Professor Shaaban Khalil is one of the prominent High Energy Physicists in the Middle East. He is well known by his outstanding contributions to understanding of possible new physics beyond the standard model of particle physics. He is the founding director of the Center for Fundamental Physics at Zewail City of Science and Technology in Egypt, since 2012. Prof. Khalil has published more than 300 scientific papers in renowned scientific journals. His work enabled him to obtain the D.Sc. degree in 2006.

His research has been widely recognised, and he has received innumerable national and international awards. Prof. Khalil is a visiting professor at the University of Southampton since 2011. Prof. Khalil is the president of the Arab Physical Society and the founding team leader of the Egyptian particle physics group at the CMS experiment at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. Professor Stefano Moretti is one of the worldwide leading High Energy Physicists working at the interface between theory and experiment. He is the Professor of Particle Physics Phenomenology at the University of Southampton as well as co-founder and Director of the NExT Institute, UK. He is also Visiting Scientist at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, and Associate Scientist to CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, through the CMS experiment.

Professor Moretti has published more than 300 scientific papers in prestigious scientific journals. His research has been widely recognised and he has received innumerable national and international awards, including an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from Uppsala University, Sweden, where he is also Honorary Professor.