UANI Announces Virtual Summit Agenda & Session Times

(New York, N.Y.) — United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) today announced the agenda and session times for keynote speeches and panel discussions for its annual Summit, which will be held virtually on Thursday, November 4, 2021 – the 42nd anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

This year’s virtual Summit features intimate conversation with Ambassadors John Bolton and Nikki Haley, Senators Lindsey Graham and Robert Menendez, panel discussions with the foremost subject matter experts in the United States and Europe, former hostages, and keynote addresses from Senator Ben Cardin and Bahrain’s Ambassador to the U.S. Shaikh Abdullah Bin Rashid Al Khalifa.

Thursday, November 4, 2021

All times Eastern 

8:45-9:00 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Ambassador Mark D. Wallace

CEO of UANI, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN for Management and Reform

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman

UANI Chairman, Former U.S. Senator (CT)

 

9:00-9:15 AM

Break

             

9:15-9:35 AM

Keynote Address        

His Excellency Shaikh Abdullah Bin Rashid Al Khalifa

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the U.S.

 

9:35-10:05 AM

Fireside Chat

Ambassador John Bolton

Former U.S. National Security Advisor & Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN

Ambassador Mark D. Wallace

UANI CEO, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN for Management and Reform

 

10:05-10:50 AM

Fireside Chat  

Ambassador Nikki Haley

Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Governor of South Carolina & UANI Senior Advisor

Frances Townsend

Former U.S. Homeland Security Advisor

 

10:50-11:05 AM

Break

 

11:05 AM-12:05 PM

Panel Discussion | Iranian Foreign Policy Under Ebrahim Raisi: How Should the West Respond?

Alex Vatanka

Senior Fellow and Director of the Iran Program, Middle East Institute (MEI)

Radoslaw Sikorski

Former Foreign Minister of Poland & Member of European Parliament

Mark Dubowitz  

Chief Executive, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

 

Moderated by:

Norman Roule

Former National Intelligence Manager for Iran at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

 

12:05-12:50 PM

Panel Discussion | The Future of the JCPOA

Michael Singh

Managing Director, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Sima Shine

Head of Iran Program, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)

Ilan Goldenberg

Director of the Middle East Security Program, Center for a New American Security

 

Moderated by:

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman

UANI Chairman, Former U.S. Senator (CT)

 

12:50-1:15 PM

Break

 

1:15-2:15 PM

Panel Discussion | Hezbollah and Iran’s Axis of Resistance

Mitchell Silber

Visiting Lecturer, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs

David Daoud

Research Analyst on Hezbollah and Lebanon at UANI & Non-Resident Fellow at Atlantic Council

Alexander Ritzmann

Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project

Matthew Levitt

Fromer-Wexler Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

 

Moderated by:

Dr. Michael Makovsky

President and CEO, Jewish Institute for National Security of America

 

2:15-2:30 PM

Break

 

2:30-3:30 PM

Keynote Address & Panel Discussion | Iran’s Policy of Hostage Taking: The Human Cost and How to Respond

Keynote Address:

Senator Ben Cardin

U.S. Senator for Maryland

 

Panel Discussion:

Barry Rosen

Survivor of the Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-1981) & UANI Senior Advisor

Michael White

U.S. Navy Veteran & Former Iranian Hostage

Nizar Zakka

President, Hostage Aid Worldwide

 

Moderated by:

Governor Bill Richardson

Former Governor of New Mexico, Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Former U.S. Secretary of Energy & UANI Advisory Board Member

 

3:30-4:30 PM

Panel Discussion | A Bipartisan View on Iran

Senator Lindsey Graham

U.S. Senator for South Carolina

Senator Robert Menendez

U.S. Senator for New Jersey

 

Moderated by:

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Counselor & William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy & Co-Founder of UANI

 

4:30-4:45 PM

Concluding Remarks
Ambassador Mark D. Wallace

UANI CEO, Former U.S. Ambassador for the UN for Management and Reform