Beirut Institute Summit is designed as a platform for interaction among leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors who have left their mark on the Arab region and expanded its role in the global space.
SPEAKERS - EDITION II
Beirut Institute hosts political leaders, senior policymakers, prominent thinkers, major CEOs, and civil society leaders to reflect on different tracks of transformation in the Arab region and to put forward actionable policies and innovative solutions that will help reconfigure the region and its global space.
HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal
Chairman of the Board, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Member of the Board of Directors, Beirut Institute (Saudi Arabia)
HE Noura Al Kaabi
Cabinet Member and Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development (UAE)
HE Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Secretary-General of Arab League (Egypt)
HE Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
Secretary-General, Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain)
HE Nohad Machnouk
Minister Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon)
Gen. David Petraeus
Member, KKR & Chairman, KKR Global Institute, Former CIA Director (USA)
Raghida Dergham
Founder and Executive Chairman of Beirut Institute (Lebanon)
MP Alistair Burt
Minister of State, HM Government – United Kingdom (UK)
Ambassador Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Syria (Egypt)
HE Amre Moussa
Former Secretary General, League of Arab States
HE Ambassador Abdullah Bishara
Former Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council (Kuwait)
HE Mohamed Dayri
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Libya)
HE Mahmoud Gebril
President, National Forces Alliance (Libya)
HE Nabil Fahmy
Dean of School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
Ambassador Hossam Zaki
Assistant Secretary-General, League of Arab States (Egypt)
HE Marwan Kheireddine
Chairman and General Manager, Al Mawarid Bank, Former Lebanese Minister of State (Lebanon)
Yasser Abed Rabbo
Member of the PLO - Executive Committee, Palestine Liberation Organization (Palestine)
Dr. Elliott Abrams
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (USA)
HE Dr. Fawaz Al-Alamy
Chairman and CEO, Consulting House for Global Trade (Saudi Arabia)
Mohamed Alem
Senior Partner, Alem & Associates (Lebanon)
HE Bakhtiar Amin
Former Minister, Ministry of Human Rights (Iraq)
Dr. Louis Blin
Center for Analysis, Planning and Strategy, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France)
Andrey Bystritsky
Chairman, Board of the Foundation for Development and Support, Valdai Discussion Club (Russia)
Prof. Dr. Malik R. Dahlan
Senior Research Fellow, RAND. Professor of International Law and Public Policy, Queen Mary, University of London, Advisory Board Member, Beirut Institute (Saudi Arabia)
Dr. Robert Danin
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relation and Harvard Belfer Center (USA)
Dr. Andrei Fedorov
Chairman, The Fund for Political Research and Consulting, ISSA (Russia)
Ambassador Thomas Fletcher
Professor, New York University (UK)
David Ignatius
Associate Editor and Columnist, The Washington Post (USA)
Dr. Srgjan Kerim
Retired, Member of the UN PGA Council (Republic of Macedonia)
Parag Khanna
Geo-strategist and Best-selling Author (USA)
Dr. Qiang Liu
Secretary-General, Global Forum on Energy Security (China)
Dr. Khaled Mahamid
Founder – Member, Syrian Emirates Business Council (UAE-Poland)
Afshin Molavi
Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins SAIS Foreign Policy Institute and Co-Director of the emerge85 Lab (American)
Sabah Mushatat
Advisor, Investment and Reconstruction, Iraq Prime Minister Office (Iraq)
Vance Serchuk
Executive Director, KKR Global Institute (USA)
Andrew J. Tabler
Martin J. Gross fellow, Washington Institute, Author, In the Lion's Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria (USA)
Konstantin Truevtsev
Senior Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
Robert Willen
Partner at A.T. Kearney and Managing Director for the Middle East (UAE)
Liana Abed Rabbo
Author and Filmmaker (Palestine)
Mireille Korab Abi Nasr
Corporate Communication Officer, FFA PB (Lebanon)
Baria Alamuddin
Award-winning Journalist and Broadcaster in the Middle East and the UK, Editor of the Media Services Syndicate (UK)
Ambassador Farida Allaghi
Former Libyan ambassador to the European Union (Libya)
Farah Atassi
President, National Syrian Women Association (NSWA)
Thalia Dergham
Senior Insight Specialist, Net A Porter, Co-Founder, Beirut Institute (UK)
Zak Dychtwald
Author, Founder and CEO, Young China Group (USA)
Ahmed el-Gaili
Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP (UAE)
Mirna Halaby
Attorney At Law, Halabi Law Firm (Lebanon)
Dr. Mona Makram-Ebeid
Former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center | Distinguished Lecturer, American University, Cairo; and former Member of Parliament and Senator (Egypt)
Chama Mechtaly
Visual Artist, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Moors & Saints (Morocco)
Ediola Pashollari
Secretary General, World Assembly of Youth (Malaysia)
Shady M. Qubaty
President, Yale Arab Students Association (Yemen)
Rayya Salem
Managing Director, Advisory Group, Layalina Productions (USA)
Shahad Abdulaziz Turkistani
Assistant Researcher, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (Saudi Arabia)
Toni G. Verstandig
Executive Vice President, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace - Washington, DC (USA)
Dr. Abdulkhaleq Abdulla
Professor of Political Science, Emirates University (UAE)
Abdel Wahhab Badrakhan
Journalist and Writer, Montr Carlo Doualiya’s Radio (UK)
May Chidiac
Founder and President| May Chidiac Foundation (Lebanon)| Professor, Notre Dame University
Dr. John Duke Anthony
Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (USA)
Firas Maksad
Director, Arabia Foundation (USA)
Badih Moukarzel
Managing Partner, Huqooq Legal Practice – HLP Law Firm, Member of the Board of Directors, Beirut Institute (UAE)
Ambassador Richard Murphy
Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute (USA)
Dr. Hani Shennib
Founding Chairman and CEO, National Council on U.S. Libya Relations (USA-Libya)
Mina Al Oraibi
Editor in Chief, The National Newspaper (UAE)
Mayssoun Azzam
Political Anchor, Al Arabiya (UAE)
Faisal Bin Huraiz
News Presenter, Sky News Arabia (Lebanon)
Hassan Fattah
Communications Consultant, Former Editor-in-Chief of The National (UAE)
Najwa Kassem
Lebanese Journalist and TV Presenter, Al Arabiya (Lebanon)
Robert Nakhel
Presenter, Sky News Arabia (Lebanon)
Mouna Saliba
Senior Correspondent, MTV Lebanon (Lebanon)