Programme (Draft Agenda)

The 10th AlJazeera Forum

Regional and International Struggle in the Middle East
21-22 March 2016

Draft Agenda

Monday 21st March 2021st March 20

Time

Description

20:00 – 21:00

Opening Session

Welcome and opening remarks:
Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, Chairman of Al Jazeera Media Network
1st Keynote speeches:
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Foreign Minister, Qatar

Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi, Foreign Minister of Yemen

Tuesday 22nd March 2016

Time	Description
09:30 – 11:30	Keynote speech: Rached Ghannouchi, President of Ennahda Movement of Tunisia 1st Panel discussion: Regional struggle and its sectarian, political and geopolitical implications Speakers: Riyad Hijab, General Coordinator of the Syrian Opposition High Negotiations Committee Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Kharrazi, Iran’s former Ambassador to the UN Dhafer Salman, Member of the Iraqi Parliament Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman of the Gulf Research Center, Saudi Arabia
11:30 – 12:00	Break
12:00 – 14:00	2nd Panel discussion: International struggle for the Middle East 100 years after Sykes-Picot Speakers: Taha Özhan, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the Turkish Parliament Andrei Fedorov, Chairman of the Fund for Political Research and Consulting, Russia Basheer Nafi, Professor of the History of the Middle East and Senior Researcher, Al Jazeera Centre for Studies FahadFahad Al-Harthi, Chairman of Asbar Center for Studies, Saudi Arabia
14:00 – 15:30	Lunch
15:30 – 17:30	3rd Panel discussion: Where is the Middle East heading in light of its current situation? Speakers: Ahmed Tomeh, Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim Government (TBC) Shafeeq Ghabra, Professor of Political Sciences at Kuwait University Wadah Khanfar, President of Sharq Forum Mohamed el-Moctar Shinqiti, Associate Professor of Political, Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies
17:30	Closing remarks