Friday April 18

9:00-9:30amConference Registration
Coffee and tea at Conference Entrance

9:30amWelcome:
-- John Romo, President, SBCC
-- M.M. Eskandari-Qajar, Director, Middle East Studies Program, SBCC

10:00am-12:00pmPanel I: Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Annapolis and Beyond
Speakers: Richard Falk, Sanford Silverburg and Roland D. McKay
Moderator/Respondent: David Krieger

12:00-1:30pmLunch
Coffee and Tea at Conference Entrance

1:30-3:30pmPanel II: New Visions, New Politics
Speakers: Mubarak Awad, Bruno Ferrer-Higueras, Joline Makhlouf
Moderator/Respondent: Philip Grant

Tea/Coffee Break

3:45-5:15pmFilm: Encounter Point (90 mins.)

6:30-9:00pmConference Dinner
(Chase Palm Park Ctr., 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd. [Opposite Carousel])
Conference Presenters and Invited Guests only

6:30-7:00Reception and Welcome 7:00-9:00Dinner 8:00-8:30Keynote Address:
Hon. Lois Capps, USHR Rep. 23^rd District, CA 9:00Conclusion of Event

Saturday April 19

8:30amConference Registration
Coffee and Tea at Conference Entrance

9:00amWelcome

9:05-11:45amPanel III: God and War - Does Religion Cause Violence?
Speakers: Mark Juergensmeyer, Nader Hashemi, Imam Ibrahim Kazerooni
(Panel Sponsored by SB Coalition for Global Dialogue)
Moderator/Respondent: Yoav Ben-Horin and Mona Kanwal Sheikh

11:45am-12:45pmLunch
Coffee and Tea at Conference Entrance

12:45-2:45pmPanel IV: The Role of Women and Minorities
Speakers: Hilal Elver, Hilary Rantisi, Nomi Morris
Moderator/Respondent: Elizabeth Mizrahi

Tea/Coffee Break

3:00-5:00pmPanel V: Official and Unofficial Voices in the Middle East
Speakers: Elizabeth Robinson, Burak Bekdil, Abderrahim Foukara
Moderator/Respondent: Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar

5:00-5:15pmConcluding Remarks and Close of Conference

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