Saturday, February 23d, 2008

8:30-9:30         Registration and Breakfast

9:30-10:30       Opening Ceremony

                       Principal's address: Kenneth McRoberts

                       International Studies Department address: Elisabeth Abergel, chair

                       Student Committee's address

                       First Keynote Speaker: Hala El Bishlawy (Egyptian Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission) 

10:45-12:15     Morning Panels

                       Geopolitics & International Security

                       Moderator: Mokhtar Lamani (Centre for International Governance Innovation)

                       Mohamed Kadry Said (Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies)

                       Michael Grant (Director of the Middle East division, DFAIT)

                       Environmental Security

                       Moderator: David B. Dewitt (Associate Vice-President Resarch, York University)

                       Habiba Hassan-Wassef (Center for Rural Development Researches and Studies, Cairo University)

                       Aaron Tesfaye (Professor, William Patterson University)                      

                       Ashok Swain (Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, University of Uppsala)

                       Democracy and Civil Society

                               Moderator: Nader Hashemi (Professor, UCLA)

                       Mervat Hatem (Professor, Howard University)

                       Emad Shahin (Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard University)

                       Hicham Safieddine (Journalist, Al-Ahram Weekly, Toronto Star)

12:30-14:00      Lunch and Cultural Performance

                        Egyptian cuisine and entertainment: Arabesque Dance Company

                        Guest artist: Ibrahim Shalaby, a renowned Arab-Canadian artist

14:00-14:30      Keynote introduction: Lorna Marsden (Former President York University)

                        Keynote Address: Farkhonda Hassan (Secretary General of the National Council for Women in Egypt)

14:45-16:15     Afternoon Panels

                       Human Rights and Minority Issues

                               Moderator: Annie Bunting (Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Socio-Legal Studies in the

                                        Division of Social Science, Faculty of Arts)

                       Hadeer Nagah (Fullbright Scholar, Carleton University)

                       Omar Ashour (Department of Political Science, McGill University)

                               Society, Culture and Religion

                               Moderator: Saeed Rahnema (Professor of Political Science, York University)

                       Nadia Habib (Professor, York University)

                       Nebal El Tanbouly (Consul, Cultural and Educational Affairs of Egypt)

                               Economics and Development                          

                       Moderator: Magdy El Dakiky (Freelance consultant on human capital)

                       Yahya El Wathik Bellah Ahmed (Consul, Egyptian Commercial Office of Montreal)

                       Heba Nassar (Head of Economics Department, Cairo University)

                       Bessma Momani (Senior Fellow Centre for International Governance and Innovation, University of Waterloo)

                       Samir Saul (Professeur d’histoire, Université de Montréal)

16:30-16:50     Closing Ceremonies

17:15-19:00     Reception

Notes

Symposium Itinerary is subject to change.