BZU President, Dr. Khalil Hindi, opened on the 1st October 2010, the two-day International Conference on "Gaza - Palestine: Out of margins", organized by the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies (IALIIS), attended by with the Commissioner General of UNRWA, Filippo Grandi, Professor Sara Roy from Harvard University, Minister of Labor, Dr. Ahmed Majdalani, as well as the Canadian and Austrian Representatives to the Palestinian National Authority, the Moroccan ambassador to the Palestinian Authority, and a number of academics from inside and outside the country.