Watch the live stream of the plenary sessions. Other sessions will be available later in the week. 9:00 – 10:15am | Plenary Session THE RETURN OF GEOPOLITICS? RE-THINKING THE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE Presiding: Gideon Rose, Editor, Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden Jean-Marie Guéhenno, President & CEO, International Crisis Group Michael Moran, Managing Director, Global Risk Analysis, Control Risks Ghassan Salamé, International Crisis Group Co-Chair; Dean, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po 10:30 – 11:45am | Two Concurrent Breakout Sessions Breakout Session A | IRAN'S NUCLEAR TALKS Presiding: Suzanne DiMaggio, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation Nahum Barnea, Political Columnist, Israel Thomas R. Pickering, Former U.S. Undersecretary of State and Ambassador to the UN, Russia, India, Israel, Jordan, El Salvador, and Nigeria Ali Vaez, Senior Analyst for Iran, International Crisis Group ************************************************* Breakout Session B | AFRICA: OLD PROBLEMS, NEW THREATS Presiding: Cheryl Carolus, Former South African High Commissioner to the UK; Secretary General, African National Congress (ANC) Comfort Ero, Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Founder, Celtel International 12:00 – 1:30pm | Networking Lunch & Plenary Session THE UKRAINE CRISIS, RUSSIA, AND THE WORLD Presiding: Jean-Marie Guéhenno, President & CEO, International Crisis Group Steven Eke, Senior Analyst, Russia and Former Soviet Union, Control Risks Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman, Munich Security Conference; former German Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the UK and U.S. Paul Quinn-Judge, Program Director, Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group George Soros, Founder and Chairman, Open Society 1:45 – 3:00pm | Two Concurrent Breakout Sessions Breakout Session A | MYANMAR Presiding: Sheila Coronel, Director, Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, Columbia University Priscilla Clapp, former Minister-Counselor, U.S. Foreign Service; Senior Advisor, Asia Society Richard Horsey, Consultant, International Crisis Group ************************************************* Breakout Session B | VENEZUELA Presiding: Christopher A. Sabatini, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University Javier Ciurlizza, Program Director, Latin America, International Crisis Group Mark Schneider, Senior Vice President/Special Advisor on Latin America, International Crisis Group Oliver Wack, Senior Analyst, Control Risks 3:15 – 4:30pm | Closing Plenary SYRIA, IRAQ, AND THE REGION Presiding: Richard Atwood, Director of Multilateral Affairs & Head, New York Office, International Crisis Group Samuel R. Berger, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group LLC; Former U.S. National Security Adviser Joost Hiltermann, Middle East and North Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group Wadah Khanfar, Co-founder, Al Sharq Forum; Former Director General, Al Jazeera

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