Updated :10-6-2014

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Events Time / Hall SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2014

Conference Registration 18:00

Welcome Reception (AL Wasail Foyer) 19:00

MONDAY , JUNE 9TH, 2014

Conference Registration 08:30 – 09:30

Welcoming Remarks

• Ted Piccone, Acting Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy, The Brookings

Institution

Opening Speech:

• H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister and

Minister of Interior of Qatar

• H.E. Bujar Nishani, President of Albania

• H.E. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali

10:00 – 10:50 Al-Wasail Hall

Break 10:50 – 11:00

Keynote Address

• Amb. Anne Patterson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S.

Department of State

11:00 – 11:45 Al-Wasail Hall

Plenary I: The Future of the United States in the Middle East Moderator: Tamara Cofman Wittes, Director and Senior Fellow, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution Confirmed Speakers:

• Issandr Elamrani, Head of North Africa Project, International Crisis Group

• Phil Gordon, White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region, U.S. National Security Council

• Hisham Melhem, Washington Bureau Chief, Al-Arabiya

• Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution

• Dr. Shibley Telhami, Nonresident Senior Fellow, the Project on U.S. Relations

with the Islamic World, The Brookings Institution

11:45 – 13:15 Al-Wasail Hall

Lunch (Al-Mukhtasar Hall) 13:30 – 14:45

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Working and Action Group Sessions

1. Empowering Pakistan's Civil Society to Counter Violent Extremism

Convened by:

• Robert Lamb, Center for Strategic and International Studies

• Hedieh Mirahmadi, World Organization for Resource Development & Education

(WORDE)

• Waleed Ziada, WORDE

• Mehreen Farooq, WORDE

2. Justice in Postconflict Settings: Islamic Law and Muslim Communities as

Stakeholders in Successful Transition

Convened by:

• Hamid Khan, United States Institute of Peace

• M. Cherif Bassiouni , International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences

• Corri Zoli, Syracuse University

3. Muslim Communities in Europe & North America: A Transatlantic

Dialogue on Contextualized Religion

Convened by:

• Peter Mandaville, George Mason University and the Brookings Institution

• Dilwar Hussain, New Horizons in British Islam and Cambridge University

4. The Timbuktu Renaissance

Convened by:

• Manny Ali Ansar, Festival Au Desert

• Salif Niang, Malo

• Cynthia P. Schneider, Georgetown University and the Brookings Institution

• Chris Shields, EnTech

14:45 – 16:45

Al-Sabia

Al-Wasail Hall (4)

Fatah Al-Khair

Al-Wasail Hall (3)

Gala Dinner (Al Mukhtasar Ballroom) 19:00 – 22:00

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TUESDAY , JUNE 10TH , 2014

Events Time / Hall

Plenary II:

The Conflict in Syria

Moderator: Salman Shaikh, Director, Brookings Doha Center, The Brookings

Institution

Confirmed Speakers:

• Hassan Hachimi, Head of Political Affairs for the United States and Canada, Syrian National Coalition

• Mouaz Al Khatib, Former President, National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary &

Opposition Forces

• Alia Mansour, Member, Syrian National Coalition

• Mouaz Moustafa, Political Director, Syrian Emergency Task Force

09:30 – 11:00

Al-Wasail Hall (1)

Break 11:00 – 11:15

Working and Action Groups (Al-Wasail Hall 3,4- Fatah Al-Khair, Al-Sabia) 11:15 – 12:45

Lunch (Al-Mukhtasar Hall) 13:00 – 14:00

Plenary III:

Defining the Future: Palestinian Voices

Moderator: Khaled Elgindy, Fellow, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy,

The Brookings Institution

Confirmed Speakers:

• Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary, Palestinian National Initiative

• Mohamed Dajani Al Daoudi, Head of American Studies Program, Al-Quds

University & Founder of Wasatia

• Omar Shaban, Founder, PalThink for Strategic Studies

• Husam Zomlot, Deputy Commissioner for Political Affairs and Official Spokesman,

Fatah Commission for International Affairs

14:15 – 15:45

Al-Wasail Hall

Working and Action Groups (Al-Wasail Hall 3,4- Fatah Al-Khair, Al-Sabia) 16:00 – 17:45

Gather in lobby for shuttle buses to offsite dinner 18:30 – 18:45

Offsite Dinner at Mamig Restaurant, (Katara) 19:00 – 22:00

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WEDNESDAY , JUNE 11TH , 2014

Events Time / Hall Working and Action Groups (Al-Wasail Hall 3,4- Fatah Al-Khair, Al-Sabia) 08:30 – 10:15

Plenary IV:

Accommodating Religious Diversity Moderator: H. A. Hellyer, Nonresident Fellow, the Project on U.S. Relations

with the Islamic World, The Brookings Institution

Confirmed Speakers:

• Mohamed Elsanousi, Secretariat and Director of External Relations, Network of

Religions and Traditional Peacemakers

• Rashad Hussain, Special Envoy to the OIC, U.S. Department of State

• Mehrezia Maiza, Vice President, Tunisian Constituent Assembly

• Prof. Yousuf M. Al-Siddiqi, Asst. Dean, College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, Qatar

Univ., Member of DICID Board

10:30 – 12:00

Al-Wasail Hall

Closing Remarks and Summary

● Prof. Ibrahim Al Naimi, Chairman, the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue

● William McCants, Director and Fellow, Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World,

The Brookings Institution

12:00 – 12:30

Al-Wasail Hall