Expanded and refreshed, the new series offers a platform to our students for robust, frank, and diverse discussions with inspiring peacemakers, following the successful conversation series with distinguished peace mediators Miriam Coronel-Ferrer and Julian Thomas Hottinger which took place at The Fab earlier this year.
The Fab is the Geneva Graduate Institute’s innovation lab, a creative and safe space that promotes and showcases collaborative solutions for the world of today and tomorrow. Students will have the unique opportunity to design, curate, and host meaningful conversations with experts in different fields such as in artificial intelligence, digital transformation, migration, gender, climate change, trade and economic development, all in regards to their intersections with peace.
Nagulendran Philanthropy Alliance will share and extend its expertise, ideas and network to support our students in the Inspiring Peacemakers Series over the next five years, aligning the duration of the conversation series with the recently established Nagulendran Chair in Peace Mediation, the first ever chair in peace mediation in Switzerland held by Professor Achim Wennmann at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Shruti Satish, President of the Peacebuilding Initiative, commented:
The Inspiring Peacemaking Series, a joint collaboration with The Fab and the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, is a wonderful opportunity for our student community to meet, network, and connect with professionals in the peacemaking sector, both in Geneva and internationally. On behalf of the Peacebuilding Initiative, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Nagulendran Philanthropy Alliance for their generous support and partnership. Their commitment to nurturing the next generation of peacemakers is truly inspiring, and we’re so excited to work together in our shared mission of contributing towards a more peaceful world.
Tamara Pironnet, Managing Director of The Fab, commented:
The Inspiring Peacemakers Series are the types of interactions which we aim to promote at The Fab. We are delighted to be able to provide the platform for real, personal and in depth intergenerational and intersectoral conversations. To give the youth the opportunity to engage directly with world renown experts, to learn, challenge and be inspired by them. And for experts to have the opportunity to share with and learn from our students. It's an enriching experience from all angles.
Launch of the Inspiring Peacemakers Series on Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Join us at The Fab on Wednesday, 18 September 2024 for the launch of the Inspiring Peacemakers Series.
The event will feature a conversation with Singaporean peacemaker Natasha Latiff and Somali peacemaker Ahmed Abdullahi addressing the topic: Where and how do we start our journey as a young peacemaker in our violent world today?
This event will be moderated by Shruti Satish, President of the Peacebuilding Initiative, with introductory remarks by our guest of honour, Ambassador Tormod C. Endresen, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Norway to the United Nations, Geneva.