Programme
09:30 - 10:00 Registration
Tea and coffee will be available for delegates during the conference registration.
10:00 - 10:15 Welcome and Opening Address
Welcome: Dr Karin von Hippel, Director-General, RUSI
Openeing Address: His Excellency Mr Yoon Yeocheol, Korean Ambassador
10:15 - 11:10 Session 1: Better Informed and Better Connected
Chair: Ian Martin, UNA
Speakers:
Whit Mason, RUSI Associate Fellow
'Strategic Communication – Gaining Consent to Operate in the Host Nation'
Dr Alexandra Novosseloff, Centre Thucydide of the University Paris-Panthéon-Assas
'Gathering Intelligence to Operate Effectively, Without Alienating Partners'
11:10 - 11:30 Break
There will be a 20 minute break between sessions one and two.
11:30 - 12:50 Session 2: The Folke Bernadotte Memorial Lecture
Chair: Dr Karin von Hippel
Speaker: Colin Stewart, UN Secretary General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
'The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus 60 Years On'
The Q&A session will also include Ian Martin.
12:50 - 14:45 Wreath Laying Ceremony on Whitehall (followed by lunch)
A wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall will take place honouring the work of peacekeepers.
14:45 - 15:50 Session 3: The Margaret Anstee Session: Caring for Peacekeepers
Chair: Barbara Cleary, Chair for SecurityWomen
Speakers:
Lt Col Sophie Gregory and Col Dr Manal Abu Al Ghanam, Jordanian Armed Forces
'Experiences of women in Peacekeeping'
Col Si Horne, RUSI British Army Visiting Fellow
'Building medical capacity through training and mentoring'
15:50 - 16:10 Break
Tea and coffee will be available for conference delegates
16:10 - 17:00 Closing Keynote Address
Chair: RUSI
Speaker: Professor Neil Greenberg, Professor of Defence Mental Health, King’s College London
'Supporting the Mental Health of Peacekeepers'
17:00 - 17:10 Closing Remarks
The conference will close with remarks from RUSI.