Pittsburgh Middle East Institute Inaugural Conference

September 16,17 2008

Day One: September 12, 2008

Heinz Hall Lecture | Thomas L. Friedman
Three-time, Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times Columnist; Author, “Hot, Flat and Crowded”

Day Two: September 13, 2008

Business Seminar: Pittsburgh & The Gulf States of The Middle East

TIMELINE AND PRESENTERS:

7:30AM
Conference Registration & Breakfast

8:00AM
Keynote: John Zogby
President, Zogby International
“Understanding the Middle East”

8:35AM
PANEL PART ONE: “Five Biggest Challenges of Doing Business in the Middle East”
Moderator: Glen Meakem
Managing Director, Meakem Becker Venture Capital

GUEST PRESENTERS:
George Baber
General Manager of Middle East
Operations for dck worldwide and CEO of adg Worldwide in the United Arab Emirates

Charles Thorpe
Dean of the Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar Campus

Charles Bogosta
President, UPMC International and Commercial Services Division

Peter Moriarty
President and CEO, Burt Hill

PANEL PART TWO: “Four Essential Steps to Understanding the Middle East”

GUEST PRESENTERS:
Hon. David Aaron
Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy

Hon. Wendy Chamberlin
President, Middle East Institute

10:30AM Special Guest: Her Excellency
Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States

10:50AM
Adjournment