Iran: Future Prospects - Gathering of Young Iranian Scholars of North America

Meeting Program

Friday October 20, 2006

8:00 – 8:55 Breakfast

Morning Sessions

9:00 – 12:00

Moderator: Ali Mostashari

9:00 – 9:10 Opening Remarks Abbas Milani

9:10 – 9:15 Brief Report on IFP 2006 Ali Nayeri

9:15 – 9:20 Brief Report on Selected Papers Neda Bolourchi

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

9:45 – 10:23 The Role of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Constitution on the Economical Growth of

the Country Kaveh Majlesi

10:25 – 11:03 Paradigms of Nationalism and the Iranian

Revolution Scott Bohlinger

11:03 – 11:18 B R E A K

Moderator: Syamak Moattari

11:20 – 12:00 Deconstructing Iran’s Nuclear

Threat Foaad Khosmood

12:05 – 1:15 Lunch Talk Guest Speaker Zohreh Elahian

1:15 – 1:28 B R E A K

Afternoon Sessions

1:30 – 5:10

Moderator: Abbas Milani

1:30 – 2:08 Unintended Consequences: Daftar-e

Tahkim-e Vahdat and Post-Revolutionary

Trajectory of the Iranian Student

Movement Kevan Harris

2:10 – 2:48 The Iran Hostage Crisis – Roots

of Reform? Bill Berkeley

2:48 – 3:03 B R E A K

Moderator: Neda Bolourchi

3:05 – 3:43 Beyond Diasporic Generations: Integration

of Second-Generation Iranian in

London Shirin Hakimzadeh

3:45 – 4:23 Who Will Catch Me If I Fall? Health and

the Infrastructure of Risk for Urban Young

Iranians Pardis Mahdavi

3:23 – 4:38 B R E A K

Moderator: Amirali Kia

4:40 – 5:08 Stem Cell Science in Iran Ali Khademhosseini

5:10 - Adjourn

Saturday October 21, 2006

8:00 – 8:55 Breakfast with the Guest Speaker Hamid Moghadam

Morning Sessions

9:00 – 12:00

Moderator: Babak Heydari

9:00 – 9:38 Iranian Intellectuals: A Contradiction in

Phrase? Alireza Shomali

9:40 – 10:08 Revolutionary Rage and Rancor Kaveh Shahrooz

10:08 – 10:23 B R E A K

10:25 – 11:03 What Defines Iranian-Americans: Child

Education Patterns Sara Sarkhilis

11:05 – 11:43 Bringing Free High Speed Internet Access

to Iran Ahmad Anvari

Mehdi Yahyanejad

11:43 – 12:00 B R E A K

12:05 – 1:15 Lunch Talk Guest Speaker Abbas Milani

1:15 – 1:28 B R E A K

Afternoon Session

1:30 – 5:28

Moderator: Hazhir Rahmandad

1:30 – 5:28 Utilizing Digital Innovations to Empower

the Iranian Public Ahmad Anvari

Syamak Moattari

Ali Mostashari

Hazhir Rahmandad

Mehdi Yahyanejad

5:30 - Adjourn

Sunday October 22, 2006

8:00 – 8:55 Breakfast

Morning Sessions

9:00 – 12:00

Moderator: Kaveh Majlesi

9:00 – 9:38 The Political Economy of the Iran-Pakistan-

India Pipeline Ali Mostashari

9:40 – 10:18 ICT Impact on the Labor Productivity in the

Iranian Manufacturing Industries Saeed Moshiri

10:18 – 10:33 B R E A K

10:35 – 11:55 Open Forum on the Future Prospect of

the IFP

Moderator: Ali Nayeri

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

1:00 Meeting Adjourns.