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 III
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.
H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan
Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance (UAE)
HE Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
Secretary-General, Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain)
H.E. Ghassan Hasbani
Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon (Lebanon)
HE Noura Al Kaabi
Cabinet Member and Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development (UAE)
May Chidiac
Minister of State for Administrative Reform (Lebanon)
HE Mohamed Dayri
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Libya)
Mr. Khaldoon Al Mubarak
CEO of Mubadala Development Company (UAE)
Gen. David Petraeus
Member, KKR & Chairman, KKR Global Institute, Former CIA Director (USA)
The Rt Hon Alistair Burt
Former Minister of State, HM Government – United Kingdom (UK)
Sir John Scarlett
Former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (UK)
H.E. Brett McGurk
Payne Distinguished Lecturer Stanford University (USA)
Ambassador Hossam Zaki
Deputy Secretary-General Arab League
H.E. Hoshyar Zebari
Former Finance and Foreign Minister (Iraq)
HE Ambassador Abdullah Bishara
Former Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council (Kuwait)
HE Amre Moussa
Former Secretary General, League of Arab States (Egypt)
H.E. Jan Kubis
Special Coordinator for Lebanon
Ambassador Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
Former Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Syria (Egypt)
H.E. Andrei Fedorov
Chairman, The Fund for Political Research and Consulting, ISSA (Russia)
H.E. Robert S. Ford
Senior fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington (USA)
H.E. Srgjan Kerim
Retired, Member of the UN PGA Council (Republic of Macedonia)
H.E. Nabil Elaraby
Former Secretary-General of the Arab League (EGYPT)
H.E. Philip Gordon
Former White House Coordinator for the Middle East (USA)
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Ambassador Robert Blackwill
Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (USA)
H.E. Rolf Ekeus
Associate Fellow with the SIPRI Disarmament (Sweden)
Mohamed Alem
Senior Partner, Alem & Associates (Lebanon)
Badih Moukarzel
Managing Partner, Huqooq Legal Practice – HLP Law Firm
VADM (Ret) Robert Harward
Chief Executive Lockheed Martin Middle East (UAE)
H.E. Yang Honglin
Former Chinese Ambassador to Bahrain/Iraq/Saudi Arabia (China)
H.E. Dr. Danilo Türk
Former President of Slovenia (Slovenia)
H.E. Michel Duclos
Nonresident senior fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East (France)
HE Nabil Fahmy
Dean of School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo (Egypt)
Andrey Bystritsky
Chairman, Board of the Foundation for Development and Support, Valdai Discussion Club (Russia)
Mr. Hani Ashkar
Middle East Senior Partner PwC (UAE)
Mr. André Loesekrug-Pietri
Speaker of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative, Founder ACapital (France/Germany)
Dr. Hani Shennib
Founding Chairman and CEO, National Council on U.S. Libya Relations (USA)
Professor, College of Medicine, University of Arizona
Dr. John Duke Anthony
Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (USA)
Mr. Michael Singh
Managing Director - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (USA)
Ms. Mirna Sleiman
Founder & CEO Fintech Galaxy (UAE)
Dr. Oleg Barabanov
Program Director of the Valdai Discussion Club Valdai discussion Club (Russia)
Ms. Theresa Fallon
Director at Centre for Russia Europe Asia Studies (Ireland)
Ms. Sameera Rajab
Special Envoy for the Royal Court (Bahrain
Ms. Nora Muller
Executive Director Körber-Stiftung (Germany)
Ms. Nada Debs
Lebanese Designer (Lebanon)
Shady M. Qubaty
Founder and President of the Yale MENA Students Association (Yemen)
Mr. Sumit Jamuar
Chairman & CEO Global Gene Corp (UK)
Mr. Samer Abou-Ltaif
President of Microsoft Middle East & Africa (UAE/Lebanon)
Ms. Danielle Pletka
Senior Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy
American Enterprise Institute (USA)
Dr. Qiang Liu
Director of Energy Economics Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)
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Mr. Prem Kumar
Principal Albright Stonebridge Group (USA
Ms. Thalia Dergham
Senior Strategist at Wednesday (United Kingdom)
Dr. Irina Izvyagelskaya
Head of the Center Institute of World Ecomony and International Relations (Russia)
Ms. Cassandra Kelly
International Advisor and Speaker (Australia)
Firas Maksad
Director, Arabia Foundation (USA)
Mr. Chaker Khazaal
Author and Journalist (Palestine)
Mr. Peter Maurer
President of International Committee of the Red Cross (Switzerland)
Mr. Nik Gowing
British Television Journalist (UK)
Ms. Wafa Ben-Hassine
Policy Counsel at Access Now (Tunisia)
Ms. Malak Al Akiely
Founder and Managing Director of Golden Wheat for Grain Trading (Jordan)
Ahmed el-Gaili
Chief Managing Partner, Dubai Office Vinson & Elkins (UAE)
Mr. Mahmood Sariolghalam
Professor of International Relations at the National University of Iran (Iran)
Ms. Celine Semaan
Founder of The Slow Factory (USA)
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi
Member of the PLO Executive Committee (Palestine)
Mr. Fadi Ghandour
Executive Chairman of Wamda Capital
Ms. Natasha Franck
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EON
Mr. Ahmed Khyeli
Founder of Khyeli (UAE)
Mr. Lyndsay Howard
Distinguished Scholar at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Mr. Michel Abboud
Founding Principal of SOMA Architects
Ms. Patricia Bitar Cherfan
Publisher & Editor in Chief HOME Magazine
Ms. Mouna Saliba
Talk Show Host at MTV Lebanon
Ms. Donna Maria Feghaly
Art Curator / Architectural Design Retrieving Beirut
Ms. Emtithal Mahmoud
Poet and Activist, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
H.E. Ediola Pashollari
Secretary General World Assembly of Youth in Malaysia
Mr. Rob McCargow
Director of Artificial Intelligence, PwC
H.E. Dr. Zaki Nusseibeh
Minister of State of UAE
Ms. Nadine Labaki
Lebanese Oscar Nominated Director and Actor
Mr. Khaled Mouzanar
Lebanese Music Composer and Producer
Ms. Emtithal Mahmoud
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
Ms. Fatima Alkaabi
Youngest Emirati Inventor