Diplomacy affects every conflict, global institution, country, and citizen. This year's Munk Centre for International Studies and World Bank Graduate Student Conference will examine how diplomacy has evolved and its impact on some of the most politically sensitive and complex questions of modern politics.
April 8th, 2010
5:00pm - Registration begins
5:30pm - Evening keynote address: "Information Flow and Media Impact on Foreign Policy and Diplomatic Outcomes"
6:30pm - Reception April 9th, 2010
Mr. Brian Stewart
Renowned Canadian foreign correspondent9:00am - Registration opens (coffee and tea served)
9:30am - 11:30am - Panel 1: Diplomacy in Flux?
Speakers:
Dr. Alan Alexandroff
Dr. Robert Bothwell
Co-Director, G20 Research Group, University of Toronto
Director, International Relations Program, University of TorontoDr. Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
Department of International Studies, York University
11:30am - 12:15pm - Lunch break
Please take your lunch and be seated for the lunchtime keynote address by 12:15. You are welcome to finish your lunch inside the conference room.
12:15pm - 1:15pm - Lunchtime keynote address: "How Canada Stayed out of Iraq"
Ambassador Paul Heinbecker
1:15pm - 2:50pm - Panel 2: Ethnic Conflicts
Speakers:
Dr. Vera Achvarina
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
Dr. Howard Adelman
Founder of the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
Dr. Andrew Andersen
National Fellow, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary
2:50pm - 3:10pm - Break
3:10pm - 4:45pm - Panel 3: Post-Conflict Resolution
Speakers:
Dr. Rex Brynen
Department of Political Science, McGill University
Dr. John Murray
Harvard Negotiation Project, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Arnold M. Noyek
Senior Ashoka Fellow; Director, Peter A Silverman Centre for International Health, Mount Sinai Hospital; Founder, Canada International Scientific Exchange Program (CISEPO)