Prof. Ahmed A. Gaeis, Assiut University President announced that the Centre for South Valley Development, Assiut University, will organize a conference on March 5-9, 2017 on Oily Clay and the Non-Traditional Sources of Energy for Sustainable Development in Africa. Dr. Hassan Abdul-Hamid, Centre Director indicated that the conference aims at allowing scholars interested in Oily Clay and non-traditional sources of energy to meet and exchange ideas and information on the recent projects and technology of producing new and renewable energy.