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Tuesday,
February 21st, 2012 |
Wednesday,
February 22nd, 2012 |
Thursday,
February 23rd, 2012 |
Friday,
February 24th, 2012 |
| 09:15 |
Registration |
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| 10:00 |
Welcome Keynote Address
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
H.E. Amb. Ranko Vilovic
(Ambassador of Croatia to the UN)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Culture as a Tool for Peace and Sustainable Development
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Philippe Kridelka
(Director, UNESCO New York Office, Representative to the United Nations)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Travel Time |
Smart Leadership: Higher Education in the Global Century
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Dr. Eduardo Ochoa
(Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, US Government)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
| 10:45 |
Cultural Diplomacy in the UN
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
H.E. Amb. Thomas Stelzer
(United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Challenges Confronting the UN: Democracy, Nationalism and Secularism
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
H.E. Amb. Kazuo Kodama
(Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Travel Time |
Cultural Diplomacy: The UN and the Role of Health
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Rear Admiral Joyce M. Johnson (Ret.)
(Former Director of Health & Safety for the U.S. Coast Guard)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
| 11:30 |
Break |
Break |
Break |
Break |
| 12:00 |
Kofi Annan and the Role of the Secretary-General and the Rule of Law
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Prof. Jean Krasno
(Associate Research Scientist and Lecturer in Political Science, Yale University)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
The Romanian Cultural Diplomacy in the Universal Arena: Opportunities and Challenges
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
H.E. Amb Simona-Mirela Miculescu
(Ambassador of Romania to the UN)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Travel Time |
Will U.S. Foreign Policy Enter a New ‘Dark’ Age of Isolation from Cultural Diplomacy?
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Senator Larry Pressler
(Attorney-At-Law, Member of U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, Former US Senator from South Dakota)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
| 12:30 |
Lecture & Discussion
Speaker:
H.E. Amb. Ahmad Kamal
(Ambassador and Senior Fellow United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
On Decolonization: Genealogies of Cultural
Diplomacy in an International World
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Ryan Irwin
(Professor, International Security Studies, Yale University)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Travel Time |
Revolution in Global Telecom and the Increased Need for Soft Power and Smart Power to Avoid Any More Long Wars
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Lieutenant General Clarence E. McKnight (Ret.)
(Former General in the US Army)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
| 13:00 |
Lunch Break |
Lunch Break |
(14:00) The UN's Priorities for 2012: Working Together to Face Common Challenges
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
William Davis
(Director, Washington Representation Office, United Nations Development Program)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
Lunch Break
(14:30) Lecture & Discussion
Speaker:
Mike Beard
(Director, Better World Campaign)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
| 15:00 |
Participant Papers
Presentations
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
The UN’s Soft Legal Power
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Dr. José Alvarez
(Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law, New York University)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Institutional Framework: Balancing the Components of National Power and their Deployment Internationally
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Major General Paul Eaton
(Senior Adviser to the National Security Network, Retired United States Army General)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
Cultural Diplomacy at the Cutting Edge
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
H. E. Amb Robert Pearson
(President, IREX)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
| 15:45 |
The United Nations and World Conflicts: A Reporter’s View
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Patrick Worsnip
(Chief Correspondent, Reuters United Nations)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
The Future of the UN
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Hussein Haeri
(Attorney, Latham & Watkins LLP)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Role of Culture, Traditions in Tackling Challenges of Transition and in Time of Crisis
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
H. E. Amb. Csaba Kőrösi
(Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
Intercultural Dialogue: A Practical Tool or Floating Concept?
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Maria Jessop
(Senior Program Officer, Academy for International Conflict Management & Peacebuilding, US Institute of Peace)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
16:30
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Soft Power as a Tool for International Peace and International Cooperation
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Dr. Aferdita Hakaj
(Assistant Director, The Center for International Human Rights, John Jay College of Criminal Justice)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Soft Power, Diplomacy and Social Revolutions
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Frank Ucciardo
(UN Correspondent for CBS)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Cultural Diplomacy: An effective Tool for Applying Human Rights Approach in Development
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
The Hon Nazar Al Baharna
(Former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Bahrain)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
Contextualizing Politics
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Abdul Aziz Said
(Professor of International Relations International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program, American University)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
| 17:15 |
Participant Papers
Presentations
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Cultural Diplomacy as a Tool for Unity in a Heterogenous Society
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
H. E. Amb. Neil Parsan
(Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobego to the United Nations)
Location:
United Nations Headquarters, NYC |
Peace Establishment in Bosnia and Herzegovina: From the War to the Way Toward the EU and NATO
(Lecture & Discussion)
Speaker:
H. E. Amb Mitar Kujundzic
(Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United States)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
Participant Papers
Presentations
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
| 18:00 |
Welcome Group Dinner
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Social Program
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Lecture & Discussion
Speaker:
H. E. Amb Elena Poptodorova
(Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States)
Location:
Bulgarian Embassy |
Farewell
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Social Program |
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