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!
Hotel Information
Graduating Fellows – Class 20 (2021-2023)
 GHANA School of Global Public Health |  ETHIOPIA Master in International Development Policy |  MOROCCO Master in International Development Policy |
 BRAZIL Global Studies |  INDIA Master in International Development Policy |  NIGERIA Master in International Development Policy |
 AUSTRALIA Global Studies |  CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Department of Epidemiology |  ISRAEL Global Studies |
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
Karen Wentz and Ron Appuhn