“Fighting Terrorism and the Need of Security Culture” is an event organized by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Romania, and the Bucharest-based Think-Tanks MEPEI (Middle East Political and Economic Institute) and EURISC (European Institute for Risk, Security & Communication Management). The purpose of this event is to bring into discussion the new forms of violence and terrorism, and the need to protect the human rights and also the necessity to promote the security culture.

The event is supported by Tubman Company and Antico and Bălășoiu Law Firm, Romania, in partnership with Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Tehran, Iran.

The Conference keynote speakers are experts from Algeria (the African Center for the Study and Research on Terrorism - CAERT) / African Union, India (the United Service Institute - USI), Iran (Institute for Political and International Studies – IPIS), Italy, Malaysia (Strata Asia-Pacific Strategic Center) and the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA-NATO), Romanian think-tanks and so on.

The conference brings together Romanian authorities, diplomats, academics, business leaders, politicians, as well as independent researchers, think-tank representatives, journalists and other civil society representatives.

08:30 – 09:30

Registration of the Participants. Welcome Coffee

09:30 – 10:30

Official Opening Session

Representative of the Romanian Presidency

Representative of the Parliament

the Romanian Government

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Defense

Ministry of the Economy

the Romanian Intelligence Service

HE Mr. Hamid MOAYYER, Ambassador of the IR of Iran to Romania

Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS, Tehran, Iran

Mr. Jason WISEMAN, Secretary General, Atlantic Treaty Association, Brussels, Belgium

Mr. Flavius CABA-MARIA, President of MEPEI

Mr. Liviu MUREȘAN, Executive President of EURISC

10:30 – 11:45

Panel Session 1: Terrorism and the New Security Environment

Moderators: Mr. Liviu MUREȘAN, Executive President of EURISC and Maj. Gen. Bal Krishan SHARMA, AVSM, SM & Bar (Retd), Deputy Director (Research) and Head of Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation, the United Service Institute of India, New Delhi, India

Keynote speaker: Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS

Mr. Andrin Jerome Nevis RAJ, SEA Regional Director for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals - Centre for Security Studies and Director for Centre Strata Asia-Pacific Strategic Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mr. Kayhan BARZEGAR, Director of Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies (IMESS), Tehran, Iran

Mr. Alexandru CUMPĂNAȘU, Executive Director of Association for Implementing Democracy (AID), Bucharest, Romania

Mr. Jason WISEMAN, Secretary General, Atlantic Treaty Association, Brussels, Belgium

Mr. Abdoulaye MAIGA, Analyst at the Alert and Prevention Unit of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), Alger, Algeria

11:45 – 12:15

Coffee break

12:15 – 13:30

Panel Session 2: Youth Radicalization Phenomenon

Moderators: Prof. Iulian CHIFU, the National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA), Bucharest and Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS

Keynote speaker: Mr. Seyyed Vahid KARIMI, Director of Center for Europe of IPIS

Mr. Emiliano STORNELLI, Director of the Mediterranean and Middle East Program, Italian Atlantic Committee, and Scientific Coordinator of the Mediterranean-Gulf Forum, Rome, Italy

Mrs. Andreea-Paula IBĂNESCU, Program Manager and Researcher at MEPEI

Mr. Darie CRISTEA, Lecturer at Faculty of Sociology / University of Bucharest

Mrs. Oana POPESCU, Director of Global Focus Center, Bucharest

Ms. Antonia COLIBĂȘANU, Partner - Director Regional Eurasia, Stratfor and Associate Lecturer at University of Bucharest

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch at the Conference Venue

14:30– 15:40

Panel session 3: The Role of Cyber Security in the Diffusion and Combat of Asymmetric Threats

Moderators: Gen. Constantin DEGERATU, Romania and Mr. Jason WISEMAN, Secretary General, Atlantic Treaty Association, Brussels, Belgium

Keynote speaker: Mr. Andrin Jerome Nevis RAJ, SEA Regional Director for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals - Centre for Security Studies and Director for Centre Strata Asia-Pacific Strategic Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mr. Daniel IONIȚĂ, Head of Analyses, Policies and Legal Affairs Department at CERT-RO (Romanian National Computer Security Incident Response Team), Bucharest, Romania

15:40 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:10

Panel Session 4: Security Culture. International and National Experiences.

Moderators: Mrs. Alina INAYEH, Director, The German Marshall Fund, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, Bucharest and Mr. Kayhan BARZEGAR, Director of Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies (IMESS), Tehran, Iran

Keynote speaker: Maj. Gen. Bal Krishan SHARMA, AVSM, SM & Bar (Retd), Deputy Director (Research) and Head of Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation, the United Service Institute of India, New Delhi, India

Mr. Seyyed Vahid KARIMI, Director of Center for Europe of IPIS

Mr. Germano DOTTORI, Professor of Geopolitical and Strategic Studies at Luiss University of Rome, Italy

Mr. Abdoulaye MAIGA, Analyst at the Alert and Prevention Unit of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), Alger, Algeria.

17:10 – 17:30

Final Remarks and Closing Session

Moderators: Mr. Flavius CABA-MARIA, President of MEPEI and Mr. Seyyed Vahid KARIMI, Director of Center for Europe of IPIS

Keynote speakers:

Mr. Liviu MUREȘAN, Executive President of EURISC

Mr. Mostafa ZAHRANI, Director General of IPIS

Mr. Germano DOTTORI, Professor of Geopolitical and Strategic Studies at Luiss University of Rome, Italy

Maj. Gen. Bal Krishan SHARMA, AVSM, SM & Bar (Retd), Deputy Director (Research) and Head of Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation, the United Service Institute of India, New Delhi, India

17:30 – 18:00

Cocktail (non-alcoholic drinks)