AGENDA — 6th Peace and Conflict Resolution Conference
15th-17th of November 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
Venue: Aetas Lumpini Bangkok Hotel
Friday - November 15, 2019
12:30 - 13:30 Early Registration
13:30 - 14:00 Registration
14:00 - 14 :15 Welcome speech from the Tomorrow People Organization
14:15 - 15:05 Keynote
Leading Peace Development in a Volatile, Complex, and Uncertain Environment
Dr. Andrew Campbell [International Leadership Institute, USA]
15:05 - 15:35 Coffee break
Holistic Approach to Peacebuilding: Culture, Education and Society
15:35 - 16:05
Defending the Vulnerable: The Essential Role of Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching in the Field of Peace and Conflict Studies
Dr. Brett O'Bannon [Webster University, Thailand]
16:10 - 16:40
Robbing the hood: stealing from the poor to buy chocolate truffles and Gucci
Prof. Vaughn John [University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]
16:45 - 17:10
The Almajiri System, Violence, and Peace in Northern Nigeria
Prof. Akintunde Akinade [Georgetown University, Qatar]
17:15 - 17:35
Open World Empire: Rethinking Law, Culture, and Rights
Prof. John Nguyet Erni [Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong]
19:00 Networking dinner - Optional activity
Saturday - November 16, 2019
09:30 - 10:15 Keynote
The Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) Archipelago: Where Interdisciplinarity has served us best, and how it could improve our theory and praxis still further
Dr. Brett O'Bannon [Webster University, Thailand]
Peace, Human Rights and Security in a Sociopolitical Context
10:20 - 10:45
Communist Legitimacy in Xi Jinping's China: Implications for Regional Security
Dr. Balazs Szanto [Webster University, Thailand]
10:50 - 11:10
Feminism's Normative Transformation of Peace and Security: Rethinking Ends, Means and the Space in Between
Ms. Aisha Binte Abdur Rob [Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University, Bangladesh]
11:15 - 11:40 Coffee break
11:40 - 12:00 Conflict resolution in the Age of AI
Mr. Csaba Bognar [Institute of Intercultural Psychology and Pedagogy, Hungary]
12:05 - 12:30
Private Military and Security Companies: Efficiency versus Accountability
Dr. Mirko Tasic [Webster University, Thailand]
12:30 - 12:45
Rights of Armed Non-state Actors: Debating Religious and Moral Theories
Ms. Asma Chattha [Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS), NUST, Pakistan]
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
14:10 - 14:55 Keynote
ASEAN and the 'Peaceful Use' THE ‘PEACEFUL USE’ of Outer Space: Mapping the Legal Contours of Future Conflict in Outer Space
Prof. Robin Ramcharan [Research Institute for Preventive Diplomacy in ASEAN, Thailand]
Political Economy, Diplomacy and Peace
15:00 - 15:20
The role of tourism in Cross-Strait diplomatic relationship: political economy analysis
Dr. Man T. Cheng [Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau]
15:25 - 15:45
Qat, War and the Political Economy of Aid in Yemen
Mr. Stean Tshiband [United Nations, Yemen]
15:45 - 16:00 Poster presentations
Myanmar's Religious and Ethnic Conflict: A Case Study
Ms. Lindsay Jamerson [University of North Carolina, USA]
The Law of the Land: Communal Conflict in Indonesia
Dr. Susi Fitria Dewi [Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia]
Peace and Conflict Arbitration Beyond 2020
Mr. Precious Ayobami [Federal University, Lokoja, Nigeria]
16:00- 16:15 Coffee break
Case Studies
16:15- 16:45
The Civil War in Sri Lanka and its Aftermath
Ms. Abina Nimalraj [Canada]
16:45 - 17:00
Strategic Public Interest Litigation as the mean of Social Change: Focusing on the Case of South Korea
Mr. DongYeon Kim [South Korea]
17:00- 17:20
Yemen conflict and its impact on health of refinery workers
Mr. Maged Alhaj [Assiut university , Egypt]
17:20 - 17:30
Elements of PEACE modeling
Dr. Laurent Mary Chaudron [Theorik-Lab, France]
18:00 Siam Niramit Show - optional activity
Sunday - November 17, 2019
Ethnic Conflicts and International Criminal Justice
09:30 - 09:50
A Transition by Boat: The Case for Transitional Justice for the Stateless
Ms. Aisha Binte Abdur Rob [Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University, UK]
09:55 - 10:15
Re-thinking Transitional Justice for Peacebuilding in post-xenophobic conflict zones. A case of South Africa
Mr. Michael Washaya [Rhodes University, South Africa]
10:20 - 10:40
Justice for the Rohingya: the steep path ahead of the ICC
Ms. Silvia Ottinetti [Italy]
10:40 - 11:00
Ethnic Conflict or Territorial Conflict: The Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar
Mr. Selim Yilmaz [Germany]
Building Peaceful Individuals and Promoting Peaceful Societies
11:00 - 11:20
Harnessing Positive Psychology's Potential for Improving and Creating More Peaceful Individuals and Societies
Dr. Amoneeta Beckstein [Webster University, Thailand]
11:20 - 11:35
From Affected People to Transformative Leader: The Benefits of Brain Science Activities on Healing of Affected People by Unsettling Events in the Southern Border Thailand
Prof. Preeya Keawpimon [Prince of Songkla University, Thailand]
11:35 - 11:50
The Relationships between the Right to Information, Media, and Consumerism in Promoting a Peaceful Society
Prof. Su Lay May, Dr. Amoneeta Beckstein [Thailand]
11:50 - 12:10 Coffee break
12:10 - 13:00 Closing Ceremony, Evaluations and Photography opportunity
13:30 City tour - optional activity