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Saturday, April 1, 2023
9:00AM – 4:00PM
FedEx Global Education Center
UNC-Chapel Hill

Registration for the 20th Annual Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Spring Conference is now OPEN! CLICK HERE to register now and read more details about the conference!

Our theme this year is “New Paradigms of Peace, Development, and Sustainability”. Class XX Rotary Peace Fellows will present their research, exploring new ways of thinking about peacebuilding, international development, and conflict transformation in many regions of the world.

For those attending in-person, we are excited to announce that we will be resuming all of our in-person activities, including our traditional luncheon! We will also be offering a Zoom webinar and livestream for those who would like to attend the conference virtually.

Whether you decide to attend in-person or virtually, we look forward to having you join us!

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Graduating Fellows – Class 20 (2021-2023)

Simon Aseno
GHANA
School of Global Public Health
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Yared Shumete Asfaw
ETHIOPIA
Master in International
Development Policy
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Abdedaim Battioui
MOROCCO
Master in International
Development Policy
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Gabriel Bernardo da Silva
BRAZIL
Global Studies
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Sakina Dhorajiwala
INDIA
Master in International
Development Policy
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Jibikeoluwa Faborode
NIGERIA
Master in International
Development Policy
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Scarlett Hawkins
AUSTRALIA
Global Studies
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Mexan Mapouka, MD
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Department of Epidemiology
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Neta Mishly
ISRAEL
Global Studies
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TENTATIVE PROGRAM

8:00-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introductions
Randy Lickey, Rotary Host Area Coordinator
Past RI Trustee Chair Brenda Cressey
Susan Carroll, Rotary Peace Center Managing Director

9:30-10:15    Panel I (Moderated by Catherine Admay)
Sakina Dhorajiwala
Jibikeoluwa Faborode

10:15-10:45  Coffee Break

10:45-11:40  Panel II (Moderated by Edmund Malesky)
Yared Asfaw
Abdedaim Battioui

11:40-12:35  Panel III (Moderated by Suzanne Maman)
Mexan Mapouka
Simon Aseno

12:35-1:45  Lunch

1:45-3:00    Panel IV (Moderated by Erica Johnson)
Scarlett Hawkins
Neta Mishly
Gabriel Bernardo da Silva

3:00-3:30 Presentation of Certificates and Closing Remarks

We would like to thank the following donors for their endowment support of the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Conference:
Jennifer Jones and Nicholas Krayacich
Karen Wentz and Ron Appuhn