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Programme

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Day 1:  Monday, 22 October, 2018

  • Arrival in Erbil.  Open/Free Day. No official arrangement for delegates

Day 2:  Tuesday, 23 October, 2018 (Rotana Hotel)

08.00 Registration
08:45  Welcome and Introduction
09.00 Session 1: Reforming the governing system: Decentralisation and institutionalisation in Iraq.

  • Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regaional Government
  • Bashir Khalil Haddad, Deputy Speaker of Iraqi Parliament
  • Nawzad Hadi, Governor of Erbil
  • Ali Dway Lazim Al-Fartusi, Governor of Misan
  • Torhan Al-Mufti, Minister, The Secretariate Chairman, The Government Representative in The Iraqi Parliament (Chairman)

10.45  Break
11.15   Session 2: State-Building and Nation-Building in a fragile Iraq.

  • Adnan Al-Zurfi, Member of Iraqi Parliament and Former Governor of Al-Najaf
  • Jafar Eminki, Politburo member, Kurdistan Democratic Party
  • Yahya Al-Kubaisi, Advisor, Iraqi Center For Strategic Studies, Amman
  • Talib Mohammed Karim, Deputy Chair, Al-Rafidian Centre, Al-Najaf (Chairman)

13.00  Lunch
14.00  Session 3:  Kurdistan in the New Middle East.

  • Mala Baxtiar, Politburo’s Executive Chair, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
  • Nazmi Gür, Deputy Leader, People’s Democratic Party and former Member of Parliament, Turkey
  • Khalid Azizi, Member of the Leadership Committee, Kurdistan Democratic Party
  • Dlawer Ala’Aldeen, President of MERI (Chairman)

15.45  Break
16.15  Session 4: EU in the Middle East: Responsive state-building to prevent violent extremism.

  • Ramon Blecua, European Union’s Ambassador to Iraq
  • Tine Gade, Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
  • Steven Blockmans, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
  • Kamaran Palani, Research Fellow, MERI
  • Morten Bøås, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (Chairman)

18:00  End of Day Two

Day 3:  24 October, 2018 (Rotana Hotel)

.08.00  Registration
09.00  Session 5: Legitimate Stability in Iraq, and the role of the international community

  • Bruno Pasquino, Italian Ambassador to Iraq.
  • Hansi Escobar, Spanish Ambassador to Iraq.
  • Eric Strating, The Netherlands Deputy Ambassador to Iraq
  • John Tucknott, British Deputy Ambassador to Iraq
  • Farhad Alaaldin, Advisor to the President of Iraq (Chairman)

10.45   Break
11.15: Session 6: Regional and Global Power dynamics in the Middle East: Conflict and Collaboration (1)

  • Ebtesam Al-Ketbi is a founder and president of the Emirates Policy Center
  • Taha Özhan, Research Director at Ankara Institute & former Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, Turkish Parliament.
  • Ranj Alaaldin, Brookings Institute
  • Mohammed Bin Saqar Alsulami, Founding President, International Institute for Iranian Studies, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Steven Blockmans, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels (Chairman)

13.00  Lunch
14.00  Session 7: Regional and Global Power dynamics in the Middle East: Conflict and Collaboration (2).

  • Fatih Yildiz, Turkish Ambassador to Iraq
  • Ramon Blecua, European Union’s Ambassador to Iraq
  • Alberto Fernandez, President of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.
  • Lukman Faily, Iraq’s former Ambassador to Japan and USA
  • Tanya Gili, Former Member of Iraqi Parliament (Chair)

16.00  Concluding remarks.

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