PeaceCon 2024: Welcome, Keynote and Opening Plenary

On September 10, USIP and the Alliance for Peacebuilding hosted the 12th annual PeaceCon, the premier global gathering designed to address contemporary challenges in peacebuilding and conflict resolution.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Ambassador George E. Moose
  Acting President, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Alan Fitts
  Board Chair, Alliance for Peacebuilding; Vice President, Strategy and Operations and Chief of Staff, Corporate Affairs and Communications, American Express
• Liz Hume
  Executive Director, Alliance for Peacebuilding

Keynote & Fireside Chat – Building Bridges to Peace in Northern Ireland: From the Good Friday Agreement and Beyond

• Mary McAleese, keynote
  Former President of Ireland
• Ambassador Miguel Diaz, moderator
  Board Member, Alliance for Peacebuilding; John Courtney Murray University Chair in Public Service at Loyola University Chicago; former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See

Opening Plenary – Advancing the Peacebuilding Field: Status Quo No More

• Ambassador George E. Moose
  Acting President, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Shamil Idriss
  CEO, Search for Common Ground
• Peter van Sluijs
  Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Expert, Cordaid; Coordinator, Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding
• Liz Hume, moderator
  Executive Director, Alliance for Peacebuilding

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/peacecon-2024-status-quo-no-more