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Germany
Ali Aslan
International moderator, TV presenter and journalist · Independent
Manar ShahinGermany
Dr. Otto Wiesheu
President; former Bavarian Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology · 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
Honorary Chairman of the Conference; Chairman · King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS)
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; Member of the DAFG Board of Directors · Emirates Family Office Association (EFOA); German-Arab Friendship Association (DAFG)
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
© DBT/Inga HaarGermany
Stephan Mayer
Member of the German Bundestag; Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee · German Bundestag
Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Hamidaddin
Assistant Secretary-General for Scientific Affairs · King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS)
United Arab Emirates
Dherar Belhoul Al Falasi
Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder; former Member of the Federal National Council · Al Majlis Group
Germany
Clemens Hach
Director for the Middle East and North Africa · German Federal Foreign Office
Kuwait
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)
Baghdad Policy Club · CC BY-SA 4.0Germany
Christian Hanelt
Senior Expert Europe, Neighbourhood and the Middle East · Bertelsmann StiftungGermany
Ambassador (ret.) Dieter Lamlé
Former German Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Federal Foreign Office (ret.)
Other
Dr. Christian Koch
Director of Research and Executive Manager of the Brussels Office · Gulf Research Center Foundation Brussels
Marc Darchinger / SWPGermany
Prof. Dr. Volker Perthes
United Nations Under-Secretary-General (ret.); Senior Distinguished Fellow · Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)United Arab Emirates
Mohammed Abdul Rahman Baharoon
Director General · b’huth – Dubai Public Policy Research Center
Germany
Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger
Non-resident Senior Fellow, podcaster and author · American-German Institute; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Other
Tamim Izzaoui
Political Advisor · Office of the EUSR for the Gulf Region, European External Action Service
Germany
Tim Wenniges
Deputy CEO · Entrepreneurs’ Association of Baden-Wuerttemberg (UBW)United Arab Emirates
H.E. Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al Dhaheri
Deputy Director General; Advisor in the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs · Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy
Germany
Wolf R. Schwippert
Lawyer and Member of the Board of Directors of the DAFG · Schwippert Law Office
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 Emirates
Bahrain
Abdulla Aljenaid
Geopolitical columnist and commentator; Executive Partner · INTERMID Consultancy
Saudi Arabia
H.E. Ambassador Saad M. Alarify
Former Head of the Saudi Mission to the European Union · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Khalid Alshimmari
Acting Head of the Global Affairs Department · B’huth – Dubai Public Policy Research CenterOther
Jean-Charles Van Eeckhaute
Deputy Director, DG MENA.C - Gulf · Directorate-General for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf, European Commission
Michael Jäger · © Michael JägerGermany
Dr. Sebastian Sons
Senior Researcher · Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO)Bahrain
H.E. Ahmed Ebrahim A. Rahman Alqarainees
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Federal Republic of Germany · Embassy of the Kingdom of BahrainGermany
Christian Resch
Head of the Middle East Division · German Federal Foreign Office
Kuwait
Yasmine Rifai
AI and Public Sector Digital Transformation Expert · Independent expert
Berghof FoundationGermany
Dr. Oliver Wils
Head of Department, MENA Peace Support · Berghof FoundationGermany
Dr. Yvonne Nasshoven
Deputy Head, Cyber Foreign Policy and Cybersecurity; Deputy Cyber Coordinator · German Federal Foreign Office
Germany
Dr. Dorothea Schütz
Regional Director for Africa, Near and Middle East and Foreign Economic Cooperation · Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)Germany
Elisabeth Hauschild
Managing Director · German Security and Defence Industry Association (BDSV)
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)Germany
tbc.Johannes Sender
Mediation Team · German Federal Foreign Office
Michael Jäger · © Michael JägerGermany
Jan Hanrath
Co-founder and CEO · Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO)Germany
Franziska Seethaler
Mediation Advisor · Stabilisation Platform
Germany
Dr. Jakob Hensing
Head of Political Economy · Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi)
Dr Stefan Kaufmann · CC BY 3.0Germany
Dr. Stefan Kaufmann
Founder and Managing Director; former Member of the German Bundestag and former Innovation Officer for Green Hydrogen · Clean World Hydrogen ConsultingGermany
David Schmid
Advisor, UNIDO–GIZ Partnership Catalyst · GIZ, seconded to UNIDO ITPO Germany
Germany
Dr. Valentin Weber
Senior Research Fellow · German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
Germany
Jürgen Hogrefe
Founder and CEO · HogrefeConsultGermany
Julie Gekle
Specialist for Innovation and Supply Chains · UNIDO ITPO GermanyOther
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)Bahrain
Nafeesa Alshaala
Founder and CEO · DiploTech Solutions
Saudi Arabia
Attorney Majed Garoub
Chair of the Advisory Committee · GCC Commercial Arbitration CentreGermany
Dr. Felix Karstens
Policy Planning Unit · German Federal Foreign Office
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Torki Al Shubaiki
Dean, Faculty of Law · Alfaisal UniversityGermany
Katharina Bonnenfant
Chief AI Officer · German Federal Foreign Office
Olaf Kosinsky / Skillshare.eu · CC BY-SA 3.0 DEGermany
Sylvia Schenk
Lawyer and arbitrator specialising in sports law and dispute resolution · IndependentGermany
Dr. Marc Lendermann
Head of Division, Bilateral Digital Policy · Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernization
Germany
Dr. Tristan Radtke
Secretary General of the Conciliation and Mediation Board · German Association of Law and Information Technology
Germany
Jonas Szalanczi
CEO · nAIxt Technologies GmbH
Germany
Dr. Iris Wieczorek
Senior Researcher and Representative in Japan · GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
Germany
Enno Harks
Director Corporate Affairs, DACH; Head of the Berlin Office · BP Europa SE
Germany
Frank Konertz
Head of LNG Strategy · EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AGGermany
Prof. Dr. Tillmann Braun
North Africa, Middle East · Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and EnergyGermany
Filip Medunic
Senior Consultant FutureTech · Christ&CompanyGermany
Dr. Daniel Friedrich Alscher
Policy Planning Unit · German Federal Foreign OfficeGermany
Elianne Shewring
Doctoral Researcher · German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Saudi Arabia
Nabil Al-Khowaiter
Global Engagement Executive for Worley Energy, Chemicals, Resources; former Senior Advisor to the Saudi Minister of Energy; former Saudi Aramco executive · Worley
Germany
Dr. Ruprecht Brandis
Managing Director · Clean Energy Forum (CEF)Saudi Arabia
tbc.H.E. Dr. Tariq bin Abdulaziz Al Hamad
Deputy Minister for International Affairs · Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Germany
Martin Klingen
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Board Member; Chair of the Global Public Affairs Network · Gi Group Holding; World Employment ConfederationGermany
Sonja Neuweiler
Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa Unit · Berghof Foundation
Germany
Sascha Tomaczewski
Chief Security Officer; Member of the DAFG Advisory Board · Covestro AG; German-Arab Friendship Association (DAFG)
Germany
Helmut Reichelt
Deputy CEO and Director Education Affairs · The German Emirati Institute Technologies 4.0Germany
Prof. Dr. Sabine Schiffer
Head and Founder · Institut für Medienverantwortung (IMV)Germany
Dr. Rainer Hermann
Author; former correspondent in the United Arab Emirates · Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungGermany
Robert Chatterjee
Editor-in-Chief · Zenith MagazineGermany