This grand event was held on the 11th of March 2017, a date that marks Cairo University’s 200 years of leadership in the engineering field. Over 100 delegates attended this prosperous event where they had the opportunity to meet more than 10 expert speakers and share their own knowledge and experience in the Irrigation and Hydrology fields. The conference presented a historical journey through the development of irrigation in Egypt, one of the country’s oldest engineering sciences that have been studied at Cairo University. A special attention was drawn to the Irrigation and Hydraulics department’s timeline and activity.