Speakers

Andrea Carolina Ardila del Toro

Research leader and MHPSS Officer at HealthNet TPO

Firas Bali

Storytelling facilitator & Co-lead Waves to Home

Gatthak Biel

A youth leader and peacebuilder at the Juba Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in South Sudan at Nonviolent Peaceforce

Adam Day

Head of Office at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research Geneva (UNU CPR)

Bouthaina Dinar

Deputy Chairperson SPLM-N Revolutionary Democratic Current

Flora Francis Brinigi

Member of the Women Protection Team supported by Nonviolent Peaceforce in South Sudan at Nonviolent Peaceforce

Nathalie Gendre

Head of Gender and Security at the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (GCSP)

Julius Jackson

Lead, Conflict and Peace Unit, Office of Emergencies and Resilience at FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Kiara Jacoby

Global Experiences Manager at The Impact

Peter Jansson

Advisor Water Peace and Security at Deltares

Nadeshda Jayakody

Legal Advisor at the EyeWitness to Atrocities

Christophe Kamp

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities at Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Khrystyna Kozak

Researcher at Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) Ukraine Country Office

Bakhita Steven Guet4

Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer (NP South Sudan) at Nonviolent Peaceforce

Luana de Souza

Senior Advisor Network & Advocacy at PeaceWomen Across the Globe

H.E. Mr. Idris AL KHANJARI

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Oman to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva

H.E. Mrs. Hend Abdalrahman Al-Muftah

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office.

Deputy Permanent Representative, Chargé d’affaires ad interim, Ambassador at Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Basheer Adil Soud

Member of the Community Peace Team (CPT) supported by Nonviolent Peaceforce

Barbara Aebischer

Specialist Culture and Development at the Peace, Governance and Equality Section, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Nasir Ahlad Andisha

Strategic Advisor to CDP-G Board at the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to UNOG

Omar Ahmed Abenza

Director of Global & Field Programs at CIVIC

Jamal Al Musharakh

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates, to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva

Asmaa Al-Farraj

Relative and co-founder of Families for Freedom

Amapola Alama

Senior Project Officer, UNESCO IBE

Hon. Safi ya Alkali Ajikolo

Poet/Child Parliamentarian at Borno State Children’s Parliament

Mohammed Almasri

Head of the Palestinian Centre for Research and Strategic Studies (PCRSS)

Dr Jente Althuis

Researcher Managing Exits from Armed Conflict at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

Moju Emmanuel Andera

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Officer at Health Net TPO

Marianne Antunes de Oliveira

Mediator and Negotiator, MSc Candidate in Conflict, Peace and Security at the Geneva Graduate Institute

Mariyum Areeb Amjad

Program Officer at HIVE Pakistan

Ayman Ayoub

Head of MENA at DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Sabine Bakyono Kanzie

Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the UN in Geneva

Bertrand Baldet

Director of Programmes at SeeD

Gadi Baltiansky

Executive Director of the Geneva Initiative

Léa Baroudi

Founder and Director of MARCH Lebanon

H.E. Mr. Jafar Bedru

Executive Director, Institute of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia

Dr. Annyssa Bellal

Executive Director of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Paolo Benanti

Professor, Councilor of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Elizabeth Biniya Moga

Youth Peace Mediators’ Mentoring Programme at the Foreign Ministries of Finland and South Africa.

Blandine Blukacz-Loisfert

Chief, Institutional Memory Section at UN Library & Archives Geneva

Mathilde Boddaert

Technical Officer, Health and Peace at the WHO Headquarters

Sabrina Bonanno

Product Manager Adapted Sports, Decathlon

Olivia Bornyi

Co-President of Peacebuilding Initiative

Francesca Bosco

Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer at Cyber Peace Institute

Dr Glaucia Boyer

Global Advisor on Stabilization and Reintegration at the United Nations Development Programme

Anna Brach

Head of Human Security and Planetary Resilience at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GSCP)

Line Brylle

Global Peacebuilding Advisor at the Danish Refugee Council

Friederike Bubenzer

Independent consultant Peacebuilding and MHPSS

Gilles Cerutti

Chief of Humanitarian Diplomacy

Natalia Chan

Senior Conflict and Security Adviser at Saferworld

Fancy Chepkemoi Too

Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Karima Cherif

Head of Communications and Outreach at United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Nathalie Chuard

Ambassador and Director DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Nankpak Cirfat

Communications & Governance Professional at Connected Development

Professor Ioana Cismas

Co-Director, Centre for Applied Human Rights; Professor at York Law School at the University of York

Mahamane Cissé-Gouro Cissé-Gouro

Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanism Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Guila Clara Kessous

UNESCO Artist for Peace

Dr. Govinda Clayton

Thematic Lead, Ceasefire and Security Arrangements at Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Eugenia Cunha

Forensic Anthropologist Expert on the JRR Roster, Full Professor at University of Coimbra and Director of the South Delegation, National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences.

Cheikh Tidiane DIEYE

Minister for Water and Sanitation - REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL

Awa Dabo

Deputy Head of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO)

Patricia Danzi

Director General, Ambassador at the International cooperation Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

İlke Dağlı Hustings

Director General at SeeD

Claire De Lune Lopez

Programme Lead at Kris for Peace

Hazel De Wet

Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) at the United Nations Children’s Fund

Sophia Delvin

CEO of TechEthics

Riyam Dhahir Hayder

Policy and Advocacy Officer at Nonviolent Peaceforce

Prashani Dias

Head of Office a.i. at UN Women Sri Lanka

Dany Diogo

Geneva Peace Week Lead at the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Victoria Do Nascimento Houpert

Member of the Peacebuilding Initiative and a Master’s student in International Development at the Geneva Graduate Institute, specializing in Gender, Race and Diversity

Mark Downes

Director of Small Arms Survey

Janieke Drent

Senior Policy Officer UN Peacebuilding at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Cordula Droege

Chief Legal Officer and Head of the Legal Division at the ICRC

H.E. Ambassador Khadra Ahmed Dualeh

Permanent Representative of Somalia to the UN and other IOs in Geneva

Véronique Dudouet

Senior Advisor at the Berghof Foundation

Dr. Shirin Ebadi

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2003), pioneering judge, lawyer, and internationally recognized human rights advocate.

Ahmed Ekzayez

Chief Programs Manager at White Helmets

Rana Elias

Programme Manager at Cooperation-GICHD

Katherine Elizabeth Condon

Project Associate at Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Annika Erickson-Pearson

Lead, Community of Practice on Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) and Independent professional facilitator and community organizer

Prof. Marina Eudes

Coordinator of the Convention against Enforced Disappearances Initiative (CEDI)

Alexandre Fasel

State Secretary, The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Ahmad Fawzi

Kofi Annan’s former spokespersons and Communication Advisor

David Fernandez Puyana

Ambassador and Permanent Observer University for Peace to the UN Office at Geneva and Vienna & Permanent Delegate to UNESCO in Paris.

Sara Ferro Ribeiro

Senior Human Rights Advisor at International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Cyprien Fluzin

Policy and Research Fellow at the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Nathalie Fontanet

State Councilor, head of the Department of Finance, Human Resources and External Affairs of the Republic and Canton of Geneva

Nidal Foqaha

Executive Director at the Palestinian Peace Coalition

Dr Katharine Fortin

Associate Professor at the Utrecht University

Oumarou Fouta Garba

Project Manager PREVENIR, Niger (former DRC staff)

Clara Friedrich

Adviser on Gender Equality/ OSCE Gender Issues Programme , Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Abdul Galil Shaif

Former Chairman of Aden Free Zone Public Authority

Gustavo Gallon Giraldo

Permanent Representative of Colombia at the the United Nations in Geneva

H.E. Ambassador Gustavo Adolfo Gallón Giraldo

Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Issaka Garba Abdou

Head of Division AU Human Rights and Governance at the African Union

Ulrich Garms

Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Richard Garratt

Counsellor and Team Leader Humanitarian, Migration and Protracted Crisis at the UK Mission Geneva

Didier Gbery

Head of Office at The International Center for Transitional Justice

Dr Robin Geiss

Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

H.E. Mr. Cherugeta Genene

State Minister, Ministry of Peace, Ethiopia

Keyvan Ghavami

Co-Founder and President at Act On Your Future

Michele Giovanardi

Programme Officer, Digital Peacemaking at CMI - Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Erika González Ramírez

Film Director

H.E. Geraldo Gonçalves Miguel Saranga

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mozambique, Coordinator of the African Group in the WTO

Felicity Gray

Global Head of Policy & Advocacy for Nonviolent Peaceforce

Thomas Greminger

Executive Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

Martin Griffiths

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the World Meteorological Organization WMO

Mary Winnie Gulliver

Advocacy and Partnership Coordinator at Finn Church Aid, South Sudan

António Guterres

9th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Paola Gálvez Callirgos

AI Ethics Manager at Globethics

Zhili HAN

Professor at Director of Asia-Pacific Studies Center, China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU)

Freek Haarmans

Manager Durable Solutions - Darfur at Danish Refugee Council

Helen Hakena

Executive Director, Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency

Silja Halle

Programme Manager, EU-UNEP Partnership on Climate, Environment, Peace and Security, at UNEP’s environment Programme

Rashed Hamad Al-Naemi

Commander of the Strategic Studies Centre, Qatar

Emma Hamilton

Co- President of Peacebuilding Initiative (PBI), Geneva Graduate Institute

David Hammond

Director of Research of the Institute for Economics and Peace

Semkhothong (Sem) Haokip

Social worker, peacebuilder, and entrepreneur

Gal Harmat

Senior Researcher at Swisspeace

Mohamed Haykal

Executive Chairman of Transtek Systems

Fleur Heyworth

Head of Gender and Inclusive Security at the Geneva Center for Security and Policy (GCSP)

Anke Hiestermann

South African leader in rural community development

Annika Hilding Norberg

Head of Peace Operations and Peacebuilding at the Geneva Center for Security Policy

Anita Househam

Vice President Social Responsibility at Orkla ASA

Ali Hussein Ali

Focal Point of the Sinjar Climate-focused Community Peace Team supported by Nonviolent Peaceforce

H.E. Mr. Mohamed Idris

Minister of the Ministry of Peace of Ethiopia

Pablo Imbach Imbach

Climate Action Lead at CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center)

Blessing Iyare

Program & Data Strategist at Google Women Techmakers Ambassador

Ayeshah Jammeh

Survivor, human rights activist and Head of Programme at Gambia Center for Victims of Human Rights Violations, and Commissioner for the Victims Reparations Commission

Briony Jones

Professor of Peace and Justice at Politics and International Studies Department, University of Warwick

Itonde Kakoma

President of Interpeace

Utchang Kang

Programme Manager at Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Amrita Kapur

Secretary General of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Frank Kayitare

Country Representative in Rwanda at Interpeace

Bernard Z. Keo

Assistant Professor, International History and Politics at the Geneva Graduate Institute

Sarala Khaling

Head of Resilient Economies and Landscapes at ICIMOD

Amina Khan

Director of the Center for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (CAMEA), Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad

Fawzia Koofi

First Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament, Peace Negotiator, Advocate at the Afghan Parliament

Florian Krampe

Director of Studies, Peace and Development, at SIPRI / Acting Director of the Climate Change and Risk Programme at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Dr. Keith Krause

Director of the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding at the Geneva Graduate Institute

Victoria Krueger

International Junior Consultant at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Pierre Krähenbühl

Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Renée Larivière

Senior Director of Programmes at Interpeace

Audrey Legat

Senior Advisor on Water Governance, Peace and Security at Deltares

Marcus Lenzen

Deputy Chief, Financing for Peacebuilding, UN Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA)

Marisa Leon Gomez Sonet

Partnerships and Stakeholder Advisor at Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table (R-SEAT)

Charlotte Lindberg Warakaulle

Director for International Relations at the European Organization for Nuclear Research

Anna Littorin

Actress and Writer at Làngholmen Theatre

Wendy MacClinchy

Director, United Nations programme at Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)

Sajuda Mahmud Isa Bagwai

Spoken Word Artist of Sahel Scribes

Dao Manh Nghia

Founder and President of the DMN Initiative - SDGs Council - DMN Foundation

Amb. Cherno Marenah

Deputy Permanent Representative of The Gambia & former Solicitor General and Legal Secretary

Maria Daniella Marouda

Professor in International Law/ Humanitarian Law at the Pantheon University of Social and Political Sciences,

Nael Melerd

Singer-songwriter

Ruvendrini Menikdiwela

Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Juanita Millán Hernández

Senior Mediation Advisor at United Nations Standby team of senior mediators

Larissa Mina Lee

Advisor Network & Advocacy at PeaceWomen Across the Globe

Alrasheed Mohammed Eissa Mohammed

Head, Peace & Reconciliation Committee at Danish Refugee Council, Darfur Sudan

Viviana E. Mojica Aurelio

Programme Specialist at United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Beatrice Mosello

Senior Advisor at Adelphi

Olivier Mukarji

Consultant at OAM Consult

Antonia Mulvey

Founder and Executive Director of Legal Action Worldwide

Dr. Salim J. Munayer

Founder and Senior Consultant of Musalaha: A Vision of Reconciliation

Justin Mundy

Co-founder of the Mapping Pathways for Security; Chairman of SLM Partners, Chairman of Earthna Center of the Qatar Foundation at Mapping Pathways for Security (MPS)

Augusta Nannerini

Program Officer at the Principles for Peace (P4P)

Dr Laurie Nathan

Director of mediation program at Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame

Aline Ndenzako

Co-Founder of Burundi: Shared Memories, Shared Future’ Association

Maya Nehme

Director of Lebanon Reforestation Initiative

Oleksandr (Sasha) Nesterenko

Water and Peace Officer at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Sarah Noble

Head of Global Engagement at Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation

Marie Noelle Steinig

Programme Management Officer at United Nations, Office for Coordination and Shared Services, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO)

Rev. Dr. Joseph Nyamutera

Rwandan pastor, peacebuilder, and reconciliation leader

Huibert Oldenhuis

Global Head of Programming at Nonviolent Peaceforce

Godson Osarenren

Founder/Lead Convener at Naija Poetry Fest Community

Ben Oumar Salagou Saidou

Head of the Division of Administrative and Legal Affairs at the Office of the Governor of the Far North Region of Cameroon

Julien Oussou

Regional Coordinator at West Africa West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)

Daniel Owen

Lead Social Development Specialist in the Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice, Eastern and Southern Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo Country Office at the The World Bank Group

Gérald Pachoud

Managing Partner at Pluto Advisory

Maruee Pahuja

Visual Artist, Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy Practitioner at Caux Arts and Peace Encounter Advisory Committee

H.E. Mr. Ezekiel Pajibo

Chargé d'affaires at the Permanent Mission of Liberia to the UN and other IOs in Geneva

Branka Panic

Founder and Executive Director

Miroslav Papa

Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe for United Nations

Safak Pavey

Senior Advisor at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Silvia Perel-Levin

Vice-Chair, NGO Committee on Ageing, Geneva

Nyakuma Peter Gatkuoth Riak

Founder & Director of Together South Sudan

Wolfgang Petrisch

President of the Austrian Institute of International Affairs

Xavier Philippe

Professor of Public Law at the Law Faculty at University Paris 1 Panthéon- Sorbonne

H.E. Ms Anita Pipan

Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the UN in Geneva

Nina Potarska

Co-founder of the Women's Network for Dialogue and Enduring Peace and National Coordinator of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) in Ukraine.

Tobias Privitelli

Director of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

Mykola Prokhorenko

Chief Specialist at the General Legal Department of the Ivanivska local Community

Hiba Qasas

Executive Director of Principles for Peace

Karla Quintana

Head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic (IIMP)

Alvaro Quiroz

Founder of Iris Laureate Young Activist Summit 2024

Minister Raed Al-Saleh

Ministry for Emergency and Disaster Management at the Syrian Arab Republic

Marko Rakovec

Director-General for International Law and Protection of Interests, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Republic of Slovenia

Stephen Rapp

Senior Visiting Fellow of Practice at the Blavatnik School

Yousef Razouk

Legal Officer at the Syrian Legal Development Programme (SLDP)

Trokon Redem McGee

Executive Director at Talking Drum Studio: Liberia Peace Center (TDS Liberia)

Heide Rieder

MHPSS officer (Peace and Recovery Focus) with IOM

Terezia Rostas

Founder, Care for Young People’s Future CIC & Welcoming Cultures UK/ Roma cultural producer | Human rights and gender justice advocate

Carla Ruta

Expert in international humanitarian law

H.E. M. Aboubacar Sadikh Barry

Ambassador of Senegal to the Republic of Ghana

Amjad Saleem

Orchestrator for Strategic Engagement on Youth and Peace at International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Antonio Salvatore Armentano

Chief, Mine Action Programme Colombia at United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)

Rola Sami Sirhan

Editor-in-chief at Al-Hadath Newspaper

Margaret Satterthwaite

UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

Lara Scarpitta

Senior Adviser on Gender Issues and Head of the Gender Issues Programme at Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Vincenza Scherrer

Head of Policy Engagement at DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Dagmar Schmidt Tartagli

Deputy Head of Peace and Human Rights Division at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Erik A. Schnetzler

Project Manager at Geneva Water Hub

Michael Semple

Practitioner Chair, The Senator George J Mitchell Institute at the Global Peace, Security and Justice

Bethany Serengheu

Expert in the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus

Eleonora Serpi

Global Co-coordinator of the Housing, Land and Property Areas Responsibility (a.i) of the Protection Cluster / Associate Programme Management Officer at UN-Habitat

Pishkafti Shokri

Head of Programme Iraq at Geneva Call

Sergiusz Sidorowicz

DDR Policy and Planning Officer, Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Section at the United Nations Department of Peace Operations

Guillaume Simonian

Head of Humanitarian Policies and interagency Coordination Unit at Headquarters at WHO

Georg Stein

Senior Mediation Advisor at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Mark Stephens

Co-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute

Hayley Stone

Program Head and Analyst, Complex Conflict Resolution at New Lines Institute

Rotha Suong

Co-Director, Creative Director at Minor Act

Lara Sutter

Young sustainability professional

Eva Svoboda

Director of International Law and Policy at the ICRC

Mulu Teka

Director and Principal Researcher at ABCON/Afrobarometer

Nieves Thomet

Chief Technical Adviser, Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus at the International Labour Office

Ana Luiza Thompson-Flores

Director, UNESCO Liaison Office in Geneva

Marie-Louise Tougas

Legal Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Catherine Turner

Professor of International Law at Durham Law School

Danilo Türk

Lead Political Advisor at Geneva Water Hub

H.E. Prof. Danilo Türk

Former President of Slovenia

Elisa Urwin

Head of Research, Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding PhD Researcher in International Relations & Political Science at the Geneva Graduate Institute

Hernan Vales

Chief of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section

Tatiana Valovaya

Director-General of United Nations Office at Geneva

Joost Van Der Zwan

Senior Policy Advisor, Governance, Rule of Law and Peacebuilding Hub Institutional affiliation at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Agi Veres

Director of the UNDP Office in Geneva

Isela Violeta Vásquez Alcántara

Coordinator of the Antonio Esteban Human Rights Center at Antonio Esteban Human Rights Center

Janani Vivekananda

Head of Programme Climate Diplomacy and Security at Adelphi

Peter M. Wagner

Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments at the European Commission

Menna Waguih

Peace-Responsiveness and Programme Management Support Officer at Interpeace

Dr Florian Weigand

Co-Director of the Centre on Armed Groups

Daniela Wildi

Co-Director of the movie and Graduate of the Master in International and Development Studies at the Geneva Graduate Institute

Johanna Wilson

Actress and Writer at Làngholmen Theatre

Denise Worth

Education Policy Researcher, MA Education Planning, Economics and International Development at the Institute of Education, UCL

Judith Wyttenbach

Member of the Council of Europe Advisory Committee of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in respect of Switzerland and Gender Equality Rapporteur at the Council of Europe