ALWIS Upcoming Events

ALWIS Past Events

One Hour IP Networking
​​_With ALWIS Electronics Community

16th July 2022 at 2Pm (GMT+1)
ALWIS Electronics community led by Sakina Didouche held their first event "One Hour IP Networking", on Saturday 16th July at 2 pm (gmt+1). They hosted a distinguished speaker: Zoubida Ameur, a telecommunication engineer, and researcher at interdigital R&D.
Organizers:​​​
  • Sakina Radia Didouche
  • Assala Chellali
  • Sabrina Kamiri

Instagram Live: Discussing Scholarship Opportunities in USA
​​_With ALWIS Petroleum Engineering Community

25th June 2022 at 5Pm (GMT+1)
ALWIS Petroleum Engineering Community and Chemistry Community held an Instagram live event on Tuesday 12th July at 8pm Algiers time (gmt+1).
They hosted: Kheira Nawel Benaissa, a Ph.D. in waste management and pollution of ecosystems with her own environmental consulting firm "Synergy" active in the field of environmental preservation.
Organizers:​​​
  • Nina Chalah
  • Sonia Chibane

Workshop: Messenger RNA "mRNA"
​​_With ALWIS Biology Community

25th June 2022 at 5Pm (GMT+1)
ALWIS Biology Community held a Workshop on Messenger RNA presented by Dr. Anissa Belfetmi, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Organizers:​​​
  • Lina Amrani
  • Ahlem Bakelli

Panel Discussion With Algerian Women Scientists

5th July 2022 at 5Pm (GMT+1)
ALWIS hosted in a panel discussion on Friday 11th February at 5 PM (GMT+1) to celebrate the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. We were joined by distinguished Algerian women scientists that shared us their journey in STEM. 
Organizers:​​​
  • Amel Makour
  • Lina Amrani
  • Nina Chalah
  • Amel Belaib
  • Sakina Radia Didouche
  • Sonia Chibane
  • Chaima Amine-Khodja
  • Anfel Bouderbala
  • Lilia Megherbi
  • Chaima Anane
  • Massakib Bekkaye
  • Meriem Hathat

Instagram Live: Discussing Scholarship Opportunities in USA
​​_With ALWIS Petroleum Engineering Community

21st May 2022
Nina Chalah, ALWIS Petroleum Engineering Community hosted an Instagram live event on Saturday 21st May at 8pm Algiers time (gmt+1).
Nina met with Keltoum Benabid, an Algerian Petroleum Engineer who's perusing a Ph.D. in Colorado, USA and they discussed scholarship opportunities in the US for Algerian Fuel engineers.
Organizers:​​​
  • Nina Chalah

Workshop: Introduction to Bulk-RNA-Sequencing Analysis
​​_With ALWIS Biology Community

26th February 2022
ALWIS Biology Community held their first Bioinformatics Workshop: an introduction to Bulk-RNA-Sequencing Analysis, presented by Dr. Malika Aid-Boudries, an instructor in Medicine in Computational and Systems Biology and Bioinformatics at the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research (CVVR) in the Barouch laboratory, Harvard Medical School.
Organizers:​​​
  • Lina Amrani​
  • Lilia Sonia Guerd

Panel Discussion With Algerian Women Scientists

11th February 2022
ALWIS hosted in a panel discussion on Friday 11th February at 5 PM (GMT+1) to celebrate the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. We were joined by distinguished Algerian women scientists that shared us their journey in STEM. 
Organizers:​​​
  • Chaima Amine-Khodja
  • Lina Amrani
  • Sakina Radia Didouche
  • Sonia Chibane
  • Nardjesse Boudjemaa
  • Ihcene Gouari
  • Wissal Nada SENGOUGA

Femme Foreur en Algérie
_With ALWIS Petroleum Engineering Community

17th December 2021
ALWIS Petroleum Engineering Community led by Nina Chalah held their first event on  Friday 17th December at 5pm (gmt+1). They hosted a distinguished speaker: Safia Bourougaa an Algerian Drilling Engineer who serves as a Drilling Rig Manager and has more than 18 years of work experience in Drilling.

Workshop: Protein Biochemistry
​​_With ALWIS Biology Community

17th December 2021
ALWIS Biology Community hosted an online workshop on Protein Biochemistry presented by Dr. Anissa Belfetmi, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Organizers:​​​
  • ​Lina Amrani
  • Ahlem Bakelli

Leadership in science

11th December 2021
On Saturday, December 11th, 2021, we hosted a workshop about Leadership in Science from our brilliant ALWIS mentor: 
Hanane Touil, Ph.D.
  • Post-Doctoral Scientist at Columbia University.
  • Ph.D. in Microbiology-Immunology (Neuroimmunology) at McGill University  & The University of Pennsylvania.
Organizers:​​​
  • Hanane Touil
  • Anissa Belfetmi

The one hour success story Event_With ALWIS MDs Community

20th November 2021
ALWIS MDs Community led by Amel Belaib organized their first event on Saturday 20th November at 5 pm (gmt+1) where they hosted a special guest: Dr. Manel Boumegouas, a cardiology fellow at Michigan state university.
Organizers:​​​
  • Amel Belaib
  • Asma Baliouze

Careers Insights For Biologists _With ALWIS Biology Community

6th November 2021
ALWIS Biology Community hosted their first launch event where they opened a discussion around career opportunities for Algerian Biology Graduates. During the event, three guests speaker (Sarah Helal, Nawel Khelil & Amel Khaled) shared their personal experiences in their respective career paths. 
Organizers:​​​
  • Lina Amrani
  • Amel Makour
  • Marwa Messaoudi
  • Ahlem Bakelli 

Womenpreneur Initiative  "Mentorship & Entrepreneurship"

21st August 2021
We hosted a joint event with Womenpreneur-Initiative which is a Brussels-based organization that boosts women's economic empowerment operating in Belgium and in the MENA region. During the presentation, Juliette  introduced the Womenpreneur-Initiative’s core missions and its services regarding mentorship and entrepreneurship.
Organizers:​​​
  • Anissa Belfetmi
  • ​Sarah Helal

Algerian Women In AI

24th July 2021
We hosted an event this July about Algerian women in AI and we were joined by two Algerian women scientists in the field of AI that shared with us their work, passion, career paths and experiences. 
Organizers:​
  • Sarah Helal
  • Nesrine Zibani
  • Anissa Belfetmi

Sahra with ALWIS Event

1st May 2021
We hosted a networking event, on May, 1st 2021 during Ramadan to discuss our role as scientists, share our experiences, and learn from each other! A moment to meet and talk with our members and mentors. ​
Organizers:​
  • Anissa Belfetmi
  • Sarah Helal

ALWIS Discussion Panel "Picture a Scientist Documentary"

10th April 2021
We hosted a discussion panel on zoom this April, 10th 2021, around "Picture a Scientist" documentary. Our ALWIS VP and Chair of Mentoring Sabrina Absalon, Ph.D., facilitated the event in the presence of our invited panelist: Nawel Baba Hamed MD. and MBA., General Manager at Pierre Fabre Laboratories in Algeria. ​
Organizers:
  • Sabrina Absalon
  • Anissa Belfetmi
  • Sarah Helal.

Mentoring Kick-Off Event

6th March 2021
We had the pleasure to invite our members on zoom, Saturday March 6th, 2021 at 5 PM Algeria time.
Members had a chance to meet our team, learn more about our mentoring program and network with our community of Algerian women scientists.
Organizers: 
Organizers:
  • Sarah Helal
  • Amel Belaib
  • Nina Chalah
  • Wissem Nada Semgouga
  • Lina Amrani​
  • Lynda Arab
  • Nawie Khelil
  • Roza Bouchal
  • Sarah Dib
  • Nour Benbahouche
  • Sabrina Absalon

Winter Networking Event

18th November 2020
We celebrated the end of the year 2020 by getting to know each other. We organized our first online networking event on December 18th, 6 PM Algeria time.
Organizers:
  • Sarah Maskri
  • Amel Belaib​
  • Nina Kaci