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November 27, 2013

16:30 Opening Reception

17:00 - 18:30 Opening Session: New Energy Resources: An Abyss or a Bridge?

Chair: Oren Nahari, Israel Broadcast Authority

• Mr. Michael Lotem, Special Envoy for Energy Issues, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Ambassador Dimitris Hatziargyrou, Ambassador of Cyprus

• Ambassador Spiros Lampridis, Ambassador of Greece

• Dr. Aykan Erdemir, Member of Parliament, Turkey

Respondent: Dr. Kivanc Ulusoy, conference organizing committee

November 28, 2013

9:00 – 9:30 Opening Reception

9:30 – 11:00 Session II: The Economics and Law of Eastern Mediterranean Energy

Chair: Dr. Andreas Stergiou, conference organizing committee

• Dr. Nimrod Novik, Senior Business Executive, former Policy Adviser to Israel’s Prime

Minister:"Business And Politics: Lessons from EMG (the Egypt-Israel Natural Gas

Project)"

• Prof. Rauf Versan, Istanbul University: “Legal Aspects of the Security Issues in the Eastern Mediterranean”

• Prof. Alfred Tovias, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: "The European Take On the Eastern

Mediterranean: Permanent Features and Recent Shifts"

• Dr. Itay Fishhendler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: "In the Name of Energy Security: the Struggle over the Exportation of Israel's Natural Gas"

11:15 – 12:45: Session III: The Geopolitical Implications of Offshore Energy

Chair: Prof. Moshe Maoz, conference organizing committee

• Mr. Dan Meridor, former Deputy Prime Minister of Israel: "Israel in the Changing Middle East"

• Prof. Saban Kardas, Strategic Studies Center, Turkish Foreign Ministry: “The Turkish Perspective on the Energy Issues in the Eastern Mediterranean”

• Prof. Michael Emerson, Center for European Policy Studies, Brussels: “Fishing for Gas and More in Cypriot Waters”

• Dr. Andreas Stergiou, University of Crete: The Emerging Greek-Cypriot-Israeli Alliance

14:00 – 15:30: Session IV: Arab Spring or Fall? Democracy and Political Stability in the Middle East

Chair: Dr. Kivanç Ulusoy, conference organizing committee

• Prof. Moshe Maoz, Truman Institute and University of Michigan: "The Arab Spring, the Upheavals in Syria and the Geopolitics of the Middle East"

• Prof. Elie Podeh, Truman Institute and Hebrew University of Jerusalem: "In the Wake of Two Revolutions: Whither Egypt?"

• Prof. Raphael Israeli, Truman Institute: "From Arab Spring to Islamic Winter"

• Prof. Avraham Sela, Truman Institute and Hebrew University of Jerusalem: "The Arab Revolts Three Years Later: A Regional Perspective"

15:45 – 17:30: Session V: Distant Mirrors: Energy, Conflict and Cooperation in the Persian Gulf and the South China Sea

Chair: Prof. Menahem Blondheim, Truman Institute

• Dr. Ran Shauli, Truman Institute: “Southeast Asia and the Regional Quest for Energy

Resources”

• Dr. Micha'el Tanchum, Truman Institute and Shalem College: “From Strategic Autonomy to

Strategic Alliance in the South China Sea: India's New Naval Partnership with Japan in Light of Indian Investment in Vietnamese Offshore Energy Production"

• Mr. Yoel Guzansky, Institute for National Security Studies: "Arab Gulf States: Oil Discoveries, Border Disputes and Alliance Politics"

• Dr. Christopher Pokarier, Truman Institute and Waseda University, Japan: "Fifty Years of Lessons: Australia's Management of International and Domestic Resource Politics"