Conference Program

Introductory Speeches
Dr. Winfred L. Thompson | Chancellor, American University of Sharjah
Dr. Mohammed Al Mutawa | Editor-in-Chief, JSA, Sociological Association of the UAE
Moderator: Dr. Nada Mourtada-Sabbah | Deputy Editor-in-Chief, American University of Sharjah

Inaugural Address
The Globalization of Security
Dr. Steve Smith | Vice-Chancellor, University of Exeter, Professor of International Politics

Tea Break

Plenary Session 1
Globalization as Economic Phenomenon: A Critical Interpretation

Chair: Dr. Khaled Al Khazraji | Under-Secretary, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs

Presenter: Dr. Tim Niblock | Director Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter

Commentators:
Dr. Fatima al-Shamsi | Associate Dean, College of Business and Economics, UAE University
Dr. Ahmed Khalil Al-Mutawa' | Deputy Vice Chancellor for Planning, UAE University

Lunch Break

Plenary Session 2
Globalization as Cultural Phenomenon: A Critical Interpretation

Chair: Dr. Fatima Al-Sayegh | Assistant Professor of History, UAE University

Presenter: Dr. Gaber Asfour | Head of the Supreme Court of Culture, Egypt

Commentators:
Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken | Associate Professor of Public Law, UAE University; Chair, Jurists' Association
Dr. Adel Gamal | Chair, Department of Arabic, Zayed University

Tea Break

Concurrent Plenary Sessions

Panel 1
"Impact on Society/Culture"

Chair: Dr. Mohammed Al Mutawa

a. Dr. Khaldoun al-Naquib | Kuwait University
b. Dr. Paul Dresch | University of Oxford
c. Dr. Suleiman Khalaf | Sharjah University

Panel 2
"Impact on Economics"

Chair: Dr. Ahmed Khalil Al-Mutawa'

a. Dr. Ismail Sirageldin | John Hopkins
b. Dr. Rodney Wilson | Durham University
c. Dr. Yusuf K. Al Yusuf | UAE University

Panel 3
"Impact on Politics/Government"

Chair: Dr. Tim Niblock

a. Dr. Abdulkhaleq Abdulla | UAE University
b. Dr. John W. Fox & Dr. Nada Mourtada-Sabbah | American University of Sharjah
c. Dr. Clovis Maksoud | American University, Washington D.C

Evening (Dinner with International Guest Speaker)
Overview on Globalization and the Gulf: "The Gulf Engulfed: Confronting Globalization American-Style"

Michael Hudson | Professor of International Relations, Seif Ghobash Professor of Arab Studies, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.