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Opening & Welcoming Address

Ziryan Rojhelati
Director of Rudaw Research Center
Speech/ Dr. Abdul Latif Rashid, President of Iraq

H.E, Dr. Abdul Latif Rashid
President of the Republic of Iraq
Speech / Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, Prime Minister of Iraq

H.E, Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
Prime Minister of Iraq
Interview 01: The future of Iraq in light of the 2025 elections and regional tensions

H.E, Dr. Mahmoud Mashhadani
President of the Iraqi Parliament

Dr. Mohammed Ihsan
Senior Researcher, King's College London; Former Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Interview 02: Kurdistan Region's Vision for the Era of Uncertainty – the Impact of Regional Compromises and Divisions on Kurdistan

H.E, Nechirvan Barzani
President of the Kurdistan Region

Moderator: Ziryan Rojhelati
Director of Rudaw Research Center
Rest & Lunch
Panel 01: Syria’s Future Post-Assad: Reshaping the Region’s Security and Political Landscape.

Saeed Khatibzadeh
Deputy and president of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) at the Foreign Ministry

Dr. Jauad Anani
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan

Basim Al-Awadi
Spokesperson for the Government of Iraq

Cengiz Çandar
Member of the Turkish Parliament, DEM Party

Dr. Gangzheng She
Director of the Center for Foreign Security Studies at Tsinghua University, Beijing

Moderator: Hussien Omar
Rudaw Media Network
Panel 02: Post-Assad regime: What can Western governments do to protect Syrian minorities' rights ?

Christiane Hohmann
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Iraq

Siamend Hajo
Head of the Office for External Relations of Syrian Kurdistan Front

Moderator: Dilbixwin Dara
Rudaw Media Network
Panel 03: The Political Future, Military and Security Balances in the Middle East: Persistent Conflict and Tensions or Sustainable Stability?

Pascal Ausseur
Retired Admiral of the French Navy and Director General of the Mediterranean Center for Strategic Studies

Muzaffer Akyildirim
Retourner. Diplomat & Military Officer GFI & BDU Rep

Dr. Ibrahim Mottaghi
Professor of Political Science, University of Tehran; Expert on Regional Security

Moderator: Maad Fayad
Rudaw Media Network
Panel 04: Post-Assad Syria: Challenges to State Integration, Power Consolidation, and Political Transition

Dr. Patrick Haenni
Humanitarian Dialogue Organization

Ahmad Al-Jarba
President of the Syria's Tomorrow Movement and Former President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition

Ahmad Mhidi
Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Syria Advisor

Moderator: Dr. Azad Ali
Author and former director of the Rudaw Research Center
Panel 05: Visions of a Transitional Period in the Middle East – States' Perspectives on Political, Economic, and Social Turning Points

Dr. Nuri al-Dulaimi
Iraq's Former Minister of Planning

Mariam Sadiq al Mahdi
Former Foreign Minister of Sudan

Dr. Khalil Shirgholami
Deputy Director General of the Institute for Political and International Studies at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dr. Adel Bakawan
European Institute for Research on the Middle East and North Africa

Moderator: Abbas Al-Anbouri
Advisor to the International Relations Committee in the Iraqi Parliament--President and Founder of Rewaq Center
Interview 03: Islamism, Nationalism and the Kurdish Question in Türkiye

Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu
President of HÜDA PAR

Moderator: Ruşen Çakır
Journalist
Panel 07: Climate Change and its Impact on Human Rights Violations in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region

Dr Torhan Al Mufti
Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq on water

Jasim Al Asadi
Head and Co-Founder of the Iraqi Nature Organization

Sherri Kraham Talabany
President and Co-Founder of SEED Foundation

Dr. Zaki S. Shubber
Lawyer and International Expert in Freshwater Law and Conflict Resolution

Moderator: Sarah Sanbar
Human Rights Watch
Panel 08: Climate Change and Geopolitical Challenges in the Middle East

Gawdat Bahgat
Professor of National Security Affairs at the National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Study.

Dr. Jawad Al-Kharraz
Senior Director, Expert and Consultant in Sustainable Development, Energy Transition and Water Policies, New Technology

Hassan Partow
Program Manager at the Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch of UN Environment (Environment Department/PCDMB)

Abdul Aziz Al-Ghashian
Senior Researcher and Research Director at the ORF (Observer Research Foundation) for the Middle East

Moderator: Paul Dziatkowiec
Director of Mediation and Peace Support at the Geneva Center for Security Policy
Interview 04: US Foreign Policy and its Regional Engagement in the Middle East under Trump

David Schenker
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

Moderator: RoJ Zalla
Rudaw Media Network
Panel 09: Misinformation and Disinformation in Times of Conflict – October 7 until the fall of Bashar al-Assad

Dina Sadek
a Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)

Dr. Mohammed Abu Rumman
Founder of the Politics and Society Institute and former Minister of Culture and Youth in Omar Razzaz's government in Jordan

Bayan Tal
A media literacy and communication consultant

Moderator: Yusuf Can
Wilson Center /Program Coordinator
Panel 10: Prospects for the 2025 Iraqi Parliamentary Elections – A New Stage of Tension or a Direction for Peaceful Power Rivalry

Raed Fahmi
Secretary General of the Communist Party in Iraq

Dr. Mustafa Ayash AlKubaisi
Secretary General of the National Monument Party

Rafe Abdul-Jabbar Al-Azzawi
Former member of the Iraqi Parliament (Sadrist Movement)

Aso Faraidoon
Member of Iraqi Parliament /PUK

Moderator: Mustafa al-Saray
Director of Political Studies at Al-Bayan Center for Planning and studies
Interview 06: The Kurdistan Patriotic Union's Perspective on the Uncertainties of Iraq and Kurdistan Region's Future

Qubad Talabani
Deputy Prime Minister of Kurdistan region

Moderator: Shaho Amin
Rudaw Media Network
Rest & Lunch
Roundtable Discussion (By Invitation)
Panel 11: Regulation of Oil and Gas Demand and the Future of Energy Transmission in Iraq

Dr. Luay al-Khateeb
Former Electricity Minister and member of the Federal Energy Council in the Government of Adil Abdul-Mahdi

Dr. Izzat Sabir
Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister For Gas Affairs

Matthew Zais
HKN Energy's Vice President for Government Affairs, and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy

Moderator: Robin Mills
CEO of Qamar Energy
Panel 12: Competitiveness of Road Projects and the Future of Development Road Projects in Iraq

Dr. Ahmed Yousef Al-Jumaili
Prime Minister's Political Team

Dr. Yerevan Saeed
Director of the Global Kurdish Initiative for Peace, American University, Washington

Dr. Ardeshir Pashang
Researcher and Expert in International Relations

Moderator: Maryam Salman
Senior Consultant - Energy Strategy & Transformation, Qamar Energy

Dr. Ahmad Naqibzadeh
Professor at the University of Tehran
Interview 07: Türkiye 's Domestic Policy and Regional Strategy Transformation; Bülent Arınç's Perspective, Former Speaker of Parliament

H.E, Bülent Arınç
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Speaker of the Türkiye Parliament

Moderator: Mohammed Saleh
Rudaw Media Network
Presentation 01: Kurdish Barometer Results: Findings from Turkey

Roj Girasun
Director of RawestResearch

Reha Ruhavioğlu
Director of Kurdish Studies
Rest & Lunch
Panel 13: Russia and the Middle East amid Global Transformations

Dr. Nikolay Surkov
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Affairs of the Russian

Ambassador Aleksander Aksenenok
Vice-President of the Russian International Affairs Council

Dr. Jahangir Karami
International Relations Associate Professor, Department of International Relations of the University of Tehran, expert in Russia studies

Moderator: Dr. Dalsoz Jalal Hawrami
University of Soran
Panel 14: Peace Talks in Türkiye and the Future of the PKK Armed Conflict after Four Decades

Mr. Oğuz Kaan salıcı
Former deputy chairman of the Republican People’s Party (CHP)

Mehmet Emin Ekmen
Deputy President of the DEVA party and Member of the Turkish Parliament

Abdurrahman Kurt
Former Member of Parliament, Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Cengiz Çandar
Member of the Turkish Parliament, DEM Party

Moderator: Dr. Arzu Yilmaz
An Associate Professor , Department of Politics and International Relations, Kurdistan University – Erbil
Interview 08: Faith and Strategy; Kurdistan Islamic Union's Perspective on the Geopolitical Shifts in the Middle East

Salahuddin Mohammed Bahauddin
Secretary General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU)

Bestoon Osman
Rudaw Media Network
Closing Address
Forum Speakers
Part of Forum Speakers

Dr. Abdul Latif Rashid
President of the Republic of Iraq

Nechirvan Barzani
President of the Kurdistan Region

Dr. Mahmoud Mashhadani
President of the Iraqi Parliament

Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
Prime Minister of Iraq

Bülent Arınç
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Former Speaker of the Türkiye Parliament

Salahuddin Mohammed Bahauddin
Secretary General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU)

Dr. Jauad Anani
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan

Qubad Talabani
Deputy Prime Minister of Kurdistan region

Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu
President of HÜDA PAR

David Schenker
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

Saeed Khatibzadeh
Deputy Foreign Ministry and president of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)

Cengiz Çandar
Member of the Turkish Parliament, DEM Party

Dr. Gangzheng She
Director of the Center for Foreign Security Studies at Tsinghua University, Beijing

Ambassador Aleksander Aksenenok
Vice-President of the Russian International Affairs Council

Christiane Hohmann
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Iraq

Pascal Ausseur
Retired Admiral of the French Navy and Director General of the Mediterranean Center for Strategic Studies

Muzaffer Akyildirim
Retourner. Diplomat & Military Officer GFI & BDU Rep

Dr. Nuri al-Dulaimi
Iraq's Former Minister of Planning

Mariam Sadiq al Mahdi
Former Foreign Minister of Sudan

Raed Fahmi
Secretary General of the Communist Party in Iraq

Dr. Luay al-Khateeb
Former Electricity Minister and member of the Federal Energy Council in the Government of Adil Abdul-Mahdi

Matthew Zais
HKN Energy's Vice President for Government Affairs, and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy

Mr. Oğuz Kaan salıcı
Former deputy chairman of the Republican People’s Party (CHP)

Mehmet Emin Ekmen
Deputy President of the DEVA party and Member of the Turkish Parliament

Dr. Gangzheng She
Director of the Center for Foreign Security Studies at Tsinghua University, Beijing

Siamend Hajo
Head of the Office for External Relations of Syrian Kurdistan Front

Patrick Haenni
Humanitarian Dialogue Organization

Dr. Ibrahim Mottaghi
Professor of Political Science, University of Tehran; Expert on Regional Security

Dr. Khalil Shirgholami
Deputy Director General of the Institute for Political and International Studies at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dr. Adel Bakawan
European Institute for Research on the Middle East and North Africa

Dr. Ahmad Naqibzadeh
, University of Tehran

Ahmad Jarba
former president of the Syrian Opposition Coalition

Dr Torhan Al Mufti
Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq on water

Jasim Al Asadi
Head and Co-Founder of the Iraqi Nature Organization

Sherri Kraham Talabany
President and Co-Founder of SEED Foundation

Dr. Zaki S. Shubber
lawyer and CEDR-certified mediator, Specializes in national and international water law, and conflict resolution

Gawdat Bahgat
Professor of National Security Affairs at the National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Study.

Hassan Partow
Program Manager at the Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch of UN Environment (Environment Department/PCDMB)

Abdul Aziz Al-Ghashian
Senior Researcher and Research Director at the ORF (Observer Research Foundation) for the Middle East

Dina Sadek
a Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)

Dr. Mohammed Abu Rumman
Founder of the Politics and Society Institute and former Minister of Culture and Youth in Omar Razzaz's government in Jordan

Bayan Tal
Member of the Board of Trustees, The Crown Prince Foundation

Dr. Mustafa Ayash AlKubaisi
Secretary General of Al Sarh Party

Aso Feridun
Member of Iraqi Parliament /PUK

Rafe Abdul-Jabbar Al-Azzawi
Former member of the Iraqi Parliament

Dr. Izzat Sabir
Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister For Gas Affairs

Dr. Yerevan Saeed
Director of the Global Kurdish Initiative for Peace, American University, Washington

Dr. Ardeshir Pashang
Researcher and Expert in International Relations

Reha Ruhavioğlu
Director of Kurdish Studies

Roj Girasun
Director of Rawest Research

Dr. Nikolay Surkov
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Affairs of the Russian Academy of Science

Dr. Jahangir Karami
International Relations Associate Professor, Department of International Relations of the University of Tehran, expert in Russia studies

Dr. Ahmed Yousef Al-Jumaili
Turkish Affairs Advisor / Prime Minister's Office of Iraq
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