AGENDA DAY 1 Tuesday, 4 May All times are CEST Studio sessions 14.00–14.30 Compound risk—What it is and why it matters Ann Linde Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden António Guterres Secretary-General, United Nations Jan Eliasson Chair of the Governing Board, SIPRI Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Hajer Sharief Co-Founder, Together We Build It Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia
14.30–15.45 Managing interconnected risk: Promises and pitfalls of the international system Ann Linde Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden Amina Mohammed Deputy Secretary General, United Nations Josep Borrell High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, European Commission Bankole Adeoye Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, African Union Axel van Trotsenburg Managing Director of Operations, World Bank
16.00–17.15 New frontiers in peacebuilding: The role of social media In partnership with the OSCE Cyber Conference and Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue Moderator: Samantha Bradshaw Fellow, Stanford Internet Observatory, Cyber Policy Center Robert Rydberg Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden Věra Jourová Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency Miranda Sissons Director of Human Rights, Facebook Maria Ressa Journalist, Author and CEO of Rappler 17.30–18.45 The future of peacebuilding: Climate-related security risks and peacebuilding efforts in Mali In partnership with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Robert Rydberg Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden El-Ghassim Wane Special Representative of the Secretary-General (TBC) Dan Smith Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Anna Karin Eneström Sweden’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Issa Konfourou Mali Permanent Representative to the United Nations Online sessions 11.30–13.00 Preventing Conflict and Building Trust in Cyberspace in the Middle East In partnership with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)
16.00–17.15 Bringing peacebuilding home: Building and sustaining peace in Europe In partnership with the Berghof Foundation and the Life & Peace Institute
16.00–17.15 Children’s rights and the triple nexus: The need for collective engagement in Central Sahel In partnership with Save the Children
16.00–17.15 How do we reach gender parity in civilian crisis management? In partnership with SIPRI, CMC Finland and the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management
17.30–18.30 Can peace be built from a distance? Effective and conflict- sensitive digital peacebuilding In partnership with International Alert
17.30–18.30 Halving global violence with innovative coalitions and resources In partnership with Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
17.30–18.45 Democratic backsliding in the OSCE region and police–society relations In partnership with SIPRI
17.30–18.45 Food Security, Stabilization and Tackling Trade-Offs: Reconciling WFP’s mission with a principled approach to peace In partnership with the World Food Programme
19.00–20.00 Friend or foe? Emerging technologies and conflict early warning in the age of compound risk In partnership with the Center on International Cooperation NYU (CIC) DAY 2 Wednesday, 5 May All times are CEST Studio sessions 14.00–15.15 Locally rooted, regionally connected: Building partnerships between civil society and regional organizations to accelerate the Women, Peace and Security Agenda In partnership with the OSCE Cyber Conference and Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue Moderator: Robert Egnell Vice-Chancellor, Swedish Defence University Ann Linde Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden Helga Schmid Secretary General, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Rosemary DiCarlo Under-Secretary General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, United Nations Siga Fatima Jagne Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender, ECOWAS Sanam Anderlini Founder and CEO, International Civil Society Action Network Rudina Çollaku Founder and Executive Director of Woman Center for Development and Culture, Albania
15.30–16.45 Peacebuilding financing: Doing more, doing better In partnership with the Center on International Cooperation NYU Moderator: Sarah Cliffe Director, Center on International Cooperation Per Olsson Fridh Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden Karina Gould Minister for International Development, Canada Ahmed Issa Awad Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Somalia Mohamed Edrees Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission Niels Annen Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Germany Online sessions 11.00–12.00 Africa and Europe together: Towards an effective operational partnership for sustainable peace and development In partnership with the Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
12.30–13.45 Shifting the peace paradigm: Power and responsibility in peace processes In partnership with Principles for Peace
12.30–13.45 How effective is the current peacebuilding financing architecture at building peace? Reflections from local to global peace actors In partnership with the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation & the Life & Peace Institute
12.30–13.45 Security sector reform in ‘hot conflict’: What works, what not? In partnership with the Just Future Consortium
14.00–15.00 Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and risks for development In partnership with SIPRI
14.00–15.15 Unlocking potential in youth-led peacebuilding: Towards real partnership and sustainable resourcing In partnership with Search for Common Ground, UN Alliance of Civilizations, UNOY Peacebuilders
14.00–15.15 Preventing violent extremism: New entry points for collective action In partnership with the European Union Institute for Security Studies & Finnish Institute of International Affairs
15.30–16.30 Towards effective country partnerships in fragile states—What have we learned? In partnership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development & United States Institute of Peace
15.30–16.45 Technology in peace processes: Participation, inclusion and engagement? In partnership with SaferGlobe
17.00–18.15 Confronting identity-based mass violence: Bridging expertise on urban violence and atrocity prevention In partnership with Impact:Peace & the Stanley Center for Peace and Security
17.00–18.15 Investing in peace, investing in trust: Funding women-led peacebuilding organizations In partnership with the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)
17.00–18.15 Sustaining peace and human rights: Making it work at the country level In partnership with the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Interpeace & Quaker United Nations Office DAY 3 Thursday, 6 May All times are CEST Studio sessions 14.00–15.15 Preventing famine, promoting peace? In partnership with the World Food Programme Moderator: Dan Smith Director, SIPRI Per Olsson Fridh Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden Agnes Kalibata UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Foods Systems Summit David Beasley Executive Director, World Food Programme Gabriela Bucher Executive Director, Oxfam Valerie Guarnieri Assistant Executive Director, World Food Programme Muna Luqman Founder and Chair, Food4humanity
15.30–16.45 Climate security: Looking back, heading forward Moderator: Sigrún Rawet Deputy Director-General Head of Global Agenda Department, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide Minister for Foreign Affairs, Norway Per Olsson Fridh Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden John Kerry United States Presidential Envoy for Climate Nana Akufo-Addo Chair of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government Ilwad Elman Director of Programmes, Elman Peace Centre
Online sessions 11.00–13.45 Drivers of Peace: Grass roots initiatives in conflict prone locations in the OSCE region In partnership with SIPRI
12.30–13.45 Digital space – the new frontier of civic space In partnership with the Swedish Dialogue Institute for the Middle East and North Africa
12.30–13.45 More with less: Enhancing peacebuilding impact with smarter financing models In partnership with PAX Online sessions 12.30–13.45 Behind the scenes on climate security: A comparison of peace missions in Mali and Somalia In partnership with SIPRI
14.00–15.00 Restrictions on civil society organizations: Strengthening accountability and SDG16 amid the pandemic In partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
14.00–15.15 Systems leadership in peacebuilding In partnership with the Challenges Forum International Secretariat
14.00–15.15 Strengthening the African Union’s peacebuilding efforts: The way forward In partnership with the Cairo International Centre for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Embassy of Sweden in Egypt & ISS Africa
15.30–16.30 Covid, emergencies and transitions: The impact of emergency law responses to Covid-19 in fragile settings In partnership with the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law, International IDEA & Political Settlements Research Programme
15.30–16.45 Parliamentarians as peacebuilders: Displacing online hate speech with the discourse of respect In partnership with United Nations Development Programme
15.30–17.00 Can a resilience perspective add value to peacebuilding? In partnership with the Global Resilience Partnership, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs & Stockholm Resilience Centre
17.00–18.00 Resilience or deterrence: The many paths to cybersecure societies In partnership with SIPRI & the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
17.00–18.05 From cause to action: The impact of climate security and violent extremism on peacebuilding In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme
17.00–18.15 Peace in our cities: Harnessing action research and narrative change during Covid-19 In partnership with Peace in our Cities (+Peace, Impact:Peace & Pathfinders)
17.00–18.15 Peace and pandemics: Youth innovating for peace during Covid-19 In partnership with the United States Institute of Peace
18.30–19.30 Learning from multiple perspectives: What do peacebuilders need to know? In partnership with the Busara Center & United States Institute of Peace
18.30–19.45 Inclusive mediation: Laying the foundations for sustainable peace processes In partnership with Humanity United & Institute for State Effectiveness DAY 4 Friday, 7 May All times are CEST Studio sessions 14.00–15.15 Bridging health, peace and security: The role of trust and com- munity engagement In partnership with Interpeace Moderator: Scott Weber President, Interpeace Per Olsson Fridh Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden Wahid Majrooh Minister for Public Health, Afghanistan Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General, World Health Organization Svitlana Shatalova Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine Karin Landgren Executive Director, Security Council Report Tarja Halonen Former President of Finland and Lancet-SIGHT Commission Chair Online sessions 11.00–13.45 Promoting peace in the age of compound risk: Reflections and lessons for Africa In partnership with the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes
11.00–12.00 Using social media to build peace and inclusivity and to counter hate speech In partnership with International Alert & PAX
11.00–12.15 Engaging young people meaningfully in sustaining peace in Central Asia In partnership with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
12.30–13.30 Vital access to health care and vaccines: Challenges in territories controlled by armed groups In partnership with Geneva Call
12.30–13.30 Controlling arms flows to conflict: Lessons from the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict In partnership with SIPRI
12.30–13.30 Environment of Peace: Defending the defenders In partnership with SIPRI
14.00–15.00 Strengthening and defining peace in the humanitarian– development–peace nexus: A practical approach In partnership with the International Organization for Migration & World Food Programme
14.00–15.00 Community-led initiatives for better engagement and response In partnership with SIPRI
14.00–15.00 Cooperation and partnerships to enhance the potential of food systems to foster peace and stability In partnership with SIPRI
15.30–16.30 Piecing together peace evidence: Challenges, opportunities and new approaches to measure peace In partnership with SIPRI & World Food Programme 15.30–16.45 Terror acts: From transnational radicalization to local resilience In partnership with the Berghof Foundation & PAVE Consortium 15.30–16.45 The time is now: Developing and implementing multi- dimensional crisis measures for peace In partnership with Quaker United Nations Office 15.30–17.30 An interactive learning experiment: Exploring collaborative transformation in fragile settings In partnership with the Busara Center