ETC is organizing a workshop in cooperation with Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization in Cairo –Egypt on 7 May 2018, this workshop will be a side event if the Arab International Industrial Conference that will be held on 6-8 May 2018. The aim of this workshop is to discuss the problems facing the Arab industry in light of the challenges facing scientific research, which suffers from difficulties in funding as well as from the interaction of the private sector and investors with the scientific research.

To bridge the gap between industry and scientific research and the private sector, and encouraging complementary relations between Arab private sector institutions and investors on the one hand, and researchers and inventors on the other, and to identify the investment opportunities for the outcomes of scientific research in the fields of (energy, water and food)
During this workshop some feasible projects in the fields of nanotechnology, energy, water, and food sectors will be presented, as well as success cases for evaluation of scientific research in Arab countries will be presented during this workshop. The workshop will also provide a platform to discuss the problems facing the Arab industry and the identified opportunities to promote and enhance production partnership(s) between investors and inventors in the fields of water, energy, and food.