In the Middle of the Storm: Development and Governance in the Arab World
Tuesday, December 6, 20119:00 AM - 2:00 PM (Pacific)
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, The Safadi Foundation USA, The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE),
and the Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center
invite you to the launch of the
Safadi-Stanford Initiative for Policy Innovation
9:00-9:30 AM
Welcoming Remarks by Michael Van Dusen, Executive Vice President, Woodrow Wilson Center; and His Excellency, Mohammad Safadi, Minister of Finance, Republic of Lebanon
9:30-10:45 AM
PANEL I: Regional Arab Reform
Tamara Wittes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Mara Rudman, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Middle East, USAID
Lina Khatib, Co-Founder, Program on Arab Reform and Democracy, CDDRL, Stanford
Miriam Allam, Safadi Scholar First Runner Up and Economist, OECD
10:45-11:00 AM
Coffee Break
11:00-12:15 PM
PANEL II: Energy Reform and Economic Development in the Arab World
Robert D. Hormats, Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs
Inger Andersen, Vice-President, MENA, The World Bank
John D. Sullivan, Executive Director, Center for International Private Enterprise
Katarina Uherova Hasbani, Safadi Scholar of the Year
12:30-2:00 PM
Keynote lunch with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund introduced by Ambassador Joseph Gildenhorn, Chairman, Woodrow Wilson Center Board of Trustees,and His Excellency Mohammad Safadi, Minister of Finance, Republic of Lebanon introduced by Lara Alameh, Executive Director, Safadi Foundation USA
To watch the live webcast of the conference, please click here.