| Saturday 11 November |
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from 07:00 |
Breakfast in the Conrad C Room (on the lobby level) |
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08:30 |
Registration outside of the Nile Room (Plenary Hall) |
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09:00 - 9:20 |
PLENARY SESSION 1: Introduction & Welcome [Open] Mohammed Shaker, Mohamed Kadry Said, Paolo Cotta Ramusino, MS Swaminathan |
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09:30 - 10:15 |
PLENARY SESSION 2: Opening Speech [Open]
Chair: Marie Muller
H.E. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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10:30 - 11:15 |
PLENARY SESSION 3: Keynote Address [Open]
Prospects of Peace, Change and Regional Cooperation in the Middle East
Chair: Abdel Monem Said
Amr. Mousa, Secretary General, Leauge of Arab States |
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11:15 - 11:45 |
Coffee break outside hte Plenary Hall |
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11:45 - 13:00 |
PLENARY SESSION 4 [Closed]
Chair: Gabriel Baramki
Report of the Secretary General
Paolo Cotta-Ramusino |
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13:00 - 13:30 |
Remembering Jo Rotblat, including film by Isabel Pisano [Open]
Chair: Jeffrey Boutwell |
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13:30 - 13:45 |
Recorded message from Dr. Mohamed El-Baradei |
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13:45 - 15:00 |
Buffet lunch in the BBQ area on the 3rd floor |
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15:00 - 16:45 |
PLENARY SESSION 5: Panel Session [Closed]
Middle East Security Frameworks and Democratic Developments
Chair: Charlotta Sparre
Panelists: Mohamed Abdulla Al-Rumaihi (Qatar), Mohamed Kadry Said (Egypt), Riad Malki (Palestine) |
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16:45 - 17:30 |
Coffee break outside the plenary session |
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17:30 - 18:30 |
Working groups meet in parallel sessions |
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19:15 |
Leave the hotel (lower level “grouping” door) at 19:15 sharp for the “Diplomatic Club” |
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20:00 |
Reception hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the "Diplomatic Club" in Tahrir Square. Speech by Naela Gabr, Short Response by MS Swaminathan |
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| Sunday 12 November |
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from 07:00 |
Breakfast in the Conrad C Room (on the lobby level)
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09:00 - 11:00 |
PLENARY SESSION 6: Panel Session [Closed]
Prospects for Iraq
Chair: Amb. Abdel Raouf El-Reedy
Panelists: Ibrahim Bahr Alolom (Iraq), Steven Miller (USA), Mahmood Vaezi (Iran)
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11:00 - 11:45 |
Coffee break outside the Plenary Hall |
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11:45 - 13:30 |
Working groups meet in parallel sessions |
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13:30 - 15:00 |
Buffet lunch in the BBQ area on the 3rd floor |
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15:00 - 16:45 |
Working groups meet in parallel sessions |
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16:45 - 17:15 |
Coffee break outside the working group sessions |
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17:15 - 19:00 |
Working groups meet in parallel sessions |
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20:00 |
Dinner in the Nile Room |
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Evening |
Meeting of PC with National Groups in Cleopatra Room |
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| Monday 13 November |
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09:00 - 11:15 |
PLENARY SESSION 7: Panel Session [Closed]
Lebanon, Palestine, Israel: how to re-start dialogue
Chair: Steve Miller
Riad Kahwaji (Lebanon), Riad Malki (Palestine), Ron Pundak (Israel), Samir Shawa (Gaza), Henry Siegman (USA)
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11:15 - 11:45 |
Coffee break outside the Plenary Hall |
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11:45 - 13:30 |
Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture [Open]
Chair: Paolo Cotta-Ramusino
Islam and the West: A Conversation between Hamid Ansari and Dr. Ali El Samman, with response by Alexey Vasiliev
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13:30 - 14:30 |
Buffet lunch in the BBQ area on the 3rd floor |
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14:30 – 16:00 |
Working Groups meet in parallel sessions |
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16:30 |
Leave hotel for Sound and Light Show (dress warmly) |
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18:30 - 19:30 |
Sound and Light Show |
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20:00 |
Dinner at Mena House Hotel |
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| Tuesday 14 November |
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09:00 - 11:30 |
PLENARY SESSION 8: Panel Session [Closed]
Peace Process in Kashmir: Lessons Learned
Chair: Amitabh Mattoo
Sajad Lone (India), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (India), Talat Masood (Pakistan), Mehbooba Mufti (India), Nirmal Singh (India)
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Coffee Break outside the Plenary Hall |
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12:00 - 13:15 |
PLENARY SESSION 9: Panel Session [Closed]
Nuclear Power, Security and Nonproliferation
Chair: Tom Cochran
Aly Islam (Egypt) / Bozorgmehr Ziaran (Iran)
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13:15 - 14:15 |
Buffet lunch in the BBQ area on the 3rd floor |
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14:30 |
Leave hotel for the Egyptian Museum |
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20:00 |
Conference Banquet in the Nile Room at Conrad Hotel with Lecture by Zahi Hawass: Recent Discoveries on the Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings (Moderator: Mohamed Kadry Said) |
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| Wednesday 15 November |
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09:00 - 11:00 |
PLENARY SESSION 10: Panel Session [Closed]
WMD in the Middle East
Chair: TBA
Wa’el Al-Assad (Jordan), Emily Landau (Israel), Saideh Lotfian (Iran)
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee break outside the Plenary Hall
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11:30 - 12:30 |
PLENARY SESSION 11: Presidential Address, MS Swaminathan
Chair: Francesco Calogero [Open]
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Buffet lunch in the BBQ area on the 3rd floor |
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14:00 - 16:00 |
PLENARY SESSION 12: Panel Session [Open]
The Next Agenda for Nuclear Disarmament
Chair: Amb. Mohamed Shaker
Sergei Batsanov (Russia), Rebecca Johnson (UK), Sverre Lodgaard (Norway), Carlos Sersale di Cerisano (Argentina)
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16:00 – 16:30 |
Coffee break outside the Plenary Hall
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16:30 – 19:00 |
Lunch |
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15:30 – 16:30 |
PLENARY SESSION Report of the Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino [closed]
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16:30 – 19:00 |
Reports from the WG and the IYSP Conference
Chair: Goetz Neuneck
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19:00 – 19:30 |
Closing of the Conference |
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20:00 |
Dinner in the Nile Room |
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Evening |
Meeting of PC with ISYP in Isis & Nefertiti rooms |
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| Thursday 16 November |
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PC Meeting and departure of participants |
