Monday 6 November

Time for Facts

10.30-11.00 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament (access via the Palais de l’Europe)

Musical Interlude

11.00-11.10 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament

Welcoming Words

11.10-11.30 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament

Plenary Session 1

11.30-13.00 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament

Democracy untended?

Lunch Break

13.00-14.30 

Plenary Session 2

14.30-16.00 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament

Peaceful Societies?

Plenary Session 3

16.00-17.30 / Hemicycle of the European Parliament

International Community for a Democratic Security

Opening of 

17.30-18.30 / European Parliament

preview of the “A Right to Freedom: Martin Luther King Jr” exhibit

Reception

19.00 / Palais de l’Europe

 Tuesday 7 November

FIRST SERIES OF LABS

09.00-11.00 / Palais de l'Europe

• Lab 1: The art of dialogue
• Lab 2: New ways of conflict resolution
• Lab 3: Social justice and equality
• Lab 4: Knowledge is power
• Lab 5: Women building peace

Break

11.00-11.15

FIRST SERIES OF FORUM TALKS

11.15-13.00 / Palais de l'Europe

• Forum Talk 1: The truth of war crimes – Making Use of Electronic Evidence and Open-Source Intelligence
• Forum Talk 2: Memory, Memorials and Teaching History
• Forum Talk 3: Women, Democracy and Peace
• Forum Talk 4: Building Peace and Democracy across Borders
• Forum Talk 5: Economics of Peace
• Forum Talk 6: Sudan’s Democratic Transition De-railed

Lunch Break

13.00-14.30 

SECOND SERIES OF LABS

14.30-16.30 / Palais de l'Europe

• Lab 6: The age of global protest
• Lab 7: Cross-cultural understanding
• Lab 8: Freedom of expression and information
• Lab 9: Social entrepreneurship
• Lab 10: Transparency and accountability

Break

16.30-16.45

SECOND SERIES OF FORUM TALKS

16.45-18.30 / Palais de l'Europe

• Forum Talk 7: International Community and Democratic Insecurity 
• Forum Talk 8: Learning to Wage Peace and Democracy
• Forum Talk 9: Press cartoons: a profession in danger
• Forum Talk 10: Inside Kaboul 
• Forum Talk 11: 7 winters in Teheran
• Forum Talk 12: 4th branch of government (TBC)