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MONDAY, MARCH 19TH
, 2007 |
| Time |
Events |
9:00 20:00
Hotel Lobby |
Registration
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16:00
18:00
Fath Al-Kheir |
Regional Security
Group Pre-meeting (By Invitation Only)
Chair:
Michael Yaffe, Academic Dean, NESA
Center
Welcome Statement by:
Brigadier-General Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud,
Director of Strategic Studies Center,
Ministry of Defense, Qatar |
20:00
Al-Wasail Hall |
Opening Dinner and
Reception
- Chair's
Opening :
Steven L. Spiegel, Director, UCLA Center
for Middle East Development
Greeting and
Remarks from:
- H.E. Yousef Hussain Kamal, Minister of
Finance &Acting Minister of Economy and
Commerce - Qatar
- Greeting and Remarks from the United
States: General Wesley Clark (ret.),
Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center for
International Relations |
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TUESDAY, MARCH
20TH , 2007 |
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Time |
Events |
09:00
10:45
Al-Wasail Hall |
Opening Session
The Asian Powers and Gulf Security
Moderator:
- General Wesley Clark (ret.), Senior
Fellow, The UCLA Burkle Center for
International Relations
Speakers:
H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jabor Bin Jassim
Al-Thani, Secretary General of the
Planning Council
Ms. Yuriko Koike, National Security
Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan
Ambassador Liu Xianghua, Former
Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon
Yashwant Sinha, Former Indian Foreign
Minister, Head of BJP's Foreign Policy
Team |
| 10:45 11:00 |
Break. |
11:00
12:30
Al-Wasail Hall
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Energy and the
Dynamics of Regional Development
Moderator:
- Nasser al-Jaidah, Manager, Qatar Petroleum
International (QPI), Qatar.
Speakers:
Flynt Leverett, Director, Geopolitics
of Energy Initiative, New America
Foundation
Raad Alkadiri , PFC Energy
Alex Crutchfield, Oasis Partners
Jean-Marie Chavalier, University of
Paris Dauphine |
| 12:30 13:00 |
Break. |
13:00
14:30
Al-Wasail Hall |
Investments/Government Reserves: a
discussion of the nearly $ 3 trillion in
reserves held by Middle East countries,
larger than all of Asia. How could these
reserves be used productively in a
country, in the region, and globally?
What are the problems?
Moderator:
- Hani Findakly, Vice Chairman and
Director, Clinton Group
Speakers:
Sayanta Basu, Managing Director, Dubai
Investment Group
Caio Koch-Weser- Former Deputy
Minister of Finance of Germany and
current Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank
George Hall, President and Co-Founder,
the Clinton Group
Mohsen Fahmi, COO, Moore Capital
Management |
14:30
16:00
Al-Mukhtasar |
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Lunch Remarks: Spilios
Spiliotopolous, Former Defense Minister
of Greece and Honorary Chair, Center for
Middle East Development, UCLA |
16:00
17:30
Al-Wasail Hall |
Pension
Funds/Social Safety Net: How Should the
critical safety net issue be addressed
in the region?
Moderator:
- David Dunn, Partner, Patton Boggs
Speakers:
Karim Nashashibi, Economist, Al-Mustakbal
Foundation and Former IMF Country
Director
Jamal M. Fakhro, Managing Partner,
KPMG in Bahrain
Ole Gunnar Austvik, Lillehammer
University
Emad Tinawi, Vice President, General
Manager Middle East and North Africa,
The Monitor Group |
| 17:30
18:00 |
Break. |
18:00
19:15
Al-Wasail Hall
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Competitiveness:
How should regional economies be
transformed and integrated into the
Global Economy?
Moderator:
- Ramesh Chandran, Advisor & Executive
Director, Forums of Parliamentarians
Speakers:
Jeremy Haft, Chairman, BChinaB
Karan Trehan, CEO, Ankar Capital
John H Gutfreund, Senior Advisor, C.E
Unterberg, Towbin
Emad Tinawi, Vice President, General
Manager Middle East and North Africa,
The Monitor Group |
| 19:15
20:45 |
Regional Security:
Iran, the United States and the Middle
East
Moderator:
- Michael Yaffe, Academic Dean, NESA
Center
Speakers:
Brigadier-General Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud,
Director of Strategic Studies Center,
Ministry of Defense, Qatar
General Wesley Clark (ret.), Senior
Fellow, Burkle Center for International
Relations
Dr. Sadegh Zibakalam, Professor,
Iranian and Middle Eastern Studies,
Tehran University
John Wang, President, Jennell
Investment Ltd.
Francois Gere, President French
Institute for Strategic Analysis |
| 21:00 |
Dinner. |
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH
21ST, 2007 |
| Time |
Events |
09:00
11:30
Al-Wasail Hall
( 1 , 2 , 3 )
Fath Al-Kheir
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Specialty Panels
1. The New Asian
Role in the Middle East
Moderator:
- Robin Raphel, Former Ambassador and
Consultant for the Special Inspector for
Iraq Reconstruction
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Speakers:
Tadashi Maeda, Director General for
Energy, The Japan Bank for International
Cooperation
Yiwu Song, Vice President, CNPC
International
Mingjun Jiang, Vice Director of Middle
Eastern Dept., CNPC International
Manish Tewari, Secretary, All India
Congress Committee (AICC) Member,
Central Advisory Board , Observer
Research Foundation (ORF)
S.C. Tripathi, Former Secretary of the
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Government of India
2. The Middle East
Energy Scene in the Global Perspective
Moderator:
- Mel Levine, Partner, Gibson, Dunn, &
Crutcher LLP
Speakers:
William Cattan, Partner, Patton Boggs
LLC
Pierre Noel, Cambridge University's
Judge Business School
Charles Horner, Senior Fellow, Hudson
Institute
M. S. Ramachandran, Chairman, BHP
Bilton India
Stacy Eller, James A. Baker III
Institute for Public Policy
3. Investments,
Pension Funds, and Competitiveness
Moderator:
- Hani Findakly, Vice Chairman and
Director, Clinton Group.
Speakers:
John Borer, CEO, Rodman & Renshaw
Investment Bank.
Tom Shueck, CEO, Lexicon Inc.
4. Regional
Security: The Gulf, the United States,
and the Middle East- Building Strategic
Relations
Moderator:
- Michael Yaffe , Academic Dean, NESA
Center
Speaker:
- Brigadier-General Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud,
Director of Strategic Studies Center,
Ministry of Defense, Qatar |
| 11:30 12:00 |
Break. |
12:00
14:30
Al-Wasail Hall
( 1 , 2 , 3 )
Fath Al-Kheir
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Specialty Panels
Continue
1. The New Asian Role in the Middle East
2. The Middle East Energy Scene in the
Global Perspective
3. Investments, Pension Funds, and
Competitiveness
4. Regional Security: The Gulf, the
United States, and the Middle East-
Building Strategic Relations
Speaker:
Dr. Abdulwahab A. Al-Qassab, Strategic
Studies Center, Ministry of Defense,
Qatar |
14:30
17:00
Al-Mukhtasar |
Lunch. |
17:00
19:00
Al-Wasail Hall
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Final Plenary
Looking Ahead : Recommendations and
Conclusions
Chair:
Steven L. Spiegel, Director, UCLA Center
for Middle East Development
Reports on Specialty Panels / Working
Groups |
19:00
20:15
Al-Wasail Hall
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Perspective and
Future Implications: The Meaning of the
Discussions and the Significance of the
Conclusions
Chair:
Steven L. Spiegel, Director, UCLA Center
for Middle East Development
Ambassador Mohammed Abdullah Al-Rumaihi,
Assistant to the Foreign Minister for
Follow Up Affairs, Qatar
Shashank, Former Foreign Secretary of
India
Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, Former U.S.
Ambassador to Egypt and Israel |
20:15
Al-Mukhtasar Hall |
Closing Dinner. |
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