Program

Peace Track Sessions and Talks

Detailed Bios and Talk Descriptions

Location: UMC 235

(Not all the people on the bio and talk list will be presenting, only the ones listed below.) You can register for as many sessions as you'd like: just click register, fill in the contact information and add the number of sessions you'd like to attend. You don't have to match this with the specific session and can change your mind and go to a different one.

Register for any of these individual sessions, $25 each

Session 1: "Peacemaking & Whole Systems Thinking"
Thursday, Sept 30 1:30 - 3:30 pm

Janet Graaff, Whole Matrix, "Complexity and Integral Theories in Action"
Tara Sethia, Ahimsa Center, "Ahimsa"
Michael Kinsley, Rocky Mountain Institute, "Systems 101 for Community Leaders: Tools for Global Thinkers"
Fleet Maull, Colorado Peacemaker Institute and Peacemaker Circle International, "Integral Transformative Peacemaking: A Whole Systems Approach"
Chair: Fleet Maull

Session 2: "Sustainable Leadership Strategies"
(Co-organized by the Gen7 Track)

Thursday, Sept 30, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Mark Gerzon, Global Leadership Network, "Building Global Leadership"
Susan Skjei, Naropa University, "Authentic Leadership: Awareness, Engagement and Effective Action"
Liora Adler, Global Ecovillage Network, "Leadership Vision Council: Global Strategies for Planetary Change"

Sobonfu Some, Ancestors Wisdom Spring, "Conflict and Peace"
Chair: Susan Skjei

Session 3: "Working with Conflict"
Friday, Oct 1, 1:30 – 3:30

Kathryn Alexander, The Change Institute, "Values and Unintentional Corruption"
Donna Berber, A Glimmer of Hope, "Gender Equality and World Poverty"
Dave Elliot, Regis University, "Pro-Active Reconciliation"
Edward Artis, KnightsBridge, "Peace Through Aid: Buffalo Banking"
Chair: Cynthia Kneen

Session 4: "Peacemaking Techniques"
Friday, Oct 1, 4:00 - 5:30 PM

David Atkins, Stratus Consulting Inc., "Multi-sector Dialogue and Technical Assessment as a Means to Resolve Natural Resource Development Conflicts"
Govinda Dhital & Lynda Leonard, Center for Community Development and Research, "CCODER's Tripod Model: An Innovative Tool to Alleviate Poverty"
Chair: Kathy Partridge

Session 5: "International Development & Community Building"
Saturday, October 2, 1:30 – 3:30

James Bernard Quilligan, Brandt 21 Forum, "Commission for Africa"
Terry Knapp, MD, Inter-Os Technologies, Inc., "Reconstructive Plastic Surgery for Children Internationally"
Loren Cobb, Aetheling International Consultants, "The Path to Peace"
Thom Schaefer, All in Peace, "Children From Conflict Ravaged Communities Meet to Play in Peace"
Chair: Cynthia Kneen

For a possibly more accurate and updated list in a more printable format, please download this PDF.