On Sept 25-27, 2009, in White Oak, Florida, 25 leaders from the U.S. and Muslim-majority countries convened to plan the 2009-2011 USMEI agenda. This advisory meeting included leaders from Malaysia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and the Middle East, former U.S. Ambassadors, and current senior staff from the White House, U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, USAID, and the U.S. Department of Defense. The meeting marked the first time that public and private sector representatives from the U.S. joined with top thought leaders from Muslim nations to shape a joint, sustained outreach and dialogue program. The meeting also forged new relationships and deeper understanding among leaders of U.S. government, the NGO sector, private think tanks and leading figures from Muslim-majority countries, and produced agreement on the importance of convening long-term, focused international dialogues between leaders from the U.S. and Muslim societies.
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