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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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