Day One Plenary Sessions

The US and Regional Security

The speaker at this event was:

• Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, US

Perspectives on GCC International Security Relationships

The speakers at this event were:

• Sh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani, Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister, Qatar
• Michèle Alliot-Marie, Minister of Defence, France
• Professor S Jayakumar, Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security, Singapore

The Nature of the Regional Terrorism Challenge

The speakers at this event were:

• Sh Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah, President, National Security Bureau, Kuwait

• Major General Dr Rashad Al Alimi, Minister of the Interior, Yemen