Speakers

Lionel Aeschliman

Finance and Peace @ Managing Partner Mirabaud Bank

Dr Julianna Funk

Project Coordinator @ Everyday Peace Indicators Bosnia and Herzegovina

Amb Ahmed Abdel Latif

Director @ Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Rawhi Afaghani

Regional Advisor on Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding @ UNDP

Dr. Roselyn Akombe

Chief, Peacebuilding Strategy and Partnerships Branch @ Office of the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support

Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

President of the International Peace Institute

H.E. Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi

Member of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates, President of the IPU Task Force for the peaceful resolution of the war in Ukraine

Carlos Alvarez Pereira

Vice President Club of Rome

Jadranka Andjelić

Co-founder of DAH Theatre Research Centre, theater director

Professor Pedro Arrojo-Agudo

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation @ United Nations Human Rights Special Procedures

Anniek Barnhoorn

Research Analyst @ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Jonathan Bartolozzi

Senior Advisor, Peace and Governance & Climate Governance, Peace & Security @ Mercy Corps

Peter Batchelor

Senior Advisor @ Principles for Peace

Dr Annyssa Bellal

Executive Director @ Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Cédrine Beney

Ambassadrice, Envoyée spéciale de Suisse pour le Sahel

Vincent Bernard

, Senior Policy Advisor @ International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA)

Pascal Bongard

Co-Director @ Centre on Armed Groups

Francesca Bosco

Chief Strategy Officer @ CyberPeace Institute

Ouided Bouchamaoui

Nobel Peace Laurate and former President of UTICA @ the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts

Abbes Boukhobza

Tunisian artist using painting to promote a message of peace, tolerance and joy

Arthur Boutellis

Senior Advisor @ TrustWorks Global

Arthur Boutellis,

Senior Advisor, @ TrustWorks Global

Natalia Brandler

Founder and president of Asociacion CAUCE Stories of Women’s Essential Roles Shaping Peace Processes Worldwide (episode 5)

Reiner Braun

Historian and peace activist, former Executive Director of IPB

Sophie Bray-Watkins

Youth Advocacy and Participation Adviser @ War Child UK

Rebecca Brubaker

Director of Policy, Learning and Advisory Services @ Interpeace

Eric Buchot

Head of Country Programme, Iraq

Luisa Bunescu

Programme Coordinator Higher Education Initiative @ European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Nazareth Cabrera

Representative of the Uitoto indigenous community in the Amazon

Daniel Carden

Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, President of the IPU’s Forum of Young Parliamentarians

Natasha Carmi

Lead Water Specialist @ Geneva Water Hub (GWH)

José Cepeda

Former Senator of Spain and Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe @ International Parliamentary Union

Colonel Gabin Chahounka

Secrétaire Permanent @ Commission Nationale de Lutte Contre la Prolifération des Armes Légères du Bénin

Guillaume Charron

Geneva Director @ Independent Diplomat

Dr. Anuradha Chenoy

Adjunct Professor at Jindal Global University, Member of the IPB Common Security working group

Oleksandra Chernova

Head of Digital Content and Social Media @ JSC "UA:PBC" (Suspilne Ukraine)

Ambassador Nathalie Chuard

Executive Director @ DCAF -; Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Cindy Chungong

Head of Advocacy and Partnerships @ Principles for Peace

Mr Martin Chungong

Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Dr. Sara Clarke-Habibi

Peacebuilding and Learning Specialist, MHPSS Focal Point @ UNITAR, Division for Peace

Daniel Clements

Programme Manager of Creative Leadership @ Caux Initiatives of Change

Ana-Maria Colina

Senior Policy Associate @ Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Dr. Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz

Associate Professor and Department Chair @ Michigan State Universit

Colleen Crenwelge

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary @ Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Department of State, United States

Yves Daccord

Co-founder, Edgelands Institute and former Director-General @ International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Dr. Fadi Daou

Executive Director @ Globethics

Dr. Siad Darwish

Consultant and Senior Associate: Climate Security @ CDA Collaborative

Caryn (Carynoyds) Dasah

Recognized Social Justice Activist, Generation Equality Leader, Peace Builder , Mediator , Executive Director, Hope Advocates Africa, Elected Coordinator of The Cameroon womens peace movement (CAWOPEM) WASL Member @ Hope Advocates Africa

Abiosseh Davis

Head of Global Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning @ Interpeace

Adam Day

Head of the Geneva Office @ United Nations University Centre for Policy Research

Dr Cedric De Coning

Research Professor @ Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt

Professor Eric Deguila

Professor of practice of International Relations @ Geneva Graduate Institute

Emanuela Claudia Del Re

Représentante spéciale de l'Union européenne pour le Sahel @ Union Européenne

Maranatha Dinat

DRR and Humanitarian Manager @ Concern Worldwide, Haiti

Dany Diogo

Geneva Peace Week Lead @ Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Idriss El Alaoui Talibi

Vice-President at the Peacebuilding Initiative @ Peacebuilding Initiative, Geneva Graduate Institute

Salwa Elsdaik

Founder of WADI Stories of Women’s Essential Roles Shaping Peace Processes Worldwide (episode 3)

Annika Erickson-Pearson

Community Management Lead @ Geneva Peace Building Platform

Ambassador Mere Falemaka

Permanent Delegation of the Pacific Islands Forum to the United Nations, World Trade Organisation, and Other International Organisations in Geneva @ Pacific Islands Forum

Ahmad Fawzi

Communication strategist and former Spokesperson and Adviser to Kofi Annan

Dr Pamina Firchow

Associate Professor Brandeis University, Founding Executive Director of Everyday Peace Indicators @ Everyday Peace Indicators

Nathalie Fontanet

Geneva State Councillor in charge of the Department of Finance, Human Resources and External affairs @ Republic and State of Geneva

Florence Foster

Representative for Peace and Disarmament @ QUNO

Tassio Franchi

Researcher and Professor at the Brazilian Army Command and General Staff College (ECEME) @ Ministry of Defense of Brazil and expert on the Brazilian Amazon

Angela Francine Popplewell

Co-Founder, CEO @ 100Cameras

Coronel Lurangeli Franco

in charge of Monitoring and Verification Mechanism in the Peace Process with the ELN @ Deputy Head of the Police Unit for the Construction of Peace (UNIPEP), National Police of Colombi

Erik Friberg

Deputy Chief, Methodology Education and Training Section @ Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Iason Gabriel

Staff Research Scientist @ Google DeepMind

Diego Garcia Represa

Project Officer @ DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Erica Gaston

Head of Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace Programme @ United Nations University Centre for Policy Research

H.E. Amb. Simon Geissbühler

Head, Peace and Human Rights Division @ Swiss FDFA: Swiss contribution to peacebuilding and conflict prevention

Ambassador Marc P. George

Senior Diplomatic Adviser @ Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

H.E. Ms. Nikola Gillhoff

Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative @ Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva

Sophie Giscard D’Estaing

Projects/programs Coordinator, funding windows of the United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) Stories of Women’s Essential Roles Shaping Peace Processes Worldwide (episode 2)

Hervé Gonsoling

Technical Adviser / Senior Programme Manager @ COGINTA

María Teresa Gonzalez Esquivel

Consultant @ DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Filippo Grandi

11th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees @ United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

Melanie Greenberg,

Managing Director @ Humanity United

Amb Thomas Greminger

Director @ Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Amb. Thomas Gürber

Deputy Secretary of State @ Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

Anass Habib

Singer and Teacher of Classical Arab Music

Arief Hamdani Gunawan

Senior Advisor @ Indonesia Telecommunication (and Advisory Board member in the IEEE)

Erica Harper

Head of Research and Policy Studies @ Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Dr Sarah Hellmuller

SNSF Assistant Professor @ Graduate Institute's Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

Barbara Hendricks

Soprano, human rights activist and Lifetime UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

Héloïse Heyer

Conflict Sensitivity Lead @ PeaceNexus Foundation

Annika Hilding Norberg

Head of Peace Operations and Peacebuilding @ Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Cristina Hoyos

Head of Latin America and the Caribbean @ DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Jessica Hsu

Post-Colonial Anthropologist and Researcher @ Independent

Dr Conrad Hughes

Peace Education for the 21st century and Director-General @ international School of Geneva

Dr Charlie Hunt

Senior Fellow @ United Nations University

Daniel Hyslop

Head of Research and Senior Peacebuilding Advisor @ Interpeace – Finance for Peace initiative

Gretta Karly Ineza

Slam poet

Kahin Ismail

Chief of Self Reliance & Inclusion @ UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Hilda Issa

Palestinian woman activist from Jerusalem Stories of Women’s Essential Roles Shaping Peace Processes Worldwide (episode 4)

Anastasia Isyuk

Operations Manager for Climate and Environment @ International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Julius Jackson

Lead, Conflict and Peace Unit, Office of Emergencies and Resilience @ Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and HDP Nexus Coalition

Dr Grazvydas Jasutis

Principal Program Manger, Senior SSR Advisor @ DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Robert Jenkins

Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization @ United States Agency for International Development

Elissa Jobson

Chief of Advocacy @ International Crisis Group

Julien Joly

Programme Manager @ Small Arms Survey

Samuel Jones

President @ Heartland Initiative

Paule Juneau

Environmental law specialist and mediator @ UNEP Haiti

Karima Kadaoui

Deputy Secretary-General @ International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

● Dr. Christine Kaddous

Professor @ University of Geneva

Itonde Kakoma

President of Interpeace

Moustapha Kamal Gueye

Director, Priority Programme on Just Transition @ International Labour Organization (ILO)

Sami Kanaan

Administrative Advisor of the City of Geneva and Board Member of the Geneva Cities Hub

Vimbai Kapurura

Founder and Executive Director of Women Unlimited Eswatini Stories of Women’s Essential Roles Shaping Peace Processes Worldwide (episode 3)

Frank Kayitare

Interpeace Rwanda Country Representative @ Interpeace

Franziska Klopfer

Principal Programme Manager @ DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

H.E. Smiljana Knez

Ambassador-at-Large for Climate Diplomacy @ Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Slovenia: Focus on avenues to scale up environmental peacebuilding at multilateral level

Dr Minoo Koefoed

Senior Researcher @ Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt

Marcelo Kohen

Professor of international Law @ Geneva Graduate Institute

Fawzia Koofi

President of the Movement of Change

Katharina Kramer

Head of Communications @ Sigma European Think Tank

Sebastian Kratzer

Environment, Climate, Peacemaking Lead @ Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Chris Kremidas-Courtney

Senior Fellow, Peace, Security and Defense @ Friends of Europe

Julie Kummer

Journalist @ Radio Télévision Suisse

Taisiia Kutuzova

Chief Editor @ JSC "UA:PBC" (Suspilne Ukraine)

Peter Kyle

Past Dean - Rotary Representative Network to the United Nations @ Rotary International (RI)

Yves Lador

Representative of Earthjustice to the United Nations in Geneva @ Earthjustice

Samuel Lanwi

Deputy Permanent Representative @ Republic of the Marshall Islands

Maymuchka Lauriston

Deputy Regional Representative, East Africa Regional Office o Institutional affiliation: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Cristiana Lavinia Badulescu

Head of Research and Policy @ Sigma European Think Tank

Anne Liedloff

Project Manager, Eastern Europe and Central Asia @ BBC Media Action

Concy Louis

Bachelor’s Degree Holder in Sci. Educ Majoring in Agriculture from Gulu University Stories of Women’s Essential Roles Shaping Peace Processes Worldwide (episode 4)

Dawn Lui

Project Officer @ DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Svitlana Lukhymovych

Senior Program Officer, LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Program @ National Democratic Institute (NDI) Ukraine

Claudia López

Associate researcher at the Information Science Department, UTFSM - National Center of Artificial Intelligence (Chile)

Wendy MacClinchy

Director, UN programme @ Centre for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)

Olivia Macharis

Project Officer @ Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre)

David Maizlich

Security and Crisis Advisor @ International Committee of the Red Cross

Dr. Elena Manaenkova

Deputy Secretary General @ World Meteorological Organisation: Focus on climate data/modelling and avenues to strengthen a whole-of-UN approach

Zin Mar

General Secretary @ YWCA Myanmar (

Sofia Anton Martins

Programme Manager - Youth & Peace @ Kofi Annan Foundation

Jesse Matas

Musician and writer

Leigh Mayhew

Research Officer @ ODI, Global Risks & Resilience

Jennifer McCormick

Artist and biomedical illustrator

Sorcha McLeod

Associate Professor @ Centre for Private Governance (CEPRI), Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

Spencer Adrian McMurray

Consultant on climate diplomacy and security @ Adelphi

Sacha Meuter

Head of Research and Policy @ Fondation Hirondelle

Dr. Siniša Milatović

Business and Human Rights Specialist @ UNDP

Dr. Tania Miletic

Assistant Director, Initiaive for Peacebuilding, School of Social and Political Science @ University of Melbourne

Ornella Moderan

Analyste politique et sécuritaire travaillant au Sahel et en Afrique de l’Ouest

A-Young Moon

Founder and representative of PEACEMOMO, Council Member of IPB

Dr. Beatrice Mosello

Senior advisor on climate diplomacy and security @ Adelphi

Dehab Mustefa

General Secretary @ YWCA Ethiopia

Murithi Mutiga

International Crisis Group @ Africa Program Director

Murithi Mutiga

Africa Programme Director @ International Crisis Group: Focus on Nexus between Climate and Conflict with selected examples from the Horn of Africa

Dr. Lawrence Nderu

Chairman, Department of Computing at JKUAT. Researcher in AI/ML, Data Science and SE. Founder JHub @ Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology

Michael Niconchuk

MHPSS Expert Roster, Programme Advisor @ UNDP

Sarah Nobles

Peace Talks Curator

Paloma Noriega

Associate Programme Officer, Adaptation Division, UN Climate Change @ United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Maria Paloma Noriega Jalil

Youth Activist, Climate Change and Peace @ UNFCCC

Prof. Adriano Nuvunga

Director @ Centre for Democracy and Development

Damilola Olawuyi

Chair of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

Dr Olga Oliker

Europe and Central Asia Program @ International Crisis Group

Dr. Khadija Osoble Ali

Co-Founder of Idman Community Bank and Former Minister of State, Federal Republic of Somalia

Daniel Owen

Lead Development Specialist @ World Bank

Siobhan O’Neil

Head of Project, Managing Exits from Armed Group (MEAC) @ United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Ignacio Packer

Executive Director @ Caux Initiatives of Change

Thania Paffenholz

Executive Director of Inclusive Peace Digital Series: Stories of Women’s Essential Roles Shaping Peace Processes Worldwide (episode 1)

Musa Parmaksiz

Head of AI and Data Center of Excellence @ UBS

Rafael Peria de Melo

Coordinator Serviço Jesuíta a Migrantes e Refugiados @ Boa Vista Roraima/ Amazon Basin

Jean-Luc Perrin

Rotary Representative - UN Geneva, World Health Organization @ Rotary International Representative Network

Anicia Peter

Chief Executive Officer @ National Commission on Research, Science and Technology (NCRST), Namibia

Ky Phong Nguyen

Senior Programme Officer, Iraq

Aino Piirtola

Project Officer, Digital Peacemaking @ CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Anna Popsui

Head @ “Young Women Peacebuilders” NGO

Johanna Poutanen

Head of Women in Peacemaking & Digital Peacemaking @ CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Hiba Qasas

Executive Director @ Principles for Peace

Barbara Ramos

Chief of Research and Strategies for Exports @ International Trade Centre (ITC)

Maximilian Rau

Project and Stakeholder Manager @ Open Think Tank Network / foraus – Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy

Madeleine Rees

Secretary-General @ Women’s international League for Peace & Freedom

Shah Gul Rezaie

Human rights and women rights activist @ European Institute of Peace

Mira Rizeq

President @ World YWCA

Abby Robinson

Director @ Continua

Valentina Rollo

Head of Research @ The International Trade Centre (ITC)

Verónica Ruiz

Programme Manager for Climate and Disaster Resilience, Climate Change Team @ International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Dr Jenna Russo

Director of Research and Head of the Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations @ International Peace Institute

Lukas Rüttinger

Senior Advisor @ Adelphi

Nika Saeedi

Team Leader, Prevention of Violent Extremism, Global Focal Point on MHPSS @ UNDP NY

Marie-Laure Salles

Director @ Geneva Graduate Institute

Lara Scarpitta

Senior Adviser on Gender Issues @ OSCE

Marie-Laure Schaufelberger

President @ Sustainable Finance Geneva

Helga Maria Schmid

OSCE Secretary General @ OSCE

Besmir Semanaj

Senior Information Technology Engineer @ Kairos Beteiligungs GmbH

Schadi Soraya Semnani

Iraq Study Coordinator, Managing Exits from Armed Group (MEAC) @ United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Alizée Semon

Représentante permanente adjointe auprès de la Conférence du désarmement à Genève @ Représentation permanente de la France auprès de la Conférence du désarmement à Genève

Patricia Shafer

Senior Fellow for Peace Education @ Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP)

Vlad Shast

Film contributor and Head of Charity Fund “Hugs” @ Charity Fund “Hugs”

Shartu Shemsuddin

Ph.D. student at Tangaza University College institute for social transformation Stories of Women’s Essential Roles Shaping Peace Processes Worldwide (episode 5)

Sandra Shenge

Director of Programmes Aegis Trust, working to prevent genocide through

Ann-Kristin “Anki” Sjöberg

Co-Director and Founder @ Fight for Humanity

Dr James , Smith

Founder, Deputy Chair and Director of Programmes @ Aegis Trust and Sandra Shenge

Dané Smith

Program Manager in Development Cooperation Department @ MEDRC

Elisabeth Spehar

Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support @ Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs

Elizabeth Spehar

Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support @ Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), United Nations

Phoebe Spencer

Environmental Economist, Middle East and North Africa @ World Bank

Alasdair Stuart

Senior Advisor/Senior Researcher and Disinformation Lead @ BBC Media Action

Willi Studer

Source and Managing Director Proviatus Ltd and Ambassador @ Inner Development Goals Initiative - Lemanic Hub

Anna Sundström

Secretary General of the Olof Palme International Center

Rayan Swar

Public relations/ communication Marketing specialist / youth Advocate @ Kurdistan Regional Government

Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar

Ambassadeur, Envoyé spécial de l’Espagne pour le Sahel

Loredana Teodoresc

President of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network and WIIS Italy

Samson Tesfaye

Co-head, Women Deliver 2023 - Kigali, Rwanda; Rotary Representative to African Union and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa @ Women Deliver

Frederik Teufel

Lead Coordinator, Transition States Coordination Office @ African Development Bank

Dr. Anais Tobalagba

Legal and Policy Researcher @ Rights and Accountability in Development Limited (RAID)

Mouhamadou Touré

Journaliste senior au Studio Tamani au Mali @ Fondation Hirondelle

Jimena Troyano

Visiting Fellow @ UN DPPA and Geneva Centre for Security Policy

H.E. Le Thi Tuyet Mai

Ambassador @ Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Natalia Ulianets

President @ YWCA Ukraine

Eliza Urwin

Head of Research @ Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, Geneva Graduate Institute

Cristina Valdés

Project Officer and Montreux Document Forum Secretariat @ DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

María Paula Velásquez Perdomo

Project Manager @ National Inter-Ethnic Network Of Women Defenders Of The Environment, Fundación Natura, Colombia

Agi Veres

Director, UNDP Representation Office, Geneva @ UNDP

Agnes Night Wani

Trainer of trainees champion / women and girls right defender on women transformative leadership at young women Christian association South Sudan YWCA @ South Sudan YWCA