Gary Samore – Council on Foreign Relations, US
Julia Dixon – Australian Embassy
Royal Swedish Academy
A delegation organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) visited the Gulf Research Center on 13 November 2007. The IVA is an independent network for the exchange and generation of knowledge that functions by initiating contacts between different disciplines and countries. The delegation visiting GRC consisted of Vice Chancellors and Presidents from Swedish universities of technology, research institutes and business schools.
The main theme of discussion was the current and future situation of education and research in the Gulf region. Fruitful information exchange and networking took place relating to existing education and research issues in the Gulf Region. Future goals and potential cooperation were also addressed.
The delegation consisted of the following members:
- Professor Lars Bergman, President of Stockholm School of Economics
- Dr.Agneta Bladh, Rector at the University of Kalmar
- Professor Kåre Bremer, Vice chancellor and President of Stockholm
University
- Chairman Peggy Bruzelius, Chairman of the Swedish National Agency for
Higher Education
- Romulo Enmark, PhD, Vice chancellor, Halmstad University, Sweden
- Professor Janerik Gidlund, Vice chancellor Örebro University, Sweden
- Assistant Professor Lars Haikola, Rector of Campus Helsingborg, Lund
University
- Tekn Dr Hans Hentzell, President of Acreo and Swedish ICT Research
- President Henrik Landerholm, Swedish National Defence College, SDNC
- Vice Chancellor Leif Larsson, University of Skövde
- Professor Thomas Lindstein, Vice chancellor of Mid Sweden University
- Professor Klas Malmqvist, Pro-rector, Engineering Faculty, Lund University
- Professor Mille Millnert, Rector Linköping University
- Professor Margareta Norell Bergendahl, Deputy President of KTH (Royal
Institute of Technology)
- Rector Kerstin Norén, Rector of Karlstad University
- President Ingegerd Palmér, President of Mälardalen University
- Ms Mari-Anne Roslund, Deputy Managing Director, The Swedish Foundation
for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education, STINT
- Dr Jörgen Sjöberg, Senior Advisor to the President of Chalmers University
of Technology
- Dr Tomas Thorvaldsson, President of Swerea AB
- Professor Lena Treschow Torell, President of the Royal Swedish Academy
of Engineering Sciences, IVA
- Professor Rolf Wolff, President of the School of Business, Economics and
Law, Göteborg University
- Mrs Caroline Ankarcrona, LL.M, Project Manager
- Mr. Staffan Eriksson, MSc, Project Manager
- Ambassador Bruno S. Beijer, Ambassador of Sweden to the U.A.E.
A delegation of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands came to the GRC including Pieter de Gooijer, Director-General for Political Affairs; Joan J.J. Wiegman, Deputy Head for Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division; Dr. Jeroen Boender, Senior Policy Officer in Political Affairs Department; Herman Quarles van Ufford, Head of the Gulf States Division in the North Africa and Middle East Department and Gilles Beschoor Plug, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the UAE. The visit covered a discussion about the regional security environment in particular with regard to the issue of the Iranian nuclear program.
George Costoulas, Ambassador of Greece to the UAE, visited the GRC to discuss aspects of cooperation between the GRC and Greek institutions as well to look into the overall Greek-Gulf relationship
