Issue #55 - Wednesday, October 28, 2009
AUST Holds a Workshop to Stimulate Interaction Among
Various Regional Universities and Organizations
Right to left: Dr. Barbar, Dr. Auda, Dr. Jabbour and Dr. Abu-Faraj.
On Thursday, October 22, 2009, AUST held
a workshop to stimulate interaction among
various regional universities and
organizations, and to build up a Partnership
among the attendees to embark on a
prospective Tempus Joint European Project
supported by the European Training
Foundation. The event hosted 45
individuals, representing academic and
professional sectors from France, Belgium,
Estonia, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Iraq, and
Lebanon. This workshop was organized by
Dr. Aziz Barbar, Chairperson of the CSI
Department at AUST and Vice President of
the Lebanese Information Technology
Association (LITA), Dr. Ziad Abu-Faraj,
Chairperson of the Biomedical Engineering
Department at AUST, and Dr. Mona Al-
Achkar Jabbour, professor of Law at the
Lebanese University and President of LITA.
This event succeeded the completion of the
third regional conference on “Cyber
Security: Protection of Private Documents,
The Ukrainian Ambassador Guest at AUST
In an effort to encourage cultural liaisons, Dr.
George Massé, Chairperson of the International
Affairs Department, invited the new appointed
Ukrainian Ambassador, Dr. Volodimir Koval, to
AUST.
The Ambassador had the chance to meet
with President Hiam Sakr and discuss the
possibility of cultural and educational
exchanges between the Ukrainian
universities and AUST.
Intellectual Property, and National Security”
that was held at Saint Joseph University on
October 20-22, 2009, and which hosted the
aforementioned 45 members. Dr. Barbar
delivered a welcoming speech on behalf of
AUST during the opening session that was
under the patronage of H.E. Professor
Ibrahim Najjar, Minister of Justice.
The participants were first treated to lunch,
after which a gathering took place in the
President’s Office, whereby President Hiam
Sakr and Provost Dr. Nabeel Haidar gave
warm welcoming speeches.
Subsequently, the attendees convened in
the Conference Hall at AUST for two
productive hours. Dr. Abu-Faraj gave a
welcoming speech, which included a
synopsis about AUST, then a delineation of
the role of AUST as the Grant Applicant
Institution on this prospective project. He
then emphasized that one of the main
objectives of this meeting was to attempt to
define the role that each of the partners
It was agreed to organize and hold a Ukrainian
Day at AUST soon, whereby the AUST students
will be exposed to the different aspects of such a
rich culture.
It is worth noting that an AUST delegate, headed
by President Hiam Sakr and Provost Nabeel
Haidar as well as the Chairperson of the
International Affairs Department, is to visit
Ukraine and sign an agreement with the Institute
of International Relations of Kiev University.
would play in this project. He then gave the
floor to Dr. Jabbour, the Principal
Investigator of this Project, who touched on
the specifics of the project and its
significance to the region.
She then initiated an open discussion which
was chaired and moderated by Dr. Hesham
Auda, Special Assistant to the Under-
Secretary-General for General Assembly
and Conference Management, United
Nations, NY, USA.
Among the prestigious guests were: H.E.
Dr. Adel Al-Touwaysi (Higher Council for
Science and Technology, Jordan); Professor
Jos Dumortier (Director of K.U. Leuven
Interdisciplinary Center for Law & ICT,
Belgium); Professor Jean-Jacques Lavenue
(Director of “l’Institut de Recherche sur
l’Évolution de l’Environnement Normatif des
Activités Transnationales”, France).
The event was concluded by the distribution
of a token of appreciation to each attendee
by President H. Sakr.
From left to right: Provost Dr. Haidar, Ukrainian Ambassador Dr.
Volodimir Koval, President Sakr, Dr. Massé, & First Secretary
Eugeniy Tkachuk.