Under the Patronage of
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah

The May Chidiac Foundation Presents:

“Women on the Front Lines” Conference | WOFL 2016
Amman – Jordan | Wednesday December 7, 2016

9:30 | Opening Ceremony:
Master of Ceremony: Ms. Alia Toukan, News Anchor on Jordan TV
Welcome Notes:
Dr. May Chidiac, Founder and President of the May Chidiac Foundation Media Institute
Ms. Maha Shair, Chairperson of the Conference
H.E. Ms. Alice G. Wells, US Ambassador to Jordan

10:00 – 10:50 | Panel 1: “Women in Politics: Women’s Participation in Public Administration and Decision Making” (Including 10 minutes of Q&A)
-H.E. Ms. Sigrid Kaag, UN Under Secretary General & Special Coordinator for Lebanon (Netherlands)
-H.E. Ms. Nayla Moawad, Former First Lady, former Member of the Parliament and former Minister of Social Affairs (Lebanon)
-H.E. Ms. Haifaa Najjar, A member of the Jordanian Senate for the second session, the President of The Business and Professional Women Association/Amman, and a member of the council of Education (Jordan)
-H.E. Ms. Sahar Nasr, Minister of International Cooperation (Egypt)

Moderator: Mr. Jim Clancy, International Journalist, Former CNN Correspondent and Anchor (USA)

10:50 – 11:05 | Keynote speaker:
-H.E. Ms. Emma Bonino, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Italy), Former member of the European Parliament and the Italian Senate
Moderator: Mr. Ricardo Karam, TV Show Host, and Head of RK Productions & TAKREEM Foundation

11:05 – 11:20 | Coffee Break

11:20 – 12:00 | Keynote Speech
-Ms. Anousheh Ansari, First Female Private Space Explorer & First Space Ambassador (USA-Iran)
-Followed by a Q&A by Mr. Jim Clancy

12:00 – 12:50 | Panel 2: Women in Entrepreneurship and in the Business World: (Including 10 minutes of Q&A)

-H.E. Ms. Suhair Al Ali, The Executive Chairman / Social Security Investment Fund (Jordan)
-Ms. Roula Moussa, Founder of Netways, Featured as Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Arab Women (Lebanon)
-Ms. Hanan Saab, Founder of Pharmamed and Jury Member of the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards at Women’s Forum (Lebanon)
-H.E. Ms. Nadia Al Saeed, CEO of Bank El Etihad and member of the Jordanian National Committee for Women (Jordan)

Moderator: Mr. Ghassan Hasbani, CEO of Greycoats (Lebanon)

12:50 – 1:10 | Presentation:
-Ms. Nez Gebreel, Former CEO of Dubai Design and Fashion Council (UAE)

1:10-1:30 | Keynote Speaker:

-Ms. Raja’ Batarseh-Ghanma, Freelance Trainer, Author of My Yellow Suit, a personal journey of recovery from food addiction, ACORN Professional Training for Food Addiction Recovery (Jordan)

1:30 – 2:30 | Lunch Break

2:30 – 3:00 | Keynote Speaker:
-Ms. Becky Anderson, TV Anchor of CNN International’s flagship news and current affairs primetime news program Connect the World

Moderator: Ms. Alia Toukan, News Anchor on Jordan TV

3:00 – 3:50 | Panel 3: Asking the Hard Questions: (Including 10 minutes of Q&A)
-Ms. Lamees Al Hadidi, Anchor at CBC Network (Egypt)
-Ms. Gisele Khoury, TV Host at BBC Arabic (Lebanon)
-Ms. Laila Al Shaikhali, Anchor & TV Presenter at Al-Jazeera (Iraq)
Moderator: Mr. Ricardo Karam, TV Show Host, and Head of RK Productions & TAKREEM Foundation

3:50 – 4:10 | Coffee Break

4:10 – 4:30 | Special Interview

Ms. Lana Al Qusous will screen an investigative TV report about Muath Al Kassasbeh, the air force pilot who was kidnapped and killed by ISIS.

She will then conduct an interview with his mother concerning her son’s story and her experience as his mother.

4:30 – 5:30 | Panel 4: Mothers of Extremists: Stories and Recommandations (Including 10 minutes of Q&A)

-Ms. Nicola Benyahia, Mothers for Life (UK)
-Ms. Veronique Roy Burin, Counter-Extremism Activist (France)
-Ms. Karolina Dam, Sons and Daughters of the World (Netherlands)
-Dr. Edit Schlaffer, Founder and Director of Women Without Borders, (Austria)
Moderator: Mr. Haras Rafiq, CEO at Quilliam Foundation

Click here to register:
http://mcfmi.org/events/wofl-jordan/