The agenda for this week’s conference on Middle East democrats, co-sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, has been confirmed. Check it out:
8:30-8:45: Registration and continental breakfast
8:50-9:00: Welcome: Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
9:00- 9:30: Keynote: Congressman Howard Berman, Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
9:30-9:45: A Message on Middle Eastern Democracy from Ayman Nour, Head of the Egyptian El Ghad Party, former MP and Presidential Candidate
10:00-11:45: Panel: “What are the Challenges and Prospects for the Region?”
- Dr. Aseel al-Awadhi, Member of Parliament, Kuwait (one of four women elected in May 2009)
- Musa Maaytah, Minister of Political Development, Jordan
- Nouzha Skalli, Minister of Social Development, Family and Solidarity, Morocco
Commentators:
- Michele Dunne, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Leslie Campbell, Senior associate and regional director for the Middle East and North Africa. National Democratic Institute
Moderator: Lorne Craner, President, International Republican Institute
12:00-12:30: Lunch
12:30-2:15: Roundtable Discussion: “What Assistance Can the International Community Provide?
- Tamara Cofman Wittes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
- Daniel Brumberg, United States Institute of Peace
- Scott Carpenter, Keston Family Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- Vidar Helgesen, Secretary-General, International IDEA
- Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Wallerstein Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Drew University
- Dr. Aseel al-Awadhi, Kuwait
- Nouzha Skalli, Morocco
- Musa Maayta, Jordan
Moderator: Kenneth Wollack, President, National Democratic Institute
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