Conference Program

17:00-18:30

Welcome reception at Hyatt Regency Hotel, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

8:30

Bus to Tufts University

Conference Center

51 Winthrop Street

Medford, MA

9:00

Coffee and registration

9:30-10:40

Keynote address

“Lessons from a Career in Diplomacy”

Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, Dean, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy

10:40-11:00

Coffee break and group photo

11:00-12:30

Panel #1:  “Regional Cooperation in Diplomatic Training” 

Chair and Panelists:

Mladen Andrlić, Diplomatic Academy, MFAEI, Croatia

Joseph Mifsud, The Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI University) Slovenia

Prianti Gagarin Djatmiko Singgih, Center for Education and Training, MOFA, Indonesia

Ron Ton, Netherlands Institute of International Relations "Clingendael"

12:45-13:45

Buffet lunch:  Conference Center

13:45-14:45

Panel #2:  “Multilateral Diplomacy at the UN:  The Power of the Better  Argument”

Chair and Panelists:

Ian Johnstone, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Rabih El-Haddad, Multilateral Diplomacy Programme, UNITAR, Geneva

Sieglinde Gstöhl, College of Europe, Bruges

14:45-15:45

Panel #3:  “WikiLeaks and Diplomatic Reporting”

Chair and Panelists:

Crocker Snow, Director, The Murrow Center, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Christophe Guilhou, Consul General of France, Boston 

John Hemery, Centre for Political and Diplomatic Studies, Oxford

Coffee, tea, juice will be available during the afternoon panels

15:45-16:15

Walk to ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center, The Fletcher School

16:30-18:00

Colloquium:  “Diplomacy in an Age of Transition”

IFDT participants and students of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Chair and Panelists:

Paula Newberg, IFDT Co-Chair, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University

Maud Dlomo, DIRCO, South Africa

Hurst Hannum, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Georges Lamazière, Instituto Rio Branco, Brazil

Leonard Sebastian, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore

18:00-19:00

Reception:  Hall of Flags, Cabot Intercultural Center, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

19:00

Bus to Hyatt Regency Hotel, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

20:00

Buffet dinner at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

10:00

Bus to Tufts University

Conference Center

51 Winthrop Street

Medford, MA

10:30-11:45

Panel #4:  “International Business Diplomacy”

Chair and Panelists:

Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Kishan S Rana, DiploFoundation and Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi

Raymond Saner, Diplomacy Dialogue, Geneva

11:45-13:00

Panel #5:  “The Diplomacy of Transitional Justice”

Chair and Panelists:

Louis Aucoin, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Nabil Ayad, London Academy of Diplomacy

Patricio José, Higher Institute of International Relations, Mozambique

Coffee, tea, and juice will be available during the morning sessions

13:15-14:15

Buffet lunch:  Conference Center

14:15-15:45

Panel #6:  “International Environmental Negotiation”

Chair and Panelists:

Kelly Sims Gallagher, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Charles Chester, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Paul Meerts, Netherlands Institute of International Relations “Clingendael”

15:45-17:00

Closing Session (IFDT participants)

Co-Chairs: Hans Winkler, IFDT Co-Chair, Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

                  Paula Newberg, IFDT Co-Chair, Director, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University

Coffee, tea, and juice will be available during the afternoon sessions

17:30-18:30

Reception:  Chase Center, Carmichael Hall,  200 Packard Ave.

18:30-20:30

Closing Dinner

Speaker: Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann, President, The American Academy of Diplomacy

"Professional Diplomacy:  Educating Americans and Educating Diplomats"

20:30

Bus to Hyatt Regency Hotel, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

10:00

Arrive at John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, Massachusetts

Lunch at Museum

15:00

Depart Museum back to Hyatt Regency Hotel, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

Coordinator: Alan Henrikson, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy