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)