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X-WR-CALNAME:Trends & Realities on the Ground in Egypt: The Role of Innovat
 ion and Education in Egypt’s Next Phase of Development\, and its Implica
 tions for the Region
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DESCRIPTION:with American in University of Cairo President Francis J. Ricci
 ardone\n\nAs Egypt faces well-known domestic and regional challenges\, it 
 continues to play a pivotal geostrategic role\, and must advance its capac
 ity for quality higher education and innovation in its private sector. The
  American University of Cairo is playing an important role in pressing inn
 ovation forward for the country and the region. AUC President Francis Ricc
 iardone\, a three-time U.S. ambassador (Cairo\, Ankara\, Manila) understan
 ds the importance that higher education plays in developing the needed ski
 lls for a country that must rise to its geostrategic potential\, and must 
 develop its economy or face endless domestic instability.\n\nFrancis J. Ri
 cciardone was appointed the 12th President of the American University in C
 airo and began his term on July 1\, 2017. He had served as a Foreign Servi
 ce Officer from 1978-2014\, including appointments as U.S. Ambassador to E
 gypt\, Turkey\, and the Philippines\, and Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy 
 Ambassador to Afghanistan. After graduating from Dartmouth College Summa C
 um Laude in 1973\, he received a Fulbright Scholarship and taught in Ameri
 can international schools in Trieste\, Italy\, and Tehran\, Iran. From 201
 4-2016 he was Vice President of the Atlantic Council and Director of the R
 afik Hariri Center for the Middle East. He was a distinguished scholar at 
 the US Institute of Peace in 2008-2009. He speaks Arabic\, Turkish\, Itali
 an\, and French. He is married to Dr. Marie Ricciardone\, a molecular biol
 ogist.\n\n \n\n \n\nSponsored by: The Texas International Education Consor
 tium
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SUMMARY:Trends & Realities on the Ground in Egypt: The Role of Innovation a
 nd Education in Egypt’s Next Phase of Development\, and its Implications
  for the Region
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 development_and_its_implications_for_the_region
CATEGORIES:Academics
CATEGORIES:World & Culture
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