The UN, the EU, NATO and other regional actors: partners in peace?

Welcome and opening comments by conference co-chairs
David M. Malone (International Peace Academy, New York)
Nicole Gnesotto (EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris)
Marc Perrin de Brichambaut (Ministry of Defence, Paris)

Session I: Keynote addresses
Lord Roberston of Porte Ellen (Secretary-General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Brussels)
Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under-Secretary-General, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, New York

Session II: Co-Operative Prevention and Management of Conflict in Europe
Chair: Hans Henrik Bruun, Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark, Paris
Speakers
Mats Berdal, Director of Studies, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London
Andrei Zagorski, Faculty Member, Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva
Dominique MoÏsi, Deputy Director, Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris
Esther Brimmer, Deputy Director and Director of Research, Center for Transatlantic Relations, SAIS, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. Lunch with Keynote Address
Ján Kubiš, Secretary General, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna

Session III: Managing Security Sector Reform
Chair: Juan Prat y Coll, Permanent Representative of Spain on the North Atlantic Council, NATO,
Brussels
Speakers
John Cockell, Research Associate, London School of Economics and Political Science, London
Mette Kjuel Nielsen, Director, Eastern Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen
Pieter Feith, Deputy Director General (ESDP), DGE, Secretariat General of the EU Council, Brussels
Eric Lebédel, Head, Cooperative Security and Political Crisis Management Section, NATO, Brussels Reception with Keynote Address
Michèle Alliot-Marie, Minister of Defence, Paris

Session IV: Regionalisation of Peace Operations
Chair: Ian Martin, Vice President, International Center for Transitional Justice, New York
Speakers
‘Funmi Olonisakin, UN Office for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, New York
Mely Anthony, Assistant Professor, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Daniel Opande, Force Commander, UN Mission in Sierra Leone
Satish Nambiar, Director, United Service Institution of India, New Delhi Keynote Address
Robert Cooper, Director General for External Relations and Politico- Military Affairs, Secretariat General of the EU Council, Brussels

Wrap-up session and concluding remarks by conference co-chairs