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Reception: Sunday, 25th May, 2014

 

Cocktail Reception

20:00 – 21:30

 

 

Day One: Monday, 26th May, 2014

 

Registration

8:00 – 10:00

Plenary Sessions

 

Opening:

  • Hamad Bin Thamer Al Thani – Chairman, Al Jazeera Media Network 

  • Mostefa Souag – Acting Director, Al Jazeera Media Network 

10:00 – 10:30

Keynote Speech

  • Bülent Arınç – Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey 

  • Ali Laaridh – Former Prime Minister of Tunisia 

10:30 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00

Panel 1: Revisiting Processes of Change in the Arab World

  • Athil Al-Najafi - Nineveh Governor, Republic of Iraq  

  • Somaia Benkhaldoun  - Minister of Higher Education, Morocco 

  • Burhan Ghalioun - Former Head of the Syrian National Council 

  • Nadya Abdullah – Member of the National Dialogue, Yemen 

  • Alain Gresh – Editor, Le Monde Diplomatique 

  • Louisa Slavkova – Executive Director of the Sofia Platform 

12:00 – 14:00

 

Lunch

14:00 – 16:00

 

 

Youth Platform: Youth Role During Change in Arab Countries

(Competition Winners – Group 1)

16:00 – 18:00

Parallel Sessions

Round Table Discussion: Revisiting Processes of Change

(Al Jazeera Centre for Studies)

2nd Training Forum: Media Training & Social Change - Session 1

(Al Jazeera Media Training & Development Centre)

Seminar: The Role of Media & Human Rights in Crises – Session 1

(Public Liberties & Human Rights Department)

Seminar: Transformation of Turkish Politics and its Implication in the Region

(Al Jazeera Turk)

Coffee Break

18:00 – 18:30

Youth Platform: Trends of Youth Movement 3 Years After the Arab Spring (Competition Winners – Group 2)

18:30 – 20:30

Round Table Discussion: Syria, The Revolution and Future Scenarios

(Al Jazeera Centre for Studies)

2nd Training Forum: Media Training & Social Change – Session 2

(Al Jazeera Media Training & Development Centre)

Seminar: Arab Media in the Time of Revolutions: Reality & Prospects

(Al Jazeera Net)

 

Gala Dinner: Launch of the Media Studies Unit

(Al Jazeera Centre for Studies)

20:30 – 22:00

 

 

 

Day Two: Tuesday, 27th May, 2014

 

Keynote Speech

  • Ahmad Tomah - Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim Government 

  • David Tolbert - President, International Center for Transitional Justice 

10:30 – 11:30

Plenary Sessions

Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00

Panel 2: Obstacles to Democratic Transformation in the Arab World

  • Jamal Benomar – Assistant UN Secretary General and Special Adviser to the Secretary General on Yemen 

  • Tarek Mitri - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General 

  • Elena Suponina - Director, Middle East and Asia Center, Russia 

  • Faisal Mohamed Salih - Columnist, Sudan 

  • Nnenna Ukeje - Member of Nigerian House of Representatives 

12:00 – 14:00

 

Lunch + Break

14:00 – 16:00

 

 

Youth Platform: Individual Presentations

16:00 – 18:00

Parallel Sessions

Round Table Discussion: Internal Obstacles to Democratic Transformation

(Al Jazeera Centre for Studies)

2nd Training Forum: Media Training & Social Change – Session 3

(Al Jazeera Media Training & Development Centre)

Seminar: Redefining Relations between the Balkans and the Middle East: Untapped Potential for Economic Cooperation

(Al Jazeera Balkans)

Seminar: The Role of Media & Human Rights in Crisis - Session 2

(Public Liberties & Human Rights Department)

Coffee Break

18:00 – 18:30

Open Debate: The Arab YouTube Revolution: Pushing the Boundaries of Free Speech (AJE Online)

18:30 – 20:30

Round Table Discussion: External Obstacles to Democratic Transformation

(Al Jazeera Centre for Studies)

2nd Training Forum: Media Training & Social Change - Session 4

(Al Jazeera Media Training & Development Centre)

Seminar: New Media and its Impact

(Al Jazeera Net)

 

Gala Dinner: Meeting with the DG of Al Jazeera

(Corporate Relations & Communication)

20:30 – 22:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day Three: Wednesday, 28th May, 2014

 

Panel 3: Future of Change in the Arab world

  • Wadah Khanfar - President of the Sharq Forum 

  • Florence Gaub - Senior Analyst, EU Institute for Security Studies 

  • Ayman Nour - Chairman of Ghad El Thawra Party, Egypt 

  • Ghazi Salah Eddin – Chairman, Reform Now Movement, Sudan 

  • Shafeeq Ghabra – Professor of Political Studies, Kuwait University 

10:00 – 12:00

Plenary Sessions

Closing Remarks

  • Salah Eddin El Zein  

Director, Al Jazeera Centre for Studies

12:00 – 12:30

 

Lunch

12:30 – 14:00