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George Washington University<\/p>\n
Jack Morton Auditorium, Media and Public Affairs Building
\n805 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052<\/p>\n
January 24, 2011
\nU.S. Capitol Hill
\nCongressional Visitors Auditorium<\/p>\n
The Iran Democratic Transition Conference (IDTC)\u00a0takes a pragmatic approach to exploring the prospects of political change in Iran and to paving the way for the establishment of a secular, pluralistic, democratic government in Iran. A host of expert Iranian panelists, Iran scholars, and U.S. law makers will discuss policy, strategic, and social issues to establish a shared vision of liberty.<\/p>\n
Update: There will be simultaneous interpreters for the entire event.<\/p>\n
Topics:\u00a0Transition to Democracy: Challenges and Opportunities;\u00a0New Media: Cyber Revolution and Individualism;\u00a0New Generation: Demands, Abilities and Political Vision;\u00a0Secularism: Ideology and Alternatives;\u00a0Sanctions: “Behavior Change” or “Regime Change”?;\u00a0Oppositions Leadership: In Exile or from Within?;\u00a0New Constitution: “Reform” or “Regime Change”;\u00a0Iran and the World: Mutual Commitments;\u00a0Remembering Neda, The Face of the Iranian Green Movement, on her Birthday.<\/p>\n
Speakers:\u00a0U.S. Senator\u00a0John Cornyn\u00a0(R-TX), U.S. Congressman\u00a0Trent Franks\u00a0(R-AZ), U.S. Congressman\u00a0Ted Deutch(D-FL), U.S. Congressman\u00a0Ed Royce\u00a0(R-CA),\u00a0Mohammad Reza Heydari,\u00a0Hossein Alizadeh\u00a0and\u00a0Abolfazl Islami(Former Islamic Republic of Iran’s Diplomats from Norway, Finland and Japan),\u00a0Amir A. Fakhravar\u00a0(Research Fellow at Institute of World Politics, award winning writer and jailed dissident),\u00a0Kenneth Katzman\u00a0(Specialist in Iran and Middle East Affairs at the U.S. Congressional Research Service),\u00a0John Lenczowski\u00a0(President of IWP),\u00a0Kambiz Hosseini\u00a0(TV host, VOA-Parazit),\u00a0Alireza Noorizadeh\u00a0(Veteran journalist, London),\u00a0Caspian Makan\u00a0(Photographer, Neda’s fianc\u00e9, Canada),\u00a0Mehdi Saharkhiz\u00a0(Citizen Journalist, Son of Isa Saharkhiz, former head of the press department at the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Education and jailed dissident),\u00a0Roozbeh Mir-Ebrahimi\u00a0(Jailed blogger, Journalist, NY),\u00a0Potkin Azarmehr\u00a0(Award winning blogger and Iran expert, London),\u00a0Behnam Nateghi(Journalist and TV host, VOA-NY),\u00a0Afshin Ellian\u00a0(Professor of law and philosophy, Islam, and Middle East scholar, Netherlands),\u00a0Mashaallah Abbaszadeh\u00a0(former Iran Election Headquarters chief, Canada),\u00a0Siamak Shojaei\u00a0(Iran scholar on Economics and sanctions, NY),\u00a0Solmaz Sharif\u00a0(Journalist, NY),\u00a0Ivan Marovic\u00a0(Serbian Student Leader, Belgrade),\u00a0Jane Kokan\u00a0(Award winning documentary filmmaker, Canada) and many more expert speakers.<\/p>\n
This conference is sponsored by the Institute of World Politics. It is coordinated by Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS), a pro-western independent student movement with chapters in Iran, United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Iraq, Turkey and Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Seating is limited.\u00a0 For more information, please contact\u00a0kbridges@iwp.edu.<\/p>\n
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