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TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2019

PATHWAYS TO CONSENSUS: IRAQ’S FUTURE IN A TURBULENT REGION?

8:30 – 9:00    REGISTRATION

09:15 – 10:15     PANEL

The Nexus Between Good Governance & Regional Peace
Chair: Dr. Ranj Alaaldin, Brookings Institution
Speakers: H.E. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional
Government
H.E. Bernard Kouchner, Former Foreign Minister, France

10:30 – 18:15     WORKSHOPS

Workshop 1: Regional Consensus and Conflict Resolution: What role for
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region? A special collaboration between Carnegie
Corporation of New York, Virginia Tech University, Brookings Institution
in Doha and The American University of Kurdistan.

Workshop 2: Strengthening Institutions: Reform, Democracy &
Governance in Iraq & the Kurdistan Region A special collaboration
between Oxford University’s OxGaps Institute, King’s College London,
Middle East Policy Group and The American University of Kurdistan.

Workshop 3: Reconstruction, IDPs & the Post-ISIS Era: Dialogue &
Reconciliation A special collaboration between Oxford University’s
OxGaps Institute, Middle East Policy Group, and The American University
of Kurdistan

Workshop 4: A Framework for co-existence & co-operation:
Erbil-Baghdad Relations A special collaboration between The American
University of Kurdistan and the Center for Peace and Human Security

WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2019

PATHWAYS TO CONSENSUS: IRAQ’S FUTURE IN A TURBULENT REGION?

09:00     Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Nazar Numan, Provost of the American University of Kurdistan

09:10 – 09:30     Keynote Speech

H.E. Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region

09:30 – 11:00     SESSION ONE | ERBIL & BAGHDAD: MOVING FORWARD

Chair: Ms. Tanya Gilly-Khailany, SEED Foundation
Speakers
His Excellency Falih Fayyadh, National Security Advisor, Iraq
His Excellency Mala Bakhtiar, PUK Politburo Executive Secretary
His Excellency Bashir al-Haddad, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Iraq
His Excellency Rebar Ahmed Khalid, Minister of Interior,
Kurdistan Regional Government

11:00– 11:15      COFFEE BREAK

11:15 – 12:45      SESSION TWO | THE FUTURE OF IRAQ: CONFLICT ZONE OR BRIDGEBUILDER?

Chair: Dr. Dakota Wood, Heritage Foundation
Speakers
Dr. Mohammed Radhi, Senior Advisor to Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim
Dr. Ken Pollack, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Dr. Osman Sert, Ankara Institute
Dr. Irina Zvyagelskaya, World Economy & International Relations Institute in Moscow
Dr. Mohammad Ali Shabani, Center for Strategic Research in Tehran

12:45– 14:00      LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00      SESSION THREE | A CONVERSATION WITH PRIME MINISTER BARZANI

Chair: Dr. Ranj Alaaldin, Brookings Institution
Speakers
H.E. Prime Minister Masrour Barzani,
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)

15:00 – 15:15      Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:30      SESSION FOUR | CONFLICT MITIGATION & GOVERNANCE: SECURING THE PEACE

Chair: Ambassador Peter Galbraith
Speakers
Dr. Linda Robinson, RAND
Dr. Karen Young, American Enterprise Institute
Ambassador Ramon Blecua, European Union
Mr. Brian Katz, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Mr. Galip Dalay, Al Sharq Forum, Istanbul

17:00 – 18:30      SESSION FIVE | THE U.S. & EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: WHAT ROLE & WHAT FUTURE?

Chair: Ms. Jennifer Cafarella, Institute for the Study of War
Speakers
Dr. Dalia Kaye, RAND Corporation
Dr Hassan Ahmadian, Tehran University
Dr. David Pollock, Washington Institute
Ms. Dareen Khalifa, International Crisis Group
Ms. Clarisse Pasztory, European Union

18:30      CLOSING REMARKS AND RECEPTION

Dr. Honar Issa, American University of Kurdistan

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