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Speakers’ List

Provisional list, *subject to confirmation

  • Abdulla Al-Qadi, Director, Crescent Petroleum
  • Abdulla Aljenaid, Columnist and Geopolitical Analysit, Bahrain
  • Ali Bapeer, Leader of the Kurdistan Justice Group (Komal)
  • Alicia Rico, Spanish Ambassador to Iraq
  • Alireza Ghezili, Senior Researcher, Institute for Political and International Studies, Tehran
  • Amjad Othman, Vice President, The Syrian Democratic Council
  • Ammar Al-Hakim, Leader, Al-Hikma Movement
  • Ammar Kahf, Executive Director of Omran Center for Strategic Studies
  • Aniseh Tabrizi, Senior Analyst, Control Risks, United Arab Emirates
  • Bafel Talabani, Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
  • Dlawer Ala’Aldeen, The Middle East Research Institute (MERI)
  • Edmund Ratka, Konrad Ademauer Stiftung, Amman
  • Elham Ahmed, Co-Chair, Foreign Relations, Autonomous Administration of NE Syria
  • Fawzi Hariri, President of Diwan, Kurdistan Regional Presidency
  • Fuad Ahmed, Director, The Kurdistan Parliament Research Centre
  • Haider Al-Abadi, Former Prime Minister of Iraq and Leader of Al-Nasr Alliance
  • Janardhan Narayanappa,  Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, Abu Dhabi
  • Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Syria
  • Joshua Harris, The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Iraq
  • Khogir Wirya, Research Fellow, The Middle East Research Institute (MERI)
  • Klemens Semtner, Ambassador Designate of the European Union to Iraq
  • Majid Jafar, CEO, Crescent Petroleum, United Arab Emirates
  • Makram Ouaiss, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
  • *Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister, The Kurdistan Regional Government
  • Mazloum Abdi, Leader, Syrian Democratic Forces, North East Syria
  • Muthanna Al-Samarrai, Al-Azim Coalition, Iraq
  • Najib Ghadbian, Advisor to the Ministry of Forein Affairs, Syria
  • Nechirvan Barzani, President of Kurdistan Region of Iraq
  • Nikolay Mladenov, Director General, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, UAE
  • Patrick Heinni, Advisor, Humanitarian Dialogue Centre, Switzerland
  • Qutaiba Idlibi, Advisor to the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
  • Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government
  • Randa Slim, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, SAIS, Johns Hopkins, Washington
  • Said Baha Al-Masri, Arab Thought Forum, Jordan
  • Salahaddin Bahaddin, Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union
  • Sarhang Hamasaeed, Peace and Dialogue Expert, Washington
  • Tariq Jawhar Sarmami, Advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Parliament
  • Torhan Mufti, Advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister
  • Tülay Hatimoğlulları, Co-Chair, People’s Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, Turkiye
  • Zainab Rabea, Al-Sharqiya News Anchor
  • Zmkan Saleem, Institute of Regional and International Studies, Iraq
  • Zozan Alloush, Independent Development and Political Consultant