Under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Nevin Al-Kabbaj, Minister of Social Solidarity, and Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, President of Ain Shams University, headed by Dr. Hisham Temraz, Vice President of Community Service and Environmental Development and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Adult Education Center, The Adult Education Center at Ain Shams University headed by Dr. Islam Al-Saeed, director of the center, and in cooperation with the General Authority for Adult Education headed by Dr. Ashour Omari, organizes the 18th annual conference of the Adult Education Center entitled “Adult Education and Entrepreneurship in the Arab World” from 5-7 February 2022 with direct attendance system and online.

Dr. Islam Al-Saeed, Director of the Adult Education Center and the conference rapporteur, explained that the conference includes four main areas, which are entrepreneurship and development of adult education programs in the Arab world, entrepreneurship and the future of adult education institutions in the Arab world, adult education and sustainable development for adults in the Arab world, entrepreneurship and small business management for adults.

The research presented at the conference will be published in the center's annual conference folder, and in the Adult Education Center magazine under the title "New Horizons in Adult Education - a semi-annual refereed scientific journal."