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2016 OFFICIAL PROGRAM

THE 2016 BOLOGNA, ITALY SYMPOSIUM ON CONFLICT PREVENTION, RESOLUTION, & RECONCILIATION

July 23 – August 13, 2016

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Table of Contents I. General Information pp. 2 - 4 II. Official Calendar pp. 5 - 6 III. Program pp. 7-23 IV. Speaker Bios pp. 24-32

Notes on the Official Program The 2016 Bologna Symposium will only be as dynamic as you (the Class of 2016) choose to make it. Ask pointed questions, challenge assumptions, brainstorm grand ideas, and push yourselves to break through the mental and emotional challenges that will inevitably arise in a program of this intensity. You, the student body, are the force that gives life to the blue and gray lines in this booklet. You are the future leaders, and the world will soon turn to you for solutions. We at IPSI are honored to be a part of your growth.

Peace & Security Labs for “Distinction”

Those participants that would like to earn a diploma with “Distinction” will be tasked with conceptualizing and designing a business plan for a new sustainable organization. These projects will be used by participants to test new and pioneering approaches to peacebuilding, and will be utilized in the future to drive the evolution of IPSI’s training curriculum. Your proposal must be socially entrepreneurial, sustainable, pioneering, and designed to positively affect peace and security in a community, a country, or the world. Students that submit a PSL proposal will receive a distinction certificate. You will receive further instructions at the start of the Symposium.



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The IPSI “Unconference”

WHEN: Every weekday for the final 30 minutes of lunch WHERE: SAIS Bologna Center break-out rooms WHAT: An unconference is a conference organized, structured, and led by the people attending it. Instead of passive listening, all attendees and organizers are encouraged to become participants, with discussion leaders providing moderation and structure for attendees. Unconferences allow greater freedom of movement and exchange of ideas. Instead of one person delivering prepared remarks in front of a PowerPoint presentation or a panel discussing a set topic, unconferences encourage active participation by all attendees. HOW: A whiteboard with a matrix of rooms and times is available to IPSI participants, staff, and lecturers to populate as they wish. If an attendee (or group of attendees) would like to self-organize a topic of debate, a collaborative brainstorming session, a proposed group project, a research presentation, etc. all he/she will have to do is write his/her name and topic on the whiteboard. Although all unconference sessions are limited to 30 minutes per day, there is no limit to the number of consecutive days a session may meet.

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Presentations WHEN: Every weekday from 20:00 – 22:00 WHERE: At the Camplus Bononia conference space. WHAT: At IPSI programs, we strive for as much learning to take place outside the classroom as in the official curriculum. The P2P Presentations provide an in-depth opportunity for participants to share their knowledge with fellow attendees on personal experience and skills through screening documentaries and/or facilitating practical skills trainings. HOW: IPSI will schedule the P2P Presentations to roughly coincide with topics and trainings taking place in the official program. To sign up for a P2P timeslot, participants should fill out the “Optional Participant Presentations” form in their online accounts before the start of the Symposium.



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Academic Credit Students Students seeking one unit of academic credit from SAIS must complete all of the following requirements: 1) Attend and actively participate in all discussion sessions for the entire three week period.

2) Complete all assigned readings for the symposium as well as supplemental readings assigned by SAIS faculty. 3) Complete three short theme papers (4-5 pages each, 1200-1500 words) covering each of the three weeks’ sessions on prevention,

resolution, and reconciliation. Each paper should identify a significant problem of interest to the student arising from the sessions for each week and develop an analytical essay about the problem, utilizing materials from guest lectures, discussion sessions, and assigned readings. These papers are due on the Friday of each of the three weeks, i.e., July 29, August 5, and August 12, and a hard copy should be submitted to the symposium office and by email to Professors Zartman and Hopmann at [email protected] and [email protected].

4) A term paper should be submitted following the symposium, no later than August 28th, to Professors Zartman and Hopmann at the

email addresses above. This paper should be about 20 double-spaced pages in length (i.e., approximately 5000 words) and should analyze a specific case of conflict, either inter-state or intra-state, in relation to an important analytical framework or approach covered in this symposium. The paper should begin with a definition of the problem under investigation and a brief summary of current knowledge relevant to the problem, i.e., diagnosing the nature or type of conflict under investigation. It should then present a hypothesis or argument that might explain how a violent conflict might be prevented, resolved, or how a reconciliation process may be invoked. This should be followed by a brief summary of the actual case study, utilizing resources available in the SAIS library or on-line, applying the analytical framework throughout the exposition of the case. It should conclude with an analysis regarding how well the case study supports or contradicts the initial hypothesis, concluding with lessons for future conflict management practice.

Grades will be assigned according to the usual SAIS criteria, based on participation in the symposium (about 20% overall) plus an evaluation of the three theme papers (10% each) and the final term paper (constituting 50% of the final grade).

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]



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23 Student Arrival Airport Transfers 8:00-20:00 Informal Meet-and-Greet CAMPLUS

24 Orientation Bologna Tour Welcome Dinner

25 Orientation AM – Bologna City Welcome/SAIS welcome PM – Academic and Cultural Orientations. (IPSI staff)

26 Conflict Prevention AM – Dr. PT Hopmann Primary Drivers/ Diagnosing Conflict PM – Dr. PT Hopmann Primary Drivers/Diagnosing Conflict

27 Conflict Prevention AM – Dr. PT Hopmann, Prevention of Inter/Intrastate Conflict PM – Dr. PT Hopmann Prevention of Inter/Intrastate Conflict

28 Conflict Prevention AM – Valerie Rosoux Scope and Limitations of Reconciliation as a Peacebuilding Process PM – Valerie Rosoux (continued)

29 Conflict Resolution AM – Dr. Joyce Neu International Mediation Training

PM – Dr. Joyce Neu international mediation theory and practice

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1 Conflict Resolution AM – Dr. Joyce Neu International Mediation case study PM – Dr. Joyce Neu (continued)

2 Social Entrepreneurship AM – John Marks and Susan Collin Marks Leadership Development PM – John Marks and Susan Collin Marks Social entrepreneurship

3 Conflict Resolution AM –Chic Dambach International Negotiations PM – Chic Dambach (continued)

4 Conflict Resolution AM – Chic Dambach (continued) PM – Chic Dambach Multi-Track Diplomacy, the Value and Impact of Citizen Peacebuilders

5 Conflict Resolution AM – Michael Shipler Facilitation Training PM – Michael Shipler (continued)

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8 Reconciliation

AM – Stacia George Facilitating Reconciliation During and After Crises PM – Stacia George (continued) Peace & Security Labs final draft due

9 Lessons Learned: AM- Syria simulation orientation PM- Dr. William Zartman Challenges of Mediation: Making Peace Amongst the Unwilling

10 Lessons Learned: Multilateral Simulation AM- Fictionalized Syria Simulation PM – (continued)

11 Lessons Learned: Multilateral Simulation AM- Fictionalized Syria Simulation PM – Continued and Debriefing PM- Lakhdar Brahimi Keynote Presentation

12 Trauma Healing AM- Robi Damelin- Dealing with Trauma / Personal Reconciliation workshop PM- (continued) ENDS at 4:30 Graduation

13 Participant Departures

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SATURDAY, July 23rd

TIME LOCATION EVENT

08:00 – 20:00 Bologna Airport Participant Pick-Ups: IPSI will have a representative standing next to a sign at the baggage claim

08:00 – 20:00 Camplus Bononia Participant Registration: Camplus Bononia Lobby

20:00 – 22:00 Camplus Bononia Informal Meet-and-Greet at Camplus Bononia (Food Provided)

SUNDAY, July 24th

TIME LOCATION EVENT

07:00 – 10:00 For students staying at Camplus Bononia

Breakfast (you may eat breakfast at any time during this timeframe)

10:00 – 13:00 Free time to unpack and settle in

13:00 – 16:00 Lobby of Camplus Bononia

Bologna Walking Tour (Please arrive to Camplus 15 minutes early so we can depart at 13:00 sharp; wear comfortable shoes for walking). If you are close to the two towers, we will all meet there at 13:30

16:00 – 19:00 Free time to explore old-town Bologna

19:00 – 21:30 Meeting at the Lobby of Camplus Bononia

Welcome Dinner at Pane e Panelle. (Please arrive to the Camplus lobby 15 minutes earlier so we can depart at 19:00 sharp; wear formal clothes or national attire). If you are close to Pane e Panelle, we will meet there at 19:30



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MONDAY, July 25th Week One: Orientation

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast (Please be ready in the Camplus lobby by 08:30 to depart for Bologna Town Hall)

8:30 – 9:00

Walk to City Hall

9:00 – 10:00 City Hall Welcome from the City Of Bologna & Cultural Orientation Susanna Zaccaria, Deputy Mayor, City of Bologna Francesca Martinese, Office of International Relations, City of Bologna

10:30 – 11:30 SAIS Auditorium SAIS Bologna Center Orientation and Tour

11:30 – 14:00 SAIS Cafe Lunch Note: 13:30 – 14:00 Academic Credit Students meet with Academic Co-Coordinator (SAIS Auditorium)

14:00 – 15:00 SAIS Auditorium Academic Orientation and Ice-Breakers Speakers: T. Hopmann, Andrés Martinez, IPSI Summer staff

15:00 – 16:30 SAIS Auditorium Academic Orientation and Ice-Breakers Speakers: Andrés Martinez, IPSI Summer staff

16:30 – 17:00 SAIS Cafe Coffee/Tea Break (bring a change of clothing/shoes with you for the scavenger hunt) (back to Camplus Bononia by 19:00)

17:00 – 19:00 City of Bologna Team-Building: Break-out Group Scavenger Hunt (19:30 at Camplus Bononia for Scavanger Hunt evaluation)



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TUESDAY, July 26th Week One: Conflict Prevention

TIME LOCATION EVENT

07:00 - 08:30 For students staying at Camplus Bononia

Breakfast

09:00 – 10:45 SAIS Auditorium Primary Drivers / Diagnosing Conflict Speaker: Dr. PT Hopmann, Academic Co-Coordinator, IPSI; Director, Conflict Management Department, Johns Hopkins SAIS

10:45 – 11:30 SAIS Café Coffee/Tea Break


12:30 – 14:00 SAIS Café Lunch & Study Time 13:30 – 14:00 IPSI Unconference (Optional)



16:30 - 17:00 SAIS Auditorium

Primary Drivers / Diagnosing Conflict Speaker: Dr. PT Hopmann, Academic Co-Coordinator, IPSI; Director, Conflict Management Department, Johns Hopkins SAIS



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WEDNESDAY, July 27th Week One: Conflict Prevention

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast

09:00 – 10:30 SAIS Auditorium Prevention of Inter/Intrastate Conflict Speakers: Dr. PT Hopmann, Academic Co-Coordinator, IPSI; Director, Conflict Management Department, Johns Hopkins SAIS


11:00 – 12:00 SAIS Auditorium Prevention of Inter/Intrastate Conflict Speaker: Dr. PT Hopmann, Academic Co-Coordinator, IPSI; Director, Conflict Management Department, Johns Hopkins SAIS





17:30 – 18:00 SAIS Campus Break-out Groups



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THURSDAY, July 28th Week One: Reconciliation

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast

09:00 – 10:30 SAIS Auditorium

Scope and Limitations of Reconciliation as a Peacebuilding Process Speaker: Valerie Rosoux, Research Fellow at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (NFSR) and Professor of International Negotiation at UCL

10:30 - 11:00 SAIS Café Coffee/Tea Break


Scope and Limitations of Reconciliation as a Peacebuilding Process (continued)



Scope and Limitations of Reconciliation as a Peacebuilding Process (continued)


16:00 - 17:30 SAIS Auditorium Scope and Limitations of Reconciliation as a Peacebuilding Process (continued)



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Friday, July 29th Week One: Conflict Resolution

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast


International Mediation Theory Speaker: Dr. Joyce Neu, Senior Associate, Facilitating Peace; Former Team Leader, UN Standby Team of Mediation Experts










17:30 – 18:00 SAIS Campus Break-out groups



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MONDAY, August 1st Week Two: Conflict Resolution

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast


International Mediation Case Study Speaker: Dr. Joyce Neu, Senior Associate, Facilitating Peace; Former Team Leader, UN Standby Team of Mediation Experts












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TUESDAY, August 2nd Week Two: Social Entrepreneurship

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast


Leadership Development and Social Entrepreneurship Speaker: John Marks, Founder & Senior Advisor, Search for Common Ground & Common Ground Productions



Leadership Development and Social Entrepreneurship Speaker: John Marks, Founder & Senior Advisor, Search for Common Ground & Common Ground Productions


13:30 – 15:30 SAIS Auditorium Leadership Development and Social Entrepreneurship Speaker: Susan Collin-Marks, Former Senior Vice President, Peace Ambassador, Search for Common Ground



Leadership Development and Social Entrepreneurship Speaker: Susan Collin-Marks, Former Senior Vice President, Peace ambassador, Search for Common Ground



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WEDNESDAY, August 3rd Week Two: Conflict Resolution

TIME LOCATION EVENT

07:00 - 08:30 For students staying at Camplus Bononia

Breakfast


International Negotiation Speaker: Chic Dambach, Board of Directors, International Peace and Security Institute













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THURSDAY, August 4th Week Two: Conflict Resolution

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast








Multi-Track Diplomacy, the Value and Impact of Citizen Peacebuilders Speaker: Chic Dambach, Board of Directors, International Peace and Security Institute



Multi-Track Diplomacy, the Value and Impact of Citizen Peacebuilders Speaker: Chic Dambach, Board of Directors, International Peace and Security Institute



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FRIDAY, August 5th Week Two: Conflict Resolution

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast


Facilitation Training Trainers: Michael Shipler, Search For Common Ground



Facilitation Training (continued) Trainers: Michael Shipler, Search For Common Ground










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MONDAY, August 8th Week Three: Reconciliation

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast

09:00 – 10:30 SAIS Auditorium Facilitating Reconciliation During and After Crises Speaker: Stacia George, Deputy Director for Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), U.S. Agency for International Development

10:30 – 11:00 SAIS Cafeteria Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 – 12:00 SAIS Auditorium Facilitating Reconciliation During and After Crises Speaker: Stacia George, Deputy Director for Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), U.S. Agency for International Development



Facilitating Reconciliation During and After Crises Speaker: Stacia George, Deputy Director for Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), U.S. Agency for International Development



Facilitating Reconciliation During and After Crises Speaker: Stacia George, Deputy Director for Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), U.S. Agency for International Development



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TUESDAY, August 9th Week Three: Lessons Learned and Multilateral Simulation

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast

09:00 – 10:30 SAIS Auditorium Simulation Briefing Trainers: Andres Martinez, Stephanie Billingham, International Peace & Security Institute


11:00 – 12:30 SAIS Auditorium (Personal time to review simulation documents and strategize)

12:30 – 14:00 SAIS Café Lunch & Study Time

14:00 – 15:30 SAIS Auditorium Challenges of Mediation: Making Peace Amongst the Unwilling. Speaker: Dr. William Zartman, Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Co-Academic Coordinator, IPSI



Challenges of Mediation: Making Peace Amongst the Unwilling. Speaker: Dr. William Zartman, Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Co-Academic Coordinator, IPSI



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*Due to the intensive and unpredictable nature of this simulation, the times listed above should be read as a very rough estimate. Expect both planned and

unplanned events to take place outside of these times, including at night and/or early in the morning.

WEDNESDAY, August 10th Week Three: Lessons Learned and Multilateral Simulation

TIME LOCATION EVENT*


Breakfast

09:00 – 10:30 SAIS Auditorium & Breakout Rooms

Shifting Sands: The Beladusham Negotiations Trainers: IPSI Staff












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THURSDAY, August 11th Week Three: Lessons Learned and Multilateral Simulation

TIME LOCATION EVENT*


Breakfast




11:00 - 12:30 SAIS Auditorium & Breakout Rooms




Shifting Sands: Simulation Debrief Trainers: IPSI Staff


TBD SAIS Auditorium & Breakout Rooms

Keynote Presentation HE Lakhdar Brahimi, Algeria’s Foreign Minister, Ambassador to Egypt, Sudan and the Arab League of States and to The United Kingdom, former Under-Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Member of the Elders, United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria.

*Due to the intensive and unpredictable nature of this simulation, the times listed above should be read as a very rough estimate. Expect both planned and

unplanned events to take place outside of these times, including at night and/or early in the morning.



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FRIDAY, August 12th Week Three: Reconciliation and Trauma Healing

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast

09:00 – 11:00 SAIS Auditorium Trauma and Self-Care Workshop Trainer: Robi Damelin, Head of Public Relations, Parents Circle – Families Forum


11:30– 12:30 SAIS Auditorium Trauma and Self-Care Workshop (continued) Trainer: Robi Damelin, Head of Public Relations, Parents Circle – Families Forum

12:00– 13:30 SAIS Café Lunch & Study Time 13:00 - 13:30 IPSI Unconference (Optional)

13:30 – 14:30 SAIS Campus Trauma and Self-Care Workshop (continued) Trainer: Robi Damelin, Head of Public Relations, Parents Circle – Families Forum

14:30 – 17:00 SAIS Auditorium Free time to prepare for graduation ceremony

17:00 Camplus lobby Gather for graduation

17:30 Camplus lobby Depart for Corte d'Aibo Vineyard

18:30 – 22:30 Corte d'Aibo Graduation Ceremony, Student Keynotes, and Celebratory Dinner



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SATURDAY, August 13th

TIME LOCATION EVENT


Breakfast

08:00 – 20:00

Camplus Bononia Lobby (For students using these accommodations)

Check-out and Student Departures



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2016 Bologna Symposium Guest Faculty

This is the planned list of Guest Lecturers and Simulation Experts for the 2016 IPSI Bologna Symposium. IPSI reserves the right to modify this list without prior notification to the Symposium participants.

HE Lakhdar Brahimi

Lakhdar Brahimi has been Algeria's Foreign Minister and its Ambassador to Egypt, Sudan and the Arab League of States in Cairo and to The United Kingdom. From 1984 to 1991, he served as Under-Secretary General of the League of Arab States.

After retirement from national public service, he started a new career with the United Nations. After undertaking a number of missions on behalf of the Secretary General of the United Nations, he led the United Nations Observer Mission to South Africa (UNOMSA). He also led UN Missions to Haiti (1994-1996) and to Afghanistan (1997-1999).

In 2000, he chaired an Independent Panel on UN Peace Operations, which produced a report on how to improve UN action in its core activity, which is the maintenance and restoration of peace and security in the world. (The report is commonly known as the "Brahimi Report").

In 2001, following the 09/11 terrorist attacks, he chaired the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan and went on to lead the United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA).

In 2007, he was again called back to be the Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria (2012-2014).

He was awarded Doctorates Honoris Causa from: The American University of Beirut, in Lebanon; The University of Oxford, in the UK; The University of Nice, in France; The University of Bologna in Italy; The University of the Free State, in South Africa, The Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris, in France.

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Susan Collin MARKS Senior Advisor and Former Vice-President, Search for Common Ground Susan Collin Marks is a Senior Advisor of Search for Common Ground. A native South African, she worked as a peacebuilder during her country's transition from apartheid to democracy. Her book about that process, Watching the Wind: Conflict Resolution during South Africa's Transition to Democracy (US Institute of Peace, 2000) was also published in Arabic in 2004. For over 20 years, Susan has facilitated dialogues and offered one-on-one coaching for political, institutional and civil society leaders worldwide. In 2006, she launched the Leadership Wisdom Initiative at SFCG. She serves on numerous boards, including the Advisory Council of the Woodrow Wilson International Center Project on Africa and Leadership, and the Abraham Path Initiative. She was portrayed in the PBS documentary Peace X Peace: Women on the Frontlines. Her honors include a Jennings Randolph Peace Fellowship at the United States Institute for Peace, the Institute for Noetic Science's Creative Altruism Award, a Skoll Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University for Peace in Costa Rica. She speaks, teaches, coaches, writes, facilitates, and supports peace processes and conflict resolution programs internationally. Susan believes that our common humanity binds us together more than our differences divide us. She works to make it so.

Chic DAMBACH Board Member, International Peace & Security Institute Chic Dambach is currently a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow at SAIS. A former chief of staff for a prominent Member of Congress, he has held several CEO positions at national nonprofits, including the Alliance for Peacebuilding, the National Peace Corps Association, Operation Respect, Museum Trustee Association, and the National Assembly of Local Arts



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Agencies. Early in his career, he was the executive director of a community action agency and later led two different local arts councils. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia from 1967 through 1969. As a consultant, he has advised the executive staffs and governing boards of prominent national and local nonprofits and published books on the subject of effective governance. His international contributions, in addition to his Peace Corps service, include peace mediation initiatives in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and the Congo, and service on the boards of global organizations, including the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace (publishers of the Global Peace Index). He’s a national kayak champion and former official at the Olympic Games. His memoir, Exhaust the Limits: the Life and Times of a Global Peacebuilder, has been widely praised. He holds an MBA from Wake Forest University.

Robi DAMELIN Head of Public Relations, Parents Circle – Families Forum Ms. Robi Damelin is a member of The Parents’ Circle, a peace group that brings together bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families who have each lost a family member to the conflict. The group aims to cultivate reconciliation, forgiveness, with an emphasis on peace. They serve as a reminder that the cost of the occupation runs high for both Israelis and Palestinians. The Parents' Circle has one overarching goal: to push for the development of a reconciliation framework, based on their belief that such a framework must be in place for when political treaties are ratified. Ms. Damelin knows all too well the devastation caused by the occupation – her son David, an Israeli soldier, was shot by a sniper in March of 2002. She turned her personal tragedy into an opportunity to foster peace through her work with The Parents’ Circle. The group has been able to bring healing to hundreds of Palestinian and Israeli families by uniting them in their time of loss.



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Stacia GEORGE Deputy Director for Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), U.S. Agency for International Development Stacia George is the Deputy Director for USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) and is an expert in conflict management and international development with specializations in conflict-affected environments, stabilization, democracy, and community-driven development programming. Prior to this Ms. George was a Foreign Policy Fellow for Senator Chris Coons on the Africa Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and formerly the Practice Director for Government Services at Caerus Associates. She held an International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations in 2011 and previously spent 11 years with USAID including service in Pakistan as the Country Representative for programs in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. She managed OTI’s Afghanistan program as the Deputy Team Leader for Asia and the Middle East, established programs in Colombia, Nepal, and Sudan, and served as their Country Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ms.George holds degrees in International Studies and Spanish from Niagara University and International Conflict Management and Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced and International Studies (SAIS).

Dr. P. Terrence HOPMANN Professor of International Relations; Director of the Conflict Management Program, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Co-Academic Coordinator, IPSI Dr. Terrence Hopmann was a professor of Political Science and chair of the Political Science Department at Brown University, where he also was director of the Global Security Program of the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute of International Studies, the Center for Foreign Policy Development and the International Relations Program. He served in the Political



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Science department at the University of Minnesota and became the director of its Harold Scott Quigley Center for International Studies. Dr. Hopmann also served as Vice President of the International Studies Association and program chair of three ISA international meetings. He also held the position of editor of the International Studies Quarterly. Dr. Hopmann was a Fulbright Fellow four times: twice in Belgium and twice in Austria. He was a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. His main research focuses on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford University.

John MARKS Founder and Former President, Search for Common Ground, President, Common Ground Productions John Marks is the founder of Search for Common Ground, a non-profit peacebuilding organization with programs on the ground in 30 countries. He also founded and heads Common Ground Productions. He wrote and produced The Shape of the Future, a four-part TV documentary series that was simulcast on Israeli, Palestinian, and Arab satellite TV. He is also executive producer of The Team TV and radio series, which is being aired in 17 countries. He is an Ashoka Senior Fellow, and, along with his wife, Susan Collin Marks, he is a Skoll Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship. He is also a former US Foreign Service Officer and US Senate aide.

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Francesca MARTINESE Head of International Relations and Projects, City of Bologna Ms. Martinese holds degrees in Public and Social Communication Sciences from the University of Bologna and in Interpreting and Communication from IULM University in Milan. She taught in many professional training courses as an expert in communications and events organizing. She has worked for the City of Bologna Foreign Affairs Office since 1999. Francesca Martinese is now Head of the International Relations and Projects Office. The office is in charge of all relations with the foreign partners of the City as well as of all the projects of European and international relevance.

Dr. Joyce NEU Founder and Senior Associate, Facilitating Peace; Former Team Leader, United Nations Standby Team of Mediation Experts Dr. Joyce Neu is the Founder and a Senior Associate of Facilitating Peace, a consulting network offering services in peacemaking and peacebuilding. Neu has been engaged in conflict assessment, mediation, facilitation, evaluation, and advising at the official and/or unofficial level for 20 years in sub-Saharan Africa, the Balkans, the Baltics, the Caucasus, and Cyprus. Dr. Neu has consulted on the role of women in peace processes and has conducted gender assessments for the UN and the Norwegian Agency for Development Assistance. She has advised on peacemaking concerns with the UN, the International Criminal Court, and the Norwegian Foreign Ministry. In her former capacity as team leader of a new United Nations’ Standby Team of Mediation Experts, she advised Special Envoys of the Secretary-General on peace processes in the Central African Republic, Comoros, Kenya, and Somalia. In 2000, Neu became the founding executive director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San



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Diego; prior to that, she was Senior Associate Director of the Conflict Resolution Program at The Carter Center, advising former President Jimmy Carter on conflicts in more than two dozen countries and leading mediation efforts on his behalf with heads of state and opposition groups in the Republic of Congo, Mali, Sudan, and Uganda. Dr. Neu has published articles on conflict resolution, negotiations, and intercultural communication and has given talks and conducted trainings around the world. She has taught at the University of Southern California, Penn State University, Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan, Poland), Emory University, and the University of San Diego. Neu was a senior Fulbright scholar in Poland and a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. She received her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Southern California and her B.A. from the University of Colorado.

Dr. Valérie ROSOUX Research Fellow, Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS); Professor of International Negotiation at University of Louvain Valérie Rosoux has a PhD from the University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium, in International Relations. She graduated with a degree in Political Sciences and Philosophy. Rosoux is a research fellow at the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) and teaches International Negotiation and Conflict Transformation at UCL. From October 2010 to July 2011, she was a Jennings Randolph Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP, Washington DC). Her main research interest is Memory and Conflict Resolution. Her latest publications concern the Rwandan, South-African, Franco-German and Franco-Algerian cases. She is the author of several books and articles about the transformation of relations between former belligerents, the latest of which are: “The Unforgiving. Reflections on the Resistance to Forgiveness after Atrocity”, Law and Contemporary Problems, 2009, vol. 72, pp. 101-117; “Réconcilier: ambitions et pièges de la justice transitionnelle. Le cas du Rwanda”, Droit et sociétés, n° 73, 2009, pp. 613-633; “Reconciliation as a peace-building process: scope and limits”, in J. Bercovitch, V. Kremenyuk and W. Zartman (ed.), Handbook of Conflict Resolution, London, Sage Publications, 2008.



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Michael SHIPLER Regional Director, Asia, Search for Common Ground Michael Shipler is the Asia Director for Search for Common Ground Michael where he oversees programs in Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste. He has been working in peacebuilding for 12 years, developing a range of programs focused on youth, media, civil-military affairs, and governance. He served on SFCG’s Senior Program Advisor, where he provided support on strategy and methodology to programs in a number of countries around the world, including Yemen, Zimambwe, Angola, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and others. He worked in the leadership group for SFCG’s 17-country initiative, The Team, which used television drama and community-based facilitation to build peace. He previously served as Director of Programs for SFCG Nepal where he co-started and directed a national, multi-pronged media and community program in support of the peace process. Michael is the founder and former director of SFCG's Children and Youth Division. In that capacity he co-founded the Washington Network on Children and Armed Conflict and co-created The Child Soldiers Initiative, in partnership with Lt. General Roméo Dallaire. He supported children and youth-focused peacebuilding programs in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Europe. Michael also worked for Youth for Peace in Cambodia and currently serves as an advisor on AusAID's Peace and Conflict Advisory Panel. A leading voice in the field of media for peacebuilding, he authored Youth Radio for Peacebuilding: A Guide, as part of Radio for Peacebuilding Africa. Michael is currently pursuing his M.A. in War in the Modern World at Kings College in London. He is the author of The Dancing Country and Other Stories

Susanna ZACCARIA Deputy Mayor for Equal opportunities and gender differences, LGBT rights, anti-discrimination, fight to trafficking and violence on women and minors, new citizens’ rights. City of Bologna Susanna Zaccaria graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Bologna. She has been working as a lawyer since 2001 and is the owner of a professional law firm, specialized in family law – covering both criminal and civil aspects - and juvenile law. She attended postgraduate courses on defense in criminal trials in 2001 and on defense in juvenile trials in 2003.



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Ms. Zaccaria offers legal consultancy services and collaboration to the associations of the territory that work to fight violence on women and minors and to safeguard women in general. In particular, her firm works with various associations in the Bologna territory that fight gender violence. She served as president of the non-profit organization “Casa delle Donne per non subire violenza” (Women’s house to end violence against women) from June 2015 to June 2016.

Dr. William ZARTMAN Professor Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Co-Academic Coordinator, IPSI William Zartman served as the Jacob Blaustein Professor of International Organizations and Conflict Resolution at SAIS for nearly 20 years. He is the former director of SAIS Conflict Management and African Studies programs. He taught at the University of South Carolina, at New York University where he served as department head and as associate director of the Center for International Studies, and at the American University in Cairo. Professor Zartman was also Olin Professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, Halevy Professor at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris and visiting professor at the American University in Paris. William Zartman was a consultant to the U.S. Department of State, President of the Tangier American Legation Museum Society, and past president of the Middle East Studies Association and the American Institute for Maghrib Studies. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of Processes of International Negotiations based at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. He received an honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Louvain and his Ph.D. in International Relations from Yale University.

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