On October 21, 2014, CSIS and USAID/DCHA's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) will host a major event, Advances and Challenges in Political Transitions. In honor of OTI's 20th anniversary, this conference will feature more than 40 experts and senior officials focusing on the challenges and opportunities of working in conflicts, crises, and political transitions. What will new conflicts look like, region by region? What role will extremism, organized crime, and chaotic violence play? What contributions will youth, women, the private sector, and technology make to prevention, mitigation, and recovery? And what tools, approaches, resources, and support will be needed to build more resilient societies in the coming years? Agenda Welcome and Opening Remarks John Hamre, President, CEO, and Pritzker, CSIS Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID Keynote Address Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt, Deputy Administrator, USAID Opening Presentation Robert Lamb, Visiting Research Professor, U.S. Army War College, and Director and Senior Fellow (on leave), Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation, CSIS Morning Plenary: Conflict Response and Recovery in Complex Environments Moderator: Stephen Del Rosso, Program Director, International Peace and Security Program, Carnegie Corporation of New York Panelists: Stephen Lennon, Acting Director, OTI, USAID Ambassador William Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration David Yang, Deputy Assistant Administrator, DCHA Bureau, USAID Morning Breakout Panels Track 1: Violent Extremism in MENA Moderator: Tom Sanderson, Codirector, Transnational Threats Project, CSIS Panelists: Robbie Harris, Senior Transition Advisor, USAID/OTI David Hunsicker, Senior Conflict Advisor, USAID/CMM Hunter Keith, Development Specialist, DAI Mona Yacoubian, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Middle East Bureau, USAID Track 2: Geography, Technology, and Data Moderator: Amy Noreuil, Data Analysis Support, USAID/OTI Panelists: Noel Dickover, Senior Program Officer, PeaceTech Initiative, USIP Ian Schuler, CEO and President, Development Seed Jessica Heinzelman, Manager, ICT Strategic Initiatives, DAI Ivan Sigal, Executive Director, Global Voices Track 3: Urban Violence and Organized Crime Moderator: Lt. Col. (Retired) Scott Mann, CEO and Founder, Stability Institute Panelists: Miguel Reabold, Honduras Country Representative, USAID/OTI Scott Aughenbaugh, Fellow, International Security Program and Deputy Director, Strategic Futures, CSIS Enrique Roig, Coordinator, Central America Regional Security Initiative, USAID Lunchtime Plenary: Looking Back and Looking Ahead Moderator: Jim Kunder, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States Panelists: Robert Jenkins, Deputy Assistant Administrator, DCHA Bureau, USAID Rick Barton, Former Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Department of State Johanna Mendelson Forman, Scholar in Residence, American University, and Senior Associate, CSIS Steve Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS Afternoon Breakout Panels Track 1: Future of Conflict in Africa Moderator: Jennifer Cooke, Director, Africa Program, CSIS Panelists: John Langlois, Africa Advisor, USAID/OTI Pauline Baker, President Emeritus, Fund for Peace Track 2: Future of Conflict in Eurasia/Pacific Moderator: Susan Kosinski Fritz, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Europe and Eurasia Bureau, USAID Panelists: Oren Murphy, Ukraine Country Representative, USAID/OTI John R. Deni, Research Professor of Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational Security Studies, Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College Track 3: Future of Conflict in Latin America Moderator: Katie Prud'homme, Latin America and Caribbean Team Leader, USAID/OTI Panelists: Beth Hogan, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator LAC, USAID Steven Dudley, Codirector, InSight Crime Douglas Farah, President, IBI Counsultants, and Senior Fellow, International Assessment and Strategy Center Afternoon Plenary: Evolution of Agencies and Resources Moderator: Kathleen Hicks, Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; Director, International Security Program, CSIS Panelists: William Brownfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of State Tom Perriello, Special Representative for the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, Department of State Melissa Brown, Director, Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, USAID OTI in Transition: A Brief Oral History (film)

• published: 23 Oct 2014
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