The event was introduced by Marie-Laure Salles, Director of the Geneva Graduate Institute, and moderated by Achim Wennmann, Professor of Practice, Nagulendran Chair in Peace Mediation, and Director for Strategic Partnerships of the Geneva Graduate Institute. 

Nine professors gave four minute briefings tying their expertise to the Trump presidency: 

Geopolitical Impacts for the United States

• Jussi Hanhimäki, Professor, International History and Politics
   

Consequences for Peace

• Dominic Rohner, Professor, International Economics
   

Implications for Africa

• Eric Degila, Professor of Practice, Interdisciplinary Programme
   

Implications for the Middle East

• Christiana Parreira, Assistant Professor, International Relations/Political Science
   

Consequences for China

• Jan Kiely, Lecturer, International History and Politics
   

Economic and Trade Consequences

• Johannes Boehm, Professor, International Economics
   

Effects on International Humanitarian Law

• Paola Gaeta, Professor, International Law; Director of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
   

Impact on Global Health

• Vinh-Kim Nguyen, Professor, Anthropology and Sociology
   

Impact on the Environment

• Alice Pirlot, Assistant Professor, International Law
  
   

Their briefings were followed by a Q&A with journalists and the audience.