Time to act
International Iran Conference in Berlin
November 28 – 29, 2009
http://www.mideastfreedomforum.org/node/116
Venue: Auditorium Friedrichstrasse, Friedrichstrasse 180, Berlin
Registration:conference@mideastfreedomforum.org
Schedule:
Saturday, November 28, 2009
6 p.m.
Introduction and Greetings
Michael Spaney, Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin
Fathiyeh Naghibzadeh, Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin
Charles A. Small, Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism
6.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m.
Opening panel:
Iran 2009: Terror, Nuclear Program, Opposition and the West
The Iranian Regime and the Freedom Movement: An assessment of the current situation
Ali Alfoneh
American Enterprise Institute, USA
Iran’s Nuclear Program and Terror Support: The threat to Israel and international security
Gerald Steinberg
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Is Diplomacy at a dead end? The Islamic Republic and the West
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Director of Transatlantic Institute in Brussels, Belgium
Germany and Iran: A fatal friendship
MatthiasKüntzel
Political Scientist, Board Member Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Germany
Chair:Andreas Benl
Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin, board member, Germany
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Introduction
10.00 a.m.
Jörg Rensmann, Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin
Kirsten Tenhafen, Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin
10.15 a.m. – 12.00 a.m.
Money, Power and Terror: The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps
The Economic Empire of the Revolutionary Guards in Iran
Ali Alfoneh
American Enterprise Institute, USA
Terror and the Export of Islamic Revolution: The global activities of the Revolutionary Guards
Ilan Berman
Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, USA
Chair: Jonathan Weckerle
Mideast Freedom Forum Berlin, board member, Germany
12.45 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.
Germany’s “Business as Usual” with Iran
German Think Tanks and Iran-experts: The Islamic Republic as a strategic partner?
Saba Farzan
Exile-Iranian, sociologist and publicist, member of the German Liberal Party (FDP), Germany
Surveillance Technology made by Siemens and other German-Iranian Business Ties
Jonathan Weckerle, Michael Spaney
Activist for STOP THE BOMB, Germany
Chair: Sebastian Voigt.
Historian and author, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Germany
2.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Lunch
4.00 p.m. – 5.45 p.m.
The Debate on Sanctions
US Legislation, US Policy: Engagement and sanctions
Ilan Berman
Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council, USA
Political and Economical Sanctions and their Effects on Iran
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Director of Transatlantic Institute in Brussels, Belgium
Chair: Charles A. Small
Director of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, USA
Beginning at 6.30 p.m.
Final panel:
Iran, Israel and the West: Strategies and scenarios
Negotiating with Iran
MP Gisela Stuart
Member of the British Parliament, Labour party, Foreign Affairs Select Committee, United Kingdom
Reliable partners? Western Policies towards Iran and Israel
Daniel Schwammenthal
Editorial writer, Wall Street Journal, USA
Changing Iran
Saba Farzan
Exile-Iranian, sociologist and publicist, member of the German Liberal Party (FDP), Germany
T.B.A.
N.N. T.B.A.
Chair: Richard Herzinger
Publicist and editor of “Die Welt am Sonntag”, Germany