- 8:30 am Mr. Tom Ver Ploeg
Conference Chair:
|
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
- 8:40 am Mr. Rebwar Salimi
|
Letter from Secretary General of KDPI |
|
|
Independence Party of Kurdistan - Kurdish Struggle for Independence
|
- 8:55am Letters of Congratulation to KNC
|
Mr. Kamran Balnour, KDP (Iran)
Mr. Zagros Yazdanpanah, PAK
Mr. Gharani Ilkhanizadeh, Komala Party
|
- 9:10 am Mr. Samuel Jordan
Amnesty International
|
Remarks |
- 9:35 am Halabja/Anfal Panel
Moderator: Mr. Shwan Karim
|
Mr. Ken McCallion: Progress and Legal Proceedings
Mrs. Muazaz Amin
Dr. Kirmanj Gundi
|
- 10:00 am Dr. Clyde Snow
Forensic Expert
|
Bones of Contention: 1991/92 Forensic Anthropological Investigation of Kurdish Victims of the Anfal Campaign
|
- 10:25 am Kurdish-Canadian Panel
Moderator: Mr. Issa Mosa
|
Dr. Fereydoon Rahmani: Greater Toronto Kurdish House
Mr. Mark M. Persaud: Canadian Int’l Peace Project, Oleron Global Group
|
- 10:50 am Mr. Aram Hamparian
Armenian National Committee
|
Kurdish-American Advocacy: Grassroots make the difference
|
- 11:00 am Dr. Kirmanj Gundi
|
KNC Presidential Address: The Future of Kurdistan: Thinking like a Nation
|
- 11:20 am Dr. Mahmud Osman
|
Challenges before the Kurdish Nation and the Quest for Federalism in Iraq
|
- 11:45 am History Panel
Moderator: Mr. Brusk Reshvan
|
Dr. Rebwar Fattah: History of Media & its Impact on Nation Bldg
Mr. Murat Kilinc: Exile Kurdish Communities of Middle Anatolia
Mr. Tosine Reshid: Ezidism and Ezidis in former Soviet Republics
Mr. Mustefa Rechid: Current Situation of Kurds in Kurdistan-Syria
|
- 1:15 pm Mr. Luqman Barwari
|
Update, Letters of Congratulations from Kurdistan-Turkey
|
- 1:30 pm Language Panel
Moderator: Mr. Luqman Barwari
|
Mr. Newzad Hirori: The Status of Northern Dialect (Kurmanci Bakur) in Kurdistan-Iraq and the Current Trends to Standardize the Kurdish Language
Dr. Rebwar Fattah
Mr. Murat Kilinc: History of the Kurdish Language.
|
- 2:30 pm Current Situation in Kurdistan
Moderator: Dr. Azad Moradian
|
Dr. Mahmud Osman, Situation in Kurdistan-Iraq
Mr. Sherif Behrouz, KDPI, Situation in Kurdistan-Iran
Mr. Mustafa Rechid, Situation in Kurdistan-Syria
|
- 3:15 pm Letters of Congratulations
|
Mr. Kamaran Abdullah, CHAK
|
- 3:20 pm Women and Leadership Panel
Moderator: Ms. Soraya Fallah
|
Ms. Susan Shahab Nouri, Member of Kurdistan Parliament: "The Role of Education Reform in Thinking as a Nation"
Ms. Kathryn Porter
Dr. Sharon Linzey
|
- 4:20 pm Former Presidents Panel
Moderator: Dr. Kirmanj Gundi
|
Dr. Asad Khailani
Dr. Najmaddin Karim
Dr. Fouad Darwesh
Dr. Hikmat Fikrat
|
|
|
Satire : Mr. Sarbaxoee goes to EU
|
|
|
Resolutions of the 21st Annual Conference of the Kurdish National Congress of North America
|
