AGENDA — 4th Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference

27th-29th of November 2017, Bangkok, Thailand

Venue: Novotel Fenix Silom Hotel

Monday - November 27, 2017


13:00 - 13:30 Early Registration

13:30 - 14:00 Registration

14:00 - 14 :15 Welcome speech from the Tomorrow People Organization


14:20 - 14:45

CPEC: Countering Violence Through Development

Dr. Zahid Anwar [Pakistan]


15:50 - 15:20

The Politics of Natural Resources: Community Forestry and Peacebuilding in Myanmar and Nepal

Mr. Dhriendra Nalbo [USA]


15:25 - 15:55 Coffee break


16:00 - 16:30

Waging Nonviolent Resistance against a Regime led by former Guerrillas

Mr. Tompson Makahamadze [USA]


16:35 - 16:50

Russian Intervention in Syrian Conflict and Its Impact on Middle East Geopolitics

Ms. Rizka Nurul Amanah [Indonesia]


16:55 - 17:15

Cyberspace as a New Topic for International Relations?

Ms. Gabriela Zakova [Czech Republic]


18:30 Networking dinner 

Tuesday - November 28, 2017


10:00 - 10:25

Gender Empowerment - A convergence model in Gujajarat India

Dr. Dinesh Kapadia [India]


10:30 - 10:55

Gender and Post-Conflict Development: Analysis of Reintegration Program

Dr. Kana Takamatsu [Japan]


11:00 - 11:20

Rights of Working Women in Arab Societies

Dr. Raed S.A. Faqir [UAE]


11:25 - 11:55 Coffee break


12:00 - 12:25

Somalia's Al Shabaab: Between Clan, Islam and Nation

Prof. Hussein Solomon [South Africa]


12:30 - 12:50

Wilmar International and Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Nigeria: Critical issues and Conflict Dimension

Prof. Noah Echa Attah [Nigeria]


12:50 - 14:00 Lunch 


14:15 - 14:40

What Motivates Intergovernmental Cooperation?

Mr. Kunmin Kim [Japan]


14:45 - 15:10

Impact of conflict induced displacement in western part of Assam, India

Dr. Manjil Basumatary [India]


15:15 - 15:45

Conflict Resolution in Media Northern Uganda

Mr. Osako Dickens Adui [Uganda]


15:50 - 16:20 Coffee break


16:25 - 16:55

Simulating Diplomacy: Learning Aid or Business as Usual?

Mr. Edwin Njonguo [USA]


17:00 - 17:20

The Penal Policy in the U.A.E Federal Labor Law

Dr. Abdallah AlTarawneh [UAE]


18:30 Optional activity: Siam Niramit Show Bangkok with dinner

Wednesday - November 29, 2017


10:00 - 10:55

Behavior of International Business Personnel in Peace Building

Dr. N. Panchanatham [India]


11:00 - 11:20

Value of Peace in Religious Teaching and Its Impact on Economics and Political Stability in Malaysia: A Religious Leader's Perspective

Dr. Asmak Ab Rahman [Malaysia]


11:25 - 11:45

Empowering Youth in Promoting Peace

Prof. Raihanah Abdullah [Malaysia]


11:45 - 12:15 Coffee break


12:15 - 13:00 Closing Ceremony, Evaluations and Photography opportunity