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A selection of photographs from the Rome MED event.

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MED 2017 – Opening Session
Welcoming Remarks Giampiero Massolo, President, ISPI, Italy Claudio Descalzi, CEO, Eni, Italy Alessandro Profumo, CEO, Leonardo, Italy Keynote Speeches Angelino Alfano, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy Michel Aoun, President, Lebanon At the presence of the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella

MED 2017 – Beyond The Crises: Towards A New Regional Balance?
Chair: Thomas Gomart, Director, IFRI, France Speakers: Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General, Arab League Ibrahim Al-Jafaari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iraq Yousef bin Ahmad al- Othaimeen, Secretary General, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Robert Malley, Vice President for Policy, International Crisis Group, USA “A Wider Security for the Mediterranean Region: the Italian View” Roberta Pinotti, […]

MED 2017 – A View from Iran
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iran In conversation with Monica Maggioni, President, Rai Nicolas Pelham, The Economist

MED 2017 – A View from Libya
Ahmed Omar Maiteeg, Vice President, Presidential Council, Libya in conversation with Alberto Negri, Il Sole 24 Ore Francesca Paci, La Stampa

MED 2017 – A View from China
Ying Fu, Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee, National People’s Congress, China in conversation with Mark Leonard, Director, ECFR

MED 2017 – Libya: Enhancing The Economic Prospects
coordinated by ISPI Chair: Arturo Varvelli,Co-Head, Middle East and North Africa Centre, ISPI, Italy Speakers Ehab Abdulgader, Director and COO, PetroGas, Libya Zuhir A. Ali Mahmud, Development Programs Advisor, Presidential Council GNA, Libya Mustafa Sanallah, CEO, National Oil Company, Libya Omar Tarhuni, Advisor and Consultant, Presidential Council GNA, Libya Tarik M. Yousef, Member, Board of […]

MED 2017 – Governing Local Identities: Decentralization As A Solution?
coordinated by DGAP and MERI Chair: Dina Fakoussa, Head, Middle East and North Africa Programme, DGAP, Germany Speakers: Dlawer Ala’aldeen, President, MERI, Iraq Ranj Alaaldin, Visiting Fellow, Brookings Doha, Qatar Virginie Collombier, Research Coordinator, Middle East Directions Programme, EUI Nafti Mahdi, Member, Constituent Assembly, Tunisia

MED 2017 – Iran’s Political Challenges and Economic Opportunities
Coordinated by IFRI Chair: Dorothée Schmid, Head of Turkey and Middle East Program, IFRI, France Matthieu Etourneau, Managing Director, French Business Center of Tehran, Iran Vali Nasr, Dean, SAIS Johns Hopkins, USA Seyed Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, Head, Center for International Research and Educationof Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and President, IPIS, Iran

MED 2017 – Promoting Intra-Regional Trade in the Mediterranean
coordinated by BRUEGEL and OCP Policy Center Chair: Maria Demertzis, Deputy Director, Bruegel, Belgium Speakers: Karim El Aynaoui, Managing Director, OCP Policy Center, Morocco Slim Ghorbel, Executive Board Member, Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA), Tunisia Michael Köhler, Director, Neighbourhood South, DG NEAR, European Commission Jacques J. Sarraf, Honorary President, Business MEDand Chairman, […]

MED 2017 – Economic Partnerships and Foreign Investments: A Tool for Growth
Chair: Andrea Bignami, Sky TG24 Speakers: Thamer Alfailakawi, Kuwait Fund For Arab Economic Development Saad Ahmed Al-Mohannadi, President, Ashghal, Qatar Fouad Makhzoumi, Executive Chairman And CEO, Future Pipe Industries, Lebanon Beniamino Quintieri, President, SACE, Italy Naguib Sawiris, CEO, Orascom – Telecom Media And Technology Holding, Egypt

MED 2017 – A View from Egypt
Sameh Hassan Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt in conversation with Gerardo Greco, Rai Nicolas Pelham, The Economist

MED 2017 – Dialogue with Federica Mogherini
Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President, European Commission in conversation with James Politi, Financial Times Maha Yahya, Director, Carnegie Middle East Center, Lebanon

MED 2017 – Shared Security, Common Strategies
Chair: Giampiero Massolo, President, ISPI, Italy Speakers: Alessandro Profumo, CEO, Leonardo, Italy Youssef Amrani, Advisor of the King, Morocco Alistair Burt, Minister of State for the Middle East, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Rose Gottemoeller, Deputy Secretary General, NATO Ahmet Yildiz, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey

MED 2017 – Dialogue at Work: Culture, Sport & Civil Societies
Chair: Maria Cuffaro, Rai Speakers: Lea Baroudi, Co-Founder and Director, March, Lebanon Hind Aboud Kabawat, Member of the Syrian HighNegotiations Committee; Director of Interfaith Peacebuilding Center, George Mason University, USA Honey Thaljieh, Save the Dream Ambassador; Co-founder of the Palestinian Women’s National Football Team; FIFA Manage

MED 2017 – Energy for Peace: Turning Challenges Into Opportunities
Chair: Claire Spencer, Senior Fellow, Chatham House, UK Speakers: Claudio Descalzi, CEO, Eni, Italy Talal al-Rahbi, Deputy Secretary General, Supreme Council for Planning, Oman Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency Tarek El Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Egypt

MED 2017 – Rooting out Radicalization: Effective Preventive Measures
Chair: Stefano Polli, ANSA Speakers: Alain Aoun, Vice Chair, Defence and Interior Committee, Lebanese Parliament Abdelhak Bassou, Senior Fellow, OCP Policy Center, Morocco Olivier Roy, Joint Chair in Mediterranean Studies, EUI Lorenzo Vidino, Head, Radicalization and International Terrorism Center, ISPI, Italy

MED 2017 – Managing Migration Together: Building a New Partnership
Chair: Paolo Magri, Executive Vice President and Director, ISPI, Italy Speakers: Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Mario Giro, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy Khemaies Jhinaoui, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tunisia Abdelkader Messahel, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algeria Ibrahim Yacoubou, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Niger Fatma […]
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