Panel 1: Contributions of IOs and NGOs to Peacebuilding

Allison Campbell: (Michigan State University):“Public-Private Partnerships at the Base of the Pyramid: From Buzzword to Results”

Ethan Finley (George Mason): "Growing Peace from the Grassroots: How development and human rights NGOs are working for conflict resolution and peace...even if they don't know it!"

Mike McKenna (University of Notre Dame): “Evaluating Refugee Assistance Programs in Ecuador: A Look at Power Relations, Humanitarian Agendas, and Colombian Displacement”

Panel 2: Peace on Earth: Environmental Concerns and Peacebuilding

Mary Feighery (University of Notre Dame): Fuelwood Production and Consumption in East Africa

Brian Klein (University of Notre Dame): “Reversing the Curse: Natural Resources and Social Reconciliation in the DRC”

Elaine Zarzana (University of Notre Dame): "Abundance in the Wasteland: How Permaculture Plants Peace"

Panel 3: Perspectives on Peacebuilding

Paul Jindra (University of Notre Dame): "Cosmopolitan Self-Interest and a New Approach to Obligation"

Marina Sladojevic (CSBSJU): Presentation on religious communities and reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Andrea Laidman (University of Notre Dame): "Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Rural South Africa: Overcoming the “Domestic Outsider” Dilemma"

Panel 4: Responsibility to Protect

Panel from Earlham College

   Annalee Flower Horne

   Sergey Grechukhin

   Kenneth Martin

   Laura Vail

Panel 5: Contributions of Women in Building Peace

Diana Montelagre (University of Notre Dame): “The Current Alliance of the Feminist, Pacifist and Antimilitarist Movement Ruta Pacifica and the Indigenous Women’s Movement of Tierradentro”

Helga Flamtermesky (Autonomous University of Barcelona): "Intercultural Mediation: a Tool for Empowering Women"

Young Sun Park (University of Notre Dame): “Hopes and Limitations of International Attention to Sexual Slavery: the case of “Comfort Women”

Panel 6: A Closer Look at Conflict and Peace in Colombia

Kristian Herbolzheimer (University of Notre Dame): "International Support to Building Peace in Colombia. Lessons Learned"

Jaime Urrego: “Resistance, Persistence, and Creativity in the Midst of Violence: strategies to transform the Colombian conflict”

John Van Rooy (CSBSJU): “Humanitarian Zones: Afro-Colombian Communities In Resistance”

Panel 7: Making Peace Close to Home

Robert Plasschert and Kelsey Poinsatte-Jones (University of Notre Dame): "Poverty and Public Amenities in South Bend"

Take Ten Violence Prevention Program (South Bend, IN)

Jeff Lakusta (University of Notre Dame): Presentation on “Eyes on Africa”

Panel 8: Global Dimensions of Grassroots Self-Empowerment

Panel from Michigan State University
   Katie Chinn
   Molly Hougland
   Melissa Osborn
   Ashley Waldorf

Panel 9: Gender and Peacebuilding

Andrea Laidman (University of Notre Dame): "Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Rural South Africa: Overcoming the “Domestic Outsider” Dilemma"

Senem Kaptan: (Sabanci University): "Neighbors in Peace: The Significance of Winpeace in the Process of Demilitarizing Education and Constructing Sustainable Peace between Greece and Turkey"

Elizabeth Wise (Michigan State University): "The Personal is Political: Militarism, Nationalism, and the Women in Black in Israel"

Kathryn Kottenbrock (CSBSJU): "Fighting Over Women's Bodies in Afghanistan"

Panel 10: Envisioning Peace: Multi-Media Explorations of Peace

Albert Lee (University of Notre Dame): "Humanitarian Crimes in North Korea"

Panel 11: Empowerment through Education

Lu Bian (Grinnell College): "Multi-ethnic Education in China"

Anastasia Mirzoyants: "How to Teach Peace Without “Teaching” it: an innovative approach to delivering peace education to teenagers and young adults using pop culture (art, dance, poetry, and music)"

Patrick Reidy (University of Notre Dame)

Panel 12: Inclusion of the Indigenous

Kristi Haas (University of Notre Dame): "Aligning Collective Vision and Collective Action: Indigenous Self-Mobilization toward a Just Peace in Bolivia”

Paula Kim (University of Notre Dame): “After Breaking through the Violence and Silence: Listening to the Voice of the Campesino Victim-Survivor in Ayacucho and Evaluating the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission”

Colleen Stehlin (University of Notre Dame): “Participation of the Indigenous Community in the Guatemalan Peace Accords: A Consideration of Cultural Identity”

Panel 13: Reconciliation and Building Peace

Elizabeth Brown (University of Notre Dame): "United Nations’ Failure to Rebuild in El Salvador and Guatemala"

Shannon Raebe (University of Notre Dame): South African Reconciliation: No Future without Economic Empowerment

Kristina Seslija (College of St. Benedict) : "My perspective of the Role of IOs and NGOs in Peacebuilding"