Will George Clooney be at the economic summit this week?
The U.S.-Arab Economic Forum is taking place here in Houston this week:
LEADERS from Baghdad, Cairo, Djibouti and across the Arab world are gathering in Houston this week for the U.S.-Arab Economic Forum in an effort to bolster the relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East.
"We're trying to build understanding one handshake at a time," said Nasser Beydoun, organizer of the forum and chairman of the Dearborn, Mich.-based American Arab Chamber of Commerce.
To that end, heavy hitters like presidential confidante Karen Hughes, CEOs such as ConocoPhillips' James Mulva and dignitaries like Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal are expected to speak. About 800 people are registered to attend three days of discussions on topics from breaking the oil addiction to health care in the Arab world.
Sounds like plenty of important people will be attending.
"This forum tries to look at the economic angle and how that could bring peace, security to the United States," said Hala Kotb, a spokeswoman for the forum.
That's nice. But the burning question(s) for blogHOUSTON is whether or not the Chron's energy blogger, Lynn Cook, will be in attendance, and if so will she ask any of the important attendees if they've seen Syriana.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 06/25/06 09:49 AM | Print |
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