H.E. Talmiz Ahmad
Indian Ambassador to the UAE
Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command
Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet
Commander, Combined Maritime Forces
Dr Jan Thiele – Hamburg City Senate
Hidenobu Sato – Public Security Directorate, Ministry of Justice, Japan
Johann Adolf Cohausz – General Consul FR Germany
Mehran Kamrava – Georgetown University, Qatar Branch, Doha.