FORUM PROGRAM 2022

FORUM PROGRAM 2022

ONLINE & IN-PERSON, APRIL 7TH AND 8TH – 9:00 AM TO 12:30 PM EST

Peace needs your voice!

The world is witnessing the fragility of Peace! Come reconnect with the foundations of sustainable Peace. Learn from leading experts and our next generation of leaders from military academies and high schools from around the world.

TO DATE:

32 countries participating

23 military academies, 15 on-site

75 high schools

Panels 1 to 3 will include selected military academy and high school students.

DAY 1: 7 APRIL 2022 

9:00-9:10 AM – Welcome Address by Mr. Stephen Gregory, Founder, International Forum for Peace, Security & Prosperity

9:10-9:30 AM – Forum Keynote Address, “Winning the Peace”, by Mr. Steve Killelea, Founder, The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)

Panel 1: 9:30-10:45 AM – Positive Peace

Moderator: Mr. John Melkon, United States Military Academy West Point

Participants: Mr. Serge Stroobants, Director EMENA of IEP, Ms. Aurèle-Fanny Deutcha-Nguelieu, Université Laval

Panel 2: 10:55 AM-12:00 PM – Historical Perspectives

Moderator: Prof. Andrea Ungari, Marconi University

Participants: Prof. Cindy Brown, University of New Brunswick

12:00-12:10 PM – Day 1 Closing Remarks by MGen Maurizio Scardino, Italian Army

DAY 2: 8 APRIL 2022 

9:00-9:25 AM – Opening Remarks by MGen Craig Aitchison, Canadian Defence Academy

Panel 3: 9:25-10:40 AM – Back to the Balkans

Moderator: BGen (Ret.) Richard Giguère, Université Laval

Participants: Prof. Rémi Landry, Université de Sherbrooke, Prof. Pierre Jolicoeur, Royal Military College of Canada

Panel 4: 10:50-11:50 AM – Video Presentations

Moderators: Colonel Carlo Uberto Massimo, Italian Army and Senator Tony Loffreda

Participants: Selected finalists of high school essay and video contest

12:00-12:15 PM – Forum Closing Address by Hon. Prof. Gaetano Armao, Vice-President, Sicilian Regional Government