The 20^th Meeting of The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) Coordinating Council will be held in Cairo, Egypt, on 14-16 May 2017. The meeting will be hosted by COMSATS’ Centre of Excellence, the National Research Centre (NRC) in Egypt.

The Coordinating Council of COMSATS comprises the Heads of its 20 international S&T Centres of Excellence. The Council meets once annually to take decisions on matters relating to the membership of the network in consultation with the Consultative Committee; and aims to review as well the activities of COMSATS’s network, follow up on the decisions and recommendations made in the previous meeting and outline the future course of action.