Scientific committee

Scientific committee.

• Assia BenSalah Alaoui. The Orientation Council of the Royal Institute of Strategic Studies (IRES)-Rabat. The Association «Leaders for Peace». The Moroccan-British Society.  The Moroccan-Japanese Friendship Association. Morocco.

• Aziz Sair. Director of the National School of Business and Management, ENCG Dakhla. Morocco.
  
   
• Keith W. Martin. Founding member of The Sahara Spirit Foundation. Morocco. Member of the Rotary International committee. United States.
   
• Sharon Megdal. President of the International Arid Lands Consortium. Director of the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC). Arizona. United States.
  
   
• Paul Van Son. President & CEO of the DESERTEC Industrial Initiative. Desert Energy. Honorary President of the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET). Germany.
   
• Nasir El Bassam. Director of the International Renewable Energy Research Center. United States. Chairman of the World Renewable Energy Council. Germany.
   
• Brian Sandoval. President of the University of Nevada, Reno. Former Governor of the State of Nevada. United States.
   
• Ghaleb Alhadrami. Provost & Vice Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University. United Arab Emirates.
   
• Alan Gertler. Vice President of Research at the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno. Director of the Clean Technologies and Renewable Energy Center. Nevada. United States.

•  Jean Luc Chotte. President of the French Scientific Committee on Desertification (CSFD). Research Director at the Research Institute for Development, IRD. France.
   
• Juan Manuel Benitez. Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Business, and Tourism. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain.
   
• James Smith. President-elect of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE). Southern Methodist University. Texas. United States.
   
• Roderick Tennyson. Co-Founder and President of the Trans Africa PipelineInc (TAP). Institute for Aerospace Studies, University of Toronto. Canada.
   
• Mustapha Taoumi. Clean Energy Key Expert at EU GCC, CETN III. UAE. Former regional officer for MENA region at The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Morocco.
   
• Carmelo Rodriguez Torreblanca. President of the University of Almería. Spain.
   
• Hillard Huntington. Director of the Energy Modeling Forum. Stanford University. California. United States.
   
• Jimmy Cocking. CEO of the Arid Lands Environment Center. Vice President of the Australian Conservation Foundation. Director of the Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA). Australia.
   
• Johan Hollander. World Maritime University (WMU), Global Ocean Institute, and International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Sweden.
   
• Mustapha Naimi. University Institute of Scientific Research, Rabat. Morocco.
   
• Ousmane Dramé. President of the Ahmed Baba University (UPAB). President of the Coalition for Higher Education in Mali. Commissioner for the governance of the International Network of Higher Education Institutions of the CAMES Area. Mali.
   
• Bernard Faye. Founder and the first President of The International Society of Camelid Research and Development (ISOCARD). Camelologist at The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD). France.
   
• Mubarak Abdalla. Director of the Desertification and Desert Cultivation Studies Institute. Deputy Dean of Agricultural and Veterinary Studies, University of Khartoum. Sudan.
   
• Poul Alberg Østergaard. Director of the Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Program. Aalborg University. Denmark.
   
• Gabriel del Barrio. Experimental Station of Arid Zones, Almería. The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Spain.
   
• Mahamat Saleh Daoussa Haggar. President of the University of N'Djaména. Chad.
   
• André Torre. Director at MSH Paris-Saclay University.  Research Director at the National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA). President of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA). France.
   
• Sergio Moreno Gil. Co-Director of International Relations at UNESCO Chair in Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.  Spain.

• Maureen McCarthy. Tahoe & Great Basin Research Director, University of Nevada. Research Faculty at the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno. Nevada. United States.
   
• Christoph Lütge. Director of the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence. Technical University of Munich. Germany. Former Visiting Researcher at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. United States.
  

• Najat El Mekkaoui. University Paris Dauphine. France. Board member of the Moroccan Central Bank (Bank Al-Maghrib), Chairman of the Social Funds Steering Committee. Morocco.
   
• El Moustapha Sidi Mohamed. Director of the Higher Institute of Accounting and Business Administration, ISCAE. Mauritania.
   
• Aykut Olcer. Head of Maritime Energy Management. World Maritime University. Sweden.
   
• Kader Kaneye. Founder and President of the African Development University. Niger.
   
• Romila Verma.  Founder and Director of the Trans Africa Pipeline Inc (TAP).  University of Toronto. Canada. ISMARE Environmental. India.
  
   
• Niels Vestergaard. Director of the Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture Management and Economics (FAME). University of Southern Denmark. Denmark.
   
• Latifa Lankaoui. Member of the Board of Directors of the “Forum d'Echanges et de Rencontres Administratifs Mondiaux (FERAM)”, FSJES Souissi, Mohammed V University, Rabat. Morocco.
   
• Nishanov Nariman. Economist at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). National Project Coordinator of FAO at the Central Asia Desert Initiative (CADI). Uzbekistan.
   
• Heriberto Suárez. Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain.
   
• Jinlong Ma. University of Melbourne, Australia. Vice president at APEC Sustainable Energy Centre, Tianjin University. China.
   
• Houcine Khatteli. General Director of the Institute of Arid Regions, Tunisia.
   
• Hassan Ramou. Institute of African Studies (IEA), Rabat.
   
• Abdou Maisharou. General Director of the National Agency of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel. Niger.
   
• Ole Kristian Sivertsen. CEO at Desert Control. Norway.
   
• Andreas Walmsley. Icelandic Tourism Research Centre, University of Iceland. Iceland. Coventry University. United Kingdom.
   
• Khaled Sharbatly. “ Desert Technologies ”. Saudi Arabia.
   
• Juan Luis García. Director of the Atacama Desert Center. Faculty of History, Geography and Political Science. Chile.
   
• Lhasan Elmrani. President of the Center for Studies and Development of Oasis and Desert Territories. Errachidia.
   
• Julius Gatune. The African Center for Economic Transformation. South Africa.
   
• Aicha Oujaa. National Institute of Sciences of Archeology and Heritage, Rabat.
   
• Hanaa Hachimi. President of the Moroccan Society of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Director of the Systems Engineering Laboratory. Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal.
   
• Abdelbassat Elhajoui.Educational Program Director at the Sports Management School (SMS). Rabat.
   
• Celestin Christian Tsala Tsala. University of Yaoundé I. Cameroon.
   
•  Ouafae Ouariti Zerouali. ENCG, Agadir.
   
• Fatima Arib. Director of ACISS, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech.
   
• Najat Ouaaline. FST, Hassan I University, Settat. 
   
• Asmae Bouaouinate. FLSH, Mohammedia.
   
• Hamid Nechad. ENCG, Tangier.
   
• Jamila Saidi. FLSH, Mohammedia.
   
• Oumhani Eddelani. FSJES, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez.
   
•  Mounir Jerry. FSJES, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra.
   
• Aimad Elhajri.FSJES, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech.
   
• Ghita El Kasri. Co-Founder of Blockchain Embassy and Schoonect, EdTech for students’ engagement. Casablanca
   
•  Seedou Mukhtar Sonko. Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor. Senegal.
   
• Kaoutar Roussi. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
•  Hassane Amaazoul. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
•  Hajar El Moukhi. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Mehdi Boutaounte. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Youssef Hanyf.  ENCG, Dakhla.
  
   
• Lamiae El Kahri. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Lahoucine Assellam.ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Fadoua Lemsagued. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Mohammed El Amrani. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
•  Asmae El Hidani. ENCG, Dakhla.
  

• Ouafae Bouchaf. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Sheikh Mohamed Maoulainine. Regional Director of the High Planning Commission, Dakhla.
   
• Bathily Diahara. University of Law and Political Science of Bamako. Mali.
   
• Abdellah El Boussadi. ENCG, Casablanca.
   
• Abdelkarim Asdiou. ENCG, Casablanca.