2017 AGENDA Day 1 October 18 Day 2 October 19 9:00 – 10:00 Registration 9:30 – 10:30 Joint Keynote Speech: “We are all in the Same Boat: Regional Cooperation to Address the Humanitarian Crisis” 10:00 – 10:25 Opening Ceremony Moderator: Adnan Nawaz - Presenter, TRT World Welcoming Speech by İbrahim Eren - General Manager of TRT José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero - Former Prime Minister of Spain Welcoming Speech by Bekir Bozdağ - Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break 10:25 – 10:50 Opening Keynote Speech Binali Yıldırım - Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey 11:00 – 12:30 Transforming Humanitarian Aid: A Refined Approach Moderator: David Foster - Senior News Anchorman, TRT World 10:50 – 11:00 Coffee Break Fuat Oktay – Prime Ministry Undersecretary of the Republic of Turkey Mukesh Kapila – Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester Richard Falk – Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University 11:00 – 13:00 Redefining the Global Agenda: Old Guard vs New Players C. Kani Torun – Founder of Doctors Worldwide and Former Turkish Ambassador to Somalia Moderator: A. Craig Copetas - Editor at Large, TRT World Karin von Hippel – Director - General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Stephen Chan – Professor at the Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS University 14:00 – 16:00 Capitalising on Fear: The Politicisation of Xenophobia and Islamophobia Gülnur Aybet – Senior Advisor to the President of the Republic of Turkey Moderator: Andrea Sanke - Senior News Presenter, TRT World Pan Wei – Director of Centre for Chinese & Global Affairs at School of International Studies, Peking University Brendan Cox – Co-founder of More in Common Ilyasah Al-Shabazz – Author, Social Activist and the daughter of Malcolm X Kingsley Makhubela – CEO, Brand South Africa Farid Hafez – Lecturer and Researcher, University of Salzburg Sayeeda Warsi – Former Minister of State, Member of House of Lords 13:00 - 14:15 Lunch Break Maha Azzam – Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council 14:00 – 16:00 14:15 – 16:00 Emerging Trends and New Threats in MENA Region Digital Influencers and Their Role in Shaping Public Discourse Parallel Session Moderator: Stavroula Logothettis - Senior Producer, TRT World Moderator: Imran Garda - Journalist and Presenter, TRT World Riyaad Minty – Manager of Digital Strategy, TRT World Rached Ghannouchi – Tunisian politician and Co-founder of the Ennahdha Party Humza Arshad – English Actor, Comedian and Writer of Pakistani descent İbrahim Kalın – Spokesperson to the President of the Republic of Turkey Subhi Taha – Blogger and Modestwear Designer of SUBHITAHA Didem Kaya – Deputy Producer, TRT World Jonathan Nicholas Powell – Director, Inter Media Tarik Yousef – Director of the Brookings Doha Center 16:00 –16:15 Coffee Break 16:00 –16:15 Coffee Break 16:15 – 17:15 Big Business, Big Solutions: Encouraging Corporate Social Responsibility Moderator: A. Craig Copetas - Editor at Large, TRT World 16:15 – 18:15 Re-thinking Media: Responsible Reporting on Humanitarian Crises İbrahim Eren – General Director and Chairman of TRT Moderator: Alican Ayanlar - Presenter and Correspondent at TRT World İlker Aycı – Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee of Turkish Airlines Rodney Dixon – Barrister Specialising in International Law Based at Temple Garden Chambers Paul Polak – Founder, CEO and Board Chairman of Windhorse International Resul Serdar Ataş – Journalist, Director of Programmes, Managing Editor, TRT World 17:15 – 17:30 Coffee Break Sarah Helm – British Journalist and Author Nicole Johnston – Journalist at TRT World 17:30 – 18:30 Closing Keynote Speech: “Inspiring Change in an Age of Uncertainty” Simon Marks – President & Chief Correspondent, Feature Story News Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - President of the Republic of Turkey.