9.30-10.00 Welcome and registration of participants10.00-11.30 SESSION IWANTED: A STRATEGY FOR RECONCILING COMPETING PRIORITIES   Hard-headed realism is replacing the euphoria of the Arab spring. The Arab world’s new policymakers face the double challenge of satisfying popular pressure for democratic governance and greater accountability, while introducing rigorous reforms to open markets and become more competitive. There is also a pressing need for new security thinking in the region, with both the EU and NATO being looked to as sources of stability. Has the EU begun to shape a new Mediterranean strategy – spanning not just economic cooperation but also support to home-grown democratic reform, security and even increased immigration?Co-moderated by Giles Merritt, Secretary General of Friends of Europe and Shada Islam, Head of Policy at Friends of Europe11.30-12:00 Coffee break12:00-13.30 SESSION IIFROM AUTOCRACY TO DEMOCRACY AND STABILITY While the Arab spring was viewed as a largely secular revolt against the status quo, Islamist parties are emerging as the most popular political groupings in many Arab nations. How can the EU help ensure peaceful political change and security in the Arab world? How can the rights of women be ensured and improved? Are transition governments doing enough to promote education and equal opportunities and are they listening to popular demands for more accountability and an end to corruption?Co-moderated by Giles Merritt, Secretary General of Friends of Europe and Shada Islam, Head of Policy at Friends of Europe13.30-14.30 Networking lunch14.30-16:00 SESSION IIIUNLEASHING THE STRENGTH OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR The key to the Arab world’s future stability and prosperity lies in its development of the private sector. But in all the Arab spring countries an overwhelming proportion of their economies is occupied by government-controlled bodies. Can the privatisation techniques developed in Europe, especially in central and eastern Europe, be applied in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya? What can be done to attract much more private sector investment by European companies, and in the energy sector what can be done to ensure that declining investment in oil and gas together with political volatility in the Arab world pose no threat to Europe’s energy security?Co-moderated by Giles Merritt, Secretary General of Friends of Europe and Shada Islam, Head of Policy at Friends of Europe16:00 End of Summit