Preliminary List of Speakers

Ambassador Mark Hambley, Adviser to the Department of State, "American Policy in the Middle East Today."

Ambassador Sallama Shaker, Yale University, "Women and their Challenges in Arab and Muslim Societies."

William Morris, Secretary General, Next Century Foundation, "British Policy in the Middle East Today."

Fadel Lamen, President, American Libyan Council, "Libya in 2012."

Esam Omeish, Chair, Libyan Emergency Task Force, "Challenges Facing Libya."

Akram Elias, President, Capital Communications, "Lebanon in 2012."

Mohammed M. Aman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; EIC-DOMES, "Information Technology as a Catalyst in the Arab Spring: From Venting to Acting"

Pierre M. Atlas, Marian University, "US Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring: Values and Interests in a Time of Austerity."

Sergey Kostyaev, Russian Academy of Sciences, "Muslim Countries Lobbying in the US: Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen."

James M. Dorsey, University of Singapore, "Soccer as a Venue for Protest in the Middle East and Africa: A Proven Site for Political Contestation."

Amr Yossef, New York University, "Israel and Post-Mubarak Egypt: Perils of Historical Analogy."

Warren Clark, Churches for Middle East Peace, "Barriers to Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict."

Randall Geller, American University, "Non-Jewish Minorities and the Question of Service in the Israel Defense Forces, 1948-1958."

Adina Friedman, American University, "Arab-Israeli Peace: Challenges, Progress, and Prospects."

Khalil Javan, Azad Islamic University of Mashhad, "An Analysis of the Influences of Post Islamism and Democracy on Egypt and the Middle East."

Chana Solomon-Schwartz, George Washington University, "Why Reservations?: Explaining Variation within State Parties' Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination  of All Forms of Discrimination against Women."

Radwan Ziadeh, Georgetown University, "The Syrian Uprising: The Long Road to Democracy."

Bagher Fardanesh, Towson University, "Successful Negotiations in the Middle East."

Sarah Tobin, Wheaton College, "Middle Class and Anti-Revolution in 'The Nation of Security and Stability': Jordan's Arab Spring."

Andrew Wender, University of Victoria, "Learning Through Upheaval: Strategies for Analyzing and Construing Emerging Socio-Political Transformations in the Middle East."

Anna Newby, The Project on Middle East Democracy, "Challenges and Opportunities in Aiding Civil Society Abroad: the Case of Egypt."

Mara Revkin, Atlantic Council - Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, "The Brewing Crisis Over Egypt's Next Constitution."

Yasmina Mrabet, Peace x Peace, "Letting Women Speak for Themselves: The Power of New Media."

Jane Henrici, Institute for Women's Policy Research, and Rola Abdul-Latif, International Foundation for Electoral Systems, "Research on Women in the Middle East and North Africa and the Arab Spring."

Tahani Alsabah, Texas Woman's University, "Kuwaiti and American Parental Perceptions Towards their Child with a Disability."

Steve Stottlemyre,Office of Intelligence & Threat Analysis, U.S. Department of State, "Crisis Mapping Intelligence Information During the Libyan Civil War: An Exploratory Case Study."

Thomas Hill and Rita Naman, New York University, "Advancing Peace and Conflict Studies in Transitioning Democracies: The Iraq Experience as a Model for the Region."

Juris Pupcenoks, Washington College, "Democratic Islamization in Pakistan and Turkey: Lessons for the post-Arab Spring Middle East."

Reid Tillman Smith, University of Delaware, "The Mahdi and the Mullah: Islamic Revival, Jihad and the Future of Radical Islam."

Rita Stephan, Georgetown University, "Did Civil Society Matter in the Arab Spring? A Cross Comparative Analysis of Thirteen Cases."

Sahar Khamis, University of Maryland, "Egypt Revisited: Changes, Challenges, Threats, and Opportunities on the Revolution's First Anniversary."

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Marwan Hassan, The University of British Columbia, "Water Resources in the Middle East"

Wesley Powell Auditorium at the Cosmos Club, in cooperation with the Philosophical Society of Washington

Invited but not confirmed:

Ambassadors of Egypt, Kuwait and Tunisia

Dr. Shibley Telhami, Sadat Chair, University of Maryland