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.
   
• Elouali Aailal. The President and the Founder of the International Congress on Desert Economy - Dakhla, Professor at ENCG Dakhla. President of the "Desert Action" Association, Dakhla. Morocco.
   
• Brian Sandoval. President of the University of Nevada, Reno. Former Governor of the State of Nevada.  United States of America.
   
• Jimmy Cocking. Director of the Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA). CEO of the Arid Lands Environment Center. Vice President of the Australian Conservation Foundation. Australia.
   
• Carmelo J. León González. Director of the UNESCO Chair of Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain.
   
• Javier de León Ledesma. Co-Director of the UNESCO Chair of Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain.
   
• Keith W. Martin. Founding member of The Sahara Spirit Foundation.Morocco. Member of the Rotary International committee. United States of America.
   
• Sharon Megdal. President of the International Arid Lands Consortium. Director of the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC). Arizona. United States of America.
   
• 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. USA. Chairman of the World Renewable Energy Council, Germany.
   
• Ghaleb Alhadrami. Provost  & Vice Chancellor of the United Arab Emirates University. United Arab Emirates.
   
• Brent Hales. Associate Vice President, Agriculture and Natural Resources. University of California.  California. United States of America.
   
• 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 of America.
   
•  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 of America.
   
• Roderick Tennyson. Co-Founder and President of the Trans Africa PipelineInc (TAP). Institute for Aerospace Studies, University of Toronto. Canada.
   
• Carmelo Rodriguez Torreblanca. President of the University of Almería. Spain.
   
• Hillard Huntington. Director of the Energy Modeling Forum. Stanford University. California.  United States of America.
   
• Johan Hollander. World Maritime University (WMU), Global Ocean Institute, and International Maritime Organization (IMO). Sweden.
   
• Mustapha Naimi. University Institute of Scientific Research, Rabat. Morocco.
   
• Khalid Amrouch. University of Adelaide. Australia. Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir. 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.
   
• Matías M. González Hernández. Co-Director of the UNESCO Chair in Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain.
   
• Gian Gabriele Ori. Director of Ibn Battuta Center for Exploration and Field Activity. Morocco. Director of the International Research School of Planetary Sciences. The University of Annunzi. Italy.
   
• 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 of America.
   
• Christoph Lütge. Director of the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence. Technical University of Munich. Germany. Former Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. USA.
   
• 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.
   
• 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.
   
• 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.
   
• 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.
   
• Khaled Sharbatly. “ Desert Technologies ”. Saudi Arabia.
   
• Juan Luis García. Director of the Atacama Desert Center. Faculty of History, Geography and Political Science. Chile.
   
• 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.
   
• Fatima Arib. Director of ENCG Marrakech. Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech.
   
• Zakaria Ez-zarzari. FSJES, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra.
   
• Kaoutar Roussi.ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Hassane Amaazoul.ENCG, Dakhla.
   
•  Hajar El Moukhi. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Mehdi Boutaounte. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Youssef Hanyf. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Lahoucine Assellam. ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Mohamed Er-Raji.ENCG, Dakhla.
   
• Julius Gatune. The African Center for Economic Transformation. South Africa.