The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) – Conference

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EVENT: The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) holds its 23rd annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference with the theme "Framing and Charting the Region's Issues, Interests, Challenges, and Opportunities: Implications for Arab and U.S. Policies," October 28-29.

AGENDA: Highlights:

-- 9 a.m.: Iraq Ambassador to the United States Luqman Abd al-Rahim Fayli delivers remarks on "Iraq-U.S. Relations: A View from Baghdad"

-- 9:30 a.m.: Mohammed Alhussaini Alshari, chief representative of the of Arab States to the United States, former ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Canada and Turkey and former head of the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Houston, delivers remarks on "The Role of the Arab League in Recent Developments in the Region"

-- 10 a.m.: Maen Areikat, chief representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to the United States and former deputy head and coordinator-general of the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department; and Karen Koning AbuZayd, commissioner on the United Nations Human Rights Council Mandated Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, participate in a panel on "The Palestinian Future"

-- Noon: Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, chairman of the Al Habtoor Group and chairman of the Dubai National Insurance and Reinsurance Company, receives the "Global Humanitarian and Business Achievement Award"

-- Noon: National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations International Advisory Committee member Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Sa'ud; Joseph Westphal, U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and former undersecretary management officer of the Army; and Joe Dunn, professor and chair at the History and Politics Department at Converse College and 2013 Carnegie Foundation/CASE South Carolina professor of the Year, deliver luncheon remarks

-- 1:15 p.m.: Panel on "Geo-Political Dynamics: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, & Iran"

-- 3 p.m.: Panel on "Arab-U.S. Relations: Views from the Region"

-- 4:45 p.m.: Panel on "Arab-U.S. Business, Finance, and Human Resource Development"

DATE: October 29, 2014

LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Atrium Hall, Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: 202-293-6466; http://ncusar.org/auspc/2014#14schedule [Note: Register at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e9cc39u5213b0731&oseq=&c=&ch= ]