This high-level, day-long forum will bring together experts from the public and private sectors and from NGOs to examine major conflict flashpoints. Participants will have the chance to go beyond the headlines and explore solutions to some of the world’s most pressing crises and to meet informally with an exclusive peer group. 9:00 - 10:00 am | 21st Century Disorder? Speaking: Jean-Marie Guéhenno, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Crisis Group Emma Bonino, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Italy Riina Ruth Kionka, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor, European Council President Javier Solana, President, ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics; Distinguished Fellow, The Brookings Institution Moderator: Jonathan Tepperman, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs 10:15 - 11:15 am | The Middle East: An End in Sight? Speaking: Ali Vaez, Senior Analyst for Iran, International Crisis Group Ali Al Shihabi, Author; Founder and Former Chairman, Rasmala Investment Bank Joost Hiltermann, MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group Denise Natali, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) Moderator: Suzanne DiMaggio, Senior Fellow and Director, New America 11:30 - 12:30 pm | Africa: Growth and Conflict Speaking: Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chair, Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Founder, Celtel International Comfort Ero, Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group Howard French, Associate Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Moderator: Meredith Ogilve-Thompson, Managing Director, Aldwych Capital Partners 2:40 - 3:40 | Drug Policy: Time for a Re-Think? Speaking: Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group Javier Ciurlizza, Program Director, Latin America, International Crisis Group Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Director, Global Drug Policy Program, Open Society David Mansfield, Author, A State Built on Sand: How Opium Undermined Afghanistan Moderator: Dorothy Parvaz, Senior Human Rights Producer, Al Jazeera America

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