Ramin Jahanbegloo, Head of the Department for Contemporary Studies, Cultural Research Bureau, Tehran, Iran.

Thomas Ambrosio, Assistant Professor of Political Science, North Dakota State University;Yossi Shain, Professor of Comparative Government and Diaspora Politics, Georgetown University

Panel I: Post Iraq War Middle East and Prospects for Liberalization Chair: Robert Pelletreau, Former Assistant Secretary of State, Near Eastern Affairs. Speakers: Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, The Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, and Senior Fellow, Saban Center, Brookings Institution; Marina Ottaway, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Anatol Lieven, Senior Associate for Foreign and Security Policy, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Panel II: Arab-Israeli Conflict: Outstanding IssuesChair: Phyllis Oakley, Former Assistant Secretary of State. Speakers: Khalil Shikaki, Associate Professor of Political Science at Bir Zeit University and Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in Ramallah; Ellen Laipson, President and CEO, The Henry L. Stimson Center; William Quandt, Vice Provost for International Affairs and Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Professor of Politics, the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia.Luncheon Speaker: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor; Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies.Panel III: Prospects for the Road Map Chair: Edward Walker, President and CEO, Middle East Institute. Speakers: Buthaina Shabaan, Director, Foreign Media Department, Syrian Arab Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Abdallah Bouhabib, Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister, Government of Lebanon.

Omid MemarianIranian journalist