How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

What Next for the Middle East?

June 23, 2026
16:00–17:00 (Asia/Shanghai time zone)

About this session

After years of growing tensions, 2026 has amplified an uncertain path forward for the Middle East and relations within and outside the region. What are the possible paths forward and what could this mean for the world?

This is a livestreamed session. Simultaneous interpretation in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Speakers

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Mazen S. Darwazeh
Executive Vice-Chairman; Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and North Africa
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
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Lina Noureddin
President and Founder
Lamar Holding
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Khaled Sharbatly
Chief Executive Officer
Desert Technologies
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Sanam Vakil
Director, Middle East and North Africa
Chatham House
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Karen E. Young
Senior Fellow, Economics and Energy Initiative
Middle East Institute