Conference Speakers

Distinguished speakers:

• His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Education and President of Zayed University
• Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Director-General, World Health Organization and Former Prime Minister of Norway
• Tipper Gore, Mental Health Policy Advisor to President Bill Clinton
• The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister of Canada
• Patricia de Stacy Harrison, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• Rowaida al-Ma'aitah, Member of the Jordanian Senate
• Nathalie Goulet, Member of the French Senate
• Raja Al-Gurg, President of the Dubai and UAE Businesswomen's Council and CEO of the Eissa Al-Gurg Group
• Noreen Khan-Mayberry, Aerospace Toxicologist, NASA
• Mona Al Marri, Managing Director, Dubai Press Club
• Wendy Alexander, Member of the Scottish Parliament
• Joanne B. Ciulla, Professor of Leadership, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond, UNESCO Chair of Leadership

Invited Workshop Presenters:

• Tammy Thayer-Ali, Vice President, Custom Programs, Center for Advanced Studies in Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Hilarie Owen, Chief Executive, Institute of Leadership (UK)
• Val Singh, Senior Research Fellow, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University