As of January 9, 2004
Unconfirmed speakers in italics.
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Saturday,
January 10, 2004
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10:00 AM -
5:00 PM
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Conference
Registration in the Hotel Lobby |
5:30 PM |
Welcome
Reception |
6:30
PM |
The
State of U.S.-Islamic World Relations
Opening Address * |
H.H. Sheikh Hamad
Bin Khalifa Al-Thani |
Emir of Qatar
|
H.E. Sheikh Hamad
Bin Jasim Al Thani |
First Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar |
Introduced by
Martin Indyk |
Director, Saban
Center for Middle East Policy
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Followed
by Presentations * |
Moderator: Shibley
Telhami |
Sadat Professor,
Brookings Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle
East Policy |
Qazi Hussein Ahmed |
Ameer, Jama'at Islamic
Party |
Richard Holbrooke |
Vice Chairman, Perseus
LLC, Former US Ambassador to the United Nations |
Youssef al-Qaradawi |
Islamic Scholar,
University of Qatar |
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8:30
PM |
Dinner
for Sponsors and Attendees
Followed by Plenary Discussion |
Introduction:
Peter W. Singer |
Director, Project
on U.S. Policy towards the Islamic World, Saban Center for Middle
Easy Policy at Brookings |
Chair: Anne Marie
Slaughter |
Dean, Princeton University
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Sunday,
January 11, 2004
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9:00
AM |
Task
Forces A, B, C, D (meeting in different rooms):
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A)
One Man, One Vote, What Time? The Approach to Democracy |
Chair: Ahmad Bishara |
Secretary General,
National Democratic Movement |
Ken Wollack |
President, National
Democratic Institute |
Mohammed Arkoun |
Emeritus Professor
of Islamic Thought, Sorbonne University |
B)
Reaching Out: Improving Relations Through Public Diplomacy |
Chair: Shibley Telhami |
Sadat Professor,
Brookings Non-Resident Senior Fellow |
Edward Djerejian |
Director, Baker Institute |
Farid El-Khazen |
Chair, Political
Studies Department, American University Beirut
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C)
Money Matters: The Role of the Private Sector |
Chair: Jassim Al-Mannai |
Director-General,
Arab Monetary Fund |
Nemir Kirdar |
Chairman, Investcorp |
Hussein Al-Athel |
Secretary General,
Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
D)
Shackling "Shock and Awe?" American and Muslim Views on the
Laws of High-Tech Warfare |
Chair: Stephen Walt |
Academic Dean, Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard University |
Ralph Peters |
Author and Strategist
Analyst |
Lt. General Talat
Masood |
Pakistani Army, Secretary
for Defense Production
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10:30 AM |
Coffee
& Pastries Break |
11:00 AM |
Task
Forces A, B, C, D continued |
12:30
PM |
Luncheon
Plenary Session:
U.S.-Muslim Relations and Initiatives for Middle East Peace |
Chair: Shibley Telhami |
Sadat Professor,
Brookings Non-Resident Senior Fellow |
Martin Indyk |
Director, Saban Center
for Middle East Policy |
Marwan Muasher |
Foreign Minister
of Jordan |
Yasser Abed Rabbo
|
Former Information
Minister of the Palestinian Authority |
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak |
Former Deputy Prime
Minister of Israel |
2:00 PM |
Break
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4:00
PM |
Task
Forces E, F, G, H (meeting in different rooms): |
E)
Opening Borders: Making Free Trade a Reality |
Chair: Marc Ginsberg
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CEO and Managing
Director of Northstar Equity Group, Former US Ambassador to
Morocco |
Rushdi Siddiqui |
Director, Dow Jones
Islamic Market Indexes |
Seyyed Camel Al-Keilani |
Minister of Finance,
Iraq
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F)
The Silent Minority? Reform and Muslim Minority Communities
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Chair: Stephen Cohen
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Senior Fellow, Brookings
Institution |
Farhan Nizami |
Director, Center
for Islamic Studies, Oxford University |
Khalil Al-Khalil
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Professor, Imam
Mohammed bin Saud University |
G)
Education and Human Development: Where to Next? |
Chair: Safwan Masri
|
Vice Dean, Columbia
Business School |
Gene Sperling |
Director, Center
for Universal Education |
Hossam Badrawi |
Chairman, People's
Assembly Committee for Education and Scientific Research, Egypt
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H)
A New Imperialism? The Future of the American Security Strategy
in the Middle East |
Chair: Ellen Laipson
|
President, Stimson
Center |
Mustafa Hamarneh |
Center for Strategist
Studies, Jordan |
Reuel Marc Gerecht |
Resident Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute
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5:30 PM |
Coffee
Break |
6:00 PM |
Task
Forces E, F, G, H continued |
7:30 PM |
Open
Dinner
Participants are free to make their own arrangements for dinner
at the various restaurants at the Ritz Carlton. Please bill
food and non-alcoholic beverage costs to your room. |
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Monday,
January 12, 2004
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9:00
AM |
Task
Forces I, J, K, L (meeting in different rooms): |
I)
Perception and Misperception: Responsibility and Ethics in the
Media |
Chair: Ejaz Haider |
Editor, Friday Times
|
Tony Snow |
Host, Fox News |
Waddah Khanfar |
News Director, Al
Jazeera |
J)
All Politics Are Local: Promoting Civil Society |
Chair: Abdel Hamid
Al-Ansari |
Dean of the Sharia
College, University of Qatar |
Alina Romanowski |
Director, Middle
East Partnership Initiative, State Department |
Hamid Ansari |
Former Ambassador
of India, Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University
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K)
U.S.-Islamic World Relations: The Next Generation |
Chair: Saluddin Chowdury |
Advisor to the Prime
Minister of Bangladesh |
Alhaji Sansui Ado
Bayero |
Crown Prince of Kano,
Nigeria |
Shamil Idriss |
CEO, Search for Common
Ground
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L)
Bridging the Divide: The Role of the American Muslim Community
|
Chair: Muqtedar Khan |
Professor, Adrian
College |
Nihad Awad |
Executive Director,
Council on American-Islamic Relations |
Radwan Masmoudi |
Executive Director,
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
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11:30
AM |
Closing
Plenary Session: Where Do We Go From Here? *
|
Chair: Haim Saban |
CEO, Saban Capital
Group, Chairman, International Advisory Council, Saban Center
for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution |
Moderator: Martin
Indyk |
Director, Saban Center
for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution |
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Musa Hitam |
Chairman, Kumpulan
Guthrie; Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia |
Mohammed Dahlan |
Former Minister of
State for Security, Palestinian Authority |
Edward Djerejian |
Director, Baker Institute,
Rice University |
Abdel Hamid Al-Ansari |
Dean of Sharia College,
University of Qatar
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1:00
PM |
Luncheon
followed by Closing Address * |
H.E. Sheikh Hamad
Bin Jasim Al Thani |
First Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar |
William J. Clinton |
42nd President of
the United States
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* |
Please
note that only the opening and closing sessions/keynote addresses
are open to invited members of the media and invited guests.
The rest of the meeting will be limited to conference participants
only. |
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