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Last Tuesday, October 25, 2022, in Marrakech, Morocco, the University of Science and Technology participated in the activities of the Third International Conference on Chemical Security and Emerging Threats, with the participation of 230 experts from 73 countries.
Organized by the Moroccan General Directorate of National Security and the G7 Global Partnership against the Proliferation of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, the three-day event brings together representatives of law enforcement agencies, government representatives, international and regional organizations, academics, the scientific community, and the industrial sector.
The university was represented at this conference by Dr. Mukhtar Al-Abyad, Assistant Professor of Inorganic (Analytical) Chemistry and International Expert in Chemical Security, through a scientific paper entitled: Raising awareness of chemical safety in public and private universities.
During his participation in chairing the first session of the third day of the conference within the group Physical Security Threats to Chemical Facilities He presented his scientific paper in which he discussed Guidelines for Improving Chemical Security and Reducing RisksHe also referred to the exchange of expertise between universities on chemical security.
He explained the role played by the University of Science and Technology during the past ten years in organizing many training courses for chemical safety and security employees, remote training courses on chemical inventory management, training courses in chemical security for governmental and industrial institutions, physical security projects in laboratories in most governmental and private universities, leading to the establishment of the Chemical Safety and Security Association, and active participation in planning and preparing to hold the first chemical security conference in the world.