Media Advisory: His Excellency, Dr Omar Bin Sulaiman to Open Young Arab Leaders' Global Action Forum March 14 in New York City

Dr. James Zogby and Mr. John Zogby will lead a discussion on the 2008 elections.

The Young Arab Leaders (YAL), the region's foremost development platform for business, public sector and civil society leaders in the Middle East will commence with their annual Global Action Forum March 14-15 in New York City.

The purpose of the Forum is for young Arab leaders to meet their U.S. peers and launch joint initiatives that will help empower youth from both the Arab world and the U.S. These initiatives are in the fields of entrepreneurship, leadership and education.

Some of the notable presentations that will be open to the press include:

-- 9:00am March 14 - "Half the Audience." Opening remarks by Mr. Shehab
Gargash, Chairman of the Global Action Forum: Arab and American
Dialogue and Managing Director of Daman Investment, UAE
-- 9:15am March 14 - "The Power of Dialogue." Special Address by His
Excellency Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman, Chairman of the Board of Young Arab
Leaders and Governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre, UAE
-- 12:15pm March 15 - "The Landscape and What's at Stake: The 2008
Elections and the American-Arab Relationship." Discussion with Dr.
James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute, USA and Mr. John

Zogby, President of Zogby International, USA

Please Note: The Forum will only be open to the press from 9-10:15am on March 14 and 12:15-1:00pm on March 15.

Young Arab Leaders is an independent pan-Arab organization that aims to create a new generation of young leaders capable of actively participating in the region's development process and driving it into a new phase of growth. It is a network of the region's leaders from the business community, politics, academia, media, arts, culture and civil society, who are committed to improving the state of the Arab world. For more information please visit: www.yaleaders.org

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PRNewswire -- March 12


Source: Young Arab Leaders

Web site: http://www.yaleaders.org/


2008-03-12 17:48:31 0311326 PRNEWSWIRE

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