The document provides the schedule for the International Peace Conference 2013 held from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th May 2013 in Derry~Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The conference featured speakers on peacebuilding efforts in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Colombia. Panel discussions included local politicians and commentators sharing their visions for peace. Interactive workshops on Sunday covered various peacebuilding tools and dealing with conflicts. The schedule concluded with tours of Derry~Londonderry highlighting historical sites related to the conflict.

1. Friday 24th May – Sunday 26th
May 2013
International Peace Conference 2013 Programme Schedule
Friday 24th May
10.00 - 14.00 Registration, Millennium Forum, Derry~Londonderry
14.00 Greetings from Gavin Killeen, President of the Rotary Club of Londonderry and Professor
Richard Barnett, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ulster
14.10 Welcome, Professor Deirdre Heenan, Pro Vice Chancellor and Provost of the Magee
Campus, University of Ulster
14.15 My Vision for Peace – Message by RI President Sakuji Tanaka
14.25 Introduction to Key Concepts – Professor Brandon Hamber, INCORE, University of Ulster
14.45 What Peace Means to Me – Panel of local commentators moderated by Sarah Brett, BBC.
Panel: Gregory Campbell, Alan McBride, Eamonn McCann, Nuala O'Loan and Dawn Purvis
15.30 Break
16.00 Peacebuilding Initiatives - Special EU Programmes Body introduces EU funded projects focused
on culture. Inputs fromPat Colgan (Chief Executive), Teya Sepinuck (Theatre of Witness), and Elaine
Forde (International Culture Arts Network), and video presentations.
17.00 Closure
19.30 Speakers Dinner [by invitation]
Saturday 25th May
08.00 - 09.00 Registration at The Millennium Forum
09.00 Welcome, Master of Ceremonies, Sarah Brett, BBC
09:05 Civic welcome from Councillor Kevin Campbell, Mayor of Derry
09.10 Welcome Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka
09.15 Making the Peace – The Northern Ireland Case – Martin McGuinness (deputy First Minister)
and Jonathan Bell (deputy Junior Minister in the Office of First and First Minister)
09.45 Panel of local politicians
11.00 Break
11.00 Building the Peace – The South African Case – Roelf Meyer, Chief negotiator for the National
Party government in South Africa
11.50 Working the Peace – The Basque Case – Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu, President of Basque
Country, 1999-2009
12.40 Wrap up Moderator, Sarah Brett, BBC
12.45 Lunch

2. 14.00 Building the Peace - Economic Recovery - John J. Cullinane, Software Entrepreneur, USA
14:30 Building the Peace - Gender and Peace - Chouchou Namegabe Dubuisson, South Kivu
Women’s Media Association, DR Congo
15.45 Break
15:30 Creating the Peace - The Colombian Case – Expert overview of the current peace process and
possibilities for the future
16.00 Forum Legacy and Special Awards announcements
17.00 Closure
19.00 Drinks Reception – City Hotel
19.30 Gala Ball at City Hotel honouring President Sakuji Tanaka, his wife and Nobel
Laureate Professor John Hume and Pat Hume.
After dinner speech Fergal Keane, BBC Foreign Correspondent
Sunday 26th May
08.00 Breakfast at your own
10.00 - 13.00 Master Classes in Peacebuilding Tools – A series of interactive workshops at various
city centre venues. Delegates may choose from a list, which will include:
o Practical Systemic Peacebuilding
o Exploring the Potential of Sport as a Peace Building Tool
o Dealing with the Past: Storytelling as a Tool for Healing & Transformation
o Grassroots Peacebuilding in Derry~Londonderry: 3 Models of Mediation
o 15 Years On: The Next Generation
o Peacebuilding through the Economy
o Culture and Arts: Theatre of the Oppressed
o Dealing with the Past:Methods and strategies for building a shared future
o Forgotten but Not Gone: Victims of Violence, and Conflict Transformation
o Children and Conflict
10:45 - 11:00 Launch of the “Rotary Cross Border Peace Forest (Ireland)” by President Sakuji
Tanaka, at St. Columb’s Park
13.00 Lunch at your own
14.30 Escorted Tours of Derry ~ Londonderry to include:
The City Walls - The Two Cathedrals - Free Derry Corner and The Museum of Free Derry - The
Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall - Ebrington, The Peace Bridge and The River Foyle
17.00 Close of Event
For Full Details please visit www.peaceconference2013.com