The proposed duration time of the colloquium is five days include activities scheduled as follows:
First day:
- Registration and reception at the Egyptian Geographical Society in Cairo
- Official Opening of the Colloquium at the Egyptian Geographical Society in Cairo
- Thematic sessions in the halls of the Egyptian Geographical Society
- Visit some relevant tourist sites in ancient Cairo
- Travel to the accommodation hosting of Menoufia University, Shebeen Elkom, 60 Km north of Cairo
Second day:
- Parallel thematic sessions in the Faculty of Arts of Menoufia University for presenting and discussing the accepted papers of the participants
- Short walk in Shebeen Elkom town in the evening
Third, Fourth, and Fifth days: are assigned for Excursion of field trips in lower and central Egypt, covering landmarks relating the following areas and themes:
- Mid-Nile Delta, in Menoufia, one of the 27 Egyptian governorates, bounded or penetrated by the Rosetta and Damietta branches of the Nile Delta, so, distinguished by its fertile land and production of agricultural crops like cotton, maize and wheat as well as vegetable crops. Menoufia is famous for the highest rural population and settlement densities, with a total estimated of 4,319,082 people in July 2017. The governorate is divided into nine municipal divisions, while its name is derived from "Menouf", an ancient lasting town which was the capital of Menoufia until 1826, when it has been transmitted into Shebeen Elkom. Menoufia has two governmental universities, besides, in Sers El Lyan town, the "Regional Center for Adult Education", was established on 25/4/1952, affiliated to UNESCO. After a non-contact period since 1982, that Center has been returned as a second category in the UNESCO in February 2018. Near the southern border of Menoufia governorate, Mohamed Ali Basha established Al-Qanater al-Khaireya "Barrage" (1843-1868) on the start points of the Nile two branches within his projects to reform the irrigation system in Egypt (Fig. 5).
- A mid-north Delta track crossing agricultural belts from dense multi crops agriculture in Menoufia, passing a transitional belt of mixed economic crops in Gharbia governorate, reaching the northern belt of rice and sugar beet crops, agricultural animal husbandry, agro-industrial enterprises, fisheries of Lake Burullus as the second largest natural lake in northern Nile Delta, and Rashid district in El-Behyira Governorate, bordered by Rosetta branch and the Mediterranean coast, comprising the fortress of Borg Rashid village nearby the mouth of the Nile branch (Fig. 6).
- West Nile Delta reclaimed lands in: Badr, Sadat, and Wadi Al Natrun districts. Visits will intend traditional settlements and population in oases, agriculture farms, agro-industrial enterprises, Sadat new planned town, and Christian Monasteries (Fig. 7).
- Fayoum depression, described as the "Little Egypt" including: The ruins of ancient Karanis founded by Ptolemy II’s mercenaries in the 3rd century BC, Lake Qaroon as the lowest water drain under sea level, Wadi Rayyan Protected area distinguished with waterfalls between drain lakes, Qasr Qaroon ruins of ancient Dionysias at the western end of Lake Qaroon, the UNESCO World Heritage Site (Wadi Hittan) as home to the earliest prehistoric whale fossils ever discovered, and more than 200 waterwheels, which became a prominent symbol of Fayoum town, beside varieties of rural handicrafts (Fig. 8 ,9).
- Sectors of Greater Cairo, in particular: Tahrir Square, the Egyptian Geographical Society, ancient religious conglomeration (Jewish: The Moses Ben Maimon synagogue, Christian: The Almoallaqa church of the Virgin Mary, and Islamic, Amr ben Elaas Mosque), the Salah Eddin Ayyubi Citadel (1176-1207), Pyramids and Sphinx, Egyptian Agricultural Museum. Some of these sites could be visited in the colloquium opining day, but others could be arranged within field trip days.