Sunday, January  29

Registration and Reception.

18:00 –20:00

Opening Dinner.

Moderator:

Dr. Steven L. Spiegel, UCLA

·         H.E Mr. Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah – Second Deputy Prime-Minister, Minister of Energy , Chairman of the Board and charge front, Qatar Petroleum.

·         Mr. Michael Eicher, Vice Chancellor , UCLA.

·         General Anthony Zinni (Ret.) (How modernization and development promote stability and national security).

·         H.E. Chase Untermeyer, US Ambassador to the State of Qatar.

20:00

Al-Waseel Hall

Monday, January  30

Registration.

09:00 –10:00

Opening Session

Session Chair and Moderator : General Anthony Zinni (Ret.).

·        His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al-Thani,
First Deputy Prime–Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs  

·         President William Jefferson Clinton.

10:00 –11:00

Al-Waseel Hall

Break.

11:00 –11:30

Energy and the Dynamics of Regional Development :

Perspectives from Asia and the Middle East.

·         Session Chair: Ambassador Peter Theros.

·         Tadashi Maeda, Director, General for Energy Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

·         H.E. Arun Jaitley, General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party and Former Minister of Commerce, India.

·         H.E Ahmed Macki, Minister of National Economy , Oman.

·         H.E. Vahan Zanoyan. President and CEO, PFC Energy, "Energy Security and the New Role of NOCs: An Asia-Middle East Perspective".

11:30 –12:45

Al-Waseel Hall

The Middle East Energy Scene : Global Perspective

·         Dr. Amy Jaffe, Rice University.

·         Mr. Robert Manning, the State Department.

·         Mr. Lincoln Bloomfield, former Assistant Secretary of State.

·         Mr. Gavin Graham, New Business Development Director for the Middle East, Shell E&P.

12:45 –14:00

Al-Waseel Hall

Lunch.

14:00 –16:00

Al-Mukhtasur Hall

The Business Environment in the Middle East:

Managing Risk, Seizing Opportunities, Private Sector,

Investment, and Diversification

·    Mr. Hani Findakly, the Clinton Group – Washington DC.

·    Mr. George Hall, The Clinton Group – Washington DC .

·    Mr. George Hoguet, Managing Director and Heading of Emerging Markets, State Bank of Boston.

·    Mr. Georges Makhoul, Morgan Stanley.

·    Mr. John Gutfreund, former chairman, Salomon Brothers.

16:00 –17:30

Al-Waseel Hall

Break.

17:30 –17:45

Doing Business in the Middle East: Creating Societies       

Conducive to Development, Efficiency, and Productivity    

·    Session Chair: Mr. Robert Galluci.

·    Bahia Hariri, Lebanon.

·    TBA.

·    Mr. Michael Rich, Executive Vice President, Rand Corporation, and Co-Chair, Rand Qatar Policy Institute Board of Overseers.

·    Dr. Eulian Roberts, CEO and Director of Marketing The Qatar Science and Technology Park.

17:45 –19:15

Al-Waseel Hall

Dinner.

The Iraqi Economy : An on the Scene Report

Paul Begala, Anchor/Reporter – Moderator/Commentator

19:30

Al-Mukhtasur Hall

Tuesday, January  31

Specialty Panels

1.      The Middle East Energy Scene in Global Perspective .

         - Mr. John Hopkins, President, Government Group, Fluor Corporation.

2.      Doing Business in the Middle East:  What Could Improve: Private Sector, Venture Capital, and Diversification .

       David Hamod , President & CEO, National US Arab Chamber of 

       Commerce, Chair.

3.      Doing Business in the Middle East: Creating Societies Conducive to Development, Efficiency, and Productivity.

09:00 –10:45

Al-Waseel Hall

( 1 , 2 , 3 )

Break.

10:45 –11:15

Specialty Panels Continued

1.      The Middle East Energy Scene in Global Perspective .

2.      Doing Business in the Middle East:  What Could Improve: Private Sector, Venture Capital, and Diversification.

       David Hamod , President & CEO, National US Arab Chamber of 

       Commerce, Chair.

3.      Doing Business in the Middle East: Creating Societies Conducive to Development, Efficiency, and Productivity.

     -  Mel Levine , Gibson Dunn, and Crutcher, and Former Congressman, Chair.

11:15 –12:45

Al-Waseel Hall

( 1 , 2 , 3 )

LUNCHEON DISCUSSION by:

Mr. Jim Bitterman , to host a facilitated discussion.

13:00 –14:30

Al-Mukhtasur Hall

Final Plenary (Looking Ahead : Recommendations and Conclusions)

Leader: Dr. Steven L. Spiegel, UCLA

3 Chairs, Rapporteurs

15:00 –16:30

Al-Waseel Hall

Coffee Break.

16:30 –16:45

Perspective and future Implications :

A Discussion of the Meaning of the  Discussions

 and the Significance of the Conclusions

Session Chair: Dr. Steven L. Spiegel, UCLA.

·         H.E. Mr. Mohammed Abdullah Al Rumaihi, Foreign Ministers'Assistant
for Follow Up Affairs.

·         General Anthony C. Zinni.

·         Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer.

16:45 –18:30

Al-Waseel Hall

Conference closing followed by dinner at leisure.

18:30