Sydney, Australia, 6- 10 July 2010

Every two years, the members of the International Peace Research Association meet at their global conference to:

•assess conflict and peace building in the world;

•discuss the state of the art of peace research;

•plan future research, and

•influence the practice and decision-making of violence prevention and peace building.

The conference is made up of plenary sessions, which focus on specific issues that continue to influence the peace and conflict process significantly, as well as panels and roundtables organised by IPRA’s Commissions and Working Groups, plus special events.

Among the themes for Plenary Sessions now being planned:

•Ensuring human protection and human rights in conflict zones;

•Pressing for the abolition of nuclear weapons;

•Indigenous and environmental activism;

•Art and creative agency in peacebuilding.

Speakers include:

1. •     Professor Johan Galtung, founder of the TRANSCEND network
   

2. •    Irene Khan, former Secretary General of Amnesty International, Sydney Peace Prize Laureate
   

3. •    Patrick Dodson, ‘father of reconciliation’ in Australia
   

4. •    Oliver Richmond, University of St Andrews, author, Peace in International Relations
   

5. •    David Kinley, Professor of Human Rights Law, University of Sydney, author, Civilising Globalisation 
   

6. •    George Kent, University of Hawai’i, author, Freedom from Want: the Human Right to Adequate Food 
   

7. •    Michael Intriligator, UCLA & Vice Chair, Board of Directors of Economists for Peace and Security
   

8. •    Carolyn Arguillas, founding editor, Mindanews (Philippines) 
   

9. •    Lawrence Wittner, author, Confronting the Bomb
   

10. •    Ursula Oswald Spring and Hans Guenter Brauch, co-editors, Hexagon Series on Human, Environmental Security and Peace: HESP 
    

Main conference venue: Footbridge Theatre, University of Sydney, at square C14 of the map

View the conference poster here.

This IPRA conference is immediately preceded by the Global Meeting of the TRANSCEND Peace and Development Network, also at the University of Sydney.

For more on the last year conference visit ipra2008

For more on the hosts visit CPACS

All enquiries to Jake Lynch