This year’s keynote speaker, Ambassador Amr Aljowaily, is an Egyptian diplomat, academic, and writer with 34 years of professional experience. He currently holds the position of Assistant Foreign Minister for Multilateral Affairs and International Security.

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As an international civil servant, he held the post of Strategic Advisor to the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement) in Addis Ababa.

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As an academic, he was visiting faculty at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Multilateral Diplomacy Program (2014-2024), and Diplo Academcy and Foundation (www.diplomacy.edu) (2007 to 2024), and previously at the American University in Cairo (AUC) including the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP), as well as Board Member of the Institute for Diplomatic Studies (1994-1996).

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As an Egyptian diplomat, his postings included Belgrade, New York, Geneva and Washington, DC. At the Foreign Ministry, he served as Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for United Nations Affairs, member of the Cabinets of the Minister and First Undersecretary and the departments of multilateral political and economic issues. He held leading positions in multilateral negotiations and was member of the Egyptian delegations to several Summits and Ministerial Meetings of the UN, AU, LAS including their specialized agencies, regional commissions, and subsidiary bodies. He was also Coordinator of International Relations at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (2001-2003).

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As a writer and researcher, he published some of the earliest analytical works in Arabic on ICTs and International Relations and continues to publish in the field of multilateral diplomacy, especially in issues related to international peace and security. In the last few years, Ambassador Aljowaily devoted more time to publishing books including “Serbia by Egyptian Eyes: Diplomatic Memoirs and Cultural Notes” (2018, 2019), and “Quote Unquote” a book of prose (2020, 2022) published in Arabic, English and Serbian. He is also currently the Book Reviews Editor of the Diplomat Magazine published by the Egyptian Diplomatic Club.