Iraq’s Economy: Challenges and Prospects

Introduction by:

Toperich Sasha, Senior Fellow and Director - Mediterranean Basin Initiative, CTR - SAIS

Delaney Michael, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South Asia

Faily Lukman, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the United States

Speakers:

Joseph S. Pennington, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Noori Abdulrahman, Chairman, Board of Investment and Minister of Coordination and Follow Up, Kurdistan Regional Government
James Parks, Financial Advisor to the KRG Deputy Prime Minister

Commentator:

Mark Kimmitt, Brigadier General (U.S. Army, ret.)

Moderator:

Andrew Parasiliti, Director, Center for Global Risk and Security, RAND corporation

Speakers:

Hoger Shalli, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Electricity, Kurdistan Regional Government
Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Kurdistan Regional Government Representative in the United States
Sami Al-Araji, Head of the Iraq National Investment Commission (Via Skype)
Justin Carney, Regional Vice-President, Middle East North Africa at Business Impact Networks

Moderator:

Daniel Serwer, Professor and Director, Conflict Management Program, and Senior Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS

Presentation by:

Iraq Commercial Office, Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington D.C.

12:45 - 13:00  Speech:

Jasim Husein, Deputy of Attache', Iraq Commercial Office, Embassy of the Republic of Iraq

13:00 - 13:15  Presentation:

Qasim Basry, Executive Assistant, Iraq Commercial Office, Embassy of the Republic of Iraq

Speakers:

Steve Lutes, Executive Director, Middle East Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Ginger Cruz,CEO, Mantid International LLC
Rebwar Berzinji, Founder and President, Pericles Capital Advisors, LLC

Moderator:

Sasha Toperich

Speakers:

Zainab Allawi, Advisor to Executive Director, The World Bank
Marc Tejtel, Deputy Chief Counsel for the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), US Department of Commerce
Christopher Schroeder, Entrepreneur and author "Start-up Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East"

Moderator:

Rebeen Pasha, Founder & President SDH/REBuild Iraq and Middle East Young Entrepreneurs' Dreams

Speakers:

John J. Sullivan, Mayer Brown LLP
Jorge E. Restrepo, Managing Director, New Frontiers International FZ LLE
David M. Tafuri, Partner, Dentons US LLP

Moderator:

Sasha Toperich