1 QATAR LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 16–18 October, 2014 QLC 2014 Doha, Qatar 2 Educating leaders for the media industry CONTENTS 01. My Conference Planner 02. Welcome Letters 04. Index of Featured Presenters 05. Index of Presenters 07. Conference Program 12. Featured Presenters 21. Presenters 47. Qatar Leadership Conference Student Executive Team 66. Directors Training Institute 68. Map of QNCC 71. About Qatar 72. Global MUN Survey 73. 2014–2015 MUN Conferences in Qatar 73. THIMUN Conferences Northwestern University in Qatar educates students who will manage and lead the region's growing entertainment, journalism and communications industries, including social media, satellite television and public relations. Northwestern oers Bachelors of Science degrees in Communication or Journalism. www.qatar.northwestern.edu 4 02 1 MY CONFERENCE PLANNER THURSDAY, 16TH OCTOBER FRIDAY, 17TH OCTOBER SATURDAY, 18TH OCTOBER 2:00–3:30 Registration 9:00–9:30 Plenary Session 9:00–9:50 Session 8 Workshop with Keynote Speaker 2:30–3:00 Adult Presenters Meeting — Auditorium 9:40–10:30 Session 3 Workshop 3:30–4:10 Opening Ceremonies Location with Northwestern Keynote Speaker 10:00–10:50 Session 9 Workshop 4:10–4:25 Break Location 4:25–5:15 Session 1 Workshop 10:40–11:30 Session 4 Workshop Location 10:50–11:05 Coffee Break Location Location 11:10–12:00 Session 10 Workshop Make a difference through 5:25–6:15 Session 2 Workshop 11:30–12:30 Lunch / Friday Prayers Model United Nations 12:40–1:30 Session 5 Workshop The THIMUN Qatar Regional Office was created as a joint partnership Location between Qatar Academy and the THIMUN Foundation. The office Location supports efforts around the region to develop programs and events for young people to seek, through discussion, negotiation, debate, 12:10–12:30 Closing Ceremonies and personal action, solutions to the various problems of the world. 6:30–8:00 Reception Dinner Location with Georgetown Keynote Speaker at Northwestern University The THIMUN Qatar Regional Office is proud to serve schools in 1:40–2:30 Session 6 Workshop the Middle East and North Africa region. THIMUN Foundation Return to Hotel offices support Model United Nations programs and conferences in schools around the world. In addition to the leadership conference, THIMUN Qatar hosts a world class MUN conference and an international film festival. The THIMUN Qatar office works with Location schools throughout the region to support the development of national programs, to provide leadership training seminars, and 2:30–2:45 Coffee Break access to educational materials. Finally THIMUN Qatar works to develop and support existing conferences in the region through the THIMUN Foundation conference affiliation program. 2:50–3:40 Session 7 Workshop For more information on how THIMUN Qatar can serve you, visit our website at http://qatar.thimun.org or send us an email at [email protected] Location Free Evening 2 3 WELCOME LETTERS To the attendees of the Qatar they can truly get the most out of their Dear Qatar Leadership Conference of workshops but we also hope that Leadership Conference 2014, experience. With a direct connection to Participants, they socialize and make connections a network of some of the world’s most to help bring them together. We want First and foremost, it is my honor and prestigious policy-makers, debaters, It is my pleasure to welcome you to to create a unique earning experience pleasure to welcome you to the third professors, and filmmakers, we hope the third annual Qatar Leadership that students would not be able to annual Qatar Leadership Conference. to give every participant a unique Conference. have in traditional learning environment, opportunity to learn from an elite group we want to encourage them to learn The QLC executive team wishes of workshop presenters. I would like to express our gratitude to through interaction and show that to express its humble gratitude not all of the participants of QLC, for trying not everything can be taught in a only to the participants for showing Our principal aims for this year’s to develop and improve their skills, classroom. a willingness and desire by signing conference include creating a unique so they can become the leaders of ...we hope that themselves up for a new experience space for dialogue and discussion on tomorrow. We hold high participants can and challenge, but also to the topics, outside the confinements of presenters for giving their time to help school, whilst creating a distinctive The vision of QLC’s executive team is hopes for our move forward tomorrow’s leaders to enhance their learning experience where participants ‘every participant should be able to attendees and and incorporate overall skills both academically and in can build skills that will help develop leave having learned at least one new wish to see everything they their personal lives. themselves as a whole, while also skill.’ We want to create an experience them as leaders fostering unparalleled student where people can learn to develop have learned, and With the support of Northwestern leadership. Combined, we hope their leadership skills outside of the in the future. transform their University, Georgetown University, and that participants can move forward traditional classroom environment. experiences into THIMUN Qatar, to whom the executives and incorporate everything they This year’s executive team has creating positive express their utmost gratitude for these have learned, and transform their With the support of THIMUN organized the conference with the institutions’ cooperation, we hope to experiences into creating positive Qatar, Georgetown University, and hopes to make it a memorable changes in their give participants the most worthwhile changes in their communities. It is Northwestern University, we hope to experience for everyone who attends communities. workshop experiences and learning our integral mission, as executives, to satisfy every participant’s goals and help and to give the Qatar Leadership opportunities. I would also like to take see all participants come out from the them learn the skills they desire. We Conference the reputation it deserves. this opportunity to thank everyone who conference as the leaders of tomorrow. have attempted to provide workshops We want the conference to have took part in organizing this conference, from various aspects of leadership such meaning to our participants, which for without your effort this conference We hope you all experience a rewarding as skill building, conceptual learning, is why we have tried to bring in would not be possible. conference and we wish you the community and service, film studies and workshops that cover various topics best on any endeavors that you may organization. Presenters are national and offers something for everyone. This conference is held in order for undertake in the future. and international as well as some of participants to enhance a variety of them being students themselves, they skills, whether they are MUN related, all strive to give our attendees a learning film related, or simply personal experience they will not forget. Tamim El Moatassem development. With a range of over Arsalaan Muhammad Deputy Secretary General 100 workshops, which span across an Secretary General We hold high hopes for our attendees umbrella of diverse strands that include and wish to see them as leaders skill building, organization, conceptual in the future. Everyone involved in learning, community and service, the conference is driven by these and film and media studies, every aspirations; we want to see students participant will have the opportunity leave the conference as better leaders, to choose to attend almost any of the each in their own way. Not only do we featured workshops, to ensure that plan on exposing students to a variety 4 5 INDEX OF FEATURED PRESENTERS INDEX OF PRESENTERS PAGE NO. PRESENTER PAGE NO. PRESENTER PAGE NO. PRESENTER 13. Peter Dalglish 21. Abhay Valiyaveettil 43. Lisa Martin 14. William Yotive 22. Adam Pierce 44. Maha Al-Suwaidi and Jassim Abel 15. Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana 22. Adam Salem 44. Mariam Al-Khalifa and 16. Ben Keesey and Maggie Leahy 23. Adeeba Ahmad Abdulrahman Al-Muftah 17. Sean Campbell 23. Aditya Karkera 45. Maryam Al-Ammari 18. Dr. Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi 24. Alan Butler 45. Mohammed Al-Malek and Zeina Barakat 24. Alreem Al Khater and Ahmed Al Hajari and Al-Jazi Al-Suwaidi 19. Orlando Arellano 25. Amal Al-Muftah 46. Mohamad Khalil Harb 20. Sheryll Franko 25. Andrew Mills 46. Moner Ahmed 26. Aya Nassif and Ghaida Odeh 47. Nabila Elassar 26. Basil Abdelmonim and 48. Naila Sherman Muhammed Nabil Abdulrahim 48. Nidhi Manojkumar 27. Best Delegate: Kevin Felix Chan, 49. Nuh Bahemia Ryan Villanueva, Laurabeth Goldsmith 49. Paula Brunning and Avik Chakravarty 50. Phil Lindert, Eric Lin and Justin Rhee 28. Clyde Wilcox 51. Razan El Kahlout 29. Dan Pardy 51. Rida Khalid 29. Dana Atrach 52. Rohan Sinha 30. Darby Sinclair 52. Rory Miller 31. David Taylor 53. Ryian Alam 32. Dialla Jandali and Temitope Akinade 53. Salah Mahmoud and Osamah Hindi 33. Dina Nihad Awartani 54. Salam Kadan 33. Dulshan Jayasekera 54. Salman Al-Sulaiti 34. Emily Wilson 55. Sarah Hübner 34. Erika Soublet 56. Sheena Martinez 35. Fahad Al-Kuwari 56. Shereena Qazi 35. Fran Laughlin 57. Sohaira Siddiqui 36. Gloria Gerard-Penalbert 57. Sudha Konnanath and Sheila Pontifex 36. Greg Bergida 58. Tareq Al Hammadi and Beruk Samson 37. Ibrahim El-Kazaz 58. Tartelle Eltigani and 37. Indee Thotawattage AbdulRahman Al-Mana 38. Irene Crepin 59. THIMUN Qatar Student Executive 38. John Royce 59. Father Thomas Michel 39. Karim El Dib 60. Thushan Puhalendran 40. Kay Mitchell and Michael Young 40. Kimberly Pierre-Saint 60. Timothy Shu 41. Kristin Rowe 61. Uday Rosario 41. Jessica Chen 61.