The Sands of Time: WEBINAR

Realised as an opportunity to share stories and experiences from to past 50 years, this webinar gave an insight into our two day conference in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi in November, and the subsequent projects that not only embraced a cultural and educational focus but provided exciting opportunities for collaborative partners.

From sand dunes to city streets, not just the triumphs of the past but the new challenges of the future; click below to view the webinar recording.

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Speakers

Professor Denis Galligan

Denis is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies Emeritus of the University of Oxford, a position he held from 1993 to 2017. He is a Professorial Fellow Emeritus of Wolfson College and Co-Founder of the Foundation for Law Justice and Society, an independent institute for the better understanding of the role of law in society.

Professor John Coughlin

John J. Coughlin serves as Global Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Law at NYU-Abu Dhabi, and he is affiliated faculty at NYU Law School. He holds a BA Niagara University, MA Columbia University, ThM Princeton Seminary, JD Harvard Law School, and JCL, JCD Pontifical Gregorian University. Professor Coughlin has taught in the law schools of universities in New York, London, South Bend, and Rome.

Lord Udny-Lister

Lord Udny-Lister is UK Co-Chair of the UAE-UK Business Council. He became Chairman of Homes England in June 2016 and has also served as a Non Executive Director at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from April 2017 until July 2019.
Lord Udny-Lister has a considerable background in facilitating large-scale urban regeneration schemes and coordinating major public & private sector partnerships.

Nick Cochrane-Dyet

Nick Cochrane-Dyet joined bp in the UAE in 1989 having spent the previous 4 years working as the Representative of Citicorp Investment Bank in Abu Dhabi. Prior to that he had managed the President of the UAE’s Royal Stud Farm and had been a Captain in the British Army in the Brigade of Goorkhas. He has been associated with the Emirates since childhood when his father served with the Trucial Oman Scouts in 1965.

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