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Theme: Plexus

This event occurred on
March 9, 2019
Maadi, Al Qāhirah
Egypt

“Plexus” indicates the effect of everything, every single action, idea or conversation is important.
Plexus is a branching network of vessels or veins, this network is complicated, yet each element matters, as each element is part of a larger thing that causes a huge impact.

Tolip Inn Maadi Hotel
Maadi Olympic Center, Road 250, El Maadi, Cairo
Maadi, Al Qāhirah, 11566
Egypt
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Speakers

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Ahmed Samir

Doctor
Ahmed Samir is a doctor who spent 10 years struggling in the Faculty of Medicine, trying to survive his difficult studies and his mental illnesses as well, as he suffered from OCD and bipolar disorder. His journey was full of complications, including how people perceived his mental illness as a lack of faith, and how he eventually got over these struggles by deeply understanding his illness. Ahmed is a doctor who spent 10 years struggling is the Faculty of Medicine, as he suffered from OCD and bipolar disorder. He eventually got over these struggles by deeply understanding his illness.

Amgad El-Sakka

Instructor
Amgad is an instructor, facilitator, trainer and public speaker who has a knack for career coaching. In about 7 years in the education field, Amgad excelled in time management and created a new technique which boosted his progress from 2 to 10 times! At some point he even had 3 jobs at the same time; 2 full-time jobs and 1 part-time. Amgad is an instructor, facilitator, trainer and public speaker who has a knack for career coaching. In about 7 years in the education field, Amgad excelled in time management and created a new technique which boosted his progress from 2 to 10 times! At some point he even had 3 jobs at the same time; 2 full-time jobs and 1 part-time.

Hadi Adel

Falconer
Hadi Adel was raised in an environment connected to nature, where he spent 18 years enjoying the desserts, mountains, and woods. His uncle practiced falconry since his childhood, and Hadi followed his uncle’s footsteps. His main objective is to keep this universal heritage from being lost, and to increase awareness of this splendid sport! Hadi was born in Jordan, He was raised in an environment connected to nature. Hadi’s uncle practiced falconry since his childhood, and Hadi followed his uncle’s footsteps.

Hanna Aboulghar

Professor
Dr. Hannah is a pediatrics professor at Cairo University, who couldn’t turn her back on street children’s needs and demands, so she established an NGO which helped over 5000 families! This was anything but easy. She cares about the problem of Children in Street Situation (CSS) and how to tackle this problem in an effective way, as children are not only the responsibility of their parents but also the society as a whole. Dr. Hanna is a pediatrics professor at Cairo University and the co-founder of “Banati” foundation. She couldn’t turn her back to street children’s needs, So she established an NGO which helped over 5000 families.

Sandra Samir

Architect
Sandra is an imaginative architectural engineer who pursued studies in the field of gamification, which simply means using game elements and game design techniques in non-game contexts such as marketing, education and business. Sandra proves that games are not only for fun, but gamification can also easily solve real-life problems. Sandra is an imaginative architectural engineer, a great graphic designer who has a meticulous eye for details and a witty writer. She also pursued further studies to complement those talents such as Digital Marketing diploma and Gamification course from the USA

Sandy Tahan

Psychologist
Dr. Sandy Tahan has worked for the past seventeen years as an Educational Psychologist in Egypt. She has received a great deal of training in the integration of assessment and intervention for school-aged children experiencing learning difficulties. Her practical experience and knowledge with the development of literacy skills in bilingual children have allowed her for early assessment and diagnosis of their specific learning problems since bilingualism comes with even more variety of literacy struggles. Dr. Sandy Tahan has worked for the past seventeen years as an Educational Psychologist in Egypt. Her practical experience and knowledge with the development of literacy skills in bilingual children have allowed her for early assessment and diagnosis of their specific learning problems.

Tamer Ashry

Director
Tamer Ashry is a director, producer, and writer with 15 years of experience! He won numerous awards for his exceptionally amazing work, especially “Photocopy”, he explained the great impact of images and sounds, and how they provoke our emotions and attention unconsciously. Tamer Ashry is a director, producer, and writer with 15 years of experience! He won numerous awards for his exceptionally amazing work, especially “Photocopy”.

Yasser ElShayeb

Professor
Dr. Yasser ElShayeb is a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. He has always been active in the field of Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation, his latest project in this series is the Scan Pyramids project. Scan pyramids is an extraordinary project where they have found out many astonishing discoveries by literally scanning the pyramids! Their greatest challenge was to find a non-invasive non-destructive mechanism, as he wouldn’t accept causing any harm for the pyramids even for the sake of their discovery! Dr. Yasser is a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. His latest project in this series is the Scan Pyramids project. Scan pyramids is an extraordinary project where they have found out many astonishing discoveries by literally scanning the pyramids.

Organizing team

Kirollos
Awad

Maadi,Cairo, Egypt
Organizer

Nouran
Ahmed

Cairo , Egypt
Co-organizer