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Middle East Dialogue 2016 Preliminary Program

 

 
 
Middle East Dialogue 2016: 
New Hopes and Aspirations
Friday February 26, the historic Whittemore House
1526, New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington DC
 
 
 
 
 
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM:
  
 
 
8:00 am Registration with Continental Breakfast
 
  
9:00 am Opening Keynote - Auditorium
 
Moderator: Ambassador Mark Hambley, Next Century Foundation 
Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representative to the United States
 
 
 
10:10 - 11:25 am: BREAKOUT SESSIONS I (4 rooms)
 
 
1. International Relations: Library
Session chair: Cheryl Walker, Policy Studies Organization
 
Atefeh Baghi, Doshisha University - Kyoto, Japan
 
Susmit Kumar, Kumar Consultancy
 
Yiyi Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Shanghai, China
 
 
 
2. Oil in the Middle East: 1870s Room
Session chair: John G. Ingersoll, ECOCORP
 
Maha Aziz, Huffington Post / Wikistrat / New York University - New York, New York 
 
Robert Kuchinski, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (Middle East Region) / Weatherford Oil
 
 
 
 
3. Israeli-Arab Conflict 1: Harriman Room
Session chair: Andrew Jung, American University
 
Barry Shapiro, Allegheny College - Meadville, Pennsylvania 
 
Josef Olmert, University of South Carolina - Columbia, South Carolina 
 
Oded Adomi Leshem, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University - Fairfax, Virginia
 
 
 
4. Democracy: Blair Room
Session chair: William Morris, Next Century Foundation
 
Abir El Shaban, Washington State University - Pullman, Washington
 
Sahar Mohamed Khamis, University of Maryland - College Park, Maryland
 
 
 
11:35 - 12:50 pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS II (4 rooms)
  
 
5. Israeli-Arab Conflict 2: Library
Session chair: Mohammed M. Aman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
 
The Phased Implementation of the Arab Peace Initiative
Ambassadors William Morris and Mark Hambley, Next Century Foundation
 
 
 
6. Iran 1: 1870s Room
Session chair: Ivan S. Sheehan, University of Baltimore
 
Shahram Ahmadi Nasab Emran, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, St. Louis University - St. Louis, Missouri 
 
Arash Reisinezhad, Florida International University - Miami, Florida
 
 
 
7. Extremism: Harriman Room
Session chair: Paul Hayes, Director of Debate, George Washington University
 
Session opened by The Lafayette Debates (Sponsored by the Embassy of France to the United States). Featuring debate speakers, Bailey Fischer-Columbo & Joseph Nelson, George Washington University Debate & Literary Society
 
 
Dorle Hellmuth, The Catholic University of America - Washington, D.C. 
 
Najah Mahmi Sidi, Mohamed Ben Abdellah University - Fez, Morocco and Nice-Sophia Antipolis University - Nice, France
 
 
 
1:00 - 2:20 pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS III (4 rooms)
 
 
8. Gender 1: Library
Session chair: Cheryl Walker, Policy Studies Organization
 
Muddassir Quamar, Jawaharlal Nehru University - New Delhi, India 
 
Seyedehbehnaz Hosseini, University of Vienna - Vienna Austria
 
Thomas Martin, Pennsylvania State University - State College, Pennsylvania
 
 
 
9. Iran 2: 1870s Room
Session chair: Franklin Hockenbrocht, Policy Studies Organization
 
Náder Alyani, LLAKES Centre, UCL IOE, University College of London - London, England
Maryam Afzalabadi, Sharif University of Technology and Al Zahra University - Tehran, Iran
 
 
 
10. ISIS: Harriman Room
Session chair: Maha Aziz, Huffington Post, Wikistrat, New York University
 
Mark Silinsky, United States Army War College - Carlisle, Pennsylvania 
 
Wayel Azmeh, University of Dayton - Dayton, Ohio
 
Abdelhak Jebbar, Sultan Moulay Slimane University - Beni Mellal, Morocco 
 
 
 
11. Culture 1: Blair Room
Session chair: David Sollenberger, Catholic University
 
Sarah Kincaid, George Mason University - Fairfax, Virginia  
 
Sabith Khan, Founder of MENASA / Visiting Research at Georgetown University
 
 
 
2:30 - 3:45 pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS IV (4 rooms)
 
 
12. Yemen: Library
Session chair: Ambassador William Morris, Next Century Foundation

Yemen: Some Misconceptions About an Unnecessary War
Ambassadors Mark Hambley, Next Century Foundation
 
 
 
13. Crisis in the Middle East: 1870s Room
Session chair: Mohammed M. Aman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
 
Sarah A. Tobin, Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island 
 
Lawrence Davidson, West Chester University - West Chester, Pennsylvania  
 
Radwan Ziadeh, Syrian Center for Political and Strategic Studies (SCPSS), Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS), Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
 
 
 
14. Gender 2: Harriman Room
Session chair: Andrew Jung, American University
 
Adina Friedman, George Mason University - Fairfax, Virginia 
 
Amel Mili, University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
 
 
 
15. Culture 2: Blair Room
Session chair: David Sollenberger, Catholic University
 
Eman Bukhari, Cultural Program Developer, King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture - Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 
 
Caroline Boules, George Mason University - Fairfax, Virginia
 
 
 
3:55 - 5:10 pm: BREAKOUT SESSIONS V (3 rooms)
 
 
16. International Relations 2: Library
Session chair: Andrew Jung, American University
 
Bagher Fardanesh, R.H. Smith School of Businnes, University of Maryland - College Park, Maryland
 
Robert Mason, British University in Egypt - Cairo, Egypt
 
Ray Matsumiya, The University of the Middle East Project
 
 
 
17. Democracy in Egypt: 1870s Room
Session chair: Franklin Hockenbrocht, Policy Studies Organization
 
Mohamed Elgohari and Elissa Miller, Atlantic Council