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Impact of Climate Change and Water Problems in the Middle East, Iraq, and the Kurdistan Region
![Salah El Hajj Hassan](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/GRKBiZjMpHoD5HkIon2luXVJAetZtBXG2vN4juHC.png)
Salah El Hajj Hassan
FAO Representative in Iraq
![Dr. Jihan Mohammed Fattah](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/hopIwJsmZFZD0qXgefRj1YHntcrZCU7IaGbpYDNi.png)
Dr. Jihan Mohammed Fattah
Head of Water Resource Department, College of Engineering, Salahaddin University
![Dr. Saya Salam](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/qTkPkyXzIjVWoJv210HJ5ESJFzk09agiiLasF5Rz.png)
Dr. Saya Salam
Lecturer at University of Sulaimani
![Laura Birkman](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/tiDDOAWci7eW3jnxUk8e2Cwy3IIlWwkkQQIGIod4.png)
Laura Birkman
Senior Strategic Analyst and Head of the Climate and Security Program at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies
![Blnd Kurdo](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/QXybANjImYvO4sgOcyv602A4v2T9JcvD7RoASEum.png)
Blnd Kurdo
Water Protecter and Water Resource Engineer
![Shivan Fazil](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/FQ7zNcpTVRydild9l2Un44KZxkDw5zoBgbxUGQPk.png)
Shivan Fazil
Researcher with the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
![Narin Bahat Hasib](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/vINryan6H0CvmGyqaVZdV6eUPjvQzEiVGTU0bxox.png)
Narin Bahat Hasib
Project Manager, Livelihood and Economic Developement
![Garik Hayrapetyan](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/21EpPxhwjHZFOWDHOOvFSs47odk9KX8qTIbpHSt6.png)
Garik Hayrapetyan
Deputy Representative of UNFPA, Iraq
![Rahman Khani](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/y12NY2aX1C7OOEAmxKA1VH66yaf3ifSoupUlpbmq.png)
Rahman Khani
Director General of Dams of the Kurdistan Region
![Dr. Soran Hama Amin](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/IZJa0F6rKe8a24KVBsYYCvAGld1gTPf5alb2pIJL.jpg)
Dr. Soran Hama Amin
Lecturer at University of Sulaimani
![Mamunur Rashid](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/9rq6hUupueHxAG0OJHBG82lni2PQkpQDP4ie4Lzq.jpg)
Mamunur Rashid
Portfolio Manager for Environment Energy and Climate Change in UNDP Iraq
![Dr. Tugba Evrim Maden](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/9TMlrMgagMbK5PFvkDjC2XYj83sFWTlS6stLTJvI.jpg)
Dr. Tugba Evrim Maden
Policy Development Coordinator at SUEN Turkish Water Institute
![Moderator: Naseem Issa Aziz](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/FWPkhCqtBuKXU3xns4SXM6CiKi3gl7tZPxE9xpVP.png)
Moderator: Naseem Issa Aziz
United People Global Foundation
Security Changes and the Second Generation of ISIS
![Maj. Gen. Yehia Rasool](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/dioEdlS8UVuF6YB9ePjHSPwb4mpNMYuWKUP2gcv2.png)
Maj. Gen. Yehia Rasool
Spokesman for the Iraqi Commander-in-Chief
![Asha Castleberry](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/njhbnkiMAfl5QEK5y1qS8RWYlop9zrH7wHu5jHnu.png)
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](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/H5tbbl6wCJZuWaTxAKons6ZDUzDb82NFCAMwrZHU.png)
Ahmad Kurdo
Security Expert
![Jabar Yawar](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/lqGZ5PDQM62WKsHOpAtEFUw3LA4OCWYqXkINQd4E.png)
Jabar Yawar
Former Secretary General of the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Peshmarga
![Myles B Caggins](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/GDce3XvZT3vSj0n3K4fY4NhPnANYKruv63coK6YU.png)
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](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/cAsnybD9EE07GGmgAwf2PwKJSqiKlabrXqVFyvf9.jpg)
Zedan Mohammed
General Director of DT Institute in Iraq
![Dr. Saifaddin Darraji](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/o8vE6T4bJYCzbI8FNqCjJXg4oSrd0O93sg3lQ7sF.jpg)
Dr. Saifaddin Darraji
Advisor on International Affairs to the Iraqi National Security Council
![Mustafa Chawrash](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/kgx0vRmLYnTD2NzsWBv4NuP5TPSCOEpMXuWvF8ey.jpg)
Mustafa Chawrash
Commander of Peshmerga 70 Forces
![Dr. Devorah Margolin](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/zBqYsRgkW4q1KEX4cbFxBO3WLxJf0lwWLpDlAv3G.jpg)
Dr. Devorah Margolin
Research Fellow at the Washington Institute
![Jonathan A Hunter](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/Fwwu854zFH8nxL3O9u725ZRZ0Kh8AmjlGCtckmHR.jpg)
Jonathan A Hunter
Security Consultant and Drone Expert
![Ido Levy](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/nLzuTG8ygAhDU78aKQaxXUXEZzZxXtaDPpqzepAN.jpg)
Ido Levy
Associate Fellow at the Washington Institute
![Dr. Ben Connable](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/rZXj1mVmeVTAbFXSjRURyVMXSNzlFHakxHr9WqHf.jpg)
Dr. Ben Connable
Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
![Moderator: Dina Miran](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/4bXKk2tIIYg2NNZPDMnIg2N6G1SjzbS8t9Y0J04B.jpg)
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](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/zhRvN5WPXRwlSVSjEWFbzv6sTfulCzzpmW9tjSN0.jpg)
Matthew Zais
Vice President of Government Affairs at Hillwood Energy / HKN Energy
![Abdullah Kran](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/900EuBaJRM4T8PIttXKLzKXBc4TPH1WOCtwztZ0S.png)
Abdullah Kran
Professor and Energy Expert
![Dr. Yerevan Saeed](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/zkic4fIhp9Kmtow7ba7u8YdSqSIyO7y55Shs6f8D.png)
Dr. Yerevan Saeed
Lecturer at the University of Kurdistan Hawler
![Maryam Salman](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/wHhZ77iC0lj9O90O9b2jJFALO63lC6vqPCVPOwxK.png)
Maryam Salman
Senior Consultant at Qamar Energy
![Dr Bewar Khansi](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/pL4KhaYnyEPlsPXEnjTd4PEHJPfxEQyTrkputBJl.jpg)
Dr Bewar Khansi
Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region for Energy Affairs
![Abdulaziz Mirkhan](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/dpBrr7fgTGHvQEfSzwq5oHAU1cvDjl43acmmQFWM.jpg)
Abdulaziz Mirkhan
Deputy General Manager of Western Zagros Company
![Ahmad Tabaqchali](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/0rkWaF5g9y94bqmlMH9dVEiKMw9feUDgYsn247k9.png)
Ahmad Tabaqchali
Chief Strategist, AFC Iraq Fund
![Shakir Shakir](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/oi4SLDmxKaKymA1YQ5enFm4MCb17jh5VIqBJHHbe.png)
Shakir Shakir
Iraq country Manager for Dana Gas
![Dr. Qaiwan Siwaili](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/PMG34v8GVwnKujqL4N1SdRHkV6tiIACpUzsJzVv9.jpg)
Dr. Qaiwan Siwaili
Oil and Gas Consultant
![Shwan Zulal](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/RSGmI2nYsG8EWYSuhhBH3QM6P0DlE7EFXBAVxGZW.png)
Shwan Zulal
Energy Expert
![Thomas Calvert](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/EGYDCHi9jmNiI467zFiCZRXAvc3LgmJKoZd2p4ob.png)
Thomas Calvert
Head of Corporate Commercial Iraq / Head of China Group
![Robin M. Mills](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/D9DnVIR5GRgs5gvxpv2Auq2HTcpd3lFlezWWPB18.png)
Robin M. Mills
CEO of Qamar Energy
![Norman Ricklefs](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/iVAUKHAd3uQa3Z6JkoCVJyzFrMBA9FN1nr5tU0ZQ.png)
Norman Ricklefs
General Manager of NAMEA Consulting Company
![Sameh Hanna](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/UjhfP39HnRlWAVrQvC2VuPL6RQceNYPL4aD8Sdj8.png)
Sameh Hanna
Managing Director Middle East at DNO
![Moderator: Omar Moradi](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/C4iUUi3bzrQJpVs7FMZGwl1nIcloWt09Nc8p8r1Z.png)
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](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/n1kzEQXx0YZVmGRjjm6vof6oUvD7YhAvOUfSCU64.jpg)
Erwin Van Veen
Senior Research Fellow at Clingendael's Conflict Research Unit (CRU)
![Tytti Erasto](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/7Cp37BPDvay5svg3zZlXeOHbljbFxXnXVKmR4pSz.png)
Tytti Erasto
Senior Researcher on Nuclear Weapons Issues at Stockholm International Peace Research InstituteSIPRI
![John Krzyzaniak](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/KSX9gZxx4wRcBnxEprlCyDLtT0M4jvDAPSH7Co5j.jpg)
John Krzyzaniak
Research Associate at the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
![Dr. Hamidreza Azizi](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/a0O0iGdPoNDzP5LByTloZzJUlLyUbbdo3UxgyOCT.jpg)
Dr. Hamidreza Azizi
Visiting Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin
![Dr. Hassan Ahmadian](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/KQIMsqLsEbhecFogt9Tif4aFKyQm2fzZwYAWu0zA.jpg)
Dr. Hassan Ahmadian
Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran
![Ali Ahmadi](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/JABBFhb3gd69eMmMKu6QkhHn1ZcdpNpBIgCxnSqO.png)
Ali Ahmadi
Senior Fellow at the Geneva Center for Security Policy
![Dr. Serdar Aziz](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/2YOCIGMgMocz1WI7x0O5c5IlHrwFnxZrwA2pNutY.jpg)
Dr. Serdar Aziz
Researcher and Former Senior Advisor in Kurdistan Parliament
![Dr. Mehmet Koc](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/zZi9U6fIiCccthrFPZmpeF73vRsNoCKq3TPR7uL3.png)
Dr. Mehmet Koc
Researcher at the Center for Iranian Studies (IRAM)
![Dr. Parwez Rahim](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/2qBvO4HqhA8J5nFzL3xVDp9antdBimsuM01QSwls.jpg)
Dr. Parwez Rahim
Lecturer in International Relation at Salahaddin University
![Dr. Hiwa Majid](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/92GgfVgdf3dL4r8jhsSioDq4v4uwponmU7yGv2VM.jpg)
Dr. Hiwa Majid
Lecturer at Salahaddin University
![Moderator: Dr. Hakki Uygur](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/6fO6wGQqvoyUN9miYghOlhXzQFARaKjHWi1Crpjk.jpg)
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](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/eyaNWRg24Rfp92CIvJPi7lCbl0E6ZuOa2L28xKGd.png)
Jeremy P. Barker
Director of the Middle East Action Team for the Religious Freedom Institute
![Pari Ibrahim](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/4TAye7uamwyj3lNXqE6AUcRP1WD3ETDfv8mpq6K5.png)
Pari Ibrahim
Founder and Executive Director of the Free Yezidi Foundation (FYF)
![Yusuf Yaqoob Matti](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/uYlqLuE1Z6geDWLEUjK2t3j6jhOMRGkTPBn21Ztt.png)
Yusuf Yaqoob Matti
President of the Beth Nahrain Patriotic Union
![Emiliano Stornelli](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/IFQbcXueAVTrEJ5ktWRwCnZbTjRd1RmhOw1NdeXL.png)
Emiliano Stornelli
Founding Chairman of the Religion and Security Council (RSC)
![Dr. Abdullah Saeed Waisi](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/Uhr5Qg32EO5vLwgm24tmZBUYf4K4ps902tkPiP21.jpg)
Dr. Abdullah Saeed Waisi
Head of the Union of scholars of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
![Hamd Abdulaziz Al Sheikh Hamd](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/Iy7F4FSywNbPGYGRrL3jIQx8aKHne7l770nz9SDl.jpg)
Hamd Abdulaziz Al Sheikh Hamd
Head of the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq
![Archbishop Bashar Warda](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/vw2H6wdDReMn6Oqt18xQXcRx4lYEeTtCp0HTSrNn.jpg)
Archbishop Bashar Warda
Chaldean Catholic Cleric and the Current Archbishop of Erbil
![Patriarch Mar Awa III](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/4dqENeuyE0x0zAavfF2XKZP3O1ZRZlHUjtcGjLa7.jpg)
Patriarch Mar Awa III
Catholics-Patriarch of the Assyrians Church of the East
![Haidar Elias](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/KNeQkFHTMeGjSper7dP5JZ4clCoIBG2t1EYeuGr5.jpg)
Haidar Elias
President of Yazda International Organization
![Adam Bedar](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/4yVvqv5N2DmOX8E1j23voS2WqZKAU2VZqioZWCs0.jpg)
Adam Bedar
Assistant Professor at Salahaddin University
![Tanya Gilly](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/rgHKZst2RcjQZhAAiBZBeLtKQRMc0LQQxrXeJzen.jpg)
Tanya Gilly
Co-Founder and Vice President of the SEED Foundation
![Marley Tinnock](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/y2MugrRYXPNVyIWgOC9re5Sw9rlLm2n1SJESzn8o.jpg)
Marley Tinnock
Communications Manager at SEED Foundation
![Khairy Bozani](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/WO4l05Kakx00odXhxYjd3uBFREbDvf046q4Hbqyv.jpg)
Khairy Bozani
Head of Yezidi Affairs at the KRG Ministry of Religious Affairs
![Amir Osman](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/MY83T41eRJMtyqeB8oqlZn3gYOjG2VaPz6D6F6YJ.jpg)
Amir Osman
Director of Religious Coexistence, Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs
![William Warda](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/gYvBipkQ494eo8Eisju1pRKCmdxz7Tvh5x7W26Hl.jpg)
William Warda
Iraqi Human Rights Activist
![Dr. Ali Salih](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/X2hhQ3ZTxYgAQc7OqsAFyNebzy09oOUMHP050XEp.jpg)
Dr. Ali Salih
Professor at Zakho University
![Dr. Riyadh Al-Massodi](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/zhC7xdLJmdzh9UrlksBOxFjAOhdxjoj6tspOGIAw.jpg)
Dr. Riyadh Al-Massodi
Member of the al-Naba Forum for Dialogue and Former Member of Iraqi Parliament
![Issam Behnam Mtti](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/a6qCZykt0IJ7CVc4IUU3jVoTdJsaX29hhKbfNCxc.jpg)
Issam Behnam Mtti
Mayor of Hamdaniya District
![Dr. Salah Ali](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/UtKpoEaysS7OVIaGFytIeIxOZqt8tBggwnlL0EsD.jpg)
Dr. Salah Ali
General Coordinator of the Iraq Religious Freedom and Anti-discrimination Roundtable
![Moderator: Nadine Maenza](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/I24wMyUdhvKPjiGLqmpLtsUzjqiorNBZeFCPywy8.png)
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](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/qOu5gLTvB6MhlTuakfB1rhDlFi5RyeftTG1jKZhE.jpg)
Ali Paracha
Country Director of Five One Labs in Iraq
![Basima Abdulrahman](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/quHE3fk9eFDv8HRVspCaBkHqygAxLVAxFG0h42op.png)
Basima Abdulrahman
Founder and CEO of KESK
![Goshan Karadaghi](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/bVGFtg6hKvbe62jtkAnu0PzUrPAuWAqILuMeMt2L.jpg)
Goshan Karadaghi
Lecturer at American University of Iraq, Sulaimani
![Tara Mohammed](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/JdMnb5jMRCDdOh99GqXtsBBYiBBiFFumjpmMQLGm.png)
Tara Mohammed
Founder and Director of Black Ace Company for IT Solution
![Nask Omar](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/Q6mOY9eOO53ZjQEZRXV3mXhUed70iIkRnmN9f6jX.png)
Nask Omar
Owner of Nask Collection
![Matin Fakhri](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/xMnKcWrNrZQoaDXYOF4ZEIKQPYtL1Y7Hq1yAIRg4.png)
Matin Fakhri
Founder of Fercademy
![Rahel Aziz Karadakhi](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/QqKr269XoIxeldUNPM1uKFz0VRlWDGWNsDHKTs8J.png)
Rahel Aziz Karadakhi
Head of Dutch SPARK Organization's Erbil Office
![Sara Salahaddin Mustafa](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/UlJRF4ajLhXwFEdSYr8TsCD5NARNO339oAvJmTjW.png)
Sara Salahaddin Mustafa
CEO of Vision Education
![Mohammed Kirkuklizadeh](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/Qho9AxPfXkQjwdILbE7MuTd3oZDImFJXiodaNiJ0.jpg)
Mohammed Kirkuklizadeh
Researcher in Youth at UNFPA
![Nali Yusuf](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/V5zyd22z96QlYtcsW325JmQckJ8pe0Axw1kZl99d.jpg)
Nali Yusuf
Head of Economic Section at Netherlands Consulate-General in Erbil, Iraq
![Dr. Siyabulela Mandela](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/xGauwqkcpRfQc2lAsy9netquGQeymtlKiPHQduzi.png)
Dr. Siyabulela Mandela
Human Rights and Peace Activist
![Hussein Albayati](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/4YbIlGkwgPws6OCfSV07rKeVL45r47AUOo1RLecc.jpg)
Hussein Albayati
General Manager of Careem Iraq
![Dr. Reber Jaff](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/G2MzGc3A1QfaKS8pngW2xmqdudYHHy22mEE0meJi.jpg)
Dr. Reber Jaff
Former Secretary of UN Secretary General's Advisory Board
![Garik Hayrapetyan](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/2xiKctucW6P7crJVoKwJh31fYQnwXiOPe1mtcle3.png)
Garik Hayrapetyan
Deputy Representative of UNFPA, Iraq
![Jameel Ameer](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/9gLQ216JC2l4tOolZkhNIJ8WgnCst89Fpn8prvQa.jpg)
Jameel Ameer
Co-Founder of Bali
![Omar Aziz](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/yF7dv9xKRw15cuhBY6WxxVYcZ6NNxVuY4TGUHBUD.jpg)
Omar Aziz
Co-Founder of Bali
![Racha Ghamlouch](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/bk4aH7nfZxLVRGlxty9qQo9HuEqywqgqhK5ESyv8.jpg)
Racha Ghamlouch
Co-Founder and Senior Manager of the Digital Digest
![Moderator: Azza Yehia](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/TeLQuF5RmGlF1wQjn6ZgYqTwbEFSM08WgoaGcgU8.png)
Moderator: Azza Yehia
Manager at Five One Invest
Opening Speech
![Ziryan Rojhelati](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/laH07omi3HIxKp9gGOI8oBixbTBVq7CETIZX9D9x.jpg)
Ziryan Rojhelati
Director of Rudaw Research Center
Speech of the President of Iraq
![Dr. Adnan Ibrahim](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/vI3Udk7DQPzw76FjYjZmJEm9a5u3yabSAQOMha3C.jpg)
Dr. Adnan Ibrahim
Advisor to the President of Iraq
Changes in Global Energy Security and Competition in the Middle East
![Mathew Zais](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/9PkuA6pf4mElGfT1KcInO8bXgTNZ5VkCOhPO2SGM.jpg)
Mathew Zais
Vice President of Government Affairs at Hillwood Energy /HKN Energy
![Robin Mills](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/q4NwM3vkgHTCE3U46Cz9qJPTHS4Hf95vM0vOgpWG.png)
Robin Mills
CEO of Qamar Energy
![Ahmad Tabaqchali](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/bggS7XrywaeKZ9Ar2tO6LmjEhUkCNwM2LrNLfHd0.jpg)
Ahmad Tabaqchali
Chief Strategist of AFC Iraq Fund
![Moderator: Omar Moradi](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/FFxtVmsmIRhcUQwxkOCbLBJWZ5idZg3MwRPIKO9M.jpg)
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](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/hHqI716kQvIiwH7GssiApbe7jCxjvOyDeAxYR6w4.jpg)
Mothanna Gharaibeh
Former Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship-Jordan
![Sherri Kraham Talabany](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/DJkVBo13w1rbMj9igKiiSbgGEcDhlBpstoQVPYPh.jpg)
Sherri Kraham Talabany
President of Seed Foundation
![Mustafa Dawood](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/YEDdMPMn6LcLx0iw0B3k2fXRqr7oCFKD4uksQdBO.jpg)
Mustafa Dawood
Executive Director at the Station Foundation for Entrepreneurship
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Moderator: Alexander Farely
Program Associate for the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center
Two Decades After Dictatorship
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Dr. Sa'dun Saadi
Political Analyst
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Dr. Adel Bakawan
Director of the French Research Center on Iraq (CFRI)
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Moderator: Dr. Ibrahim Mullazadeh
Lecturer at the University
Turkey's Centennial: 100 Years after the Ottoman Empire
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James Franklin Jeffrey
Chair of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center
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Dr Mohammed Shareef
Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Kurdistan Hawler
Iraq among Neighbors and Global Powers: Posibilities and Constraints
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Fazil Mirani
Secretary of Kurdistan Democratic Party Politburo
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Abas al-Amri
Director of the Iraqi Institute for Dialogue
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Mullah Bakhtiar
Member of the supreme Political Council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
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Nikolai Miladinov
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
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Moderator: Hiwa Mahmood
Journalist
The Internal Situation of the Kurdistan Region and the Issue of Stability
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Bafel Jalal Talabany
President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)
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Mahmood Baban
Research Fellow at Rudaw Research Center
Continuity and Changes in Iranian Politics
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Hakki Uygur
President of Iram
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Hassan Ahmadian
Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran
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Erwin Van Veen
Senior Research Fellow at Clingendael's Conflict Research Unit (CRU)
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Parwez Rahim Qadir
Lecturer at Salahaddin University
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Bilgehan Alagoz
Senior Expert at the Center for Iranian Studies (IRAM)
Time to Act: Empowering Women's Role in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region
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Dr. Rewas Fayaq Hussein
Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament
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Merissa Khurma
Program Director of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center
Competition and the Role of Great powers in the Middle East
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Jennifer Gavito
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of state for Iran and Iraq
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Shaojin Chai
Assistant Professor at the University of Sharjah
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Andrew L. Peek
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Middle East Program
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Moderator: Dr. Ben Connable
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
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Dr. Nadia Ben Amer
Consultant for the Scientific Research International Center
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Dr. Nursin Atesoglu Guney
Member of the Turkish Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council
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Dr. Khanzad Ahmed
Secretary General of Kurdistan's high council for women and Development
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Moderator: Aveen Karim
Editor at Rudaw Research Center
Investing in Education: A Catalyst for Economic Growth and Political Stability in the Middle East
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Dr. Michel E. Mawad
President of Lebanese American University
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Prof. James Tooley
Vice-Chancellor at the University of Buckingham
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Dr. Dlawer Ala'Aldeen
President of the Middle East Research Institute (MERI)
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Moderator: Dr. Pablo Fetter
Expert in Investment and Education
Issues of Stability in Iraq
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Yehia Rasool
Spokesperson for the Iraqi Commander-inChief
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Moderator: Yassin Taha
Researcher and Expert in Iraq Affairs
Russia in the Middle East: Priority and Impacts
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Dr. Elbrus Kotrashev
Russian Ambassador to Iraq
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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?
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Haider al-Abadi
Former Prime Minister of Iraq
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Moderator: Dr. Mohammed Ihsan
Senior Research Fellow at Kings College London
Syria's War and Continued Instability: Is There a Solution in Sight?
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Nikolas E. Granger
Senior Representative to Northeast Syria, U.S. Department
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Ahmed Uysal
President of the Center for the Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM)
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Ibrahim Bro
Former President of the Kurdish National Council
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Rania Kisar
Deputy Director of the American Center for Levant Studies
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Moderator: Hussein Omer
Syria Expert
Outstanding Issues in the Middle East and the Future of the Kurdistan Region
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Nechirvan Barzani
President of the Kurdistan Region
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Moderator: Ziryan Rojhelati
Director of Rudaw Research Center
U.S. policy in the Middle East: Consistency or Departure
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David Schenker
Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute
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Dr. Bilal Wahab
Nathan and Esther K. Wagner Fellow at the Washington Institute
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Anna Borshchevskaya
Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute
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Dr. Devorah Margolin
Research Fellow at the Washington Institute
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Moderator: Andrew Tabler
Senior Fellow in the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute
Final Remarks
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Masoud Mostajabi
Deputy Director of the Middle East Programs at Atlantic Council
Forum Speakers
Part of Forum Speakers
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Nechirvan Barzani
President of the Kurdistan Region
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Haider al-Abadi
Former Prime Minister of Iraq
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Sherri Kraham Talabany
President of SEED Foundation
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Dr. Andrew L. Peek
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
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Dr. Nursin Atesoglu Guney
Member of the Turkish Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council
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Mothanna Gharaibeh
Former Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Jordan
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Bafel Talabani
President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
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James Franklin Jeffry
Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States
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Fazil Mirani
Head of the KDP Politburo
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Nikolai Miladinov
United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
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Abas al-Amri
Director of the Iraqi Institute for Dialogue
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Dr. Hakkı Uygur
President of the Center for Iranian Studies (Iram)
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Erwin Van Veen
Senior Fellow at Clingendael Institute
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Dr. Hassan Ahmadian
Assistant Professor at the University of Tehran
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Parwez Rahim Qadir
Lecturer at Salahaddin University
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Dr. Rewas Fayaq Hussein
Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament
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Jennifer Gavito
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran and Iraq, and public diplomacy Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in The U.S.
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Dr. Shaojin Chai
Assistant Professor at the University of Sharjah
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Prof. James Tooley
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham
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Michel E. Mawad
President of the Lebanese American University
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Nikolas E. Granger
Senior Representative to Northeast Syria, U.S. Department
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Ahmed Uysal
President of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM)
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Rania Kisar
Deputy Director of the American Center for Levant Studies
![Ibrahim Bro](https://cdn.rudawrc.net/images/forums/speakers/4y3FYW2IFF10i1Kkl6wN0JiwEaaFzGR00O8BQrdY.jpg)
Ibrahim Bro
Former President of the Kurdish National Council
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Elbrus Kotrashev
Russian Ambassador to Iraq
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Anna Borshchevskaya
Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute
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David Schenker
Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute
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Bilal Wahab
Nathan and Esther K. Wagner Fellow at the Washington Institute
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Dr. Devorah Margolin
Research Fellow at the Washington Institute
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Andrew Tabler
Senior Fellow in the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute
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Robin M. Mills
CEO of Qamar Energy
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Ahmad Tabaqchali
Chief Strategist, AFC Iraq Fund
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Matthew Zais
Vice President of Government Affairs at Hillwood Energy / HKN Energy
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Mullah Bakhtiar
Member of the Supreme Political Council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
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Merissa Khurma
Program Director of the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center
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Dr. Ben Connable
Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
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Dr Sa'dun Saadi
Political Analyst
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Dr. Adel Bakawan
Founder and Director of the French Research Center on Iraq (CFRI)
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Dr. Khanzad Ahmad
Secretary General of Kurdistan's High Council for women and Development
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Dr. Nadia Ben Amer
Consultant for the Scientific Research International Center
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Yehia Rasool
Spokesperson for the Iraqi Commander-in-Chief
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Mustafa Dawood
Executive Director at the Station Foundation for Entrepreneurship
Partners
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