SELECTED INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS AND INVITED LECTURES

Conference Chair (invited)

• Title: “Lebanon and the Challenges of Recovery”
Sponsors: The Center for the Global South at the American University, Washington, D.C. and the René Moawad Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Place and Date: The American University, Washington, D.C., USA, October 4, 2003 (conference was cancelled due to security reasons).

Guest Speaker (invited)

• Member of the International Arab Scholars Committee to elect the “Top 100 Arab Business Personalities and Scholars”
Organizer: Dar Al-Sayad, Lebanon and the Middle East
Place and Date: Arab Countries, 2006

• Member of the International Scientific and Organizing Committee, The International Conference on “Rebuilding Sustainable Communities in Iraq: Policies, Programs and Projects”
Organizers: University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA (with the support of the World Bank, the United Nations, and the United States Agency for International Development—USAID).
Place and Date: College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA, July 23-26, 2007

• Guest Speaker, The International Conference on Doing Business in Islamic Asia
Topic: “International Business Patterns in Islamic Countries”
Organizers: The Universiti Kabangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA in conjunction with the Annual Meetings of the Organization of Islamic Countries and the Islamic Development Bank
Place and Date: Renaissance Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 21-23, 2005

• Event: The Oxford Round Table
Topic: “Issues Affecting Trade and Financial Relations between the European Union and the United States”
Organizer: St. Anthony’s College, University of Oxford
Place and Date: University of Oxford, United Kingdom, August 1-6, 2004

• Visiting Lecturer (invited), College of Business Administration, Ph.D. Program in Financial Economics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; and the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy, Ph.D. Program in Policy Analysis, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, February-March 2004
Seminars and Lecture Series on such topics as “Business Policies in the Middle East” and “International Business Strategy: Globalization vs. Regionalization”.

• Guest Speaker. Title: “The Relationship between Family Unity and Economics in Lebanon”
Sponsor and Organizer: Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI)
LBCI Television Station, Adma, Lebanon, August 2003

• Guest Speaker. Title: “Youth in Lebanon: Catalysts for Democracy and Change”
Panel: “Globalization, Education, and Economics”
Sponsors: The Center for the Global South at the American University, Washington, D.C. and the René Moawad Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Place and Date: Hotel Washington, Washington, D.C., USA, November 9, 2002

• Guest Speaker. Title: “The Politics and Repercussions of War in the Middle East”
Sponsor: Waverly Ecumenical Commission for Peace and Justice (WECPAJ)
Place and Date: Saint Mary’s Drexler Center, Iowa, USA, April 27, 2003

• Guest Speaker. Title: “Future of the Gulf Currency Union: Is It a Viable Project?”
Sponsor: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR)
Place and Date: Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, July 1-2, 2002

• Guest Speaker. A number of television and radio scholarly interviews and roundtables on such topics as the Opportunities and Challenges of Higher Education in Lebanon and the Middle East; Prospects of a Middle Eastern Economic Bloc; Lebanon’s Business and Economic Sectors; Small Business and Family Business Management in Lebanon and the Middle East; the Strategic Management and Planning of Aquaculture and Agriculture in Lebanon and Syria; Analyzing the Ministerial Program of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora’s Cabinet; and Business Reforms in Lebanon and the Middle East.