Iran: Future Prospects (IFP 2005)

Second Annual Gathering of Young Iranian Scholars of North America

 

Graham Stuart Lounge (Room 400)
Encina Hall West
616 Serra Street

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305

October 1-3, 2005

 

Meeting Program

 

Saturday October 1, 2005

8:00 – 8:35                Breakfast

8:40 – 8:50                Shuttles leave Quality Inn for Encina Hall

 

Morning Sessions

9:00 – 12:15

9:00 – 9:10               Opening Remarks                 Abbas Milani

9:10 – 9:20               Brief Report on IFP2005      Ali Nayeri

9:20 – 9:40               Guest Speaker                         Esmail Amid-Hozour

 

9:45 – 12:15     Social Development Session

                    Chair: Mojtaba Mahdavi

 

9:45 – 10:08            Traditional and Modern Aspects of

                                Combinatorial Identity             Mohammad Mansouri     

10:10 – 10:33        Tradition and Globalization in

                               Iran                                            Babak Heydari      

10:35 – 10:57        Win Politically or Culturally?   Mohsen Shiri-Garakani

 

11:00 – 12:13    Open Forum on Social Development

                                Moderator:  Babak Heydari

 

 

12:15 – 1:15              Lunch Talk Guest Speaker     Azi Hariri     

1:15 – 1:30                             BREAK         

 

Afternoon Sessions

1:30 – 7:00

 

 

1:30 – 4:00     Business, Trade and Economic Session

                             Chair: Arta Pirouz

1:30 – 1:53             Iran and the Path to WTO

                                Membership                              Cyrous Jame’

1:55 – 2:18             Growth Diagnostics for

                                Iran Economy                            Kaveh Majlesi

2:20 – 2:43             Trends in global ecosystem and

                                Iran's future prospects               Hazhir Rahmandad

 

 

2:45 – 4:00     Open Forum on Business, Trade and  

                                  Economic Development

                              Moderator:  Cyrous Jame’

 

 

4:00 – 4:30            COFFEE BREAK

 

4:30 – 7:00     Foreign Policy Session

            Chair: Hazhir Rahmandad

 

4:30 – 4:53          Shaping Negative Perceptions

                            on Iran                                            Foaad Khosmood

4:55 – 5:18          Iranian Interests and Strategy in Post-

                            Saddam Iraq                                   Karim Sadjadpour

5:20 – 5:43         Iranian Foreign and Defense Policy

                           Decision Making                             Maryam Javanshir

 

 

5:45 – 7:00     Open Forum on Foreign Policy

                        Moderator:  Maryam Javanshir

 

7:00                      Adjourn

                             Shuttles leave Encina for Quality Inn

 

 

Sunday October 2, 2005

 

8:00 – 8:35                Breakfast

8:40 – 8:50                Shuttles leave Quality Inn for Encina Hall

 

Morning Sessions

9:00 – 12:00

 

9:00 – 9:25               Guest Speaker                         Mohsen Moazzami

 

 9:30 – 12:00     Iranian Youth Session

             Chair: Mishana Hosseinioun

 

9:30 – 9:53             Passionate Uprisings: Risk and Resilience

                               amongst Urban Iranian Young

                               Adult                                          Pardis Mahdavi

9:55 – 10:18          Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry and the

                              Phenomenon of Suicide in Contemporary

                              Iran                                             Afshin Hafizi

10:20 – 10:43        Podcasts(audio blogs) and their future

                               in Iran                                       Ahmad Anvari

 

 

 

10:45 – 11:58     Open Forum on Iranian Youth

                               Moderator:  Ali Mostashari

 

12:00 – 1:00             Lunch Talk Guest Speaker     Behnam Tabrizi

 

1:00 – 1:15                             BREAK 

 

 

 

Afternoon Sessions

1:15 – 6:45

 

 

 

1:15 – 3:45     Social and Human Development Session

                  Chair: Afshin Hafizi

 

 

 

1:15 – 1:38          Creating a Women’s Movement           K. Soraya  Batmanghelichi

 

 

1:40 – 2:03       The Iranian Legal System – Procedural Protections and Judicial
                               Decisions                                          Neda Bolourchi

2:05 – 2:28      A Case Study of Human Development in

                        One Poorest Area of Iran Community

                        Empowerment for Sustainable Mangrove

                        Conservation in Guatar bay                      Syamak Moattari

 

 

 

2:20 – 3:45     Open Forum on Social and Human

                                      Development

                             Moderator:  Sina Sohangir

 

 

3:45 – 4:15           COFFEE BREAK

 

 

4:15 – 6:45     Current Affairs Session

                         Chair: Kaveh Majlesi

 

4:15 – 4:38           YPO-Iran                                         Arta Pirouz

4:40 – 5:03           Two Narratives of a Predicament:

                              Secular Intellectuals and the Problematic

                             of Thought in Iran                           Alireza Shomali

5:05 – 5:28          Failed Democratic Transition?

                            Retrospective Reflections on Iran’s

                            Third Republic (1997-2005)             Mojtaba Mahdavi

 

 

 

5:30 – 6:45     Open Forum on Iran after Last   

                              Presidential Election

                          Moderator:  Abbas Milani

 

6:45                     Adjourn

                            Shuttles leave Encina for Quality Inn

Monday October 3, 2005

 

8:00 – 8:35                Breakfast

8:40 – 8:50                Shuttles leave Quality Inn for Encina Hall

 

Morning Sessions

9:00 – 12:00

 

 

9:00 – 9:25            Guest Speaker                           Nooshin Hashemi

9:30 – 9:53            Building Bridges Together: A

                              San Francisco Chapter of the United

                             Nations Association of Iran        Mishana Hosseinioun

9:55 – 10:20         Closing Remarks                      Hamid Moghaddam

 

10:20 – 10:30        BREAK

 

 

 

10:30 – 12:00     Open Forum on the Future Prospect of    

                                                the IFP

                                     Moderator:  Ali Nayeri

 

12:00                          Meeting Adjourns