Similar to last year’s Forum, panelists at MERI Forum 2015 will include a mix of national and international policy makers, decision-makers, academics, diplomats and leading journalists. Among those who confirmed their attendance include:
From Baghdad, Iraq:
– Fuad Masum, President
– Salim Al-Jubouri Speaker of the Parliament
– Ammar Al-Hakim, Leader of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
– Ayad Allawi, Former Vice President
– Usama al-Nujayfi, Former Vice President
– Aram Sheikh Mohammed, Deputy Speaker of Parliament
– Ahmed Al-Chalabi, Chair, Parliament’s Finance Committee
– Khalid Yassin Al-Obeidi, Iraqi Defence Minister
– Bayan Jabir Al-Zubaidi, Minister of Transport
– Darbaz Jaff, Minister of Migration & Displacement
– Shirwan Al-Wa’ili, Security Advisor to the President
– Amir Al-Kinani, Legal Advisor to the President
– Khalid Shwani, Spokesman for and Advisor to the President
From Kurdistan Region of Iraq:
– Nechirvan Barzani, Prime-Minister,
– Barham Salih, Former Prime-Minister
– Mohammed Amin Faraj, Leader of Kurdistan Islamic Union
– Ali Bapeer, Leader of Kurdistan Islamic Group
– Fazil Mirani, General Secretary of Kurdistan Democratic Party
– Adnan Mufti, Polit Bureau Member of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
– Fuad Hussain, Chief of Staff, Presidency of Kurdistan Region
International speakers:
– Lise Grande, Deputy UN-SRSG & Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq
– Daniel Augestburger, Head of UNAMI in Kirkuk
– Stuart Jones, US Ambassador for Iraq
– Frank Baker, British Ambassador for Iraq
– Sir John Jenkins, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Bahrain
– Brendan O’Leary, University of Pennsylvania, USA
– Kenneth Pollack, Brookings Institute, USA
– David Pollock, Washington Institute, USA
– Alireza Miryousefi, Director for Middle East Studies, IPIS, Iran
– Anwar Muslim, Co-Leader, Kobani Canton, Syria
From MERI:
– Dlawer Ala’Aldeen, President of MERI
– Samuel Morris, Research Fellow
– Athanasios Manis, Research Fellow
To be confirmed:
– Haider Al-Abadi, Prime Minister
– Ibrahim Al-Ja’fari, Foreign Minister
– Selahattin Demirtaş, Leader of HDP, Turkey
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