0830 – 0930

Welcome and Opening

1000 – 1130

Are Conflicts Manageable?

Amb. Fred Tanner, Director, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) 

Dr. Oluwafunmilayo Olonisakin, Kings College London

Dr. Thierry Tardy, Director, “European Training Course” (ETC), GCSP

Dr. Pal W. Sidhu, Director, “New Issues in Security” (NISC), GCSP

1130 – 1145

Coffee Break

1145 – 1315

What Role for Journalists in Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding?

Mr. Paul Mahwera, Permanent Representative of Burundi to the UN office in Geneva and former journalist 

Mr Edward Girardet, Media21, specialist of humanitarian reporting

Mr. Vicken Cheterian, Director, CIMERA

1315 – 1430

Lunch

1430 – 1500

Editorial Meeting

1500 – 1800

Private Reporting and Interviews

0830 – 0930

Breakfast Meeting

Mr. Francis Langumba Keili, Director of the Joint Assessment Team, Office of the President of Sierra Leone 

1000 – 1130

PANEL: Peace Operations: Can the Military and Civilians Work Together? How can the two sides improve their cooperation?

Gen. Guy de Haynin, Senior Fellow, Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)

Col. (Retd.) Mike Pope, Head, Exercises and Skills Development, GCSP

Mr. Josef Reiterer, Head, Training Unit, Civil-Military Coordination Section (OCHA) 

Dr. Philip Humphris, Deputy Program Manager (Guatemala, Honduras, Laos, Burma, Cameroun, Iraq), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), former Head of Mission in South Sudan

1130 – 1145

Coffee Break

1145 – 1315

PANEL: Peace Operations: What Are the Challenges Facing Peacekeeping? How Can the International Community Enhance Their Effectiveness?

Prof. Keith Krause, Director, Small Arms Survey

Dr. Christiane Agboton Johnson, Movement against Small Arms in West Africa, President and Deputy Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

1315 – 1430

Lunch

1430 – 1500

Editorial Meeting

1500 – 1545

Video Conference: UN Department for Peace Keeping Operations (DPKO)

Mr. Nick Birnback, Acting Chief of the Public Affairs Unit in the Office of the Under Secretary-General, (DPKO) – via video conference 

1545 – 1800

Private Reporting and Interviews

0830 – 0930

Breakfast Meeting

Mr. Yves Daccord, Director of Communications, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

1000 – 1130

International Humanitarian Law in Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Efforts

Panel Organised at the ICRC

Mr. Francois Stamm, Head of Operations, Western Europe and North America

Mr. Christopher Mehley, Adviser, Relations with Armed Forces

Mr. Tristan Ferraro, Legal Advisor

1130 – 1230

Visit to IFRC Museum

1230 - 1400

Lunch

1400 – 1600

Human Rights in Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Efforts

Panel Organised at the UNHCHR

Ms. Madeleine Rees, Head, Women’s Rights and Gender Unit, UNHCHR

1600 – 1800

Private Reporting and Interviews

0830 – 0930

Breakfast Meeting

Mr. Jean-Philippe Chauzy, Spokesman of the International Organization for Migration (IOM): “The Role of Diasporas in Post-conflict Reconstruction”  

1000 – 1130

PANEL: Peacebuilding : Dealing with Realities on the Ground

Dr. David Atwood, Director, Quaker UN Office

Dr. Adedeji A. Ebo Senior Fellow, Coordinator of the Africa Working Group, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)

Dr. Khassim Diagne, Senior Policy Advisor, Internally Displaced Persons Operations, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Mr. Scott Weber, Director-General, Interpeace (International Peacebuilding Alliance)

1130 – 1145

Coffee Break

1145 – 1315

PANEL: Rebuilding a Viable State and Economy

UN Development Programme (UNDP)

Mr. Roberto Dotta, Project Manager, The Business Humanitarian Forum

Dr. Albrecht Schnabel, Director, Research Programme on Human Security, swisspeace

Prof. Gilles Carbonnier, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

1315 – 1430

Lunch

1430 – 1500

Editorial Meeting

1600 – 1700

Feeding the World: A Challenge for Peace

Open Discussion with Mr. Jean Ziegler, UN Rapporteur for the Right-to-Food 

0900 – 1030

Panel: Cluster Munitions, Military Use and Humanitarian Consequences

Mr. Paul Vermeulen, Director, Handicap International Switzerland

Mr. Peter Herby, Head of the ICRC Arms Unit

1030 – 1100

Coffee Break

1100 – 1230

Partnerships for a Legally Binding Instrument – the Role of States, Civil Society and Private Economy View

Mr. Bent Wigotski, Chairperson , CCW (Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons) group of governmental experts

Lt Col Jim Burke, Irish Defence Forces 

Mr. Simon Conway,  Co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Cluster Munition Coalition

Mr. Geert Heuninck, Head of Sustainable and Socially Responsible Investments, KBC Asset Management, Brussels 

1230 – 1400

Lunch

1400 – 1500

Editorial Meeting and Conclusions