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          2009 Northeast Asian Women's Peace Conference

 "Negotiating Regional Peace, Reconciliation and Cooperaton"


 

When : October 6th~8th, 2009

Where : The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Hosted by : Organizing Committee of Northeast Asian Women's Peace Conference , Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George Washington University

Sponsered by : Samsung, Community Chest of the Korea, Korea Foundation for Women, Won-Buddhism of Washington D.C.

 

PROGRAMS

 

Date

Programs

Venue

Oct. 5 (Mon)

 

 

6:00-8:00

Welcoming Dinner

(hosted by Washington Coalition for Comfort Women's Issues, National Association of Korean Americans,

Bongha Washington )

 

Oct. 6 (Tue)

 

 

10:00-10:15

Opening Remarks : Shawn McHale

Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Welcoming Remarks : Sunjong Lee

Co-chairperson, 2009 Northeast Women’s Peace Conference

President, Seoul Parish of Won-Buddhism

 

10:15-12:00

Session I : Keynote Speech

 

"Peace in Northeast Asia: the Dream of All Women"

Speaker : Myungsook Han,

Former Prime Minister of Republic of Korea

 

"Peace and Stability in Korea and Northeast Asia and the Role of the International community"

Speaker : Hazel Smith,

Professor, Cranfield University, UK

 

Questions & Answers

 

* Moderator : Cora Weiss,

  President, Hague Appeal for Peace

The State Room

(7th Floor)

GWU

 

12:00-1:30

Luncheon 

(12:00-12:45 : Press Conference)

 

1:30-4:30

Session II Country Reports on Building Peace in Northeast Asia

 

Japan : Kozue Akibayashi, International Vice President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Associate Professor, College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University

 

Russia : Lebedeva Nina Boresovna, Member of the Women's Union of Russia, Leading Scholar at the Institute of Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

 

United States : Karen Jacob, Chair, Women's Action for New Directions

 

South Korea : Jeong Sook Hahn, Board Member, Women Making Peace and Professor, Department of Western History, Seoul National University

 

(China : Sun Jisheng, Dean of the Department of English and International Studies, China Foreign Affairs University)

 

* Moderator : Patricia Morris,

  Executive Director, Peace x Peace

The State Room

(7th Floor)

GWU

5:00-6:00

Closing Session

 

Ambassador Melanne S. Verveer,

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues

"Women's Role in Peace Making"

 

Reception

 

※ This is a joint session with the Elliott School's Distinguished Women in International Affairs Series.

City View Room

(7th Floor)

GWU

Oct. 7 (Wed)

Closed Meeting

 

9:00-11:30

Strategic Meeting I

 

11:30-12:30

Lunch

 

 GWU

1:00-5:00

Congressional Visit

(co-organized by AFSC and WAND)

US Congress

6:00-9:00

Reception / Networking meeting

(hosted by Peace X Peace)

 Peace X Peace

Oct. 8 (Thur)

Closed Meeting

 

10:00-12:00

Meetings with the US State Department officials

 

12:00-2:00

Lunch

 AFSC office

2:00-5:00

Strategic Meeting II

 

6:00-9:00

Farewell Dinner

 


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