Economic Policy: The Dinar & the Challenge of Growth

Speakers

• H.E. Mohammed Tamim (Minister of Planning, Government of Iraq)
• H.E. Qubad Talabani (Deputy Prime Minister, KRG)
• H.E. Ali Al-Allaq (Governor of the Central Bank)
• David Burger (Charge d' Affaires, US Embassy Baghdad)
• Basima Abdulrahman (CEO of KESK Company)

• Raya Jalabi (Middle East correspondent, Financial Times)

Interview

H.E. Hayder Abadi (Former Prime Minister of Iraq)
With Dr. Toby Dodge (Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science)

Halabja Commemoration Speech

H.E. Barham Salih (Founder of AUIS)

Governance: Corruption & Barriers to Reform

Speakers

• Judge Hayder Hanoun Zair (President of the Commission of Integrity, Government of Iraq)
• Simona Foltyn (Journalist and Filmmaker)
• Yama Torabi (Anti-Corruption Chief Technical Advisor, UNDP)
• Dr. Zaid Al-Ali (Senior Programme Manager on Constitution Building, International IDEA)
• Dr. Bilal Wahab (Nathan and Esther K. Wagner Fellow, Washington Institute)

• Dr. Renad Mansour (Director of the Iraq Initiative, Chatham House)

Environment: Climate Change, Water, and Conflict

Speakers

• H.E. Jassim Abdul Aziz al-Falahi (Deputy Minister of Environment, Govt. of Iraq)
• H.E. Mahdi Rasheed Al-Hamdani (Former Minister of Water Resources, Govt. of Iraq)
• Khalid Sulaiman (Environmental Journalist)
• Glada Lahn (Senior Research Fellow, Environment and Society Programme, Chatham House)
• Jassim al-Assadi (Co-Founder and Head of Nature Iraq)

• Dr. Mac Skelton (Executive Director, Institute of Regional and International Studies, American University of Iraq, Sulaimani)

Security: Conflict & Stabilization in Iraq and the Region

Speakers

• Staff Major General Omar Salih Hassan (Chief of Staff of the 70 Forces)
• Sarhang Hamasaeed (Director, Middle East Programs, United States Institute of Peace)
• Dr. Amy Austin Holmes (Visiting Scholar the Elliott School of International Affairs at GW University)
• Dr. Joseph Bahout (Director, Issam Fares Institute, American University of Beirut)
• Hamid Al-Shatri (Head of the National Security Agency)

• Dr. Dov S. Zakheim (Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies former U.S Under Secretary of Defense)

End of Plenary Session