Monday, December 3rd, 2012 | 12:30-2:00 pm | CIRS Conference Room
Georgetown University Building, Education City
Doha - Qatar

Dr. Karim Makdisi is an Associate Professor of International Politics and International Environmental Policy in the Department of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He is also the Associate Director of AUB’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, and coordinates the Environmental Policy component of AUB's Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Science Program.

Roula Majdalani is the Director of the Sustainable Development and Productivity Division (SDPD) in UN-ESCWA. Ms. Majdalani holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Syracuse University. She worked with Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (London), from 1985 to 1988 as an Urban Planner preparing surveys, sectoral studies and research activities for urban development projects in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Morocco.

Wael Hmaidan is the Director of Climate Action Network – International. CAN is the biggest NGO network coordinating together on climate change policy. Wael is also a social entrepreneur, Ashoka fellow, and founder of IndyACT, which is a league of environmental and social activists based in the Arab region. He has established the ‘Arab Climate Campaign’ in the organization, which aims at achieving a strong and progressive climate change position among Arab countries.

Dr. Rabi Mohtar is the Executive Director of Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute (QEERI). Before joining Qatar Foundation, Professor Mohtar founded the Global Engineering Program at Purdue University where he was a Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering since 1996. His professional activities addressed the important issues of Water – Energy Food nexus and its inter-linkages; more specifically in developing and maintaining the environmental aspects of sustainable development.