Speakers & Chairs

Secretary General, Committee for Human Fraternity (former Advisor to the Grand Imam of Al Azhar)

Mayor of Tunis

Mediterranean Leader Global Energy & Materials, McKinsey & Company

Director of the European Affairs Department, Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA)

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oman

Secretary General, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)

Secretary General, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Palestine

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qatar

Deputy Minister of Finance, Saudi Arabia

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yemen (Until 2020)

Regional Advisor Nutrition for the Eastern Mediterranean, EMRO, World Health Organization (WHO)

Undersecretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Qatar

Undersecretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Qatar

Director, Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization (WHO)

Minister of International Cooperation, Egypt

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kuwait

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qatar

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qatar

President, Middle East Research Institute (MERI)

Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Director of the Carnegie Corporation's Crisis Response Council

Principal Director for the United Nations and Human Rights, Directorate General for Political Affairs and Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

President, The Brookings Institution, USA

Wael Almazeedi, Chairman and co-founder, FATE (Free Access to Energy) Consortium

Syrian Pianist

Chief Executive Officer, Ithmar Capital, Morocco

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Nigeriens Abroad, Niger

Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany

RAI

Associate Research Fellow, Italian Institute for International Studies (ISPI), Italy

CEO, Save the Children International

Head of the Department of Middle East and North Africa, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Germany

Co-Chair, Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA)

Archbishop of Marseille, France

Advisor to the King of Morocco

Brigadier General and Commander, Central Investigation Service on Organised Crime, Guardia di Finanza, Italy

Minister for European and Foreign Affairs, Malta

Director – Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Minister of the Interior, Government of National Accord (GNA), Libya (Until 2021)

Manager Infrastructure Department – Middle East & North Africa, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group

Director, MPI Europe

Secretary General, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy (Until 2021)

President, BusinessMed; Vice-President for International Affairs, Confindustria

Executive Director, International Energy Agency

High Representative For Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Union

Nobel Peace Prize 2015 (co-laureate); Past President, Utica, Tunisia

Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Morocco

Assistant Secretary General, NATO

Managing Editor, Class CNBC

Corriere della Sera

Director, One Health Center of Excellence, University of Florida, USA

The Economist

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey

Head, North Africa Desk at the Middle East and North Africa Division, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)

RAI

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cyprus

Mayor of Barcelona

President of the Council of Ministers, Italy (Until 2021)

Corriere della Sera

Chiarman, ENEL, Italy

RAI

Co-founder & Policy Advisor, Adyan Foundation, Lebanon

Associate Professor, Georgetown University, USA; Author “The Origin of the Syrian Conflict, Climate Change and Human Security”

Senior Advisor European Affairs and Editor-in-chief of Aspenia, Aspen Institute Italia; President, Women Empower the World - WE, Italy

Head of Mission and Force Commander, UNIFIL

Special Representative for Sahel, European Union

CEO, ENI, Italy

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Coordinator for Anticorruption, Chair G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Managing Director - Global Head of Infrastructure, Intesa Sanpaolo

President, PCNS, Morocco

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resource, Egypt

General Director, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

Senior Analyst, Gulf States, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Director, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, United Kingdom

Founder & CTO, Arab Research & Advocacy Bureau

Non-Resident Scholar, Middle East Institute

Secretary for Relations with States, Holy See

Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict

Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Until 2021)

Deputy Director, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

Commissioner for Economy, European Commission

Resident Scholar, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, Lebanon

RAI

Regional Director, MENA Region, IOM

Director, French Institute of international Relations (IFRI), France

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain (Until 2021)

RAI

Chairman, Military Committee, European Union

Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia

Director General, The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Assistant Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)

Universities Network for Promoting the Rights of Children in Armed Conflicts

Minister of Defence, Italy

Assistant Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)

Associate Fellow, MENA Programme, Chatham House

Executive Director and Head of Development, Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN), Morocco

President and Managing Director, Philip Morris Italia

Zaitun Ventures

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iraq

Minister of Oil, Iraq; Director General, Basra Oil Company

Minister of Foreign Affairs, India

Commissioner for Home Affairs, European Commission

Senior Fellow & Iraq Initiative Director, Atlantic Council, USA

Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean (UFM)

Secretary General, Religions for Peace

Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

Fox News

General Manager, Herison Construction Company and International Relations Manager, Iran Association of Construction Companies

Director, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Russian Federation

Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Minister of the Interior, Italy

Country Representative in Tunisia and Libya, UN Women

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia

Director General, European Investment Bank

Minister of Foreign Affairs, France

Vice President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia

Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Associate Research Felllow, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), Italy

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Germany

Director, TG 1, RAI

Executive Vice President, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), Italy

Vice-President, Presidential Council, GNA, Libya

Vice-President, Presidential Council, GNA, Libya

Director General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

President, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), Italy

Corriere della Sera

Director, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP), Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania (USA)

Secretary General, International Energy Forum (IEF)

Chief of the Research and Trend Analysis Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Director, John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies (Fscire), Italy

Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, USA

Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, United Nations

High Representative, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

Director, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), Spain

US Senator

Minister of Culture, Iraq

Global Leader of Capital Projects & Infrastructure, McKinsey & Company

Mayor of Florence; President, Eurocities

Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Center for Asian Studies, French Institute of international Relations (IFRI), France

Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Corriere della Sera

Chairman, A2A

Special Envoy for Syria, United Nations

France24

Head, Religions and International Relations Programme, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), Italy; University of Sussex, United Kingdom

Director Public Affairs, ENI

Honorary President, International Institute of Humanitarian Law

Corriere della Sera

CEO, Leonardo, Italy

Undersecretary of State for Security, the Americas, Asia and Eastern Policy, Poland

Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Director, CIHEAM Bari

President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent

Mayor of Marseille

Director General, International Labour Organization (ILO)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Jordan

Former Special Representative for Libya, United Nations; Professor of International Relations, Science Po

Global Head of Italian Infrastructure, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ANCE

Global Leader of Transport Infrastructure, McKinsey & Company

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Portugal

David Sassoli, President, European Parliament

Senior Fellow, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, Lebanon

Director, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Director Global Relations, The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Deputy Secretary General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Financial Times

Head of Infrastructural Development, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

Head, Centre on Infrastructure and Vice President, ISPI, Italy; European Coordinator for Infrastructural Priority Projects (TEN-T), European Commission

Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

General Manager, Kawar Group, Jordan

Mayor of Amman

Commissioner for Energy, European Commission

Mayor of İzmir

Wall Street Journal

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Libya (until 2021)

Cofounder and Vice President, Adyan Foundation, Lebanon

RAI

Senior Advisor, Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), Italy

Deputy Director of the Middle East North Africa Programme, Chatham House, UK

Commissioner, Neighbourhood and Enlargement, European Commission

Director, Rome Office, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Director, Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Head of Market Studies & Strategic Analysis, Global Infrastructure & Networks, Enel

State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan

Director, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and Middle East Programs, Atlantic Council, USA

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Lebanon (until 2021)

Director, Bruegel, Belgium

Special Representative of the Chinese Government on European Affairs, China

Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, Lebanon

Director, Brookings Doha Center

Senior Fellow, Bruegel, Belgium

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran (until 2021)

Director, Smallholder and Food Systems Support, World Food Programme (WFP)