PRE-MED: Euro-Med Think Tanks Forum
Euro-Med Think Tanks Forum, gathering 43 research institutes to discuss the role of TTs in promoting a positive agenda for the Mediterranean.
MED in Images
A selection of photographs from the Rome MED event.
Opening Plenary
REMARKS: Carlo Secchi; President, ISPI, Italy Claudio Descalzi; CEO, Eni, Italy Mauro Moretti; CEO, Leonardo Finmeccanica, Italy KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Paolo Gentiloni; Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy
Med Shared Security – Mediterranean’s Path To A New Order: The Helsinki Experience
CHAIR: Vali Nasr, Dean, SAIS Johns Hopkins, United States of America SPEAKERS: Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, Secretery General, The Arab League Boris Johnson; Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom Frans Timmermans; First Vice-President of the European Commission
MED Shared Security II – Fighting Terrorism: International Engagement and Regional Ownership
CHAIR: Giampiero Massolo, President-elect; ISPI, Italy Ibrahim Abdul-Kareem Hamza Al-Eshaiker Al-Jaafari; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iraq José Alberto Azeredo Lopes; Minister of National Defence, Portugal Farhat Horchani; Minister of National Defence, Tunisia Roberta Pinotti; Minister of Defence, Italy
Policy Forum – Defying Gravity: Shaping Stability In The MENA Region
scientific partner: ECFR CHAIR Ellie GERANMAYEH Policy Fellow (MENA), ECFR, United Kingdom SPEAKERS: Sayyid Badr bin Hamad AL-BUSAIDI Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oman Khalid bin Ibrahim AL-JINDAN Vice Minister for Political and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia Faris AL MAZROUEI Assistant Foreign Minister for Security and Military Affairs, United Arab […]
Policy Forum – Regional Responses To Syrian Refugees
Scientific Partner: IFRI CHAIR: Dorothée SCHMID Head of the Middle East and Turkey Program, IFRI, France SPEAKERS: Mohammed AL-HADID Director, Jordan Red Crescent Samir AÏTA Circle of Arab Economists, France Alain AOUN Acting Vice-Chair Defense & Interior committee, Lebanese Parliament Galip DALAY Director, al-Sharq Forum Istanbul, Senior Associate Fellow, Al Jazeera Center for Studies Nasser HADIAN […]
Policy Forum – Promoting Development In The Mena Region Through Clean Energy Deployment
Scientific Partner: ISPI CHAIR: Ugo TRAMBALLI Scientific Advisor, ISPI; Senior Correspondant, Il Sole24Ore, Italy SPEAKERS: Ameur BCHIR CEO, STEG, Tunisia Hela CHEIKHROUHOU Minister of Energy, Mining and Renewable Energy, Tunisia Valeria TERMINI Vice-President, MEDREG Francesco VENTURINI CEO, Enel Green Power; President, RES4MED, Italy
Policy Forum – Perspectives On The Middle East Turmoil
Seyed Kazem SAJJADPOUR Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iran DISCUSSANTS: David HEARST Editor in Chief, Middle East Eye, United Kingdom Alberto NEGRI Special Correspondent, Il Sole24Ore, Italy
Med “Migration” A Long Term Strategy For A Global Challenge
CHAIR: James POLITI, Rome Bureau Chief, Financial Times SPEAKERS: Ibrahim GHANDOUR Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sudan Filippo GRANDI High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Ahmet YILDIZ Deputy Foreign Minister, Turkey
Policy Forum – Economy First: Fostering Investments in the Mena Region
Scientific partner: Bruegel CHAIR: Maria DEMERTZIS Research Fellow, Bruegel, Belgium SPEAKERS: Massimo DEANDREIS Director, SRM – Economic Research Center, Intesa Sanpaolo Group, Italy Fabio GALLIA CEO, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Italy Naguib SAWIRIS CEO, Orascom, Telecom Media and Technology Holding, Egypt
Policy Forum – A Call For Action: Room for Innovative Economic Models
Scientific Partner: Chatham House CHAIR: Claire SPENCER Senior Research Fellow MENA Program, Chatham House, United Kingdom SPEAKERS: Adnane ADDIOUI Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (MCISE), Morocco Hafez GHANEM Vice-President MENA, World Bank Panos PAPOULIAS Programs and Strategic Initiatives, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Greece Sarah TOUMI Entrepreneur, Tunisia
Policy Forum – Inclusive Transitions: Civil Societies As Key Actors
Scientific Partner: DGAP CHAIR: Dina FAKOUSSA Head of Middle East and North Africa Program, DGAP, Germany SPEAKERS: Rosa BALFOUR German Marshall Fund, United States of America Ouided BOUCHAMAOUI President, Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA); 2015 Nobel Peace Prize as Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet member, Tunisia Bassma KODMANI Syria/Paris, Executive Director, Arab Reform […]
Policy Forum: Beyond Sectarianism – Addressing The Narratives of Religious Intolerance
Scientific Partner: EUI CHAIR: Luigi NARBONE Director Middle East Program, EUI, Italy SPEAKERS: Nadzad GRABUS Head of the Muslim community in Slovenia Peter MANDAVILLE US Dept. of State, Religion and Global Affair, United States of America Olivier ROY Chair in Mediterranean Studies, EUI
Plenary I – Energy as a Bridge
CHAIR: Andrea CABRINI Managing Editor, Class CNBC SPEAKERS: Khalid bin Ibrahim AL-JINDAN Vice Minister for Political and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia Hela CHEIKHROUHOU Minister of Energy, Mining and Renewable Energy, Tunisia Claudio DESCALZI CEO, Eni, Italy Mustafa SANALLA CEO, National Oil Company, Libya
Plenary II – Women & Youth: Building Bridges to the Future
CHAIR Elisabetta BELLONI Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy SPEAKERS Mike BEZOS President, Bezos Foundation, United States of America Samar FATANY Chief Broadcaster, Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia Gioia GHEZZI President, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, Italy Gilles KEPEL Professor, SciencesPo, France Saida NEGHZA CEO, Groupe SORALCOF; Vice-President, Confédération générale des entreprises algériennes […]
Keynote Address – Sergey Lavrov
Sergey LAVROV Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia In dialogue with Monica MAGGIONI, President, RAI, Italy and Maurizio MOLINARI, Editor in Chief, La Stampa, Italy
Keynote Address – John F. Kerry
John F. KERRY Secretary of State, United States of America
Plenary III – Migration: Reimagining Integration
CHAIR: Paolo MAGRI Executive Vice-President and Director, ISPI, Italy SPEAKERS: Emma BONINO Co-Chair, ECFR Ditmir BUSHATI Minister of Foreign Affairs, Albania Paul Richard GALLAGHER Secretary for Relations with States, Holy See Wolfgang KASCHUBA Director, BIM, Germany
Plenary IV – Shared Prosperity: Boosting Economies
CHAIR: Antonio VILLAFRANCA Reseach Coordinator and Head of the European Programme at ISPI SPEAKERS: Abdul-Aziz Abdulla AL GHURAIR Director and Chief Executive Officer of Mashreq Bank, United Arab Emirates Hafez GHANEM Vice-President, World Bank Fouad MAKHZOUMI Chairman, Future Pipes Industries, Lebanon Mauro MORETTI CEO, Leonardo Finmeccanica, Italy Naguib SAWIRIS CEO, Orascom, Telecom Media and Technology […]
The New Us Administration and the Future of the Middle East
In cooperation with the Aspen Initiative for Europe CHAIR: Marta DASSÙ Senior Director European Affairs, The Aspen Institute; Editor in Chief, Aspenia, Italy SPEAKERS: Mary Beth LONG Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, United States of America Walter Russel MEAD Editor, The American Interest, United States of America Vali NASR Dean, SAIS […]
Syria
In dialogue with Robin NIBLETT, Director, Chatham House Staffan DE MISTURA Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations Federica MOGHERINI High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Democracy and Politics: What role for Islam?
CHAIR: Stefano POLLI, Deputy Director, ANSA SPEAKERS: Rashid GHANNOUCHI President, Ennahda, Tunisia Olivier ROY Chair in Mediterranean Studies, EUI
Closing Plenary
Paolo MAGRI Executive Vice President and Director, ISPI Giorgio NAPOLITANO Honorary President, ISPI KEYNOTE ADDRESS Paolo GENTILONI Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy