Middle East Political and Economic Institute, EURISC Foundation and the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran request the pleasure of your company to attend the International Conference “Fighting Terrorism and the Need of Security Culture”. The Conference keynote speakers are diplomats, politicians, researchers, analysts and academic professors from Algeria, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Romania and ATA (NATO).
The conference will be hold on May 28rd, 2015, between 08:30 and 18:00 hours
at ”Carol I” Central University Library of Bucharest – Aula
(Boteanu Street, No. 1, entrance from Calea Victorie, District 1)
Organizers
- Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Romania
- MEPEI (Middle East Political and Economic Institute)
- EURISC Foundation (European Institute for Risk, Security & Communication Management
Partners
- Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS – part of MFA Iran), Tehran, Iran.
Sponsors
- SC TUBMAN Co SRL
- The Lawyer House ANTICO and BĂLĂȘOIU
The Conference’s aim
The purpose of this event is to react as a commitment to rejecting all forms of violence and terrorism, and particularly those based on extremism and on the high need to protect human rights, which are reflected by the principles and rules of international law founded on cooperation between people in order to achieve peace. The international conference will make recommendations that can be universally applied, and will provide expertise from governmental representatives and civil society.
The Venue
Conference Room (Aula) of ”Carol I” Central University Library of Bucharest, 1 Boteanu Street, entrance from Calea Victoriei, District 1, Bucharest
Working language English
Program:
| 08:30 – 09:30 | Registration of the Participants. Welcome Coffee |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Official Opening Session |
| Representative of the Romanian Presidency
Mrs. Ana BIRCHALL, Chairperson of the Committee on European Affairs, the Chamber of Deputies, Romania
the Romanian Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Defense
Ministry of the Economy
Mr. Valentin FILIP, Adviser of Deputy Director, the Romanian Intelligence Service
HE Mr. Hamid MOAYYER, Ambassador of the IR of Iran to Romania
Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS, Tehran, Iran
Mr. Jason WISEMAN, Secretary General, Atlantic Treaty Association, Brussels, Belgium
Mr. Flavius CABA-MARIA, President of MEPEI
Mr. Liviu MUREȘAN, Executive President of EURISC
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| 10:30 – 11:45 | Panel Session 1: Terrorism and the New Security Environment |
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Moderators: Mr. Liviu MUREȘAN, Executive President of EURISC and Maj. Gen. Bal Krishan SHARMA, AVSM, SM & Bar (Retd), Deputy Director (Research) and Head of Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation, the United Service Institute of India, New Delhi, India
Keynote speaker: Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS
Mr. Andrin Jerome Nevis RAJ, SEA Regional Director for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals – Centre for Security Studies and Director for Centre Strata Asia-Pacific Strategic Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mr. Kayhan BARZEGAR, Director of Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies (IMESS), Tehran, Iran
Mr. Alexandru CUMPĂNAȘU, Executive Director of Association for Implementing Democracy (AID), Bucharest, Romania
Mr. Jason WISEMAN, Secretary General, Atlantic Treaty Association, Brussels, Belgium
Mr. Abdoulaye MAIGA, Analyst at the Alert and Prevention Unit of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), Alger, Algeria
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| 11:45 – 12:15 | Coffee break |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Panel Session 2: Youth Radicalization Phenomenon |
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Moderators: Prof. Iulian CHIFU, the National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA), Bucharest and Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS
Keynote speaker: Mr. Seyyed Vahid KARIMI, Director of Center for Europe of IPIS
Mr. Emiliano STORNELLI, Director of the Mediterranean and Middle East Program, Italian Atlantic Committee, and Scientific Coordinator of the Mediterranean-Gulf Forum, Rome, Italy
Mrs. Andreea-Paula IBĂNESCU, Program Manager and Researcher at MEPEI
Mr. Darie CRISTEA, Lecturer at Faculty of Sociology / University of Bucharest
Mrs. Oana POPESCU, Director of Global Focus Center, Bucharest
Ms. Antonia COLIBĂȘANU, Partner – Regional Director Eurasia, Stratfor and Associate Lecturer at University of Bucharest
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| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch at the Conference Venue |
| 14:30– 15:40 | Panel session 3: The Role of Cyber Security in the Diffusion and Combat of Asymmetric Threats |
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Moderators: Gen. Constantin DEGERATU, Romania and Mr. Jason WISEMAN, Secretary General, Atlantic Treaty Association, Brussels, Belgium
Keynote speaker: Mr. Andrin Jerome Nevis RAJ, SEA Regional Director for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals – Centre for Security Studies and Director for Centre Strata Asia-Pacific Strategic Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mr. Daniel IONIȚĂ, Head of Analyses, Policies and Legal Affairs Department at CERT-RO (Romanian National Computer Security Incident Response Team), Bucharest, Romania
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| 15:40 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
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| 16:00 – 17:10 | Panel Session 4: Security Culture. International and National Experiences. |
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Moderators: Mrs. Alina INAYEH, Director, The German Marshall Fund, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, Bucharest and Mr. Kayhan BARZEGAR, Director of Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies (IMESS), Tehran, Iran
Keynote speaker: Maj. Gen. Bal Krishan SHARMA, AVSM, SM & Bar (Retd), Deputy Director (Research) and Head of Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation, the United Service Institute of India, New Delhi, India
Mr. Seyyed Vahid KARIMI, Director of Center for Europe of IPIS
Mr. Germano DOTTORI, Professor of Geopolitical and Strategic Studies at Luiss University of Rome, Italy
Mr. Abdoulaye MAIGA, Analyst at the Alert and Prevention Unit of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), Alger, Algeria.
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| 17:10 – 17:30 | Final Remarks and Closing Session |
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Moderators: Mr. Flavius CABA-MARIA, President of MEPEI and Mr. Seyyed Vahid KARIMI, Director of Center for Europe of IPIS
Keynote speakers:
Mr. Liviu MUREȘAN, Executive President of EURISC
Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS
Mr. Germano DOTTORI, Professor of Geopolitical and Strategic Studies at Luiss University of Rome, Italy
Maj. Gen. Bal Krishan SHARMA, AVSM, SM & Bar (Retd), Deputy Director (Research) and Head of Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation, the United Service Institute of India, New Delhi, India
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| 17:30 – 18:00 | Cocktail (non-alcoholic drinks) |
