Security and Cooperation at the Gulf

14:00 h
Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary General of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

14.15 h
Keynote Speech
H. E. Abdul Aziz Abdula al Ghurair, Speaker of the Federal National Council, UAE

15.00 h
The Financial Crisis and Economic Dynamics at the Gulf
Chair: Dr. Jürgen Friedrich, Director of Germany Trade & Invest, Berlin

• Daniel Bernbeck, German-Iranian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Tehran
• Dr. Peter Göpfrich, German-Emirate Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Dubai
• Ralf Grauel, Chief Editor Wirtschaftsplattform Irak, Berlin
• Bijan Khajehpour, Atieh Bahar Consulting, Tehran
• David Schraven, Die Welt, Dusseldorf
  

16.30 h
Coffee Break

17.00 h
Iran as a Regional Power? The Need for a New Security Architecture at the Gulf
Chair: Christiane Hoffmann, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt

• Mr. Abdulla Al-Suwaidi, Head of the Strategic Studies department, The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi
• Prof. Dr. Henner Fürtig, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg
• Antony Phillipson, Iran-Coordinator, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
• Dr. Oliver Thränert, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin

18.30 h
The New US-Middle East Strategy: Its impact on the Gulf and Europe Chair: Olaf Böhnke, Otto-Suhr-Institut, Berlin

• PD Dr. Martin Beck, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Amman
• Joachim Hörster, MP, Chairman Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East (16th electoral term), Berlin
• Dr. Abbas Maleki, Sharif University, Tehran
• Almut Möller, Austria Institut für Europa- und Sicherheitspolitik
  

20:00 h
Reception

Conference Languages: English and German.
- Simultaneous Translation will be available -
Please send your acceptance to anmeldung-berlin@kas.de.