As of January 9, 2004
Unconfirmed speakers in italics.
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Saturday,
January 10, 2004
|
10:00 AM -
5:00 PM
|
Conference
Registration in the Hotel Lobby |
| 5:30 PM |
Welcome
Reception
|
| 6:30
PM |
The
State of U.S.-Islamic World Relations
Opening Address * |
H.H. Sheikh Hamad
Bin
Khalifa Al-Thani |
Emir of Qatar
|
H.E. Sheikh Hamad
Bin
Jasim Al Thani |
First Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar |
Introduced by
Martin Indyk |
Director, Saban
Center for Middle East Policy
|
| Followed
by Presentations * |
| Moderator: Shibley
Telhami |
Sadat Professor,
Brookings Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle
East Policy |
| Qazi Hussein Ahmed |
Ameer, Jama'at Islamic
Party |
| Richard Holbrooke |
Vice Chairman, Perseus
LLC, Former US Ambassador to the United Nations |
| Youssef al-Qaradawi |
Islamic Scholar,
University of Qatar |
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|
| 8:30
PM |
Dinner
for Sponsors and Attendees
Followed by Plenary Discussion
|
| Introduction:
Peter W. Singer |
Director, Project
on U.S. Policy towards the Islamic World, Saban Center for Middle
Easy Policy at Brookings |
| Chair: Anne Marie
Slaughter |
Dean, Princeton University
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|
Sunday,
January 11, 2004
|
| 9:00
AM |
Task
Forces A, B, C, D (meeting in different rooms):
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| A)
One Man, One Vote, What Time? The Approach to Democracy |
| Chair: Ahmad Bishara |
Secretary General,
National Democratic Movement |
| Ken Wollack |
President, National
Democratic Institute |
| Mohammed Arkoun |
Emeritus Professor
of Islamic Thought, Sorbonne University
|
| B)
Reaching Out: Improving Relations Through Public Diplomacy |
| Chair: Shibley Telhami |
Sadat Professor,
Brookings Non-Resident Senior Fellow |
| Edward Djerejian |
Director, Baker Institute |
| Farid El-Khazen |
Chair, Political
Studies Department, American University Beirut
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| C)
Money Matters: The Role of the Private Sector |
| Chair: Jassim Al-Mannai |
Director-General,
Arab Monetary Fund |
| Nemir Kirdar |
Chairman, Investcorp |
| Hussein Al-Athel |
Secretary General,
Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry
|
| D)
Shackling "Shock and Awe?" American and Muslim Views on the
Laws of High-Tech Warfare |
| Chair: Stephen Walt |
Academic Dean, Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard University |
| Ralph Peters |
Author and Strategist
Analyst |
| Lt. General Talat
Masood |
Pakistani Army, Secretary
for Defense Production
|
| 10:30 AM |
Coffee
& Pastries Break
|
| 11:00 AM |
Task
Forces A, B, C, D continued
|
| 12:30
PM |
Luncheon
Plenary Session:
U.S.-Muslim Relations and Initiatives for Middle East Peace
|
| Chair: Shibley Telhami |
Sadat Professor,
Brookings Non-Resident Senior Fellow |
| Martin Indyk |
Director, Saban Center
for Middle East Policy |
| Marwan Muasher |
Foreign Minister
of Jordan |
| Yasser Abed Rabbo
|
Former Information
Minister of the Palestinian Authority |
| Amnon Lipkin-Shahak |
Former Deputy Prime
Minister of Israel
|
| 2:00 PM |
Break
|
| 4:00
PM |
Task
Forces E, F, G, H (meeting in different rooms):
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| E)
Opening Borders: Making Free Trade a Reality |
| Chair: Marc Ginsberg
|
CEO and Managing
Director of Northstar Equity Group, Former US Ambassador to
Morocco |
| Rushdi Siddiqui |
Director, Dow Jones
Islamic Market Indexes |
| Seyyed Camel Al-Keilani |
Minister of Finance,
Iraq
|
| F)
The Silent Minority? Reform and Muslim Minority Communities
|
| Chair: Stephen Cohen
|
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Institution |
| Farhan Nizami |
Director, Center
for Islamic Studies, Oxford University |
| Khalil Al-Khalil
|
Professor, Imam
Mohammed bin Saud University
|
| G)
Education and Human Development: Where to Next? |
| Chair: Safwan Masri
|
Vice Dean, Columbia
Business School |
| Gene Sperling |
Director, Center
for Universal Education |
| Hossam Badrawi |
Chairman, People's
Assembly Committee for Education and Scientific Research, Egypt
|
| H)
A New Imperialism? The Future of the American Security Strategy
in the Middle East |
| Chair: Ellen Laipson
|
President, Stimson
Center |
| Mustafa Hamarneh |
Center for Strategist
Studies, Jordan |
| Reuel Marc Gerecht |
Resident Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute
|
| 5:30 PM |
Coffee
Break
|
| 6:00 PM |
Task
Forces E, F, G, H continued
|
| 7:30 PM |
Open
Dinner
Participants are free to make their own arrangements for dinner
at the various restaurants at the Ritz Carlton. Please bill
food and non-alcoholic beverage costs to your room.
|
|
Monday,
January 12, 2004
|
| 9:00
AM |
Task
Forces I, J, K, L (meeting in different rooms):
|
| I)
Perception and Misperception: Responsibility and Ethics in the
Media |
| Chair: Ejaz Haider |
Editor, Friday Times
|
| Tony Snow |
Host, Fox News |
| Waddah Khanfar |
News Director, Al
Jazeera
|
| J)
All Politics Are Local: Promoting Civil Society |
| Chair: Abdel Hamid
Al-Ansari |
Dean of the Sharia
College, University of Qatar |
| Alina Romanowski |
Director, Middle
East Partnership Initiative, State Department |
| Hamid Ansari |
Former Ambassador
of India, Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University
|
| K)
U.S.-Islamic World Relations: The Next Generation |
| Chair: Saluddin Chowdury |
Advisor to the Prime
Minister of Bangladesh |
| Alhaji Sansui Ado
Bayero |
Crown Prince of Kano,
Nigeria |
| Shamil Idriss |
CEO, Search for Common
Ground
|
| L)
Bridging the Divide: The Role of the American Muslim Community
|
| Chair: Muqtedar Khan |
Professor, Adrian
College |
| Nihad Awad |
Executive Director,
Council on American-Islamic Relations |
| Radwan Masmoudi |
Executive Director,
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
|
| 11:30
AM |
Closing
Plenary Session: Where Do We Go From Here? *
|
| Chair: Haim Saban |
CEO, Saban Capital
Group, Chairman, International Advisory Council, Saban Center
for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution |
| Moderator: Martin
Indyk |
Director, Saban Center
for Middle East Policy at Brookings Institution |
|
|
| Musa Hitam |
Chairman, Kumpulan
Guthrie; Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia |
| Mohammed Dahlan |
Former Minister of
State for Security, Palestinian Authority |
Edward Djerejian |
Director, Baker Institute,
Rice University |
| Abdel Hamid Al-Ansari |
Dean of Sharia College,
University of Qatar
|
| 1:00
PM |
Luncheon
followed by Closing Address * |
| H.E. Sheikh Hamad
Bin Jasim Al Thani |
First Deputy Prime
Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar |
| William J. Clinton |
42nd President of
the United States
|
| * |
Please
note that only the opening and closing sessions/keynote addresses
are open to invited members of the media and invited guests.
The rest of the meeting will be limited to conference participants
only. |
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