Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East – Conference Agenda and Presentations

Day One: Wednesday, June 19, 2013

• Dr. Mohamed Y. Mattar, Executive Director, The Protection Project, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
• Dr. Amr Galal El Adawi, President, Beirut Arab University
• Dr. Yadollah Dadgar, Professor of Economics, Beheshty University, Tehran, Iran

• Dr. Y?lmaz Argüden, Chairman, ARGE Consulting; Chairman, Rothschild, Turkey
  • The role of business consulting in promoting CSR in Turkey and in the region
• Mr. Jeffrey Avina, Director of Citizenship and Community Affairs, Microsoft Middle East & Africa
  • Corporate social responsibility and its evolution in the Arab Spring diflucan 2 weeks
• Dr. Giovanni Tamburrini Ph.D. Commercial Comparative Law – “La Sapienza” University of Rome  and Dr. Wenqing Zhang, Ph.D., Management Science, McGill University, Canada
  • One-share – one vote v. one person – one vote: are companies more efficient and effective than States?
• Dr. Elie Abouaoun, Executive Director, Arab Human Rights Fund
  • CSR and human rights: overview and best practices

• Ms. Deniz Ozturk, Advisor, UN Global Compact Turkiye
  • Human rights and women’s empowerment and business in Turkey: recent developments
• Dr. Yadollah Dadgar, Professor of Economics, Beheshty University, Tehran, Iran
  • CSR in Iran in a comparative framework  

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• Dr. Mohammad Jafar Ghanbari, Assistant Professor of Law, Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
  • Corporate social responsibility as a means to promote accountability of multinational enterprises: the international legal framework
• Dr. Arfan Alkhatib, Associate Professor of law, Ahmad Bin Mohammad College, Qatar
  • Fundamental labor rights and freedoms in the business sector in light of the UN Global Compact principles: from text to implementation and the GCC countries’ experience
• Dr. Yaser Khalaileh, Associate Professor of Law, College of Law, Qatar University
  • The international recognition of environmental rights 

• Dr. Tariq Hammouri, Dean, University of Jordan, Faculty of Law, Amman, Jordan
  • Corporate social responsibility in Jordan: an overview
• Dr. Nazzal Kisswani, Professor of Law, College of  Law, University of Qatar
  • Corporate social responsibility in Qatar: best practices and future developments
• Dr. Amel K. Abdallah, Assistant Dean for Post Graduate Studies & Research, College of Law, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
  • The status of CSR in Oman: recent developments in community engagements   order generic baclofen today for effective relief of numerous muscle where you can buy lioresal or order online, compare prices for baclofen

Day Two: Thursday, June 20, 2013

• Dr. Mahmood Bagheri, Associate Professor of Law, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
  • Corruption and governance in the banking sector in Iran: recent developments
• Dr. Nehale Farid Mostafa, Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Corporate social responsibility in Lebanon: challenges and developments
• Dr. Soheila Parvin, Associate Professor of Economics, Alameh University, Tehran, Iran
  • Equitable economic growth and the impact on the Iranian middle class
• Dr. Simona Marinescu, Director, Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development, United Nations Development Programme
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  • The work of the Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD) in promoting Corporate Social Responsibility in the MENA region.

• Dr. Badre Abdeslam, Professor, American Language Center, Rabat, Morocco; Program Director and Professor, ECSA Global, Berlin, Germany
  • The role of NGOs in enforcing social corporate responsibility: practices in post-conflict states: the case of the Arab region
• Ms. Rania Fazah, Middle East Researcher & Representatives, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, UK
  • The commitment of the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre to promoting CSR in the Middle East
• Dr. Stephen Hudspeth, Clinical Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale law School, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • How law school clinics can assist in advancing civil society: experiences on the ground
• Ms. Sa’eda al-Kilani, Middle East and North Africa Researcher and Representative, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, UK
  • Business and human rights in the media in the MENA region

• Dr. Frank Emmert, LL.M., Director, Center for International and Comparative Law, Project Director Egypt, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney  School of Law
  • Corporate social responsibility: where we are coming from and where we are going
• Dr. Yaqoob Al Waily, Assistant Dean for University Studies, Faculty of Law, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman  
  • Status of CSR in Oman: community engagement and prospects for the future
• Final recommendations by Dr. Mohamed Mattar, Executive Director, The Protection Project