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Sixth panel at the Fifth Annual Gulf International Conference hosted on November 16, 2023 at the National Press Club between 3:20 PM ET – 04:30 PM ET. Panel title "Soft Power in the GCC: Sports Diplomacy, Mediation, and Cultural Industries."

Speakers:
Khalid Saffuri (moderator), Founder and President of the National Interest Foundation
Dr. Courtney Freer, Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University; Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Gulf International Forum
Dr. Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Research Fellow, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy
Fatima Al-Dosari, Executive Director, Qatar America Institute for Culture

Fifth panel at the Fifth Annual Gulf International Conference hosted on November 16, 2023 at the National Press Club between 3:20 PM ET – 04:30 PM ET. Panel title "The Gulf’s Ambitious Climate Action: Renewables, Green Policies, and Emission Reduction."

Speakers:
Dr. Wafa Al-Daily (moderator), Board Member, Gulf International Forum
Princess Noura Bint Turki Al Saud, Founding Partner, AEON strategy
Ben Cahill, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Sara Vakhshouri, Adjunct Professor of Energy Security and Director of the Center for Energy Security and Diplomacy, The International Institute of World Politics; Founder and President, SVB Energy International
Dr. Gawdat Bahgat, Professor of National Security Affairs, National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Study; Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Gulf International Forum

Fourth panel at the Fifth Annual Gulf International Conference hosted on November 16, 2023 at the National Press Club between 2:00 PM ET – 03:10 PM ET. Panel title "The Future of Knowledge Production in the Gulf: Media, Social Media and Artificial Intelligence"

Speakers:
Zaid Benjamin, Journalist and Blogger (moderator)
Dr. Khalid Aljaber, Director, MENA Center
Dr. Mohammad Alrumaihi, Professor of Sociology, Kuwait University; Board of Directors Member, Gulf International Forum
Joyce Karam, Senior News Editor, Al-Monitor
Abderrahim Foukara, Bureau Chief for the Americas, Aljazeera

Third panel at the Fifth Annual Gulf International Conference hosted on November 16, 2023 at the National Press Club between 2:00 PM ET – 03:10 PM ET. Panel title "Creative Insecurity: Disruptive Technologies and Youth Potential in the Gulf"
Speakers:
Dr. Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou (moderator), macroeconomist at the GeoEconomics Center, the Atlantic Council; Assistant Professor of Economics, American University in Washington, DC; Non-Resident Fellow, Gulf International Forum
Dr. Dania Thafer, Executive Director and Senior Fellow, Gulf International Forum
Dr. Racha Helwa, Director of the empowerME Initiative, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East, the Baker Institute; Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Gulf International Forum
Dr. Ghiyath Nakshbendi, Senior Professorial Lecturer, American University Washington, DC

Second panel at the Fifth Annual Gulf International Conference hosted on November 16, 2023 at the National Press Club between 10:55 AM ET – 12:05 PM ET. Panel title "Reconciliation and Rivalry: the Role of Turkey, Iran and Israel in the Gulf."
(This panel is organized in partnership with Middle East Council on Global Affairs)
Speakers:
Ambassador Patrick N. Theros (moderator), Strategic Advisor and Senior Scholar, Gulf International Forum
Jonathan Lord, Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Security program, Center for New American Security
Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Director of International Studies and Global Politics, the University of Cambridge Institute for Continuing Education
Dr. Abdulla Baabood, Member of the Board of Directors, Gulf International Forum; Chair of the State of Qatar for Islamic Area Studies and a visiting professor at the Faculty of International Research and Education, Waseda University, Tokyo-Japan
Omar H. Rahman, Fellow, the Middle East Council on Global Affairs; Nonresident Fellow, the Baker Institute for Public Policy

First panel at the Fifth Annual Gulf International Conference hosted on November 16, 2023 at the National Press Club between 9:35 AM ET – 10:45 AM ET. Panel title is "Great Power Competition and America’s Standing in the Gulf," and speakers are:
Speakers:
Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen (moderator), Fellow for the Middle East, the Baker Institute; Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Gulf International Forum
Shaikh Nawaf Al Thani, Qatar’s former Defense Attache to the United States, Canada and Mexico; Member of the Board of Directors, Gulf International Forum
Dr. Paul Salem, President and CEO, Middle East Institute
Shaikha Najla Alqasimi, Director of Global Affairs Department, Bhuth
Dr. Abdulaziz Alsager, Chairman and Founder, Gulf Research Center