Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Tentative Program

Monday, March 27

8:00 a.m.  Registration 8:45 a.m.  Welcome – The Honorable Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel (Prerecorded) 8:50 a.m.  Opening remarks – Dr. Yechiel Leiter (Director-General, Jerusalem Center) 9:00-10:15 a.m.  The Abraham Accords: The Third Anniversary – How Far Have We Come, Where Are We Going?

• Abdulla Aljuneid (Bahrain)
• Yaroup Ajlouni (Jordan)
• Nir Boms (Dayan Center, TA University)
• Mohamed Ahmed Abuelgasim (Sudan)
• Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem)
• Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Ali (UAE)
• Michal Cotler-Wunsh (Former MK)

Moderator: Jason Greenblatt (Senior Fellow, Jerusalem Center) 10:15-10:30 a.m.  Remarks – Amir Ohana, Speaker of the Knesset 10:30-10:40 a.m.  Prerecorded Remarks – Tareq Heggy (Egypt) 10:45 a.m.-12:00  Africa and the Abraham Accords: Prospective African-Arab-Israeli Partnerships

• Abdulaziz Alkhamis (Saudi Arabia)
• Amb. John Gai Yoh (South Sudan)
• Amb. Alan Baker (Jerusalem Center)
• Amb. Idd Bedel Mohamed (Somalia)
• Eli Bar On (MENA 2050)
• Aviram Balleishe (Jerusalem Center)
• Summer Ahmed (South Yemen)

Moderator: Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (Deputy Mayor, Jerusalem) 12:00-12:30 p.m.  Introduction – Dan Diker, President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Keynote Address – Tzachi Hanegbi, Head of National Security Council 12:30-1:30 p.m.  Lunch/Remarks – William Daroff, CEO, Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish American Organizations 1:40-1:45 p.m.  Introduction – Gadi Yevarkan, Former MK and Deputy Minister for National Security 1:45-3:00 p.m.  Anti-Radicalism and Counterinsurgency: National, Regional, and Global

• Ahdeya Ahmed Al-Sayed (Bahrain)
• Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser (Jerusalem Center)
• Amb. Ines Demiri (Kosovo)
• Dr. Anat Berko (Israel)
• Prof. Antonia Taiye Simbine (Nigeria)
• Dr. Dawit W. Giorgis (Namibia)
• Dr. Ebtesam Al-Ketbi (UAE)
• Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah (Jerusalem Center)

Moderator: Dan Diker (President, Jerusalem Center) 3:00-4:15 p.m.  How Can Government Policy Assist in Deploying Innovation-Based Solutions to Enhance Food and Water Security?

• Danielle Abraham (Volcani Institute)
• Richard Morrow (South Africa)
• Meirav Yachin (Tony Blair Institute)
• Febbie Gross Kandaya (Malawi)
• Dr. Frank Emanuel Muhereza (Uganda)
• Kofi Bentil (Ghana)

Moderator: Grant Merrick (Tony Blair Institute) 4:15-4:45 p.m.  Break 4:45-6:00 p.m.  The Challenges of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Compliance and Its Implications for Commodity Industries

• Dr. Hosni Ghedira (Tunisia-UAE)
• Dr. Frank Emanuel Muhereza (Uganda)
• Jones N. Williams (Liberia)
• Dr. Kenedy Onyango Asembo (Kenya)

Moderator: Emily Neilson-Winkler 6:00 p.m.  Closing Remarks – Dan Diker, President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs