FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY SETIF 1IS HONORED TO WELCOME YOU TO THE

« 3rd AFRICAN CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION »

(ACRICE 2017)

Auditorium NAIT BELKACEM (Campus d’El-Bez)Octobre 8-11, 2017

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CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS CONFERENCE, held under the theme: « CHEMISTRY FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA »

- The MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (MESRS), and

- The DIRECTORATE–GENERAL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (DGRSDT)

gave their agreement/sponshorship to the venue of ACRICE 2017 at Ferhat ABBAS University SETIF 1 , during the period

October 8-11, 2017.

This Conference is now held under « the High Patronage of his Excellency the President of the Republic »

Monsieur

Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA

ACRICE 2017 is being held under the scientific auspices of

* IUPAC : INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

* FASC : FEDERATION OF AFRICAN SOCIETIES OF CHEMISTRY

* SAC : SOCIETE ALGERIENNE DE CHIMIE

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BRIEF HISTORY OF ACRICE’s

• ACRICE 2013 : First conference, held in the university of Addis Abeba(Ethiopia, December 5-7, 2013) under the auspices of UNESCO and FASC.

• ACRICE 2015 : Second conference, held in the university of Venda (South Africa, November 22-27, 2015), under the auspices of IUPAC and FASC

→ DECLARATION DE l’UFAS 1 POUR L’ORGANISATION LA PROCHAINE ACRICE

• ACRICE 2017 Ferhat ABBAS University SETIF1 (Algeria) is the venue of the “3rd African Conference on Research in Chemistry Education”, ACRICE 2017, during the period 8-11 October 2017. (IUPAC + FASC + SAC)

These THREE conferences were organized under the general theme of : “CHEMISTRY for a Sustainable Development in Africa”.

N.B.: the upcoming fourth conference ACRICE 2019 will be held atthe University of Port Hartcourt (Nigeria) during the period ???

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THIS THIRD CONFERENCE WISHES TO EMPHASISE THE ROLES OF CHEMISTRY EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AND, IN PARTICULAR, FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MAGHREB REGION AND IN AFRICA, BY OFFERING AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SHARING EXPERIENCES AMONG CHEMISTRY EDUCATORS ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AND WITH SPECIALISTS FROM OTHER CONTINENTS AS WELL.

MANY AREAS AND LEVELS OF CHEMISTRY EDUCATION WILL BE CONSIDERED, AND THE KNOWN MAJOR CHALLENGES WILL BE GIVEN SPECIFIC ATTENTION. EXPLORATIONS OF NOVEL APPROACHES TO CHEMISTRY TEACHING AND LATEST RESEARCH FINDINGS ON CHEMISTRY EDUCATION AS WELL AS NOVEL TRANS-CONTINENTAL COLLABORATIONS WILL BE DISCUSSED.

ACRICE 2017 IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALGERIAN CHEMISTS (EDUCATORS AS WELL AS RESEARCHERS) TO SHARE THEIR VIEWS AND FINDINGS WITH EXPERTS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (AND OTHER RELATED FIELDS SUCH AS BIOLOGY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING…).

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(INITIAL) CONFERENCE TOPICS1- Chemistry education at the three educational levels: primary, secondary and university level.2- Communicating across the educational levels.3- Communication and language in chemistry education. 4- Chemistry Education and Outreach. 5- Responsible education, research and innovation with respect to chemistry. 6- Multiple uses of chemicals.7- Green chemistry education and the requirements of sustainable development. 8- Nanotechnology, nanomaterials and nanochemistry.9- Convergenge of Biology and Chemistry. 10- Impact of nanotechnology on chemistry and chemical engineering curricula. 11- Place of laboratory experiments in chemistry education. 12- Teachers’ training.

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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS (Plenary and Invited Presentations) 1- Prof. Jan APOTHEKER (The Netherlands): “ IRRESISTIBLE : Context Oriented Chemistry” 2- Prof. Mustafa AIT-ALI (Morocco): “ Soft Chemical Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials” 3- Prof. Djafer BENACHOUR (Algeria): ” Impact of Nanotechnology on Chemistry

and Chemical Engineering Curricula ”4- Prof. Amin FAHMY (Egypt): “Twenty Years on SATLC : Systemic Chemical

Education Reform in the Global Age”5 - Prof. Abdelkrim GOUASMIA (Algeria): “Chemistry in us and for us” 6- Prof. Peter MAHAFFY (Canada): “Thinking, Sustainability and Security :

Role for Chemistry Education “7- Dr. Rohan PERERA (OPCW; The Netherlands): “Chemical Safety and Security

Management: Role of the OPCW “.8- Prof. Farid RIAHI (Algeria): “Polymer Education at the Ferhat ABBAS SETIF 1 University”13- Prof. Mustafa SOZBILIR (Turkey): “Making Science Accessible: How to teach

Chemistry to Visually Impaired Students “.9- Prof. Alejandra Suarez (Argentina): “Implementing the Responsible Use

of Chemistry in the Curricula”.10- Prof. Farouk TEDJAR (Algeria/France): ” Chemical Engineering Education at the University of SETIF: a special tribute to the memory of Prof. Brahim DJELLOULI ”.11- Prof. Larbi ZERROUAL (Algeria): “Electrochemistry in our daily life “.12- Prof. Khadidja GUENACHI (Algeria): “Sustainable City: Science,

Technology and Safety Alternative’s Solution”.13- Prof. Hafid AOUARAG : “Chemistry Research in Algeria: an overview over the last thirty

years”

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Special Workshops and Round table

1- “Chemical Engineering v.s. Basic Chemistry” (Round table dedicated to late Prof. Brahim DJELLOULI )

2- Choices for Chemists

3- Are they limits to what research should be done ?

(workshops 2 and 3 are intended for doctorate students and will be animated by (Prof. Emeritus Alastair HAY) Prof. Peter MAHAFFY and Prof. Djafer BENACHOUR)

4- Chemical Safety and Safety.

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N.B.: The final program of ACRICE 2017 will include: 18 Conferences (plenary and invited) 12 Oral presentations 50 Poster presentations (Doctorants)

RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION (1)

• RESEARCH : ??? New tools/ways/practices and techniques of teaching/learning ….

• CHEMISTRY : chemistry surrounds us and is omnipresent in our everyday’s life

• EDUCATION : the “english” word is more global and includes the “french words” i) Education

ii) Formation

iii) Enseignement

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RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION (2)What are the driving forces of RCE ?

At least 3 major driving forces1- Advances in Sciences and Technologies

Examples of : i) Nanotechnology : nanotechnologies and nanosciences: development of nanotechniques and nanodevices, fabrication of nanomaterials…

emergence of ‘’nanochemistry’’; ‘’nanomedicine’’; Convergence of sciences(Biology and Chemistry)…

ii) Internet and new technologies of Information and Communication (NTIC)

New techniques of teaching/learning and new PEDAGOGY

2- New Social concerns and needs: Environment Protection, SustainableDevelopment, Clean Energies, Misuses of Chemicals….

Emergence of GREEN CHEMISTRY and RESPONSIBLE SCIENCE and RESEARCH

3- New higher education organisation : Bologna Process and LMD reform in Europe and elsewhere…

New Curricula + New Research Topics.

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ONCE AGAIN WELCOME YOU ALL OF YOU

TO THE

« 3rd AFRICAN CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION »(ACRICE 2017)

and, on behalf of :- THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE of ACRICE 2017,

- the Rector of the UFAS 1 and his entire staff, - the city of SETIF

We wish you a very pleasant stay and a very successful conference !

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إلهتمامكمشكرا

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

• MERCI POUR VOTRE ATTENTION

• BEDANKT VOOR UW ANNDACHT

• GRACIAS POR SU ATENCIŌN

• DIKKTINIZ IÇIN TEŞEKKÜR EDERIZ

• THANMIRTH FOU ESTHAWLAHKOUN

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SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

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