The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is pleased to announce the Speaker Agenda for the 6th IISS Regional Security Summit, The Manama Dialogue, to be held in Bahrain. The Manama Dialogue will run from 11 to 13 December 2009. Although registration has closed, media may still register on-site.
FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2009
All day Bilateral Meetings Between Ministers And Officials
18:00 – 18:30 Opening Press Conference – Plantation Terrace
19:00 – 20:00 Al Arabiya Debate – Al Ghazal Ballroom
Perspectives From The Manama Dialogue
Sh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain
Ali Muhammad Al Anisi
Chairman, National Security Agency and Head, Presidential Office, Yemen
Jeffrey Feltman
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, US Department of State
Dr Mamoun Fandy
Senior Fellow for Gulf Security and Corresponding Director, IISS-Middle East
20:15 – 21:00 Opening Reception – Grand Foyer
21:00 – 23:00 Keynote Address and Opening Dinner – Al Noor Ballroom
Sh Dr Muhammad Al Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kuwait
SATURDAY 12 DECEMBER 2009
08:45 – 09:00 Opening of the Summit – Al Noor Ballroom
Introduction and Welcome
Dr John Chipman
Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS
09:00 – 10:30 First Plenary Session – Al Noor Ballroom
Regional Security Cooperation
Manouchehr Mottaki
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Iran
Sh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain
10:30 – 11:15 Press conference with manouchehr Mottaki – Al Ghazal I
11:15 – 12:45 Second Plenary Session – Al Noor Ballroom
Regional Security In A Geo-Economic Context
Hoshyar Zebari
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iraq
Vecdi Gönül
Minister of Defence, Turkey
13:15 – 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 – 15:30 Press Conference with William Cohen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Cohen Group; former Secretary of Defense; IISS
Member – Al Ghazal I
15:00 – 16:30 Third Plenary Session – Al Noor Ballroom
Nuclear Power, Energy and Security
HH Sh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs, UAE
M K Narayanan
National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, India
Kazuya Shimba
Senior Vice Minister for Defence, Japan
16:30 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 18:30 Fourth Plenary Session – Al Noor Ballroom
Afghanistan, Southwest Asia and the Gulf
Masoom Stanekzai
Advisor to the President on Home Security, Afghanistan
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan
Christian Schmidt
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defence, Germany
18:30 – 19:00 Press conference with Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi – Al Ghazal I
19:00 – 21:30 Reception and Dinner
Invited Delegates – Shaikh Hamad Palace
Hosted by:
HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Other Delegates – Villa Gazebo, Ritz Carlton
SUNDAY 13 DECEMBER 2009
09:15 – 11:00 Simultaneous Break-Out Groups - Al Ghazal Ballrooms I,II,III and C
Group I: Military Transformation, Intelligence and Security Cooperation
Chair: Brigadier General H R McMaster
Chief, Concept Development and Experimentation, Training and Doctrine Command, US Army; Consulting Senior Fellow, IISS
Alexander Vershbow
Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, US Department of Defense
Brigadier Abdulrahman Al Hadoud
Director of Military Intelligence, Kuwait Armed Services
Staff General Nagy Abdel Aziz Shehod
Deputy Chief, Egyptian Military Intelligence Department
Lieutenant General Karl W Eikenberry
Ambassador of the US to Afghanistan; IISS Member
Group II: Iraq and the Region
Chair: Dr Andrew Parasiliti
Executive Director, IISS-US and Corresponding Director, IISS-Middle East
Shirwan Al Waeli
Minister of State for National Security Affairs, Iraq
Jeffrey Feltman
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, US Department of State
Sh Thamer Ali Al Sabah
Vice-President, National Security Bureau, Kuwait
Murat Ozcelik
Ambassador of Turkey to Iraq
Group III: Piracy and Maritime Security
Chair: Dr Tim Huxley
Executive Director, IISS-Asia; Editor, Adelphis; Corresponding Director for Military Information and Analysis, IISS
Lieutenant General Desmond Kuek Bak Chye
Chief of Defence Force, Ministry of Defence, Singapore
Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope
First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, Royal Navy, UK
Vice Admiral M P Muralidharan
Chief of Personnel, Indian Navy
Vice Admiral William Gortney
Commander, US Naval Forces, Central Command; Commander, US Fifth Fleet
Group IV: Non-State Actors in Regional Security
Chair: Dr Mamoun Fandy
Senior Fellow for Gulf Security and Corresponding Director, IISS Middle East
General Mansour Al Turki
Spokesperson, Interior Ministry, Saudi Arabia
Lieutenant General Muhammed Mustafa Khan
Chief of the General Staff, Pakistan
Dr Michael C Williams
Under Secretary-General and Special Coordinator for Lebanon, United Nations; IISS Member
Professor Aboumohammad Asgarkhani
Member of Delegation, Iran; Professor, Department of International Relations, The University of Tehran
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 13:00 Fifth Plenary Session – Al Noor Ballroom
Regional Security Architecture
Ali Muhammad Al Anisi
Chairman, National Security Agency and Head, Presidential Office, Yemen
General David Petraeus
Commander, US Central Command
Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar
Advisor to HM the King on Diplomatic Affairs; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Bahrain Centre for Strategic International and Energy Studies
13:00 – 13:15 Conclusions and Envoi – Al Noor Ballroom
Dr John Chipman
Director-General and Chief Executive, IISS
13:15 – 14:30 Farewell Lunch for all Delegates
15:00 – 15:30 Closing Press Conference – Plantation Terrace
All events will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel & Spa
P.O. Box 55577, Manama, The Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel: +973 17 580 000; Fax: +973 17 580 333
The Plenary Sessions (presentations and discussions) will be on-the-record
The Break Out Groups will be strictly off-the-record
