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Date 

Time

Event

Monday 
14 April 2003

10.00

Registrations and Introductions

11.00 - 12.00

 

 

Speakers :

 

 

Opening Ceremony         (Dafna Hall 2)
 Keynote Speech by: H H Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, The Emir of the State of                                  Qatar.

  • H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jabr Al-Thani – Minister of Foreighn Affairs   (Participant)

¨       Dr. Abdullah Saleh Al-Khuleifi - President, University of Qatar

¨       Abdulrahman Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah - Secretary General, GCC

¨       Francois Trucy - Senator, French Senate

¨       Dr. Giandomenico Picco - Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary                                                 General for the Year of Dialogue among Civilizations

¨       James Sensenbrenner - Us Congressman

¨       Lord Steel of Aikwood  KBE PC DL - The Presiding Officer, The Scottish Parliament

¨       Nick Rahall- Us Congressman

 

 

12.00 - 13.30

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Lunch                    ( Dafna Hall 1)

 
Keynote Speech by: H E Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar.

 

  • Christopher Shays - Us Congressman

  • Ernest Ross - MP House of Commons

  • Georges Fenech - Member of National Assembly, France

  • Judith Kipper - Director, Middle East Forum CFR (Council on Foreign Relations)

  • Khaled Saffuri - Chairman, Islamic Institute

  • Maurice Hinchey - US Congressman

  • Mohammed Khalid Al-Mana - Chairman, Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry

 

 

13.30 - 15.30

Break + Coffee

 

16.00 - 17.30

 

Moderator:


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SESSION ONE:       (Salwa Hall 2 & 3)

Subject: Democracy and the Arab World - The Way Forward:

¨       Muntasser El Zayat - Director, Future Center for Studies & Research.
                                      Lawyer & Islamic Writer

 
  • Eric Rouleau - Writer & Former French Ambassador
  • Bennie Thompson - US Congressman
  • Lafif Lakhdar - Political Journalist
  • Dr. Rosemary Hollis - Head of the Middle East Programme The Royal Institute of
                                          International Affairs (RIIA)
  • Sheila Jackson-Lee - US Congresswoman

  Top

17.30 - 18.30

Break + Coffee.

 

18.00 - 19.30

 

 

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Working Group Sessions:

SESSION TWO - A :              (Salwa Hall 1)

The Arab Political Order - Evolution or Revolution?

¨       Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa - Qatar Ambassador to UK

 

  • Dr. Antony Sullivan – Professor, The University of Michigan

  • Daniel Neep - Head, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies (RUSI) Middle                          East & North Africa Programme
  • Gebran Tueni - Chairman & MD of An Nahar Newspaper, Beirut
  • Dr. Kassem M. Jaafar - Expert, Political and Strategic Affairs, Qatar
  • Dr. Marwan Bishara - Faculty of International Relation, American University of Paris

SESSION TWO - B:               (Salwa Hall 3)

Free Trade and Open Markets in a Changing World

¨       H E Sheikh Hamad Bin Faisal Al Thani - Minister of Trade & Economy, State of                                                                        Qatarsiness Council

  • Frederic SICRE - Managing Director, World Economic Forum, Geneva

  • Grover Norquist - President , Americans for Tax Reforms (ATR)

  • Dr. Jassim Al Mannai - Director General & Board Chairman of Arab Monetary Fund

  • Dr. Osvaldo Martinaz - Director, World Economic Research Center (CIEM)

  • Dr. Youssef  M. Ibrahim - Expert, Energy & Arab Economic Affai

 

   
   

Tuesday 15 April  2003

Tuesday

15 April  2003

10.00 - 11.30

 

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Speakers:

SESSION THREE - A:                (Salwa Hall 1)

 Globalization and Sustained Development - The Necessary Balance

¨       Simon Karam - Former Ambassador & Lawyer

  • Dr. Fouad Ajami - Program Director, Middle East Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University
  • Dr. George Joffe - Professor in Kings College, London. Research Fellow at the Centre of
                                     International Studies in Cambridge University.
  • Lord Redesdate - Liberal Democrat spokesman on Defence, House of Lords
  • Sheila Page - Coordinator, International Economic Development, Overseas Development Institute
                            (ODI), London

Tuesday

15 April  2003

10.00 - 11.30

 

Moderator:

Speakers:

SESSION THREE - B               (Salwa Hall 3)

Building Institutions For Economic Development and Democracy:
 
¨       Judith Kipper - Director, Middle East Forum CFR (Council on Foreign
                            Relations)

  • David Ignatius - Columnist, Washington Post

  • Edward Gabriel - President and CEO of Gabriel Company
  • Joseph Siegle - Next Generation Fellow, CFR (Council on Foreign
                          Relations)
  • Dr. Odeh Aburdene - Managing Director CT Capital International Inc
  • Peter Ghavami - Managing Director, UBS Paine

 

 Top    

 

11.30 - 11.45

Break + Coffee.

 

11.45 - 13.00

 


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   SESSION FOUR - A:                (Salwa Hall 1)

    Education: The Building Block for Democracy and Development

 
¨       Dr. Ali Mohammed Fakro - Chairman, Board of Trustees of Bahrain Center for
                                              Studies & Research
 
  • Dr. Abdulhamid Alansari - Dean of Sharia & Law College, Qatar University
  • David French - Director, Westminster Foundation for Democracy
  • Dr. Gerd Nonneman - Reader in International Relations & Middle East
                                    Politics,  Lancaster University
  • Dr. Mustapha Masmoudi - Professor of Information Sciences, Tunisia
                                             University & Manager of MASSMEDIA Center

 

 

11.45 - 13.00

 


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   SESSION FOUR - B:                (Salwa Hall 3)

    Governance and Accountability in a Democratic Society

 
¨       Jamil Mroue - Publisher / Editor-in-chief, The Daily Star Newspaper

 
  • Adrian Karatnycky - President, Freedom House
  • Dr. Kunio Katakura - Professor, Daito Bunka University (International
                                         Relations Department), Ex-Ambassador to
                                         Egypt, Iraq and U.A.E (consecutively), Executive
                                         Director, The Middle East Research Institute of
                                         Japan.
  •  Dr. Sadegh Zibakalam - Professor of Modern Iranian Politics at Tehran University
  • William Morris - Secretary General, The Next Century Foundation
 

 
     

 

   

   Top

 14.30 - 15.30

Break + Coffee.

 

15.30 - 17.00

 

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    SESSION FIVE - A:                   (Salwa Hall 1)

    Human Rights in a Democratic Society
 

¨       Saad Djebbar - Deputy Director of the center of North African Studies,
                           Cambridge University

 
 
  • Prof. Akiko Yamanaka - Visiting Professor, United Nations University,
                                              Hokkaido University

  • Darrel Issa - US Congressman

  • Dr. Maimuna Al-Azbi Al Sabah - Chairman & Managing Director, Gulf
                                                               Institute for Strategic & Technology
                                                            Studies
  • Dr. Rew, Joung-Yole - Chairman & Board of Director, Korean Institute                                        of the Middle East & Africa. Professor
                                               Emeritus, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
 

 

 

15.30 - 17.00

 

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    SESSION FIVE - B:                 (Salwa Hall 3)

    Arab Economic Prospects: What Can be Done?
 
¨       Saif Bin Hashil Al- Maskery - Member State Council / GCC Consultative
                                                  Council, Head of Center for Research &
                                                  Consultancy
 

  • Dr. Hani K. Findakly - Vice Chairman, Clinton Group Inc

  • Jassem Alsaadoun - Chairman & Managing Director, Al Shall
                                             Consulting & Investment Company

  • Sir. Jeremy Hanley - Former Foreign Affairs Minister & Board Member
                                         of Arab-British Chamber of Commerce

  • Patrick Theros - Former US Ambassador to Qatar and President and
                                  Executive Director of the US-Qatar Business Council
     

   Top

 17.00 - 17.30

Break + Coffee.

 

17.30 - 19.00


 

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SSESSION SIX - A:                       (Salwa Hall 1)

D Democratization and Development v/s Regional Conflict and Security RThreats 
 
¨       Dr. Youssif Al Hassan - Director General, Emirates Institute of Diplomacy
 
  • Dr. Adel Khaled Al Sabeeh - Former Minister, Chairman of Board -
                                                      National Industries Company for Building
                                                      Materials (NIC-BM)
  • Martin Indyk - Former Anbassador and  Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy                          Studies The Brookings Institution
  • Mushahid Hussain - Senator, Member of Parliament, Pakistan
  • Dr. Phyllis Starkey - MP House of Commons, Parliamentary Private
                                       Secretary for Minister Europe

  Home

 17.30 - 19.00

 

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    SESSION SIX - B:                       (Salwa Hall 3)

   Media and Islamic World:
 
  •  Dana Rohrabacher - US Congressman
     
  • Cengiz Candar - CNN Turk and Media Expert
  • Ibrahim Hilal - Editor-in-Chief, Al-Jazeera TV
  • John Fund - Member of the Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal UBS
  • Mark Palmer - Vice President, Freedom House
  • Mitchell Prothero - United Press International
 

 
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