Prof. Abdelkader DJEFLAT holds a Master Degree and a PhD from Bath University UK. Professor of economics and former dean of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Oran in Algeria, he worked at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Lille in France. He is a member of Lille Center for Economics and Sociology) affiliated to the CNRS. He chairs the research network on Science and Technology for the development of the Maghreb countries called MAGHTECH (Maghreb Technology: (
www.Maghtech.org). He conducted several research projects on Science, Technology and innovation in collaboration with various research groups in North African countries. Former Vice-President and member of the Scientific board of the Globelics Network.