On May 3, USIP, in partnership with the Alliance for Peacebuilding, kickstarted PeaceCon 2023 by bringing together senior officials, thought leaders, policymakers and practitioners from around the world to explore this year’s theme, “Beyond Fragile Ground: New Peacebuilding Architectures for Today and the Future,” as well as discuss new strategic approaches and peacebuilding frameworks to manage conflict and prevent violence.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Lise Grande
President, U.S. Institute of Peace - Liz Hume
Executive Director, Alliance for Peacebuilding - Charles Bolden
Board Vice Chair, Alliance for Peacebuilding; Former Administrator, NASA
Opening High-Level Plenary
- Lise Grande, moderator
President, U.S. Institute of Peace - Robert Jenkins
Assistant to the Administrator, USAID Bureau for Conflict Prevention & Stabilization - Awa Dabo
Director and Deputy Head, UN Peacebuilding Support Office, Department of Political & Peacebuilding Affairs - Caroline Bahnson
Senior Operations Officer, World Bank Fragility, Conflict, & Violence Unit - Ambassador Deike Potzel
Director General for Crisis Prevention, Stabilization, Peacebuilding, and Humanitarian Assistance
Second High-Level Plenary
- Melanie Greenberg, moderator
Managing Director, Peacebuilding, Humanity United - Maria Paula Prada
Advisor to the Presidency, Colombian Truth Commission - María Victoria Llorente
Executive Director of Fundación Ideas para la Paz - Rajaa Altalli
Co-Founder, Center for Civil Society & Democracy - Julia Roig
Founder, The Horizons Project
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/peacecon-2023-beyond-fragile-ground
