Minister of Education, Tanzania

Shukuru Jumanne Kawambwa is a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania.

Minister of Education, Philippines 

Armin Altamirano Luistro, born December 24, 1961 in Lipa, Batangas, Philippines, is a Filipino Lasallian Brother, who serves as secretary of the Department of Education of the Philippines.

President of the Alliance for Shared Values 

Alliance for Shared Values is a not-for-profit umbrella organization that brings together interfaith and intercultural dialogue organizations for the purpose of advancing human understanding of living in peace and harmony in diversity.

Secretary of Higher Education, New Jersey

New Jersey’s first secretary of higher education, Rochelle Hendricks, has more than 20 years of experience working on education issues in the Garden State. 

Director, Arigatou International 

Secretary-General, Interfaith Council on Ethics Education for Children

Agneta Ucko, born in Sweden, lives in Switzerland since 20 years. Having pursued her Masters in Theology at the University of Lund, Sweden,

Former Dean of the Faculty of Education at The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)

 Peace Education in Today’s World

Dr. Samuel’s presentation will focus on what, how, when and where we can infuse into our education systems notions of peace education.

Lecturer and Co-Ordinator of the Education for Reconciliation programme, Irish School of Ecumenics, Belfast. 

Building an Ethical and Shared Future Through Education in a Global Perspective

Glocalisation is a relatively new word or idea for a new time. Information technology, greater communications and travel have now placed us in a global village.

Senior Lecturer, School of Education. University of Cambridge.

Transformational Peace Education in the 21st century

What curriculum, pedagogies, relationships, and structural organisation in educational settings constitute effective peace-keeping, peace-making, peace-building?

Professor Emeritus in English at Humboldt State University 

A Steady Digital Dialogue: Youth Building Peace in a Dark Time

Youth dialoguing via the Internet promises a means for instructors to foster global understanding and building peace.

Director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa

Making Peace with Pictures: The Research Evidence

Visual images are the oldest medium of human communication, and from their earliest development they have been used for persuasive purposes.

Masters School Counseling, Professor and Chairperson, New York Institute of Technology

Cultivating global awareness in school counselors is the top priority of Professor Carol Dahir, Ed.D., whose work has taken her to Japan and Turkey to expand cultural competence as a core value in NYIT's school counseling program.