PeaceCon 2023: Opening Remarks and High-Level Plenary

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