Speakers

Opening Address
Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser Al-Missned
(Consort of His Highness the Emir, President of Supreme Council for Family Affairs).

Speech
Representative of His Excellency Kofi Anan, Secretary General of the United Nations.

Speech
Prof. Richard G. Wilkins
Managing Director, World Family Policy Center,
Brigham Young University
United States of America

Family in the Third Millennium: Challenges and Consequences

The Family and Globalization

H.E.Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al-Thani
First Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs
Qatar

Toward an International Policy to Protect the Family

H.E. Mr. Amr Moussa
Arab League’s Secretary General
Egypt

The Family and Development

Dr. Gary S. Becker
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago Nobel Laureate for Economic Sciences, 1992
United States of America

Dr. Mahathir Mohammad
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia
Malaysia

Legal and Religious Foundations for the Third Millennium

Family Unity: Promoting Marital and Social Stability

Mr. Amr Khaled
Islamic Herald
Egypt

Dr. Norval D. Glenn
Professor, Department of Sociology
University Of Texas Austin
United States of America

Dr. David Popenoe
Professor, Department of Sociology
Rutgers University
USA

Marriage as a Social Institution: The Positive Impact of Marriage on Men, Women and Children

Consultant Zuhoor Al-Hurr
Head of first court Casablanca
Morocco

Dr. Steven Nock
Professor, Department of Sociology,
University of Virginia
USA

Dr. Faith Innerarity
Director of Social Security, Ministry of Labour and Social Security
Jamaica

The Family and Education

Education for All in the Third Millennium: From Quantity to Quality

Mr. Ahmed Mukhtar Ambo
Former Director, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Senegal

Education and Development: Education and the Challenge of Modernism

Mr. Georges Haddad
Director, Division of Higher Education, United Nations Educational Specific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Tunisia

Dr. Guity Nashat
Professor, Department of History, University of Illinois Chicago
USA

Education and the Elderly: Bridging the Gap Between Literacy and the Digital Revolution

Dr. Hamad Al-Hammami
Regional Director, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Oman

Dr. Abdul-Aziz Al-Tuajiri
Director-General of Islamic Organization for Education, Science and Culture
Saudi Arabia

The Family and the Culture of Dialogue

Intergenerational Relationships: The Family as the Foundation for the Culture of Dialogue

Prof. Dr. Mohammed Sadiq Al-Hussaini
Advisor, International Center for Dialogue
Iran

Dr. Michael Schluter
Founder and President, The Relationships Foundation
United Kingdom

The Role and impacts of the Media in the Modern Family

Mr. Mohammed Al-Awadi
Islamic Writer
Kuwait Dr. Larrie E. Gale

Dr. Larrie E. Gale
Professor, Department of Theatre and Media Arts,
Brigham Young University
USA

Legal and Religious Foundations for the Third Millennium

The Complementarity of Men and Women: Building on the Strengths of Mothers and Fathers

Prof. Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
Distinguished Islamic Scchlar
Qatar

Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox
Professor, Department of Sociology,
University of Virginia
USA

His Eminence Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo
President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
Vatican City, Rome

The Extended Family and the Social Fabric: Transmitting Values from One Generation to the Next

Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Al-Kulaifi
Professor of Education Psychology
University of Kuwait
Kuwait

His Holiness Pope Shenoda III
Supreme President, The Coptic Church
Egypt

Rabbi Daniel Lapin
Founder and President, Toward Tradition
USA

The Family and Education

Education and the Child: Human Rights, the Family and Educating Children

H.E. Mrs. Mirvat Al-Tallawi
Director, Economic and Social
Council of West Asia (ESCWA)
Egypt

Dr. William L. Saunders
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Human Life and Bioethics,
Family Research Council
USA

Special Needs: Meeting the Needs of Family Members with Differing Capabilities

Dr. Eddie Denning
Director, Al-Shaffallah Center for Children with Special Needs-Qatar
USA

Prof. Dr. Mohammah bin Hmood Al-Turaiqi
Director, Islamic World Council for Disability and Rehabilitation
Saudi Arabia

The Family and the Cultuer of Dialogue

Government Policy: The Family as a Political Priority

Dr. Joseph Chamie
Director, Population Division Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
USA

Avv. Paola Maria Zerman
Counciller to the Vice Prime Minister,
Italy

Civil Community and Family Development

Prof. Dr. Saad al-Deen Ibraheem
Director, Ibn Khaldoon Center of Development Studies
Egypt

Mr. Juergen Liminski
Journalist, Deutchland Network
Germany

Mme. Fatima Saad
Director General, National Population and Family Development Board, Ministry of Family and Development
Malaysia