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Germany
Ali Aslan
International moderator, TV presenter and journalist · Independent
Manar ShahinGermany
Dr. Otto Wiesheu
President · German-Arab Friendship Association (DAFG)
Germany
Dr. Markus Söder
Minister-President of Bavaria · Bavarian State Government
Manar ShahinSaudi Arabia
H.R.H. Prince Turki AlFaisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Chairman · King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS)
Arctic Circle · CC BY 2.0United Arab Emirates
tbc.H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber
Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology · Government of the United Arab Emirates
Oman’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs · OGL v1.0Oman
tbc.H.E. Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi
Minister of Foreign Affairs · Government of the Sultanate of Oman
Foto-AG Gymnasium Melle · CC BY 3.0Germany
Omid Nouripour
Vice President of the German Bundestag · German Bundestag
Katarzyna Mazur / Embassy of Poland in Berlin · CC BY 3.0 PLGermany
Hans-Georg Engelke
State Secretary · Federal Ministry of the Interior
Olaf Kosinsky / Skillshare.eu · CC BY-SA 3.0 DEGermany
tbc.Serap Güler
Minister of State · German Federal Foreign Office
Foto-AG Gymnasium Melle · CC BY 3.0Germany
Alexander Radwan
Member of the German Bundestag and Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for the Arab States · German Bundestag
United Arab Emirates
H.E. Dr. Ahmed Albanna
Chairman of the Board; former UAE Ambassador to India · Emirates Family Office Association (EFOA)
Germany
Ambassador (ret.) Bernd Mützelburg
Member of the Board of Directors · German-Arab Friendship Association (DAFG)
Arne List · CC BY-SA 3.0Germany
Lamya Kaddor
Member of the German Bundestag · German Bundestag
Saudi Arabia
tbc.Abdullah Hamidaddin
Assistant Secretary-General for Scientific Affairs · King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS)United Arab Emirates
tbc.Dherar Belhoul Al Falasi
CEO; former Member of the Federal National Council · Al Majlis GroupGermany
Clemens Hach
Director for the Middle East and North Africa · German Federal Foreign Office
United Arab Emirates
tbc.H.E. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi
Chairman of the Defense Affairs, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee · Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
tbc.Prof. Dr. Saad Bin Tiflah Al Ajmi
Former Minister of Information of the State of Kuwait · Kuwait University
Other
Dr. Cinzia Bianco
Policy Fellow · European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)Oman
tbc.Abdulhakeem Alsabbagh
Security and Political Analyst; former Ambassador of Oman to Washington, D.C. · Independent
Baghdad Policy Club · CC BY-SA 4.0Germany
Christian Hanelt
Senior Expert Europe, Neighbourhood and the Middle East · Bertelsmann Stiftung
Other
Dr. Christian Koch
Director of Research and Executive Manager of the Brussels Office · Gulf Research Center Foundation BrusselsUnited Arab Emirates
tbc.H.E. Major General Khalid Abdullah Al Bu Ainin Al Mazrouei
Former Air Force Commander · United Arab Emirates Armed ForcesGermany
Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger
Journalist and political scientist · Independent; formerly Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Germany
tbc.Tim Wenniges
Deputy CEO · Entrepreneurs’ Association of Baden-Wuerttemberg (UBW)
Germany
Wolf R. Schwippert
Lawyer and Member of the Board of Directors of the DAFG · Schwippert Law Office
Oman
tbc.Dr. Yousuf Mohammed Al Bulushi
Chairman · Muscat Policy Center
World Economic Forum / Valeriano Di Domenico · CC BY 2.0United Arab Emirates
tbc.H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications · Government of the United Arab EmiratesSaudi Arabia
tbc.H.R.H. Prince Mohammed bin Turki Al Saud
Advisor to the Minister and Head of the Geopolitical Research Unit · Ministry of Economy and PlanningKuwait
tbc.Dr. Zafer Al Ajmi
Executive Director · Gulf Monitoring GroupSaudi Arabia
tbc.Mohammed Al-Khashaan
Representative · Ministry of Foreign AffairsGermany
tbc.Oliver Linz
Head of Planning Division · German Federal Foreign OfficeSaudi Arabia
H.E. Khalid Alsubaei
Assistant Director General for European Affairs and Director of the Western Europe Department · Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Michael Jäger · © Michael JägerGermany
Dr. Sebastian Sons
Senior Researcher · Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO)Germany
Christian Resch
Head of the Middle East Division · German Federal Foreign OfficeSaudi Arabia
tbc.Faris al-Maari
Representative · Ministry of Economy and Planning
Kuwait
Yasmine Rifai
AI and Public Sector Digital Transformation Expert · Independent expertGermany
tbc.Gunda Ehmke
Lead, Data Innovation Lab · German Federal Foreign OfficeGermany
tbc.Yvonne Nasshoven
Division for Cyber Foreign Policy and Technology Security Issues · German Federal Foreign OfficeGermany
tbc.Antonia Witt
Co-project lead of the JOSHUA project · Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
Kuwait
Sheikh Fawaz Al-Sabah
Former Assistant Undersecretary · National Security Bureau of the State of Kuwait
Germany
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Fink
President · Bavarian University of Business and Technology (HDBW)Pending editorial classification
tbc.Daniel Privitera
Executive Director · KIRA Center
Michael Jäger · © Michael JägerGermany
Jan Hanrath
Co-founder and CEO · Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO)Germany
tbc.Jakob Hensing
Head of Political Economy · Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)
Dr Stefan Kaufmann · CC BY 3.0Germany
Dr. Stefan Kaufmann
Former Member of the German Bundestag and former Innovation Officer for Green Hydrogen · Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Germany
Dr. Valentin Weber
Senior Research Fellow · German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
Germany
Jürgen Hogrefe
Founder and CEO; Member of the Board of Directors of the DAFG · Hogrefe ConsultSaudi Arabia
Sulaf Aljindan
Director General, International Labour Organisation Affairs · Ministry of Human Resources and Social DevelopmentOther
tbc.Sarah Tesei
CSR and Human Rights Director · VinciOther
Francesco d’Ovidio
Director of the ILO Country Office for Qatar · International Labour Organization
Germany
Renate Hornung-Draus
Member of the Board of Directors of the DAFG and Co-Chair of the B20 Working Group on Employment and Education · German-Arab Friendship Association (DAFG)Saudi Arabia
Dr. Majed Garoub
Board Member · GCC Commercial Arbitration Center
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Torki Al Shubaiki
Dean, Faculty of Law · Alfaisal UniversityQatar
tbc.Mahmood Al Siddiqi
Director · Ministry of Labour of the State of Qatar / Permanent Mission in Geneva
Olaf Kosinsky / Skillshare.eu · CC BY-SA 3.0 DEGermany
Sylvia Schenk
Lawyer and arbitrator specialising in sports law and dispute resolution · IndependentGermany
Dr. Tristan Radtke
Secretary General of the Conciliation and Mediation Board · German Association of Law and Information TechnologyOther
tbc.Sonja van Lieshout
Partner, Business Risk & Audit · RandstadGermany