Within the activities of the Ain Shams University International Scientific Conference in its eleventh edition, "Knowledge Economy... for a Better Life", Prof. Dr. Abdel Fattah Saud, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, on behalf of the Ain Shams University Council, honored Prof. Mahmoud El-Metieni, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Ayman Saleh, Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Research Affairs, and gifted them the university shield in appreciation of their efforts and achievements throughout their tenure as the university’s manager.

During his speech, Prof. Abdel-Fattah Saoud, Vice President for Education and Student Affairs, praised the rich journey that brought him together with Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini since 2015 when he was the advisor to the Dean of the College of Medicine for planning and follow-up affairs and the vice-president of the College of Medicine for postgraduate studies and research while the president of the university assumed the position of dean of the Faculty of Medicine, which witnessed a major scientific and operational shift.

Dr. Saoud said, "I was honored to be one of the members of Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini's team at the Faculty of Medicine and then at the University, where we formed a team that we called the "Dream Team" to implement ambitious strategic plans for change for the better.

The appointment period of Dr. Mahmoud El-Metieni as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, came in conjunction with great challenges, the most prominent of which were the challenges of the international accreditation of the Faculty of Medicine from the International Organization for Medical Education, which resulted in the accreditation of all medical schools in Egypt from the same organization.

Dr. Abdel Fattah Saud added that the dream and the journey have been completed with Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini, with His Excellency assuming the position of President of the University, and despite all the challenges that were at the forefront of what was imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Ain Shams University was able to achieve a great qualitative leap at all levels, and provided the homeland with great support throughout this period, and what coincided with it of global economic challenges.

His Excellency also gave his thanks and appreciation to Prof. Mohamed Ayman Salih, Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Research Affairs, for his bid since he was Executive Director of Ain Shams University Hospitals, then Vice President for Postgraduate Studies and Research Affairs, and for the great changes he made in the postgraduate studies sector and in the field of scientific research.

This came in the presence of Prof. Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din, Advisor to the President of the Republic for Health Affairs, and a group of former ministers, members of the Ain Shams University Council, vice deans, faculty staff, teaching assistant, and students.