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The Yale Arab Alumni Association with the support of the Yale University Council on Middle East Studies and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy at the American University of Beirut invite you to attend:

Transnational Tides and the Future of the Arab City A conference on urban sustainability

October 2-4, 2009 . American University of Beirut Early registration now open.

Keynote address by Mr. Talal Shair
Vice Chairman and CEO, Dar Al-Handasah

Special address by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri
Nobel laureate and Director, Yale Climate and Energy Institute

Speakers include
H.E. Dr. Bader Alsheraan, Kuwaiti Minister of Electricity and Water*
Mr. Akram Abu Hamdan, General Manager, Mawared
Dr. Kahtan Al Madfai, Former Chairman, Dar Al Imarah
Mr. Khaled Awad, Director, Property Development, Masdar
Dr. Hanan Kassab-Hassan, Former General Secretary, Damascus Arab Capital of Culture
Dr. Safwan Masri, Director, Columbia University Middle East Research Center
Mr. Abdusalam Haykal, CEO, Transtek and President, Syrian Young Entrepreneurs Association
Dr. Marcia Inhorn, Chair, Council on Middle Studies, Yale University
Mr. Kamal Nasser, CEO, Conservus
Mr. Gilbert Doumit, Senior Partner, Beyond Consulting and Training

H.E. Mrs. Bahia Hariri, Lebanese Minister of Education and Higher Education, will be hosting the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Development dinner for conference participants at the Khan El Franj in Saida.

*To be confirmed