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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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