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11TH REGIONAL SECURITY SUMMITBAHRAIN, 30 OCTOBER–1 NOVEMBER 2015
The IISS Manama Dialogue
CHAPTER 1
Agenda
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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt;
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Friday 30 October 2015
All day Bilateral meetings between ministers and officials
19:00 – 20:00 SKY NEWS ARABIA OPENING TELEVISED PANEL - Al Ghazal IEXTREMISM, STABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT: THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Chair: Fadila SouissiPresenter, Sky News Arabia
Dr Abdullatif Al ZayaniSecretary General, Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf
Riyadh YaseenMinister of Foreign Affairs, Yemen
Dr Taïeb BaccoucheMinister of Foreign Affairs, Tunisia
Helen ClarkAdministrator, UN Development Programme
20:00 – 21:00 OPENING RECEPTION – Grand Foyer
21:00 – 23:00 OPENING DINNER – Al Noor BallroomHosted by: HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al KhalifaCrown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, Kingdom of Bahrain
Opening remarks: Dr John ChipmanDirector-General and Chief Executive, IISS
Keynote Speech: Abdel Fattah Al-SisiPresident of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Agenda
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Saturday 31 October 2015
Unless otherwise stated all Plenary Sessions chaired by Dr John Chipman, Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS
09:00 – 10:15 FIRST PLENARY SESSION – Al Noor BallroomUS POLICY AND REGIONAL SECURITY
Sh Khaled bin Ahmed Al KhalifaMinister of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain
Antony BlinkenDeputy Secretary of State, US
10:15 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:00 SECOND PLENARY SESSION – Al Noor BallroomTHE REGION AFTER THE NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS
Adel Al JubeirMinister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia
Dr Nabil El Araby Secretary General, League of Arab States
12:00 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 13:45 THIRD PLENARY SESSION – Al Noor BallroomTHE CHALLENGES OF EXTREMISM
Chair: Sir John JenkinsExecutive Director, IISS-Middle East
Philip HammondSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK
Salahuddin RabbaniMinister of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan
Dr Khaled KhojaPresident, National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces
13:45 – 16:00 PRIVATE LUNCH FOR DELEGATION LEADERSTrader Vic’s Restaurant
LUNCH FOR ALL OTHER DELEGATESVilla Gazebo, Ritz Carlton
16:00 – 17:15 FOURTH PLENARY SESSION – Al Noor BallroomCONFLICTS AND COALITIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Dr Ursula von der LeyenFederal Minister of Defence, Germany
Khaled Al ObeidiMinister of Defence, Iraq
19:30 – 21:00 RECEPTION AND DINNER – Villa Gazebo
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Sunday 1 November 2015
09:30 – 11:00 SPECIAL SESSIONS – Al Ghazal Ballrooms
Group I: The future of Yemen – Al Ghazal III
Chair: Professor Toby DodgeConsulting Senior Fellow for the Middle East, IISS
Dr Abdullatif Al ZayaniSecretary General, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
Riyadh YaseenMinister of Foreign Affairs, Yemen
Ismail Ould Cheikh AhmedSpecial Adviser to the Secretary General for Yemen, UN
Sir Alan DuncanSpecial Envoy to Yemen and Special Envoy to Oman, UK
Group II: GCC Defence Posture and External Powers – Al Ghazal I
Chair: General The Lord Richard of HerstmonceuxSenior Adviser for the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, IISS; former Chief of the Defence Staff, UK
Sh Thamer Al SabahPresident, National Security Bureau, Kuwait
General Lloyd James Austin IIICommander, US Central Command
HRH Prince Sultan bin Khaled Al FaisalPresident, Al Joshan Security Services
General Richard BarronsCommander, Joint Forces Command, Ministry of Defence, UK
Group III: Stablising Weak States – Al Ghazal II
Chair: Dr Nicholas RedmanDirector of Editorial, IISS
Dr Abdullah Al MatouqAdviser, Al Diwan Al Amiri, Kuwait; Humanitarian Envoy of the Secretary General, UN
Christian BergerDirector and Deputy Managing Director for Middle East and North Africa, European External Action Service
Farhat BengdaraSpecial Adviser to the Prime Minister, Libya
Emile HokayemSenior Fellow for Middle East Security, IISS
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Group IV: The Role of Political Islamism – Al Ghazal C
Chair: Sir John JenkinsExecutive Director, IISS-Middle East
Hamadi JebaliFormer Prime Minster, Tunisia
Nabil FahmyDean, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo; former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
Dr Nelly LahoudSenior Fellow for Political Islamism, IISS (Designate)
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 13:00 FIFTH PLENARY SESSION – Al Noor BallroomMANAGING CONFLICT SPILL-OVER
Nohad MachnoukMinister of the Interior and Municipalities, Lebanon
Crispin BluntChairman, Foreign Affairs Select Committee, House of Commons, UK
13:00 – 14:30 FAREWELL LUNCH FOR ALL DELEGATES – Villa Gazebo