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Restructuring Science and Technology Governance in Developing Countries: Egypt a Case Study

The MIT Egyptian Student Association (ESA) presents the second "Distinguished Alumni Lecture." MIT Alumnus Professor Aly El-Shafei will give a talk followed by a Q&A session on Restructuring Science and Technology Governance in Developing Countries. Abstract: There are many similarities about science governance in developing countries: lack of support for scientists, dysfunctional funding systems, poor science education, science irrelevance to politicians, and lack of impact on society. These and other issues that hinder development of science in developing countries are discussed in this presentation. A case study of the development of Science Governance in Egypt illustrates the obstacles and successes for Science Governance in a developing country. Speaker's biography: Aly El-Shafei is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cairo University. He is the Founder and the first Executive Director of the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF). STDF is the prime governmental scientific research funding agency in Egypt. He previously worked as Assistant Minister for Technology Development in the Ministry of Scientific Research in Egypt, where he foresaw the efforts to restructure science governance in Egypt. Prof. El-Shafei is well known as a scientist in Rotordynamics and Machinery Diagnostics. He chairs the ISO committee ISO TC 108/SC2/WG10 developing international standards on machinery diagnostics. He is a practicing diagnostic engineer with an ISO Category IV certification. Dr. El-Shafei received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1988 and has held positions as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida in Tampa, as Group Technical Director at Ezz Industrial Group in Egypt, and as Managing Director of RITEC.