AFSMC–PCST Symposium 2026 Speakers

Nouar Tabet
Acting Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College of Science,University of Sharjah

Fabien Medvecky
Associate Professor in Science Communication at the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University


Liu Yajing
Head of the Science Communication Team at the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)


Mohamed Elsonpaty
Co-founder of the Arab Forum of Science Media and Communication and Vice-president of PCST Network


Bothina Osama
The regional coordinator of SciDev.Net for the Middle East & North Africa and the managing editor of the Arabic edition










TAN Yihong
Associate Research Librarian at National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)




Enas Qudeimat
Head of Research Management and Outreach at the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology (CGSB), New York University Abu Dhabi



Umniah Khajori
Medical Oncology Trainee and Medical Educationist at University of Baghdad College of Medicine



Sima Hamada
Professor - Head of Department (Public Health Nutrition-Media & Communication) at Haigazian University

Thilina Heenatigala
Assistant Professor and Director of Science Communications at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) in Tokyo


Guoyan Wang
Director of the Science Communication Research Center and the Department of Digital Communication at Soochow University





Suzanne Condie Lambert
Founding Science Editor of the Khalifa University Science and Tech Review




Ashraf Amin
Senior Editor and Head of the Science and Technology Department at Al-Ahram Newspaper

Tevhide Serra Gorpe
Professor of Communication at University of Sharjah, College of Communication

Hazem Hamed Mahmoud Badr
Deputy Editor-in-Chief & Supervisor of the Science Section at Al-Akhbar Newspaper