Breakfast

Welcome Remarks

James A. Robinson
Institute Director, The Pearson Institute; Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor, Harris School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science, University of Chicago

Introduction

Mariana Robles
Pearson Fellow, Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts; MPP Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Keynote | Disparity: Origin and Consequence of the Latin American Pre-Development Trap

Ernesto Zedillo
Former President of Mexico (1994-2000); Senior Fellow and Frederick Iseman ’74 Director, Program for the Study of Globalization, Jackson School of Global Affairs; Professor, Economics, Political Science; Adjunct Professor, Environmental Studies, Yale University

Introduction

Jose Macias
Pearson Fellow, Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts; MPP Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Fireside Chat | Origin and Consequence of the Mexican Pre-Development Trap

Ernesto Zedillo
Former President of Mexico (1994-2000); Senior Fellow and Frederick Iseman ’74 Director, Program for the Study of Globalization, Jackson School of Global Affairs; Professor, Economics, Political Science; Adjunct Professor, Environmental Studies, Yale University

Viridiana Rios
Mexican Scholar and Political Analyst; Instructor, Harvard Summer University

Flash Talk | Restorative Justice in Schools

Anjali Adukia
Assistant Professor, and Pearson Faculty Affiliate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Break

Introduction

Hannah Balikci
Pearson Fellow, Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts; MPP Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Panel | Inequality & Social Mobility

Jeannie Annan 
Chief Research and Innovation Officer, International Rescue Committee; Senior Research Associate and Pearson Associate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Miles Corak 
Professor of Economics, City University of New York; Senior Scholar, James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

Steven Durlauf 
Steans Professor in Educational Policy, Harris School of Public Policy, and Director of the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, University of Chicago

James Turpin 
Chief, Prevention and Sustaining Peace Section, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations

Moderator: Sasha Ann Simons 
Host, Reset, WBEZ Chicago

Introduction

Olga Bednarek
Pearson Fellow, Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts; MPP Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Flash Talk | Disparity in Punishment for Authoritarian Crimes

Monika Nalepa
Professor, Political Science; and Pearson Faculty Affiliate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Lunch

Welcome Remarks

Katherine Baicker
Provost of the University of Chicago and Emmett Dedmon Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy

Keynote | Peace and What Endangers It

Shirin Ebadi
Author; Lawyer; First Female Judge in Iran; Nobel Laureate, 2003

Flash Talk | Mosaddeq: Myth and Reality

Dr. Ali Ansari
Professor, University of St. Andrews

Introduction

Jordan Enos
Pearson Fellow, Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts; MPP Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Panel | The Iranian Future

Masih Alinejad
Iranian Journalist and Activist

Roham Alvandi
Associate Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science

Suzanne Maloney
Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution

Philippe Thiébaud 
Former Ambassador to Iran (2019-2022), Government of France

Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly
Host, All Things Considered, NPR

Introduction

Kirgit Amlai
Pearson Fellow, Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts; MPP Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Flash Talk | Troubled Waters: The Weaponization of Water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Virtual)     

Ori Givati
Advocacy Director, Breaking the Silence

Break

Flash Talk |  Connected Conflict: War and Terror in the Age of AI                                         

Ryan Heath
Global Technology Correspondent, Axios

Video & Talk | Survival & Escape

Rahmatullah Hamraz
Assistant Director of the International Policy and Development Program, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago; Afghan Refugee

Panel | A Perpetual Struggle for Afghan Freedom

Carter Malkasian
Chair of the Defense Analysis Department, Naval Postgraduate School, U.S. Department of Defense

Anne Richard
Afghanistan Coordination Lead and Distinguished Fellow, Freedom House; Former Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration (2012-2017), United States Government

Naheed Sarabi
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Sustainable Development, the Brookings Institution; Former Deputy Minister for Policy (2017-2020), Ministry of Finance, Afghanistan Government; Former Senior Coordination and Partnership Advisor, Afghanistan Independent Directorate of Local Governance

Andrew Wilder
Vice President, Asia Programs, United States Institute of Peace

Moderator: Kim Barker
Reporter, New York Times; Author, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Member, Council on Foreign Relations

Flash Talk | Economic Adversity, State Control and Religious Adherence in Afghanistan

Oeindrila Dube
Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Closing Remarks

James A. Robinson
Institute Director, The Pearson Institute; Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor, Harris School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science, University of Chicago

Cocktail Hour