Pease download the Conference Program and addendum to read more about the speakers and panels that were featured in the 2008 3rd Annual Arab World Conference.
This year's conference built on the success of the May 2006 event. Alumni from across the Middle East, Europe, and the US joined us in Amman for an inspiring day of presentations and dialogue where we discussed the exciting trends underway in the Arab world to "Promote a Contemporary Arab Image". Over the course of four panel discussions, we explored what is being done to change the image of the Arab world through finance, the private sector, civic engagement and art. This year's conference attracted alumni and current students of leading universities in the region including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown, INSEAD, London Business School, London School of Economics, MIT, Northwestern, Princeton, Oxford, Stanford, University of Chicago, Wharton, and Yale. We selected Jordan for this year's conference because of its rich history and culture and, in particular, the election of Petra less than one year ago as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.