Sunday, December 17, 2016
8:00 Pick up at Ibis Sharq Hotel-Kuwait City
08:30 – 09:00 Conference Registration
09:00 – 10:00 Welcome and Opening Session
MC Dr. Gedeon Mudacumura, Professor of Public Administration, Cheney University, USA
Dr. Meshari Al-Hajri, Conference Chair and Dean of the College of Business Administration, Kuwait University
Dr. Alexander Dawoody, President and Founder of AMEPPA, Director of the Master of Public Administration, Marywood University, USA
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Mohammed Hamad Al-Roomi, Undersecretary of Civil Service Commission, The State of Kuwait “Reforming the Kuwaiti Civil Service System: Challenges and Opportunities”
10:30- 11:30 Panel 1: Public Administration in the Middle East: What is Working and What is Not?
Moderator/ Discussant: Dr. Mohammad Awad, Al-Quds University, Palestine
Economic Policy Challenge in Kuwait
Dr. M. Arif Al- Mahmood, Kuwait Public Policy Centre (KPPC), GSSCPD and UNDP, Kuwait
Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment Program (ERSAP) & Privatization
Dr. Mohammad Sharif, American University-Cairo, Egypt
Presented by Dr. Ahmed Alaa Fayed, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
11:00- 131:00 Panel 2: Evidence-Based Research and Public Administration in the Middle East
Moderator/ Discussant: Dr. Nasreen Naser, University of Drexel
Military Expenditure and National Resource Rent in the Middle East and North Africa: A Long Run Perspective
Dr. Hamid Ali, American University-Cairo, Egypt
Knowledge-Based Economy Transformation: A GCC Converging Strategy Need
Dr. Haytham Abduljawad, Creighton University, USA
Evidence-based research on Critical Thinking in Political Science Higher Education in Egypt
Video presentation by Dr. Yasmin Khodary, The British University in Egypt
13:00- 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00- 16:-00 Panel 3: Transforming Public Administration in the Middle East to the 21st Century: A Learning Curve
Panel Moderator/ Discussant: Dr. Gedeon Mudacumura, Cheney University, USA
Public Administration in Education Reforms in Middle East
Dr. Qasem Newashi, General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development Kuwait City, Kuwait
The Role of Internet of Things (IoT) for Developing Smart Governance in the MENA Countries
Dr. Shahjahan Bhuiyan, American University-Cairo, Egypt
Impacts of Globalization on Health and Inevitability to Reform Health System and Policy: A Kuwait Case Study
Dr. Sungsoo Chun, Kuwait Public Policy Center, Kuwait and Sahmyook University, South Korea
Exploring Strategic Approaches to Fighting International Corruption
Dr. Gedeon Mudacumura, Cheney University, USA
16:00 Return to Ibis-Sharq Hotel-Kuwait City
20:00 Dinner at Borj Al-Kuwait
Monday, December 18, 2017
08:00 Pick up at Ibis-Sharq Hotel-Kuwait City
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:00 Opening Session
MC Dr. Gedeon Mudacumura, Cheney University, USA
Dr. Hamid Ali, President-Elect, AMEPPA and Chair of the Department of Public Administration, American University-Cairo, Egypt
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Khaled Mahdi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development, The State of Kuwait
10:00- 11:30 “Planning the Process of Transition to a Knowledge-Based Economy”
11:30- 13:00 Panel 5: Coordination, Access and Transparency versus Efficiency and Effectiveness
Panel Moderator/ Discussant: Dr. Shahjahan Bhuiyan, American University-Cairo, Egypt
Can Accounting Regimes Really Protect the Public Interest?
Dr. Saeed Askary, Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), Kuwait
How do Egyptians See Private Tutoring: Corruption or Norm?
Dr. Ahmed Alaa Fayed, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
One Path or Different Paths? Transparency, Participation and Accountability versus Efficiency and Effectiveness
Video presentation by Dr. Yasmin Khodary, The British University in Egypt
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00- 16:00
16:00- 17:00 Closing Session: A Forward Vision
MC Dr. Gedeon Mudacumura, Cheney University, USA
Dr. Hamid Ali, President-Elect of AMEPPA
Dr. Mohammad Awad, Vice President-Elect of AMEPPA
17:30 Tour of Sooq, Kuwait City
21:00 Return to Ibis-Sharq Hotel
