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THE THIRD ANNUAL
PEARSON GLOBAL FORUM

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2020 Agenda

The Pearson Global Forum
The Climate of Conflict
October 6-8, 2020 (A Virtual Experience)

2020 Forum Report

The climate of conflict is rapidly shifting around the world. The emergence of new conflicts is outpacing the ability of the international community to cope, new rules now govern old disputes, disunity through the spread of populism is creating long-term damage, and the palpability and perils of climate conflict itself represent an increasingly tangible reality for humanity. As the international community continues to deal with dozens of active conflicts, and the quickly shifting relationships between and among nations, it is essential to find paths toward resolution, peace, and stability.

At The Pearson Institute, our mission is to convene international leaders and world-renowned academics at The Pearson Global Forum to explore rigorous research and analysis to influence solutions, strategies, and policies for reducing and mitigating conflict to achieve a more peaceful world.

2020 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Note: All times are shown in CDT.

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, University of Chicago

Keynote: Confronting the Climate Crisis

Alice Hill
David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations

Climate Conflict: Water

Supratik Guha
Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago; Director, Nanoscience and Technology Division and the Center for Nanoscale Materials, and Senior Scientific Advisor to the Director, Argonne National Laboratory

Amir Jina
Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Michael Tiboris
Pearson Associate; Nonresident Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Director, Clear Water Farms Program, River Alliance of Wisconsin

Moderator: Margaret Goud Collins
Executive Director, Friends of International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Break

Flash Talk: The End of Water as We Know It

Seth B. Darling
Director, Center for Molecular Engineering and Senior Scientist, Chemical Sciences & Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory; Fellow, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

Climate Conflict: Migration

Elizabeth Ferris
Research Professor, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Walter Kaelin
Envoy of the Chair, Platform on Disaster Displacement

Kayly Ober
Senior Advocate and Program Manager, Climate Displacement Program, Refugees International

Moderator: Abrahm Lustgarten
Senior Environmental Reporter, ProPublica

Flash Talk: Environmental Migration, Urbanization, and Conflict Processes

Vally Koubi
Professor and Senior Scientist, Center for Comparative and International Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich; Professor, Institute of Economics, University of Bern

Welcome Remarks

Katherine Baicker
Dean and Emmett Dedmon Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Keynote: Ending Endless Wars Requires Preventing Them in the First Place

Elizabeth Hume
Vice President, Alliance for Peacebuilding

Global Pandemics

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

Mark Koyama
Associate Professor, Economic History, George Mason University

Ada Palmer
Associate Professor of Early Modern European History and the College, University of Chicago

Moderator: Katherine Baicker
Dean and Emmett Dedmon Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Break

Case Study: Haiti

Paul Farmer
Chief Strategist and Co-Founder, Partners In Health; Kolokotrones University Professor, Harvard University

Chelsey L. Kivland
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Dartmouth College

Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis
President, Fondation Connaissance et Liberté-FOKAL; Former Prime Minister of Haiti

Moderator: 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, University of Chicago

Flash Talk: How Security Transitions Fail and What to Do About It

Austin L. Wright
Pearson Faculty Affiliate; Assistant Professor, Harris School Public Policy, University of Chicago

Fireside Chat

Zalmay Khalilzad
Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, U.S. Department of State

Andrew Wilder
Vice President, Asia Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace

Case Study: Afghanistan

Laurel Miller
Program Director, Asia, International Crisis Group; Former Deputy and Acting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. Department of State

Gretchen Peters
Executive Director, Center on Illicit Networks and Transnational Organized Crime

Michael Semple
Professor, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast

Moderator: Andrew Wilder
Vice President, Asia Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace

Flash Talk: Dictatorship and the Missing Students

Maria Angélica Bautista
Pearson Faculty Affiliate; Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Welcome Remarks

Ka Yee C. Lee
Provost and David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Chemistry, James Franck Institute, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and the College, University of Chicago

Keynote: Setting the Conditions, Avoiding the Consequences

Madelyn Creedon
Former Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense

Unintended Consequences of Conflict

Thomas Countryman
Chairman, Board of Directors, Arms Control Association

Francesca Giovannini
Strategy and Policy Planning Officer to the Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

Robert Rosner
William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, the College, and Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago; Chair, Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Moderator: Rachel Bronson
President and CEO, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Break

Flash Talk: The Road to Conflict Resolution: 5 Gaps

Clare Lockhart
Director and Co-Founder, Institute for State Effectiveness

How Negotiations Take Place

Steven E. Miller
Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Wendy R. Sherman
Professor of Practice and Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Konstantin Sonin
Pearson Faculty Affiliate; John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Moderator: Anne Gearan
White House Correspondent, The Washington Post

Flash Talk: Combating Polarization

Mina Cikara
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University

Closing Remarks