will bring together the Moroccan Scientific Community of North-America. We are expecting 60-75 participants mainly from the States and Canada. The primary goal of the meeting is to create a framework to strengthen the network of Moroccan Scientists by increasing contacts and collaborations. In addition, a well tailored scientific program will expose the latest advancements in the fields of biomedicine, plant and human diseases, and novel technologies. A session in this annual meeting will bring many experts in non-academic field to share their expertise and experiences in drug regulation, grant reviewing, biotechnology and pharmaceutical sciences. The last session will include a debate on Moroccan-American Cooperation.

The meeting reception will take place Friday at the National Institutes of Health located at 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 10-Room 7S235, Bethesda, Maryland and Saturday meeting sessions at Bethesda Marriott 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland.

AMONG THIS YEAR’S INVITED GUESTS & SPEAKERS:

From Morocco

• H.E.  Driss El Yazami: President of the High Council of Moroccans Living Abroad.

• H. E. Aziz Mekouar: Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the U.S.A.

• TBA speaker from The “Centre National de Recheche Scientifique et Technique” (CNRST‐Morocco)

From USA

• Youssef Bennani, PhD, VP, Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

• Judy Levin, Msc, Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa, Division of International Relations, National Institutes of Health.

• Grazilla Piras, PhD, Life Technologies.

• Ramesh Vemuri, PhD/Jeannette L. Johnson, PhD, Chief of the Scientific Review Branch & Scientific Review, Officer, NIA, NIH.

• Dr. Daniel Wiegmann, Program Director in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, National Science Foundation.

Organizing Committee:

- Scientific Committee

• Mohammed Bourdi , PhD, Maryland

• Mustapha Abdelouahed, PhD, Massachusetts

• Mouna Lagraoui, PhD, Quebec

• Bouziane Azeddine, PhD, Quebec

• Kamal El Bissati, PhD, New York

• Hassan Badrane, PhD, Pittsburgh

• Zahra Agherbaoui, PhD, Quebec

• Mounir Chehtane, MS, Florida

• Fouad Lemtiri-Chlieh, PhD, Connecticut

• Mustapha Kandouz PhD, Quebec

• Mohamed S. Belkziz, PhD, Massachusetts

- Local Organizing Committee

• Mohammed Bourdi , PhD, Maryland

• Latifa Elhadri, PhD, Maryland

• Majid Laassri, PhD, Maryland

• Hassan Ghazal, PhD, Maryland/Morocco
  

———– -PROGRAM————

FRIDAY OCTOBER 9^th, 2009

5:00-7:00 pm Registration and Reception:

National Institutes of Health

9000 Rockville Pike

Building 10/Rm 7S235

Bethesda, Maryland

SATURDAY OCTOBER 10^th, 2009

8:00-8:50 am Registration and Breakfast:

Bethesda Marriott
5151 Pooks Hill Road
Bethesda, Maryland

8:50-9:00 am Opening Remarks

Mohammed Bourdi, PhD

Meeting Organizing Committee, Chair

Welcome address

Mustapha Abdelouahed, Ph.D.

President of the Moroccan American Society for Life Sciences

Mouna Lagraoui, Ph.D.

President of BioAlliance Canada-Maroc

———-Session II, Cell Biology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases———

Chairpersons: TBA

9:00-10:00 am PRESENTATIONS & DISCUSSION

• Ez-Zoubeir Amri, PhD, IBDC, University de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Nice, France

• TBA

10:00–10:30 am Coffee Break

————–Session III, Genomics, Proteomics & Human Diseases—————-

Chairperson: TBA

10:30-11:30 PRESENTATIONS & DISCUSSION

• Abdelghafour Elkahloun, PhD, The National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda

• TBA

—————————–Special Session, Bioethic————————————

11:30-12:00 Ahmed Abbadi: Professor of Comparative Religion and Islamic Thought at Qadi Ayyad University in Marrakech. Director of Islamic Affairs, Moroccan Ministry of Islamic Affairs.

12:00-1:00 pm Lunch Break

———Session IV, Biotech. Pharmaceutical Sciences & Drug Regulation—-n–

Chairpersons: TBA

1:00-3:30 pm PRESENTATIONS & DISCUSSION

Youssef Bennani, PhD, VP, Vertex Pharmaceuticals,

Salma Lemtouni, MD, Medical Officer, Food and Drug Admin.

Latifa Elhadri, PhD: US-Pharmacopoeia

Grazilla Piras, PhD, Life Technologies

Ramesh Vemuri, PhD/ Jeannette L. Johnson, PhD, Chief of the Scientific Review Branch & Scientific Review, Officer, NIA, NIH

Karim Benjelloun, Founder ScienceFirst

3:30-4:00 pm Coffee Break

————–Session V, Moroccan American Scientific Cooperation—————-

4:00-6:00 pm Moderators: Mustpha Abdelouahed, PhD & Mouna Lagraoui, PhD

Daniel Wiegmann, PhD, Program Director in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, National Science Foundation

Judy Levin, Msc, Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa, Division of International Relations, National Institutes of Health

AbdelAziz Jaouad, Vice Director, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique (FINCOME Cell, Morocco)

Speaker TBA, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

Invited guests:

• Mr Driss El Yazami, President of the Council of Moroccans Living Abroad (CCME)

• H. E. Aziz Mekouar, Morocco Ambassador to the US

DISCUSSION, DEBATE & CLOSING REMARKS

—————————-Session VI, Biomatec Business——————————–

6:00-7:00 pm Moderators: Dr. Mohammed Bourdi, Vice-President,

Dr. Kamal Elbissati, General Secretary & Mounir Chehtane, Treasurer.

7:30-10:00 pm GROUP DINNER (location TBA)

Visit our website for more information about meeting registration, hotel accommodation and Saturday dinner at: NIH2009@us.biomatec.org

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