All events will be held at Kline Tower, 14th Floor

 

Introductions

9:00-9:30 a.m. Coffee & Breakfast

9:30-9:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Cara Fallon, Jessica Faieta, Catherine Panter-Brick, David Simon, Bonnie Weir, Bisa Williams

 

Keynote 1: Adaptive Peacebuilding in Complex Environments

9:50-10:00 a.m. Opening
Nilakshi Parndigamage, Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives, Yale University

10:00-10:30 a.m. Keynote: Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, UN DPPA

10:30-11:00 a.m. Q&A

 

Panel 1: Pathway to Peace

Moderators: Bonnie Weir, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Program on Peace and Development, and Jessica Faieta, Senior Fellow, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University

11:00-11:30 a.m. Positive Peace, Analysing the Factors that Build, Predict and Sustain Peace
Jade Cooper, Deputy Director of Americas, Institute for Economics & Peace

11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Spaces of War, Spaces of Peace: Understanding the Dynamics of Peace
Roddy Brett, Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, Bristol University

12:00-12:30 p.m. Q&A

12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch Conversations

Yale Peace Fellows: Jaser Abumousa, Mengistu Dadi, Kholood Khair, Eman Milhem, Neha Sanghrajka
Yale Faculty/Fellows: Kaveh Khoshnood, Katie Murphy, Laura Robson, Eman Salih
Practitioners: Pamina Firchow, Everyday Peace Indicators; David Khoudour, UNDP Consultant; Ilana Lancaster, United States Institute of Peace; Babatunde Omilola, African Development Bank; Melissa Wild, University for Peace (UPEACE)

 

Moderated Discussion

Moderators: Louisa Lombard, Professor of Anthropology, and David Simon, Senior Lecturer in Global Affairs and Director of the Genocide Studies Program, Yale University

1:30-2:15 p.m. A Generation of Former Child Soldiers Comes of Age
Theresa Betancourt, Director, Research Program on Children and Adversity, Boston College, and Moses Zombo, Director, Green Africa, Sierra Leone

2:15-2:45 p.m. Q&A

2:45-3:00 p.m. Coffee break

 

Panel 2: Prospects for Peace

Moderators: Cara Fallon, Senior Lecturer in Global Health, and Ambassador (ret.) Bisa Williams, Senior Fellow, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University

3:00-3:30 p.m. A Community Approach to Building Peace Through Health in Central Mali
Frederic Deycard, Associate Director for Mali and the Sahel, Conflict Resolution Program, The Carter Center

3:30-4:00 p.m. Prospects for Peace in Colombia: Strategic Alliances and Foundations in Human Development
Angelica Ponguta, Research Scientist, Early Childhood Peace Consortium

4:00-4:30 p.m. Q&A

4:30-4:45 p.m. Next steps from the Peacebuilding Initiative, Jackson School of Global Affairs
Cara Fallon, Jessica Faieta, Catherine Panter-Brick, David Simon, Bonnie Weir, Bisa Williams

 

Keynote 2: Inclusive Peace – First Stop and Last Refuge

4:45-5:15 p.m. Opening: Catherine Panter-Brick, Professor of Anthropology, Health and Global Affairs and Director of the Program on Conflict, Resilience, and Health, Yale University

Keynote: Paul Seils, Director, Peace Practice and Innovation, European Institute of Peace, Belgium

5:15-5:45 p.m. Q&A

5:45-6:30 p.m. Drinks reception