Speakers

Barak Seener

Founder & CEO of Strategic Intelligentia

His Excellence Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa

Undersecretary for International Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain

His Excellence Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi

Member of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC), Chairman of the Defense Affairs, Interior & Foreign Affairs Committee at FNC, and Chairman of Hedayah

General (ret.) Joseph Votel

Former Commander of U.S. Central Command & Distinguished Senior Fellow on National Security at the Middle East Institute

Kevin Donegan

Former commander of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet and commander of the 32-nation Combined Maritime Forces in the Middle East, Vice Admiral United States Navy (ret)

US Ambassador Dennis Ross

Former Special Assistant to President Obama, National Security Council Senior Director for the Central Region

The Hon. Elliott Abrams

Former US Special Representative to Iran & Venezuela

Dr. Ebtesam Al Ketbi

Founder & President of the Emirates Policy Center

Major Gen. (res) Advisor Yaakov Amidror

Former National Security of Israel

Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman

Former Deputy National Security Advisor of Israel

The Hon. Dr. Dov Zakheim

Former US Undersecretary of Defense

Brigadier General (res) Yossi Kuperwasser

Former Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of International Affairs and Strategy & head of the research division of IDF Intelligence

Mark Dubowitz

Chief Executive, Foundation Defense of Democracies

Dr. Jonathan Schanzer

Vice President of Research at the Foundation Defense of Democracies

Prof. Michael Clarke

Former Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Specialist Advisor to the British Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, & specialist adviser to the House of Commons Defence Committee

Olli Heinonen

Former Deputy Director-General of the IAEA, and head of its Department of Safeguards

Norman Roule

Former National Intelligence Manager for Iran (NIM-I) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Oliver Cornock

Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Business Group

Matthew Bey

Senior Analyst at RANE focusing on Cyber risk management for organizations across various sectors.

Ryan Bohl

Middle East & North Africa Analyst at RANE

Imam Qari Asim MBE

Makkah Mosque & Legal Director at DLA Piper

Rabbi Yoni Golker

St John's Wood Synagogue

Ilan Berman

Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation

Elmar Brok

Senior Advisor for European Affairs of the Munich Security Conference and former chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2017

Helga Trüpel

Co-founder and Board member of EU Watch. From 2004 to 2019 she served as a member of the European Parliament for the Green Party of Germany

Dr. Raphael Nagel

Founder and Chairman of The Abrahamic Business Circle and chosen as one of the most inspiring business leaders of the year 2021 by Forbes Magazine

Dr. Majid Golpour

A sociologist, international relations expert, EU policy consultant and advisor of the EU Watch Middle East Policy Hub.

Michael Thaidigsmann

Executive director of EU Watch, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging analysis and debate about core EU policies.

Jane Kinninmont

Elliot Hentov

Head of Policy Research (Global Macro) at State Street Global Advisors

Alan Mendoza

Nathanaël Chouraqui

Prof. Robert Singh

Professor Robert Singh lectures US foreign policy at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of eleven books - including, most recently, In Defense of the United States Constitution (Routledge, 2019).

Dr. Nir Boms

The Chairman of the Syria Research Forum and the coordinator of the Hiwar Forum for Intra-Regional Dialogue. His recent book, “The Syrian War: Between Justice and Political Reality” (Cambridge university Press, 2020) is an edited volume on the Syrian War (2011 – 2019).

Amir Rapaport

Founder and President of Cybertech

Bilal Hafeez

Founder and CEO of Macro Hive, Global Head of International Fixed Income Strategy at Nomura between 2016 and 2019 and held various senior roles at Deutsche Bank between 2002 and 2015 including Head of Multi-Asset Research, Advisor to the CEO, Head of Asia Research in Singapore and Global Head of Foreign Exchange Research.

Carlos Abadi

Founder of Samawal Foundations LLC, and advisory firm that assists clients on opportunities born out of the Abraham Accords. Also the managing director of DecisionBoundaries LLC, a financial advisory firm focused on litigation support, financial restructuring, and financial engineering.

Amjad Taha

Author of 'The deception of the Arab Spring' & regional director at the British Middle East Center for Studies and Research.

Lt Col Bryan Miranda

A Security Specialist with over 26 years of experience in the areas of Cyber Security, Cyber Forensics, Information Warfare, Intelligence Acquisition, Counter Intelligence, Prophylactic Security, Design & Deployment of Security Systems, Planning, and Strategy. He has served in the most sensitive appointments as Team Manager of a covert Cyber Intelligence Acquisition Unit for Military Intelligence. He holds various certifications in Offensive Security, Cyber Forensics, Cryptography & Information Warfare.