Abdul Rahman Al Rashid
Director, Al Arabiya Channel, UAE

 

Ahmed Bin Byat
Director General of the Dubai Technology, E-Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority, UAE

 

Aisha Sultan
Head of Political Programs, Dubai TV, UAE

 

Amy Hawthorne
Editor, Arab Reform Bulletin, USA

 

Arif Masood Naqvi
 Executive Vice-Chairman & CEO, Abraaj Capital, UAE

 

Chief General Tommy Franks
Commander in Chief (2000 – 2003), United States Central Command, USA

 

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

 

Dr Adnan Shihab El Din
Research Director, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries – OPEC, Austria

 

Dr Ghassan Salameh
Professor of International Relations, Instite D’Etudes Poltiques de Paris, France, Former Minister of Information, Lebanon

 

Dr Laura Tyson
Dean, London Business School, UK

 

Dr Mohammed ElBaradei
Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria

 

Dr Rima Khalaf Hunaidi
Assistant Secretary General and Director, Regional Bureau for Arab States, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

 

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

 

Dr. Ali El Din Hilal
Professor, Political Science, Cairo University, Minister of Youth (1999 - 2004), Egypt

 

Dr. Ibrahim Quwaider
Director,  Arab Labour Organization, Egypt

 

Faranak Foroughi
Head of Private Banking, National Bank of Dubai, UAE

 

Fareed Zakaria
Editor,  Newsweek International, USA

 

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

 

George T. Abed
Former Director, Middle Eastern Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

 

Gideon Rose
Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs, USA

 

Hakam Kanafani
Vice Chairman, Executive Committee,  Young Arab Leaders

 

HE Abdulla Bin Hamad Al Atiyah
Second Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of  Energy & Industry, Qatar

 

HE Abdulrahman Bin Hamad Al Attiyah
Secretary General, Gulf Corporation Council, Saudi Arabia

 

HE Ahmad Maher
Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt

 

HE Buthaina Shaaban
Minister of Expatriates, Syria

 

HE Dr Mohammed Khalfan Bin Kharbash
Minister of State for Finance & Industry, UAE

 


HE Khalid Toukan
Minister of Education, Jordan
 

HE Rafiq Al Hariri
Former President of Council of Ministers, Lebanon

 

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

 

HE Sheikha Ahmed Al Mahmood
Minster of Education, Qatar  

 

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

 

HH Sheikha Lubna Al Qassmi
Minister of Economy and Planning, UAE

 

HE Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi
Prime Minister, Malaysia

 

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

 

Hussein Sultan
Group Chief Executive & Board Member, ENOC Group of Companies, UAE

 

Jassim Al Mannai
Secretary General, Chairman of the Board, Arab Monetary Fund, UAE

 

Jean Pierre Laviec
Director, International Institute for Labour Studies, Switzerland

 

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

 

Lord Howell of Guildford
Former UK Secretary of State for Energy, President of the British Institute of Energy Economics, UK

 

Naguib Sawairis
Chairman, Orascom Telecom, Egypt

 

Ong Keng Yong
Secretary General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Indonesia

 

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

 

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

 

Professor Tariq Yousef
Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, USA

 

R. Douglas Dowie
General Manager, National Bank of Dubai, UAE

 

Rami Khouri
Executive Editor, Daily Star Newspaper, Lebanon

 

Richard Neu
Director , Rand Policy Institute, Qatar

 

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

 

Rudiger Grube
Board of Management, DaimlerChrysler, Germany

 

Samir Al Ansari
Chief Executive Officer, Dubai International Capital, UAE

 

The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton
42nd President of the United States of America

 

Thomas Friedman
Columnist, The New York Times, USA

 

V Maureen K Darkes
Group Vice President, General Motors Corporation, USA

 

Zach Lynch
Managing Director, Neuro lnsights – USA