8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.      Registration                  
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.      Welcoming Remarks        
 
·      Dr. Peter Mandaville, Chair, Program Committee
·      Dr. Radwan Masmoudi, CSID President
 
 
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.                Panel 1                         Amphitheater


· Farah Pandith- Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Department of State

Respondents:

· Marc Lynch- George Washington University
· Emile Nakhleh- Independent scholar
· Daniel Brumberg- United States Institute of Peace
 
 
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.        Coffee Break
 
11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.        Parallel Session #1        Amphitheater
 

 
· Muslim publics' views of the U.S.- Steven Kull, Worldpublicopinion.org
 
· A Nigerian Perspective on the Cairo Speech- Chloe Berwind-Dart, Cherish Foundation
 
· New Approaches to Public Diplomacy in the Muslim World - Kristin Lord, Center for a New American Security


 
11:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.         Parallel Session #2       Oceanic Suite
 
 
 
· The Obama Administration and Islamic Human Rights  - Satoshi Ikeuchi, University of Tokyo
 
·  Arab Youth Development in U.S.-Muslim Engagement - Oliver Wilcox & Chris Carneal, Middle East Bureau, U.S. Agency for International Development
 
·  Political Islam and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Obama Era - Halim Rane, Griffith University
 
·  Constructing Political Islam as the New Other - Corinna Mullin, School of Oriental & African Studies
 
 
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.        Keynote Luncheon                      The Pavillion
 
 
2:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.          Plenary Session                    Amphitheater
                 

·      Mustapha Khalfi, Justice & Development Party, Morocco

·      Salah Ali Abdulrahman, Deputy Speaker, Islamic National Menber, Bahrain

·      Respondent - Quinn Mecham, Professor, Middlebury College and George Washington University, and Franklin Fellow, Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State


3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.     Coffee Break
 
4:00 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.     Parallel Session #3              Oceanic Suite

 
 
·  Civil Society Organizations as Actors of Change in the MENA Region: Potentialities and Challenges - Nabila Hamza, Foundation for the Future, Amman, Jordan
 
·  The U.S. Image among Arab's New Generation: Finding and Recommendations from Experimental Research- Moataz A. Fattah, Cairo University & Central Michigan University
 
·   Back to the Spirit of the Cairo Speech: From Marshall Plan to Obama Plan- Alaya Allani, University of Tunis

·  Taliban's Islamic State, Obama's Olive Branch and Democracy in the Muslim World: An Examination of Governance in Contemporary Pakistan- Abdullah Al-Ahsan, International Islamic University, Malaysia

 

4:00 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.       Parallel Session #4             Amphitheater

 
 
·  Evaluating Obama's Contributions to Iran's Democratic Opposition- Laila Taraghi, University of Arkansas
 
·  The Role of the U.S. in Encouraging Pro-Democracy Movements - Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco
 
·  Applying Sustainable Democracy Promotion to the Muslim World- Eric Patterson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs

· Political Reforms in Afghanistan & Pakistan- Brian Katulis - The Center for American Progress


 
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.        Concluding Keynote                    Amphitheater