The Imagine Forum: From Cold War Lessons to Modern Challenges

Ekki missa af árlegu friðarráðstefnunni okkar, The Imagine Forum, mánudaginn 12.október. Í tilefni þess að í ár eru 40 ár liðin frá hinum sögulega leiðtogafundi í Höfða verður litið til fortíðar og rætt hvaða lærdóm megi draga af þeim tímamótafundi. Geta ríki enn unnið að diplómatískum lausnum á tímum vaxandi spennu í heiminum? Hver er framtíð alþjóðlegra afvopnunarsamninga og friðarumleitana?

Komdu og hlustaðu á einvala lið sérfræðinga víða að úr heiminum ræða um mikilvægi samvinnu, trausts og friðaruppbyggingar á tímum vaxandi spennu og óvissu í varnar-, öryggis- og afvopnunarmálum.

Ráðstefnan er opin öllum en skráning er nauðsynleg.

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The Imagine Forum: From Cold War Lessons to Modern Challenges

09:30 – 09:40 Opening address Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs

09:40 – 09:55 Rebuilding Trust: Pathways to Disarmament in an Age of Nuclear Risk 

Keynote address Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary-General of Disarmament Affairs

09:55 – 10:05 Featured Address Thomas G. DiNanno, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State

10:05 – 10:40 A Conversation with Izumi Nakamitsu and Thomas G. DiNanno moderated by Pat Mitchell, former journalist and media executive

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 40 Years After the Reykjavík Summit: History, Legacy, and Lessons for the Future

Panel discussion Sergey Radchenko, Rupert Murdoch Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Sharon Weiner,Associate Professor at the School of International Service at American University and Thomas Blanton, Director, National Security Archive George Washington University

Moderated by Rósa Magnúsdóttir, Professor of History at the University of Iceland

12:00– 12:30 Lunch

12:30 – 13:15 Leadership, Humanity and Hope in a Divided World

Conversation with Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland, Nataša Pirc Musar, President of Slovenia and Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Moderated by Christiane Amanpour, Journalist and Chief International Anchor for CNN

13:15 – 13:45 Human Rights in a World of Growing Conflict

Address by Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights followed by a Q and A with UN Youth Representatives

13:45 – 14:00 Coffee Break

14:00 – 15:00 The Return of Great-Power Rivalry: Between Deterrence and Dialogue

Opening remarks Carlo Masala, Chair for Security and Defence Studies at Bundeswehr University Munich

Panel Discussion Isabel Bramsen, Director of Peace and Conflict Studies and Associate Professor at Lund University, Erlingur Erlingsson, Defence Expert and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland and Carlo Masala

Moderated by Pia Hansson, Director of Höfði Reykjavík Peace Centre

15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break

15:15 – 15:45 40 Years After the Reykjavík Summit: Coexistence on a Planet Under Stress

Conversation with Sara Olsvig, former Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council and Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Chadian environmental activist and geographer

Moderated by Halldór Þorgeirsson, Chair of the Icelandic Climate Council

15:45 – 16:15 Cities as Spaces for Peace and Democracy

Hildur Björnsdóttir, Mayor of Reykjavík

16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 – 16:45 Introduction of finalists for the Mayors for Peace Children’s Art Competition “Peaceful Towns”

Hildur Björnsdóttir, Mayor of Reykjavík

16:45 – 17:00 Closing Address - The Next Forty Years: Future Perspectives on Peace and Conflict

Bergur Ebbi Benediktsson, Author

Höfði friðarsetur Reykjavíkurborgar og Háskóla Íslands stendur að ráðstefnunni í samstarfi við skrifstofu forseta Íslands, utanríkisráðuneytið, Reykjavíkurborg og sagnfræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands