Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin: International Iran Conference
Time to Act
November 28 - 29, 2009
Provisional schedule:
Saturday, November 28, 2009:
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6 p.m.
Introduction and Greetings
Michael Spaney, Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin
Fathiyeh Naghibzadeh, Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin
Charles A. Small, Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism
6.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.
Opening panel:
Iran 2009: Terror, Nuclear Program, Opposition and the West
The Iranian Regime and the Freedom Movement: An assessment of the current situation
Ali Alfoneh
American Enterprise Institute, USA
Iran’s Nuclear Program and Terror Support: The threat to Israel and international security
Gerald Steinberg
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Is Diplomacy at a dead end? The Islamic Republic and the West
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Director of Transatlantic Institute in Brussels, Belgium
Germany and Iran: A fatal friendship
Matthias Küntzel
Political Scientist, Board Member Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Germany
Chair: Andreas Benl
Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin, board member, Germany
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Introduction
10.00 a.m.
Jörg Rensmann & Kirsten Tenhafen, Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin
10.15 a.m. - 12.00 a.m.
Money, Power and Terror: The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps
The Economic Empire of the Revolutionary Guards in Iran
Ali Alfoneh
American Enterprise Institute, USA
Terror and the Export of Islamic Revolution: The global activities of the Revolutionary Guards
Ilan Berman
Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council, USA
Chair: Jonathan Weckerle
Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin, board member, Germany
12.45 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.
Germany’s “Business as Usual” with Iran
German Think Tanks and Iran-experts: The Islamic Republic as a strategic partner?
Saba Farzan
Exile-Iranian, sociologist and publicist, member of the German Liberal Party (FDP), Germany
Surveillance Technology made by Siemens and other German-Iranian Business Ties
Jonathan Weckerle, Michael Spaney
Activist for STOP THE BOMB, Germany
Chair: Sebastian Voigt.
Historian and author, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Germany
2.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Lunch
4.00 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.
The Debate on Sanctions
US Legislation, US Policy: Engagement and sanctions
Ilan Berman
Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council, USA
Political and Economical Sanctions and their Effects on Iran
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Director of Transatlantic Institute in Brussels, Belgium
Chair: Charles A. Small
Director of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, USA
Beginning at 6.30 p.m.
Final panel:
Iran, Israel and the West: Strategies and scenarios
Negotiating with Iran
MP Gisela Stuart
Member of the British Parliament, Labour party, Foreign Affairs Select Committee, United Kingdom
Reliable partners? Western Policies towards Iran and Israel
Daniel Schwammenthal
Editorial writer, Wall Street Journal, USA
Changing Iran
Saba Farzan
Exile-Iranian, sociologist and publicist, member of the German Liberal Party (FDP), Germany
Chair: Richard Herzinger
Publicist and editor of “Die Welt am Sonntag”, Germany
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To register please send a mail with your name, adress and phone number.
The conference fee is 15 € (promotion price 40 €, reduced price 10 €)which includes participation, simultaneous translation, food and drinks.
The conference will take place in the “Auditorium Friedrichstraße”, Friedrichstraße 180 in Berlin Mitte. The next subway stations are U2/U6 Stadtmitte and U6 Französische Straße.
The conference will be held in German and English. There will be a simultaneous interpretation of all the lectures and discussions. Cordless headphones will be available free of charge.
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