Friday, March 4, 2011

3:00 pm                 Registration opens - Dahl Centennial Union lobby

(4:00–6:00 pm    "Transformed by Service" alumni reunion)

5:00 - 7:00 pm     Peace Fair - organizations involved in peacemaking

7:00 pm               Opening ceremony, first plenary –Dr. Shirin Ebadi

8:15 pm                Ethnic Arts Festival

10:00 pm              Student Discussion Forums

Saturday, March 5, 2011

 8:00 - 3:30 pm    Peace Fair

 9:00 am                Workshops 

10:00 am               Break

10:15 am               Interfaith Prayers for Peace

11:00 am               Concurrent Sessions:

• Steinar Bryn – dialogue: communicating across conflict and difference
• Brig. General Scott Hanson – the role of the military in  peacekeeping
• Alisa Gravitz – economic justice and environmental sustainability
• Geir Lundestad - will the U.S. be overtaken by China as the next superpower?

 12:00 noon          Lunch

  12:10 pm            Book signing by Forum presenters

  1:00 pm              Workshops 

   2:00 pm             Break

   2:30 pm             World Café - focused conversations on "courage to act"

   3:45 pm             Closing Ceremonies, final plenary – Eboo Patel

   4:30 pm             Forum concludes