The Middle East Institute (MEI) is pleased to host a conference on future projections for the Middle East, assessing projected trends, drives, policy responses, and future challenges for the MENA region in 2030 and beyond.
Agenda
9:00–9:15 AM | Welcoming Remarks and Overview of the Day
Paul Salem
President, MEI
Amb. Gerald Feierstein
Senior vice president, MEI
9:15-9:45AM | Keynote Address: Trends in Tech, Cyber, Security and their Repercussions in the Middle East
Richard A. Clarke
Chairman, MEI Board of Governors
9:45AM-10:55AM | Panel I: The MENA Region in 2030: Trends and Trajectories
This interactive panel will examine the forces over the next 10-15 years that will cause/drive the greatest change in the region. How do we foresee some of these forces influencing each other, accelerating, slowing, and shaping change? What projections can we make of things likely to be significantly different in the region in 2030?
Elhum Haghighat
Professor and chair, Department of Political Science, City University of New York
Amal Kandeel
Director, Climate Change and Environment Program, MEI
Josh Kerbel
Research faculty, National Intelligence University
Paul Salem
President, MEI
Steven Kenney (moderator)
Founder and principal, Foresight Vector LLC
10:55AM-11:15AM | Coffee Break
11:15AM-11:45AM | Remarks:
His Excellency Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi
Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates
11:45AM-12:55PM | Panel II: Policy Responses to Future Challenges
This discussion will focus on policy areas that will reflect the greatest change in 2030 relative to today. What social-cultural, technological, or other forces will force enable major changes in policies affecting/governing the region? How will policymaking/policymakers address the interrelationships between issue areas?
Ferid Belhaj
Vice president, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank
Laila Iskandar
Former Minister of Environment, Egypt
Ruba Husari
Scholar, MEI
Michael Nagata
Former director of Strategic Operational Planning, National Counterterrorism Center
Ambassador (ret.) Gerald Feierstein
Senior Vice President, MEI
Patrick Tucker (moderator)
Technology editor, Defense One
12:55-1:30 | Lunch Buffet
This event will be live streamed. Check this page for updates.