US-Islamic World Forum 2009

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2009
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14:00 – 17:30 Al Jassassia	ARTS & CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
16:00 – 19:00 Al Zubara Hall	Registration
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH , 2009
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09:00 – 12:00 Al Zubara Hall	Registration
09:00 – 12:00	Networking Sessions (Informal)
09:00 – 10:30 Msaimeer Hall Al Jassassia	• Women Leaders • Faith Leaders
10:30 – 12:00 Msaimeer Hall Al- Jassassia	• Science and Technology Leaders • Arts and Culture Leaders
12:00 – 13:00 Al Mirqab Tent	Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Al Daibel (I, II)	SPECIAL SESSION: THE NEXT GENERATION SPEAKS * What do Muslim men and women under the age of 30, who make up over 60% of the Muslim world population, regard as priorities for the future? Using web technology and polling data, this session will showcase the perspectives of the region’s next generation, as to the key challenges they see ahead. Moderator: Ahmed YOUNIS — Senior Analyst, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, United States Speakers: - Amr KHLID — Chairman, Right Start Foundation International, Egypt - Lucas WELCH — President, Soliya, United States
15:00 – 17:00 (Msaimeer Hall)	Arts and Culture Leaders Cultural Engagement with the Muslim World : A New Way Forward What are specific recommendations for cultural interaction between the United States and the Muslim world, particularly involving collaboration, co-production, and/or capacity building? What are the opportunities and new paradigms offered by the wave of partnerships between U.S. companies and entities in the Gulf? By new media such as social networking and content production and distribution? Convenor: - Cynthia P. SCHNEIDER — Nonresident Fellow, Saban Center at Brookings; Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, United States. Speakers: - Nashwa AL-RUWAINI — CEO and Board Member, Pyramedia, LLC, United Arab Emirates - Walter PARKES — Producer, Parkes-MacDonald Productions, United States - Cory ONDREJKA — Senior Vice President, Global Digital Strategy, ECM Music, United States
15:30 – 16:30 Al Daibel Hall	Press Briefing * (Photos) Goals of the U.S.- Islamic World Forum Speakers: - H.E Mohamed Abdullah AL-RUMAIHI — Assistant Foreign Minister for Follow-Up Affairs - Qatar - Martin S. INDYK — Senior Fellow and Director, Saban Center at Brookings, United States - Stephen R. GRAND — Fellow and Director, Saban Center at Brookings’ Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, United States
17:00 – 18:00 Al Mirqab Pre-Function, Lobby Level	Reception
18:00 – 18:30 Al Mirqab Ballroom (I, II, III), Lobby Level	WELCOME AND OPENING PLENARY (Photos ) Welcoming Remarks: - Carlos E. PASCUAL — Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, United States Keynote Address: - H.E Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy and Industry - Qatar
18:30 – 19:30 Al Mirqab Ballroom (I, II, III), Lobby Level	COMMON CHALLENGES: ADDRESSING TOGETHER EMERGING GLOBAL ISSUES * (Photos ) Moderator: - Carlos E. PASCUAL — Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, United States Speakers: - Madeleine K. ALBRIGHT — Former United States Secretary of State - Anwar IBRAHIM — Minister of Parliament, Federation of Malaysia - David PETRAEUS — Commander, U.S. Central Command - Barham SALIH — Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq
19:30 – 20:30 Al Mirqab Tent	Dinner (Photos )
20:45 – 22:00 Al Daibel (I & II)	SPECIAL SESSION: PALESTINE, SYRIA AND THE ARAB–ISRAELI CONFLICT (Photos ) Moderator: - Martin S. INDYK — Senior Fellow and Director, Saban Center at Brookings, United States Speakers: - Ziad ABU AMR — President, Palestinian Council on Foreign Relations, Palestine - Daoud KUTTAB — Director, Community Media Network, Palestine - Bouthaina Shaaban — Minister and Political and Media Advisor to the President, Syrian Arab Republic - Shibley TELHAMI — Nonresident Senior Fellow, Saban Center at Brookings; Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, University of Maryland, United States
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH , 2009
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09:00 – 10:30 Al Daibel (I & II)	THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: HOW DO WE RESPOND? * (Photos ) What will the global economic crisis mean for the United States and the Muslim world? Will the United States and the Muslim world be able and want to use this crisis to forge new strategic common ground? How will the global financial crisis affect Muslims in the developing world? Moderator: - Ismail SERAGELDIN, Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt Speakers: - Vahid ALAGHBAND, Chairman, Balli Group, PLC, United Kingdom - Abdel Aziz Abu Hamad ALUWAISHEG — Minister Plenipotentiary and Director, Economic Integration Department, Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi Arabia - Daniel CHRISTMAN — Senior Vice President for International Affairs, United States Chamber of Commerce, United States - David RUBENSTEIN — Co-Founder, The Carlyle Group, United States
10:30 – 10:50 Al Mirqab Terrace	Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Al Mirqab Ballroom I, Lobby Level Al Mirqab Ballroom II, Lobby Level Al Mirqab Ballroom III, Lobby Level	TASK FORCES: SESSION ONE (Photos ) Governance Dialogue Energy and Governance What is the relationship, over time, between trends in the energy market, economic subsidies and political reform? How does the internal distribution of funds from energy revenues influence governments? What are the consequences of political reform or steps governments have taken? Convenor: - Shibley TELHAMI — Nonresident Senior Fellow, Saban Center at Brookings; Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, University of Maryland, United States Speakers: - MJ AKBAR — Chairman and Director of Publications, Covert Magazine, India - Michael ROSS — Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, United States - Benjamin SMITH — Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Florida, United States Human Development and Social Change Dialogue Human Development, Displacement, and Security: Iraq What is the impact of internal displacement on the country itself? What is the impact of refugees on host countries in both protracted and temporary refugee situations? What is the impact of the refugees and internally displaced on peace processes? On security and stability in the region? On future economic stability and progress? Convenor: - Hady AMR — Fellow and Director, Brookings Doha Center, United States Speakers: - Bouthaina SHAABAN, Minister, Political & Media Advisor at the Presidency - Syria - Jassim AZAWI — Presenter, Inside Iraq, State of Qatar - Elizabeth Ferris — Senior Fellow, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, The Brookings Institution, United States Security Dialogue Global Transformations and Security Relationships How prepared is the world for looming social, economic, and technologic transformations and how will they affect U.S.-Muslim world relations in the security domain? Convenor: - Tamara WITTES — Senior Fellow, Saban Center at Brookings, United States Speakers: - Thomas FINGAR — Former Chairman, National Intelligence Council, United States - Rami Khouri — Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut, Lebanon - Kenneth POLLACK, Director of Research, Saban Center at Brookings, United States
13:00 – 13:50 Al Mirqab Tent	Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Al Daibel (I & II)	ENERGY SECURITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY * (Photos ) What are the big trends? How are these trends affecting producer countries? Given these trends, what is U.S. energy policy in an Obama administration likely to look like? How important will the search for alternative fuels be? Moderator: - Carlos PASCUAL — Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, United States Speakers: - H.E. Dr. Mohamed Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of State for Energy and Industrial Affairs - Qatar - Alex Dodds — President and General Manager, ExxonMobil Qatar Inc - David SANDALOW, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institutions, United States
15:45 – 17:15 Al Mirqab Ballroom I, Lobby Level Al Mirqab Ballroom II, Lobby Level Al Mirqab Ballroom III, Lobby Level	INITIATIVES WORKSHOPS: SESSION ONE (Photos ) Arts and Culture Leaders Cultural Engagement with the Muslim World: A New Way Forward How do we best maximize the potential of media and the arts as agents of social change? How can institutions of learning advance social change? Convenor: - Cynthia P. SCHNEIDER — Nonresident Fellow, Saban Center at Brookings; Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, United States Speakers: - Saad MOHSENI — Chairman, Moby Group, Afghanistan - Ismail SERAGELDIN — Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt Faith Leaders Building on the Common Word: From Consensus to Action What is the Common Word initiative and how can it be operationalized? How can faith leaders promote religious tolerance, both within their own religious communities and the broader world? Convenor: - Katherine MARSHALL — Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University, United States Speaker: - Joseph CUMMING — Director, Reconciliation Program, Yale Center for Faith and Culture, United States - Aref NAYED — Senior Advisor, Cambridge Interfaith Program, Cambridge University, Jordan Science and Technology Leaders Strengthening Knowledge Societies Is the Muslim world making progress in its efforts to build knowledge societies that will improve economic and human development? How would the United States benefit from this progress? How can American and Muslim-world scientists, engineers, educators, business people, philanthropists, and governments work together to strengthen knowledge societies? Convenor: - Kristin LORD — Fellow, Saban Center at Brookings, United States Speaker: - Atta-ur RAHMAN — Coordinator General, OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, Pakistan - Brian BAIRD — United States Congressman (D, WA-3)
17:30 – 19:00 Al Mirqab Ballroom I, Lobby Level Al Mirqab Ballroom II, Lobby Level Al Daibel (I & II)	INITIATIVES WORKSHOPS: SESSION TWO Arts and Culture Leaders Cultural Engagement with the Muslim World What are recommendations with regards to two potential initiatives suggested by President Obama, opening “America Houses” in Arab cities and launching an “America’s Voice Corps” of people with language and public diplomacy skills to engage with people in the Arab world? What are our final recommendations, from all three sessions? What can and will this group do to publicize and enact the recommendations? Speaker: - Laurie Meadoff — Founder and Chief Evangelist, Chat The Planet, United States Faith Leaders Building on the Common Word: From Consensus to Action How can faith leaders educate their respective flocks regarding other religious traditions? How can faith leaders work together to help defuse conflicts, such as the Danish cartoon controversy, as they emerge? Speaker: - John Bryson CHANE — Eighth Bishop of Washington, United States - Ahmad IRAVANI — Director, Islamic Studies and Dialogue, Center for the Study of Culture and Values, Catholic University of America, Iran Report Launch: Building a Knowledge Society in the Arab World (Arabic Version)* Building dynamic, innovative, and flexible economies that add value through the creative application of human initiative is now a central challenge of all societies. The challenge is particularly acute in the Arab world. As a group, these 22 countries lag other regions—and their own potential—in educational achievement, scientific advances, and economic growth. In 2003, the United Nations Development Programme published the Arab Human Development Report 2003: Building a Knowledge Society, which examined the region’s progress in developing the knowledge, skills, and institutions rewarded in today’s global economy. A New Millennium of Knowledge? Assesses what has happened in the five years since the 2003 report was published, what successes towards building a knowledge society have been achieved, what work remains, and what has failed. It analyzes what has occurred in the last five years in terms of governance, education, science and technology, knowledge-based industry, and building a knowledge culture. Drawing on the insights of a distinguished group of experts, it then recommends tangible steps toward achieving the vision of a knowledge society in the coming five years Speakers: - Hala LATTOUF, Minister of Social Development, Jordan - Kristin LORD — Fellow, Saban Center at Brookings, United States
19:30 – 21:00 Meet in front of hotel for shuttle bus	MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ARTS Designed by I. M. Pei (designer of the Louvre Museum), the Museum of Islamic Arts’ design is inspired by Islamic buildings such as Ibn Tulun's mosque in Egypt and the Al Hambra Palace in Spain. Built along the Doha harbor, it is the first of its kind in the Gulf and houses a large collection of Islamic art from across the Islamic world ranging from the seventh century to the present day.
21:00 – 22:30	DINNER Al Tawash Restaurant,( Souq Waqif).
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH , 2009
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09:00 – 10:30 Al Daibel (I & II)	THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND THE MUSLIM WORLD * (Photos ) What are the top priorities for the new Administration and how does the U.S.-Muslim world relationship fit in? What do the recent U.S. elections mean for security in the Muslim world, particularly Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan? What is the new Administration’s foreign policy towards the Muslim world likely to look like and how will it affect the Muslim world over the next four years? Moderator: - Raghida DERGHAM — Senior Diplomatic Correspondent and Political Analyst, Dar Al-Hayat Speakers: - Jawad al-Bolani — Minister of the Interior, Republic of Iraq - Jackson DIEHL — Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Post, United States - Keith ELLISON — United States Congressman (DFL, MN-5) - Salih Mahmoud OSMAN — Member of Parliament of the Sudan - Ahmed RASHID, Freelance Writer and Journalist - Pakistan
10:30 – 11:00 Al Mirqab Terrace	Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Al Mirqab Ballroom I, Lobby Level Al Mirqab Ballroom II, Lobby Level Al Mirqab Ballroom III, Lobby Level	TASK FORCES: SESSION TWO (Photos ) Governance Dialogue Energy and Governance What is the relationship, over time, between trends in the energy market, economic subsidies and political reform? How does the internal distribution of funds from energy revenues influence governments? What are the consequences of political reform or steps governments have taken? Speakers: - Saad Eddin IBRAHIM — Chairman, Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, Egypt - Steven HEYDEMANN — Vice President and Special Adviser, Muslim World Initiative, United States Institute of Peace, United States Human Development and Social Change Dialogue Human Development, Displacement, and Security: Iraq What is the impact of internal displacement on the country itself? What is the impact of refugees on host countries in both protracted and temporary refugee situations? What is the impact of the refugees and internally displaced on peace processes? On security and stability in the region? On future economic stability and progress? Speakers: - Khalid KOSER — Course Director, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland - Michael O’HANLON — Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, United States - Ahmed RASHID — Journalist and Author, Descent Into Chaos, Pakistan - Sima SAMAR — Chairperson, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Afghanistan Security Dialogue Security Relationships: Pakistan and America How can more a productive security relationship be created in the years ahead? What are the key current trends? What do they bode to future actions taken to bolster security on both sides? Convenor: - Stephen R. GRAND — Fellow and Director, Saban Center at Brookings’ Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, United States Speakers: - Aitzaz AHSAN — Barrister-at-Law, Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan - Hameed HAROON — Chief Executive Officer, Dawn Group of Newspapers, Pakistan - Shuja NAWAZ, Director, South Asia Center, The Atalantic Council of the US, Pakistan
13:00 – 14:00 Al Mirqab Tent	Lunch
14:15 – 15:45 Al Daibel (I & II)	CLOSING PERSPECTIVES * (Photos ) Where are the opportunities for cooperation between the United States and the Muslim world that arise from the common challenges we are likely to face in the future? In what ways can innovative tools be utilized to create tolerance and understanding between the U.S. and the Muslim world? Moderator: - Martin S. INDYK — Director, Saban Center at Brookings, United States Speakers: - Nashwa AL-RUWAINI — CEO and Board Member, Pyramedia, LLC, United Arab Emirates - Brian Baird — United States Congressman (D, WA-3) - Anies BASWEDAN — Rector, Paramadina University, Indonesia - Sally QUINN — Columnist, Washington Post, United States
15:45 – 16:00 Al Daibel (I & II)	CLOSING REMARKS* Speaker: - Stephen R. GRAND — Fellow and Director, Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, Saban Center at Brookings, United States
16:15 – 17:30 Al Mirqab Ballroom II, Lobby Level	BOOK LAUNCH* (Photos ) Power & Responsibility: Building International Order in an Era of Transnational Threats As Washington prepares for a presidential transition, the time has arrived for a serious rethinking of American policy. For the United States, this is no time to go it alone. Authors Bruce Jones, Carlos Pascual, and Stephen Stedman in this book present ideas for the Obama administration, working with other global powers, to promote together what they cannot produce apart—peace and stability. Recommendations follow more than a year of consultations with policymakers and experts all over the world. They reflect the guidance of the Managing Global Insecurity Project Advisory Group, composed of prominent figures from the United States and abroad. They call for the new president and key partners to launch a 2009 campaign to revitalize international cooperation and rejuvenate international institutions. Speaker: - Carlos PASCUAL — Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, United States
18:00 – 19:00 Al Mirqab Tent	DINNER
19:15 – 22:00 Aspire Auditorium Meet in front of hotel for shuttle bus (Buses leave at 19:30)	Arabian Concerto by Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra* In partnership with and support from the Qatar Foundation, the U.S.-Islamic World Relations Arts and Culture Initiative presents this sneak preview of Arabian Concerto to premier at the Kennedy Center Arabesque Festival in Washington, DC in March 2009. Original composition is by Marcel Khalife and will be conducted by Kurt Meister.
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