On February 27-28, the Technische Universität Berlin hosted the 1^st German-Egyptian Symposium on "Facing Egypt's Energy Transition Challenges" organized and chaired by the Energy Engineering Department of TU Berlin Campus El Gouna.

Esteemed speakers from Industry, Financing Institutions, Regulatory Agencies, Governmental Entities, Universities and Applied Research Institutes from Germany, Egypt, France and Cote d'Ivoire exchanged their experience on the most current challenges and potentials in sessions and panel discussions.

Amongst other representatives of the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy (MOERE), the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), the Egyptian Electricity Regulatory Agency (EgyptERA), the New and Renewable Energy Agency (NREA), the Regional Center for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency (RECREE), the Egyptian Gas Regolatory Agency (GasReg) were present.

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The German “Energiewende” has received enormous attention worldwide as the leading model for long-term structural change in energy systems towards the sustainability goals for climate change mitigation. In particular, in Egypt, the developments in the energy sector are key to economic growth, energy security and poverty reduction goals.

Acting as the German research hub in the region, the Technische Universität Berlin Campus El Gouna aims to critically address the “Energiewende” in the Egyptian context. The Symposium initiates a knowledge exchange between German, Egyptian and international experts from governmental institutions, industry and research.

You can find more details on the event's flyer and the agenda.

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Please register at bit.ly/info-session-tub

More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/3105432679681362/

The Cairo Water Week 2019 (CWW) took place between October 20 and 24 in Cairo at Al-Manara International Conference Center and addressed the main theme “Responding to Water Scarcity”.

Three graduates of the Water Engineering master’s program participated to the CWW, whereby the Dean Prof. Tröger was a Keynote Speaker, reporting about flash floods in Egypt. 

In general, the congress was very rewarding and one student was interviewed by the Egyptian national TV, representing the graduates of TU Berlin.

The interview video can be found in Arabic language at this link, approximately after minute 4.

More infos and photos here.

On April 1st 2019 the German language course for our second-semester-students started successfully. For UD and WE students this course will be held during the whole Summer semester. On the other hand EE students complete a four-week intensive German Language course. Also, on April 1st, 46 Masters scholarships were awarded to our students at El Gouna. In addition to the German language course and these Masters scholarships Ms. Dr. Schneider has also successfully applied for new Sur-Plus scholarships at DAAD. Students starting their courses with us in October 2019 can apply for these scholarships and should do go via this application.

The Water Department of TU Berlin Campus El Gouna participated at the Blue Planet Berlin Water Dialogues (http://blueplanetberlin.de/en/) on 9^th of April 2019. The Kompentenzzentrum Wasser Berlin and German Water Partnership organized the conference. This dialogue brings together research and practice, to increase the cooperation of interdisciplinary teams. This year the AquaNES project funded by Horizon2020 demonstrates what can be achieved by working together. With renowned keynote speakers from different sectors, the conference offers a great platform to all participants for networking and widening their views.