06:00 p.m. GST
WELCOMING REMARKS
Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ali
CEO and Founder
TRENDS Research & Advisory
06:10 p.m. GST
THE GCC PERSPECTIVE ON BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL SECURITY ORDER
Briefing remarks
Abdullah bin Khaled Al Saud
Assistant Director of Policy Planning
Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mohammed Al Sulami
Founder and Chairman
Rasanah: International Institute for Iranian Studies
Vice Admiral (Ret.) Fozzie Miller
President and CEO
The Fozzie Miller Group, LLC
Former Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet/Combined Maritime Forces
United States Navy
Dr. Fahed Al Shelaimi
President
Gulf Forum for Peace and Security
Chair
Nadia Bilbassy-Charters
Washington DC Bureau Chief
Al Arabiya News Channel
07:20 p.m. GST
THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS: IMPACT ON REGIONAL DIPLOMACY
In a short conversation with
H.E. Yousef Al-Otaiba
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the US
Amb. (Ret) Marc Sievers
Director
American Jewish Committee in the Gulf
07:35 p.m. GST
NEW DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES IN THE REGION: THE QUEST FOR STABLE ALLIANCES
An update on Israel’s relationship with countries of the Abraham Accords
Professor Uzi Rabi
Director, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Tel Aviv University
The Arabian Gulf perspective (Bahrain and UAE) on the Abraham Accords
Ahdeya Ahmed
President
Bahrain Journalists Association
Israel-GCC technical and economic cooperation
Dr. Shira Efron
Senior Research Fellow
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
Special Advisor on Israel
RAND Corporation
Adjunct Scholar
Modern war Institute (MWI) at West Point.
The Abraham Accords as a regional security mechanism
Mohammed Baharoon
Director
Dubai Public Policy Research Center (B’huth)
Chair
Carmiel Arbit
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Middle East Programs
Atlantic Council
08:35 p.m. GST
Break
10:10 p.m. GST
BEYOND REGIONAL SECURITY: NEW PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE VISIONS FOR HUMAN SECURITY
Building a global immune system
Dr. David A. Bray
Leading Global Data & Tech Ventures and C-Suite Executive
Singularity Group
Distinguished Fellow
Atlantic Council
New technologies and the future of warfare and counter-insurgency
Evanna Hu
CEO and Partner
Omelas
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council
Development challenges and demographic changes
Dr. Abla Abdel-Latif
Executive Director and Director of Research
Egyptian Center for Economic Studies
Extremist groups and the future of communications
Jennifer Counter
Vice President
Orbis Operations
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security‘s Forward Defense practice
Atlantic Council
Chair
Ibrahim Bakri
Assistant Director, Middle East Center
University of Pennsylvania
11:10 p.m. GST
CLOSING REMARKS
11:15 p.m. GST
END OF PROGRAM
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Sumaya Al Hadhrami
Director of Conference Management
TRENDS Research & Advisory