In cooperation with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank and the Science, Technology and Innovation Financing Authority, and under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Dr. Ayman Saleh, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research Affairs, and under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Osama Mansour, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, and Prof. Dr. Neven Assem Director of the Training and Development Center at Ain Shams University, the University's Training and Development Center organized an introductory symposium on the free publishing agreement with the German publishing house "Springer Nature" funded by STDF.

The symposium targeted faculty staff, teaching assistants, researchers and graduate students at Ain Shams University, and representatives from El Alamein International University, King Salman International University and a number of researchers at universities and research centers attended.

The seminar was attended by Dr. Nabil Khalif and Professor Muhammad Khalil, officials in the Middle East and North Africa region of the German publishing house Springer Nature

Where it was explained how to implement the agreement and what are the criteria that must be met in the submitted research and the selected periodical to be accepted and the expenses of free publication be financed by the Science, Technology and Innovation Funding Authority in Egypt.