Dr. Hassan Abdel Hamid, Director of the Centre for South Valley Development, Assiut University, stated that the university will host Dr. Yosry Abu Shady, the chief nuclear energy expert at the United Nations, to give a lecture at a scientific symposium on "The Importance of Clean Nuclear and Renewable Energy in Egypt and the Arab Region." The symposium will be held under the auspices of Prof. Ahmed A. Gaeis, Assiut University President, in the Octagonal Auditorium on Monday March 27, 2017.