Speakers

The Speakers & Moderators for 2015 Summit

Ala’ Al Sallal

Founder of Jamalon

Alex Just

Director of Programme Development, iPlatform

Amira Yahyaoui

Founder of Al Bawsala and Centre 247

Andira Raslan

Senior PR Consultant at Impact Porter Novelli and Political Reforms Advocate

Badih Moukarzel

Managing Partner of Huqooq Legal Practice, UAE and MENA

Baroness Valerie Amos

Director of SOAS, University of London

Becky Anderson (Moderator)

Host of CNN International’s Connect the World

Dr. Abdallah Al Dardari

Deputy Executive Secretary of ESCWA

Dr. Abdulkhaleq Abdulla

Professor of Political Science

Dr. Ebtisam Al Ketbi

Chairwoman of Emirates Policy Center

Dr. Elliott Abrams

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and former US Deputy National Security Advisor

Dr. Fawaz Al-Alamy

Chairman and CEO of Consulting House for Global Trade in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Hayat Sindi

Member of the Shura Council in Saudi Arabia, CEO & Founder of i2 Institute

Dr. Matthew Spence

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East and current Senior Fellow, Yale University and Managing Director, Guggenheim Partners

Dr. Philip Gordon

Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Former White House Coordinator for the Middle East

Dr. Robert Danin

Senior Fellow for Middle East, Council on Foreign Relations

Dr. Saleh S. Jallad

Financial Consultant at Consolidated Contractors Company

Dr. Vitaly Naumkin

President of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

General (Ret) David H. Petraeus

Member & Chairman of the KKR Global Institute

Habib Haddad

CEO of Wamda and Founder of Yamli in Lebanon

Hala Hanna

Head of Strategy for Regional Engagement, World Economic Forum

Her Excellency Fatou Bensouda

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

Her Excellency Suhair Al-Ali

Former Senator and Former Minister of Planning Jordan

His Excellency Ambassador Robert D. Blackwill

Senior Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations

His Excellency Amre Moussa

Former Secretary-General of the Arab League

His Excellency Dr. Abul Latif Bin Rashid Al Zayani

Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

His Excellency Dr. Barham Salih

Former Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan and Former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq

His Excellency Dr. Danilo Türk

Former President of the Republic of Slovenia

His Excellency Jan Eliaason

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

His Excellency M. Nedal Alchaar

Former Minister of Economy and Trade in Syria

His Excellency Mohamed Dayri

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Libya

His Excellency Nabil Fahmy

Former Foreign Minister of Egypt and current Founding Dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

His Excellency Nohad El Machnouk

Minister of Interior and Municipalities in Lebanon

His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al-Nahayan

Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development

His Excellency Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori

Minister of Economy of United Arab Emirates

Imad Bazzi

Lebanese Human Rights Activists and Blogger

Jehane Noujaim

Egyptian Film Director

Karim Amer

Egyptian Film Producer

Karim Sadjadpour

Senior Associate Middle East Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Ken Lee

Head of Asia, Managing Director of 13D Research (USVI)

Khaled Mouzanar

Lebanese Music Composer, Song Writer and Producer

Khalid Abdulla Janahi

Chairman of Naseej Co. & Solidarity Group Holding

Loulou Khazen Baz

Founder of Nabbesh.com

Margery Kraus

Founder and Executive Chairman of APCO Worldwide

Maya Raydan (Moderator)

Business Presenter at SkyNews Arabia

Michael Singh

Managing Director & Lane-Swig Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute

Mireille Korab Abi Nasr

Head of Business Development at FFA Real Estate in Lebanon

Misbah Ahdab

Member of the Lebanese Parliament and President of Civil Moderation Gathering

Murshed Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed

CEO and Co-Founder of Yebab

Nadine Hani (Moderator)

Senior Business News Presenter, Al Arabiya News Channel

Nadine Labaki

Lebanese Film Director and Actor

Ola Doudin

Co-founder at BitOasis

Osman Sultan

CEO of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company “du"

Prof. Dr. Jur Malik R. Dahlan

Principal of Institution Quraysh & President of iPlatform

Prof. Tom Fletcher CMG (Moderator)

Former UK Ambassador to Lebanon

Robert Nakhi (Moderator)

TV Anchor and Host for MTV News Lebanon

Salman Shaikh

Founder and CEO of The Shaikh Group

Sheikh Dr. Humam Hamoudi

First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament

Shk. Nadia K. Aldoseri

CEO and Partner at Al-Sale Eastern Co. Ltd in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Sigrid Kaag

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon

The Honorable Kevin Rudd

Former Prime Minister of Australia and President of the Asia Society Policy Institute in the United States of America