Day 1
  Monday
  13 December 2004		     Day 2
  Tuesday
  14 December 2004 		    Day 3
  Wednesday
  15 December 2004
Sessions:
 

The Arab World in 2020 – Future Challenges and Opportunities

09:00 OPENING ADDRESS
His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, UAE Defence Minister

09:30 KEYNOTE SPEECH
 Keynote: The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America

The Arab World in 2020

10:00 FIRST SESSION

Speakers:

  • HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qatar

  • HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom

  • HE Buthaina Shaaban, Minister of Expatriates, Syria

  • HE Secretary Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, (1993 - 2001), USA

  • Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs, USA

Moderator: Walter Rodgers, Senior International Correspondant, CNN International

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Political Systems in the Arab World in 2020: Moving towards reform and development

11:00 SECOND SESSION

Speakers:

  • HE Dr Hanan Ashrawi, Secretary General, Palestinian Initiative with Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy, MIFTAH, Member of Palestinian Parliament

  • Professor Fuad Ajami, Director, Middle East Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University, USA

  • Professor Francis A. Boyle, Professor, International Law, University of Illinois, USA

Moderator: Rami Khouri, Executive Editor, Daily Star Newspaper, Lebanon

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Security in the Arab World in 2020

12:45 THIRD SESSION

Speakers:

  • Keynote Speaker:Dr Mohammed ElBaradei, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria

  • HE Lakhdar Ibrahimi, Special Advisor to the Secretary General, United Nations

  • General Wesley K. Clark, Retired NATO Supreme Allied Commander & Former Commander in Chief of the US European Command

  • Dr Yezid Sayigh, Visiting Scholar, Pembroke College, Cambridge, and Centre D'Etudes et de Recherche Internationales, France

  • Richard Neu, Director , Rand Policy Institute, Qatar

  • Juliette Kayyem, Acting Executive Director for Research, BCSIA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA

Moderator: Dr Abdulkhaliq Abdulla, Professor, Political Science, UAE University, UAE

Networking Lunch
14:00 – 15:30

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WORKSHOPS IN PARALLEL

Fundamentals of political reform: Shifts in governance

15:00 WORKSHOP A

Speakers:

  • HE Dr Hanan Ashrawi, Secretary General, Palestinian Initiative with Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy, MIFTAH, Member of Palestinian Parliament

  • Robert Beschel, Lead Public Sector Specialist, Social and Economic Development Group (MNSED),Middle East & North Africa Vice Presidency, World Bank

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Fighting Terrorism

15:00 WORKSHOP B

Speaker:

  • HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom

Moderator: Juliette Kayyem, Acting Executive Director for Research, BCSIA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA

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"Clash of Civilizations", alignment or conflict?

15:00 WORKSHOP C

 
Speaker:
  • Professor Fuad Ajami, Director, Middle East Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University, USA

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This program may change due to unforeseen circumstances and the organizers reserve the right to alter the venue and / or the speakers