War in Yemen: Regional consequences of a protracted conflict Conference

9h00 – 9h30 - Opening talk: Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the UN in Yemen 

9h45 – 11 h 15 - 1st panel: Yemen in conflict
Moderator: Elie Tenenbaum, research fellow at Ifri’s Security Studies Center, coordinator of the Defense Research Unit (LRD)

• “Military operations: the state of play”, Fatiha Dazi-Heni, Researcher, IRSEM
•  “Political developments and perspectives”, Marine Poirier, Research fellow, IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence
• “The humanitarian crisis: what kind of emergency?”, Isabelle Moussard-Carlsen, regional Director of operations, Action contre la faim

11 h 15 – 11 h 30 - Coffee break

11 h 30 – 13 h 00 - 2d panel: Regional consequences of the crisis
Moderator: Dorothée Schmid, Head of the Turkey / Middle East program, Ifri

• “Towards a new regional strategic landscape”, François Frison-Roche, Researcher CNRS-CERSA, Paris
• “A boost to Islamic terrorism?”, David Rigoulet-Roze, Researcher IFAS, managing Editoro of Orients Stratégiques
• “France and the issue in Yemen”, Adrien Pinelli, Deputy-Director for the Middle-East, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs