Opening Plenary Session
10:00
Introductions & Welcome Address
- Professor Bruce Ferguson (President of the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani)
- H.E. Barham Salih (Founder of AUIS)
- Dr. Mac Skelton (Executive Director of IRIS)
10:30
Keynote Address
H.E. Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani (Prime Minister of Iraq)
10:45
Interview with the Keynote speaker
H.E. Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani (Prime Minister of Iraq)
With Jane Arraf (Senior Journalist)
11:15
Plenary Address
H.E. Nechirvan Barzani (President of the Kurdistan Region - Iraq)
11:30
Remarks
H.E. Jeanine Plasschaert (Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq)
11:50
Geopolitics: Iraq, MENA, & the Changing Role of the International Community
Speakers
- H.E. Ann Linde (Former Foreign Minister of Sweden)
- Peter Bergen (Vice President of New America, CNN national security analyst)
- Dr. Elena Suponina (Advisor, Russian Council for International Affairs)
- H.E. Nickolay Mladenov (Former UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process)
- Dr. Raad Alkadiri (Managing Director, Energy, Climate, and Resources at Eurasia Group)
Moderator
- Dr. Joost Hiltermann (Program Director, Middle East & North Africa, International Crisis Group)
12:50
Remarks & One-on-One
LTG (Ret) Terry A. Wolff (Special Advisor to the President and Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa)
With Mina Al-Oraibi (Editor In Chief, the National)