8:45 a.m. Welcome from Organizers
8:50 a.m. Short Film: Life Interrupted: The Iraqi Refugee Crisis
A multimedia presentation by LORI GRINKER (10 minutes)
9:00 a.m. Introduction/Keynote Speaker
Welcoming introduction: Ambassador EDWARD W. GNEHM, JR., George Washington University, former U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, Australia and Kuwait
Opening Keynote: The Honorable SAMIR SHAKIR MAHMOUD SUMAIDA’IE, Iraq's Ambassador to the United States
9:30-10:30 a.m. Panel I: Understanding the Conflict in Iraq & Current Trends
PHEBE MARR, Historian of Modern Iraq and Middle East Consultant
NABIL AL-TIKRITI, Senior Fellow, United States Institute for Peace
Moderator: MARC LYNCH, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
10:30-10:45 a.m. Short Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Panel II: Understanding the Displaced & Most Vulnerable
DANA GRABER LADEK, Iraq Internal Displacement Specialist, IOM
RADHOUANE NOUICER, Director of Middle East North Africa Bureau, UNHCR
BOB CAREY, Vice President of Resettlement, International Rescue Committee, and Chair of Refugee Council USA
Moderator: To be announced
12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch: Middle Eastern buffet at the Marvin Center
1:15-1:30 p.m. Short Film - Iraqis In Egypt: Time Is Running Out
A documentary by JOSHUA VAN PRAAG (10 minutes)
1:30-3:00 p.m. Panel III: Assessing the U.S. & International Response to the Crisis
SAMUEL M. WITTEN, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
KEN BACON, President, Refugees International
RABIH TORBAY, Vice President of International Operations, International Medical Corps
Moderator: KATHLEEN NEWLAND, Director of Migrants, Migration, and Development and Refugee Protection Programs, and Member of the Board of Trustees, Migration Policy Institute
3:00-3:15 p.m. Short Break
3:15-4:45 p.m. Panel IV: Best Way Forward
BILL FRELICK, Refugee Policy Director, Human Rights Watch;
DINA R. KHOURY, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs, George Washington University
GREGORY C. GOTTLIEB, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID
HEATHER HANSON, Director of Public Affairs, Mercy Corps *
Moderator: BETH FERRIS, Co-director of Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Brookings Institute.
4:45-5:00 p.m. Announcements & Housekeeping
5:00-6:00 p.m. Closing Keynote Speakers:
STATEMENT from a U.S. SENATOR (to be announced)
U.S. CONGRESSMAN JOHN D. DINGELL, Representative for Michigan's 15th Congressional District
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