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Impact of Climate Change and Water Problems in the Middle East, Iraq, and the Kurdistan Region
Salah El Hajj Hassan
FAO Representative in Iraq
Dr. Jihan Mohammed Fattah
Head of Water Resource Department, College of Engineering, Salahaddin University
Dr. Saya Salam
Lecturer at University of Sulaimani
Laura Birkman
Senior Strategic Analyst and Head of the Climate and Security Program at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies
Blnd Kurdo
Water Protecter and Water Resource Engineer
Shivan Fazil
Researcher with the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Narin Bahat Hasib
Project Manager, Livelihood and Economic Developement
Garik Hayrapetyan
Deputy Representative of UNFPA, Iraq
Rahman Khani
Director General of Dams of the Kurdistan Region
Dr. Soran Hama Amin
Lecturer at University of Sulaimani
Mamunur Rashid
Portfolio Manager for Environment Energy and Climate Change in UNDP Iraq
Dr. Tugba Evrim Maden
Policy Development Coordinator at SUEN Turkish Water Institute
Moderator: Naseem Issa Aziz
United People Global Foundation
Security Changes and the Second Generation of ISIS
Maj. Gen. Yehia Rasool
Spokesman for the Iraqi Commander-in-Chief
Asha Castleberry
National Security and Foreign Policy Expert, Senior Advisor for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the U.S. state Department
Ahmad Kurdo
Security Expert
Jabar Yawar
Former Secretary General of the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Peshmarga
Myles B Caggins
Nonresident Senior Fellow at New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, Former spokesman for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS
Zedan Mohammed
General Director of DT Institute in Iraq
Dr. Saifaddin Darraji
Advisor on International Affairs to the Iraqi National Security Council
Mustafa Chawrash
Commander of Peshmerga 70 Forces
Dr. Devorah Margolin
Research Fellow at the Washington Institute
Jonathan A Hunter
Security Consultant and Drone Expert
Ido Levy
Associate Fellow at the Washington Institute
Dr. Ben Connable
Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
Moderator: Dina Miran
Lecturer at the University of Kurdistan Hawler
Energy Changes in the Middle East and the Role of New Energy Suppliers in the Region
Matthew Zais
Vice President of Government Affairs at Hillwood Energy / HKN Energy
Abdullah Kran
Professor and Energy Expert
Dr. Yerevan Saeed
Lecturer at the University of Kurdistan Hawler
Maryam Salman
Senior Consultant at Qamar Energy
Dr Bewar Khansi
Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region for Energy Affairs
Abdulaziz Mirkhan
Deputy General Manager of Western Zagros Company
Ahmad Tabaqchali
Chief Strategist, AFC Iraq Fund
Shakir Shakir
Iraq country Manager for Dana Gas
Dr. Qaiwan Siwaili
Oil and Gas Consultant
Shwan Zulal
Energy Expert
Thomas Calvert
Head of Corporate Commercial Iraq / Head of China Group
Robin M. Mills
CEO of Qamar Energy
Norman Ricklefs
General Manager of NAMEA Consulting Company
Sameh Hanna
Managing Director Middle East at DNO
Moderator: Omar Moradi
Head of Economy Desk and Petroleum Analyst at Rudaw Media Network
Iran's Nuclear Program and Its Implications for the Middle East
Erwin Van Veen
Senior Research Fellow at Clingendael's Conflict Research Unit (CRU)
Tytti Erasto
Senior Researcher on Nuclear Weapons Issues at Stockholm International Peace Research InstituteSIPRI
John Krzyzaniak
Research Associate at the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
Dr. Hamidreza Azizi
Visiting Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin
Dr. Hassan Ahmadian
Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran
Ali Ahmadi
Senior Fellow at the Geneva Center for Security Policy
Dr. Serdar Aziz
Researcher and Former Senior Advisor in Kurdistan Parliament
Dr. Mehmet Koc
Researcher at the Center for Iranian Studies (IRAM)
Dr. Parwez Rahim
Lecturer in International Relation at Salahaddin University
Dr. Hiwa Majid
Lecturer at Salahaddin University
Moderator: Dr. Hakki Uygur
President of the Center for Iranian Studies (Iram)
Religious Freedom and the Future of Human Rights in the Middle East, Iraq, and the Kurdistan Region
Jeremy P. Barker
Director of the Middle East Action Team for the Religious Freedom Institute
Pari Ibrahim
Founder and Executive Director of the Free Yezidi Foundation (FYF)
Yusuf Yaqoob Matti
President of the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union
Emiliano Stornelli
Founding Chairman of the Religion and Security Council (RSC)
Dr. Abdullah Saeed Waisi
Head of the Union of scholars of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Hamd Abdulaziz Al Sheikh Hamd
Head of the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq
Archbishop Bashar Warda
Chaldean Catholic Cleric and the Current Archbishop of Erbil
Patriarch Mar Awa III
Catholics-Patriarch of the Assyrians Church of the East
Haidar Elias
President of Yazda International Organization
Adam Bedar
Assistant Professor at Salahaddin University
Tanya Gilly
Co-Founder and Vice President of the SEED Foundation
Marley Tinnock
Communications Manager at SEED Foundation
Khairy Bozani
Head of Yezidi Affairs at the KRG Ministry of Religious Affairs
Amir Osman
Director of Religious Coexistence, Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs
William Warda
Iraqi Human Rights Activist
Dr. Ali Salih
Professor at Zakho University
Dr. Riyadh Al-Massodi
Member of the al-Naba Forum for Dialogue and Former Member of Iraqi Parliament
Issam Behnam Mtti
Mayor of Hamdaniya District
Dr. Salah Ali
General Coordinator of the Iraq Religious Freedom and Anti-discrimination Roundtable
Moderator: Nadine Maenza
President of the International Religious Freedom (IRF)
The Future of Youth (Z Generation) in the Middle East: Role and Responsibility
Ali Paracha
Country Director of Five One Labs in Iraq
Basima Abdulrahman
Founder and CEO of KESK
Goshan Karadaghi
Lecturer at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
Tara Mohammed
Founder and Director of Black Ace Company for IT Solution
Nask Omar
Owner of Nask Collection
Matin Fakhri
Founder of Fercademy
Rahel Aziz Karadakhi
Head of Dutch SPARK Organization's Erbil Office
Sara Salahaddin Mustafa
CEO of Vision Education
Mohammed Kirkuklizadeh
Researcher in Youth at UNFPA
Nali Yusuf
Head of Economic Section at Netherlands Consulate-General in Erbil, Iraq
Dr. Siyabulela Mandela
Human Rights and Peace Activist
Hussein Albayati
General Manager of Careem Iraq
Dr. Reber Jaff
Former Secretary of UN Secretary General's Advisory Board
Garik Hayrapetyan
Deputy Representative of UNFPA, Iraq
Jameel Ameer
Co-Founder of Bali
Omar Aziz
Co-Founder of Bali
Racha Ghamlouch
Co-Founder and Senior Manager of the Digital Digest
Moderator: Azza Yehia
Manager at Five One Invest
Opening Speech
Ziryan Rojhelati
Director of Rudaw Research Center
Speech of the President of Iraq
Dr. Adnan Ibrahim
Advisor to the President of Iraq
Changes in Global Energy Security and Competition in the Middle East
Mathew Zais
Vice President of Government Affairs at Hillwood Energy /HKN Energy
Robin Mills
CEO of Qamar Energy
Ahmad Tabaqchali
Chief Strategist of AFC Iraq Fund
Moderator: Omar Moradi
Head of Economy Desk and Petroleum Analyst at Rudaw Media Network
Digital Transformation in the KRI; Challenges, Successes and a Development Strategy for the MENA Region
Mothanna Gharaibeh
Former Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship-Jordan
Sherri Kraham Talabany
President of Seed Foundation
Mustafa Dawood
Executive Director at the Station Foundation for Entrepreneurship
Moderator: Alexander Farely
Program Associate for the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center
Two Decades After Dictatorship
Dr. Sa'dun Saadi
Political Analyst
Dr. Adel Bakawan
Director of the French Research Center on Iraq (CFRI)
Moderator: Dr. Ibrahim Mullazadeh
Lecturer at the University
Turkey's Centennial: 100 Years after the Ottoman Empire
James Franklin Jeffrey
Chair of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center
Dr Mohammed Shareef
Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Kurdistan Hawler
Iraq among Neighbors and Global Powers: Posibilities and Constraints
Fazil Mirani
Secretary of Kurdistan Democratic Party Politburo
Abas al-Amri
Director of the Iraqi Institute for Dialogue
Mullah Bakhtiar
Member of the supreme Political Council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Nikolai Miladinov
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
Moderator: Hiwa Mahmood
Journalist
The Internal Situation of the Kurdistan Region and the Issue of Stability
Bafel Jalal Talabany
President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
Mahmood Baban
Research Fellow at Rudaw Research Center
Continuity and Changes in Iranian Politics
Hakki Uygur
President of Iram
Hassan Ahmadian
Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran
Erwin Van Veen
Senior Research Fellow at Clingendael's Conflict Research Unit (CRU)
Parwez Rahim Qadir
Lecturer at Salahaddin University
Bilgehan Alagoz
Senior Expert at the Center for Iranian Studies (IRAM)
Time to Act: Empowering Women's Role in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region
Dr. Rewas Fayaq Hussein
Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament
Merissa Khurma
Program Director of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center
Competition and the Role of Great powers in the Middle East
Jennifer Gavito
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of state for Iran and Iraq
Shaojin Chai
Assistant Professor at the University of Sharjah
Andrew L. Peek
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Middle East Program
Moderator: Dr. Ben Connable
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
Dr. Nadia Ben Amer
Consultant for the Scientific Research International Center
Dr. Nursin Atesoglu Guney
Member of the Turkish Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council
Dr. Khanzad Ahmed
Secretary General of Kurdistan's high council for women and Development
Moderator: Aveen Karim
Editor at Rudaw Research Center
Investing in Education: A Catalyst for Economic Growth and Political Stability in the Middle East
Dr. Michel E. Mawad
President of Lebanese American University
Prof. James Tooley
Vice-Chancellor at the University of Buckingham
Dr. Dlawer Ala'Aldeen
President of the Middle East Research Institute (MERI)
Moderator: Dr. Pablo Fetter
Expert in Investment and Education
Issues of Stability in Iraq
Yehia Rasool
Spokesperson for the Iraqi Commander-inChief
Moderator: Yassin Taha
Researcher and Expert in Iraq Affairs
Russia in the Middle East: Priority and Impacts
Dr. Elbrus Kotrashev
Russian Ambassador to Iraq
Moderator: Dr. Rebar Jaff
Former Secretary of UN Secretary General's Advisory Board
The Outlook of Iraq's Economic and Political Challenges; Reform or Collapse?
Haider al-Abadi
Former Prime Minister of Iraq
Moderator: Dr. Mohammed Ihsan
Senior Research Fellow at Kings College London
Syria's War and Continued Instability: Is There a Solution in Sight?
Nikolas E. Granger
Senior Representative to Northeast Syria, U.S. Department
Ahmed Uysal
President of the Center for the Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM)
Ibrahim Bro
Former President of the Kurdish National Council
Rania Kisar
Deputy Director of the American Center for Levant Studies
Moderator: Hussein Omer
Syria Expert
Outstanding Issues in the Middle East and the Future of the Kurdistan Region
Nechirvan Barzani
President of the Kurdistan Region
Moderator: Ziryan Rojhelati
Director of Rudaw Research Center
U.S. policy in the Middle East: Consistency or Departure
David Schenker
Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute
Dr. Bilal Wahab
Nathan and Esther K. Wagner Fellow at the Washington Institute
Anna Borshchevskaya
Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute
Dr. Devorah Margolin
Research Fellow at the Washington Institute
Moderator: Andrew Tabler
Senior Fellow in the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute
Final Remarks
Masoud Mostajabi
Deputy Director of the Middle East Programs at Atlantic Council
Forum Speakers
Part of Forum Speakers
Nechirvan Barzani
President of the Kurdistan Region
Haider al-Abadi
Former Prime Minister of Iraq
Sherri Kraham Talabany
President of SEED Foundation
Dr. Andrew L. Peek
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
Dr. Nursin Atesoglu Guney
Member of the Turkish Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council
Mothanna Gharaibeh
Former Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Jordan
Bafel Talabani
President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
James Franklin Jeffry
Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States
Fazil Mirani
Head of the KDP Politburo
Nikolai Miladinov
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
Abas al-Amri
Director of the Iraqi Institute for Dialogue
Dr. Hakkı Uygur
President of the Center for Iranian Studies (Iram)
Erwin Van Veen
Senior Fellow at Clingendael Institute
Dr. Hassan Ahmadian
Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran
Parwez Rahim Qadir
Lecturer at Salahaddin University
Dr. Rewas Fayaq Hussein
Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament
Jennifer Gavito
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran and Iraq, and public diplomacy Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in The U.S.
Dr. Shaojin Chai
Assistant Professor at the University of Sharjah
Prof. James Tooley
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham
Michel E. Mawad
President of the Lebanese American University
Nikolas E. Granger
Senior Representative to Northeast Syria, U.S. Department
Ahmed Uysal
President of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM)
Rania Kisar
Deputy Director of the American Center for Levant Studies
Ibrahim Bro
Former President of the Kurdish National Council
Elbrus Kotrashev
Russian Ambassador to Iraq
Anna Borshchevskaya
Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute
David Schenker
Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute
Bilal Wahab
Nathan and Esther K. Wagner Fellow at the Washington Institute
Dr. Devorah Margolin
Research Fellow at the Washington Institute
Andrew Tabler
Senior Fellow in the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute
Robin M. Mills
CEO of Qamar Energy
Ahmad Tabaqchali
Chief Strategist, AFC Iraq Fund
Matthew Zais
Vice President of Government Affairs at Hillwood Energy / HKN Energy
Mullah Bakhtiar
Member of the Supreme Political Council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Merissa Khurma
Program Director of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center
Dr. Ben Connable
Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
Dr Sa'dun Saadi
Political Analyst
Dr. Adel Bakawan
Founder and Director of the French Research Center on Iraq (CFRI)
Dr. Khanzad Ahmad
Secretary General of Kurdistan's High Council for women and Development
Dr. Nadia Ben Amer
Consultant for the Scientific Research International Center
Yehia Rasool
Spokesperson for the Iraqi Commander-in-Chief
Mustafa Dawood
Executive Director at the Station Foundation for Entrepreneurship
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