Middle EastStrategy Forum 2022
Delta Hotel, Downtown Ottawa
ABOUT THE
CONFERENCE
The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy (IPD) is pleased to host its second annual Middle East Strategy Forum (MESF 2022) on May 11–12, 2022 in Ottawa, Canada.
Over 250 foreign policy and defence professionals, diplomats, lawmakers and bureaucrats, think-tankers and business leaders are expected to attend this 2-day conference at Delta Hotel in downtown Ottawa.
With support from the MINDS program at the Canadian Department of National Defence, MESF 2022 will be hosted in a hybrid format, convening in-person and virtual keynote speeches, expert round-tables and networking sessions.
The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Deconstructing the Changing Middle East Security Architecture’. It encourages active engagement and discussion around recent geostrategic developments in the Middle East that are swiftly shaping a new regional security order.
More than 40 renowned speakers and foreign policy experts from the Middle East, Europe and North America are expected to participate in MESF 2022 and to engage in constructive discussions around current and emerging strategic issues in the Middle East and their implications for the North Atlantic bloc.
Speakers
H.E. Kerim Uras
H.E. Stephan Klement
H.E. Wadee Al-Batti
Amy Tachco
Wolfgang Amadeus Brülhart
Susan Ziadeh
Itamar Rabinovich
Ulric Shannon
Peggy Mason
Ferry de Kerckhove
Jon Allen
Gordon Venner
Aaron David Miller
Abdullah Baabood
Erin Sikorsky
Lawrence Wilkerson
Chris Kilford
Major-General (Retired) David Fraser
Nasser Hadian
Peter Jones
Suzanne DiMaggio
Assaf Orion
Gönül Tol
Mohsen Milani
Miloud Chennoufi
Hassan Ahmadian
Eric Brewer
David Carment
Trita Parsi
Nipa Banerjee
Jerome Drevon
Joshua Landis
Kelley Vlahos
Ali Vaez
George Beebe
Zachary Paikin
Mohammed Mahmoud
Max Abrahms
Ayat Soliman
Elizabeth Hagedorn
Max Hoffman
Galip Dalay
Wenran Jiang
Farid Tookhy
Younes Zangiabadi
Bijan Ahmadi
Conference
Program
Registration & Breakfast
Keynote: Future of U.S. Involvement in the Middle East and the Role of Alliances in Advancing Peace and Security in the Region
The Emerging Security Architecture in the Middle East
West Asia: A New Theater for Great Power Rivalry
Lunch Break
Canada’s Defence and Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East
Networking Reception
Registration & Breakfast
Lunch Break
Afghanistan and the Taliban's Second Coming
the venue
Delta Hotels by Marriott Ottawa City Centre
Audience
Attendees
Over 250 foreign policy and defence professionals, diplomats, lawmakers and bureaucrats, think-tankers and business leaders are expected to attend MESF 2022 in person at Delta Hotel in downtown Ottawa.
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About IPD
The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy (IPD) is a non-profit and non-partisan international affairs think tank operating in the United States and Canada dedicated to promoting dialogue, diplomacy, prudent realism, and military restraint—principles which we believe are the four cornerstones of sustainable peace in an increasingly complex and dynamic international system.
Through its publications, conferences, policy briefings, and recommendations, IPD will encourage policymakers, and leaders in government, civil society, and business community to adopt a more restrained and open-minded approach in managing the strategic challenges and geopolitical risks of the 21st century.
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