2019 Colombia Symposium Agenda Saturday, 29 June – Participant Arrival
Evening: Informal Dinner (Optional)
Sunday, 30 June – Welcome Morning:
Orientation and Community Building Setting Expectations Creative Learning Staff
Evening: City Tour Welcome Dinner, Regimiento San Jorge (Calvary School) Keynote
Willian Kruvant, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Creative Learning Keynote
General Robinson Alexander Ramírez, Commander of Education and Doctrine, University of the Colombian Army (invited)
Monday, 1 July – Introduction: Defining Stabilization Morning: Welcoming Remarks Charito Kruvant, Founder and Chairperson of Creative Associates
Colombia Stabilization Introduction Stabilization in Action: The Colombian Case
Teniente Coronel David Andres Rodriguez, President of the Armed Forces National Network of Human Rights, Internation Humanitarian Law and International Law of Armed Conflicts (DICA), Director of Escuela de Equitacion del Ejercito, and Former Director of the Masters in Human Rights and DICA of the Escuela Superior de Guerra
The Political Economy of Stabilization in Colombia Gabriel Murillo, Distinguished Professor (r), Former Chair of the Political Science Department, Los Andes University
Evening: Defining Stabilization
Colonel Christopher Holshek, U.S. Army Civil Affairs (Ret.), Senior Fellow, Alliance for Peacebuilding and Senior Civil-Military Advisor, Narrative Strategies
South Sudan Simulation Creative Learning Staff
Tuesday, 2 July – Forum on the Pillars of Stabilization in Colombia; Day 1 – Political Economy for Peace
Morning: Welcoming Remarks
Teniente Coronel David Andres Rodriguez, Academic Co-Coordinator; Monica Osorio, Communications Coordinator, CINEP
Keynote General Nicasio Martínez, Commander in Chief of the Colombian Army
Keynote Dr. Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez, Former Presiding Member of the National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation of Colombia; Board of Directors of the International Criminal Court’s Trust Fund for Victims
Panel: “Vectors of the Political Economy for Peace” Joshua Mitrotti, Former Director of the Colombian Agency for Reincorporation and Normalization; María Victoria Llorente, Director, Fundación Ideas para la Paz; Dr. Javier Gustavo Rincón, Director of the Military Criminal Law Observatory at the Javeriana Pontifical University, Relaciones civic militares; Dr. Rafael Puyana Martínez-Villalba, Sectorial Subdirector of the National Planning Department of Colombia (invited); Alejandro Reyes Posada, Lawyer and Sociologist, Expert in Land Reform and Land Restitution in Colombia; His Excellency Ambassador Ophdahl, Norway Embassy in Colombia (invited)
Keynote Colonel Christopher Holshek, Former Senior U.S. Military Observer and Chief, Civil-Military Coordination at the United Nations Mission in Liberia
Wednesday, 3 July – Forum on the Pillars of Stabilization in Colombia; Day 2 – New Institutions and Society
Morning: Welcoming remarks Tte. Colonel David Rodriguez; Monica Orsorio
Keynote Father Francisco De Roux, Director of the Truth Commission
Keynote Rodrigo Uprimmy, Former member of the Constitutional Court, Former Director of DeJusticia
Panel: “Vectors for Stabilization in New Institutions and Society” Gonzalo Sánchez, Former Director of the Historical Memory Center (invited); Diego Bautista, Former Adviser for the High Commissioner for Peace in Colombia; Brig. General Javier Ayala Amaya, Head of the Colombian National Army Integral Legal Department (invited); General Henry Medina, Presiding member of La Paz Querida; Paula Andrea Monroy, Director of the Foundation for Reconciliation; Santiago Sánchez, Director RedProdePaz
Keynote Charito Kruvant, Founder and Chairperson of Creative Associates (invited)
Keynote Ángela Salazar, Commissioner, Truth Commission (invited)
Thursday, 4 July – Safe and Secure Environments Morning:
Morning Coffee Groups Creative Learning Staff
South Sudan Simulation: Security-Lens Creative Learning Staff
Evening: Security Sector Reform in Colombia
Teniente Coronel Oscar Alejandro Garzón, Commander of the Colombian National Army Special Operations Planning Command (invited)
Friday, 5 July – Governance Civil Society Morning:
Morning Coffee Groups Creative Learning Staff
Theories of Governance & Social Cohesion Dr. Hind Kabawat,Deputy Head, Syrian Negotiations Commission Office (SNC), Geneva Mission; Adjunct Professor & Director of Interfaith Peacebuilding and Instructor, George Mason University; Former Member of the High Negotiation Committee at the Syrian Peace Talks
Evening: Transitional Governance and Political Participation in Colombia
Gabriel Murillo, Distinguished Professor (r)/ Former Chair of the Political Science Department, Los Andres University
Saturday, 6 July – Group Outing Morning:
Forum Debrief Creative Learning Staff and Academic Co-Coordinators
Group Outing TBD
Sunday, 7 July – No Sessions Monday, 8 July – Economics and Social Well Being
Morning: Morning Coffee Groups
Creative Learning Staff
Environmental and Social Well-being Dr. Bridgitte Baptiste, Director of the Humboldt Institute in Colombia (invited)
Evening: Building Sustainable Economies / Programming for Social Well-being TBD
Alexandre Marc, Chief Specialist, Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group, The World Bank; AND/OR Creative Associates International Speaker
Raqqa Simulation: Building Economies in the Worst Cases Creative Learning Staff & TBD
Tuesday, 9 July – Rule of Law Morning:
Morning Coffee Groups Creative Learning Staff
Transitional Justice & Rule of Law: Dr. Javier Gustavo Rincón, Director of the Military Law Observatory at the Javeriana Pontifical University
Justice Case Studies Creative Learning Staff
Evening: Victims’ Justice and Reparations in Colombia’s Transition Exercise: Amnesty in Colombia Simulation
Creative Learning Staff; School of Law, Los Andes University
Exercise: Amnesty in Colombia Simulation Local Speaker & Creative Learning Staff
Wednesday, 10 July – DDR and Restoring the Use of Force to the State Morning:
Morning Coffee Groups Creative Learning Staff
DDR and Security Sector Reform Dean Piedmont, Senior Business Development Advisor on Security Transitions, Creative Associates International, Creative Associates
Evening: DDR and Security Sector Reform (Continued)
Dean Piedmont
Exercise: Practical DDR Simulation Dean Piedmont; Creative Associates & Creative Learning Staff
Thursday, 11 July – Peacebuilding on the Ground Morning:
Morning Coffee Groups Creative Learning Staff
Territorial Peace Building Activities in Colombia Santiago Sanchez, Director of RedProdePaz; community leaders presenting successful experiences on peace building in the most affected regions of Colombia
Evening: Civic-Military Relations
Victor Barrera, Coordinator of the Conflict, State and Development Team, Centro de Investigacion y Educacion Popular (CINEP) Colombian National Police Colombian Army; Colombian National Police; Colombian Army
Friday, 12 July – Trauma-Informed Programming Morning:
Trauma-Informed Programming Colombian Army Psychologist
Exercise: Trauma-Informed Programming Creative Learning Staff
Evening: Building Peace with Traumatized Populations in Colombia
Padre Leonel Narvaez (PhD), President of the Foundation for Reconciliation
Saturday, 13 July – No Sessions Sunday, 14 July – No Sessions Monday, 15 July – Reconciliation and Culture of Peace
Morning: Scope & Limitations of Reconciliation as a Peacebuilding Process
Dr. Valerie Rosoux, Professor of International Negotiation, University of Louvain
Evening: Scope & Limitations of Reconciliation as a Peacebuilding Process (Continued)
Dr. Valerie Rosoux
Building Culture of Peace Dr. Paula Comellas Angulo, Professor of Legal Theory and Ethics, Los Andes University, PhD in Transnational Commerce Law from Deusto De Bilbao University
Tuesday, 16 July – Finance Mechanisms for Stabilization and Peacebuilding Morning:
Introduction to Tracking Illicit Finance Flows John Prendergast, Founder, The Enough Project
Evening: Innovative Finance Mechanisms for Stabilization – What’s Working in Colombia?
Luc Lapointe, CEO & Founder, The Blended Capital lab, and Regional Lead for Impact 2030
Business and Peace TBD
Wednesday, 17 July – Capstone Multilateral Simulation Morning:
Multilateral Simulation Creative Learning Staff
Evening: Multilateral Simulation
Creative Learning Staff
Thursday, 18 July – Simulation Debrief and Final Workshop: Design a Roadmap for Coordinated Stabilization
Morning: Simulation Completion & Debrief
Creative Learning Staff & Academic Co-Coordinators
Evening: Final Project Workshop Launch
Creative Learning Staff
Friday, 19 July – Final Project Workshop: Design a Roadmap for Coordinated Stabilization (Continued)
Morning: Final Project Workshop (continued)
Creative Learning Staff Evening:
Final Project Workshop (continued) Final Project Workshop Presentations
Creative Learning Staff
Graduation Dinner and Celebration Saturday, 20 July – Participant Departure
Father Leonel Narváez (PhD) President, Fundación para la
Reconciliación
Father Francisco De Roux President, Colombian Truth
Commission
Dr. Eduardo Pizarro Leongómez
Presiding Member, National Commission for Reparation and
Reconciliation of Colombia (CNRR) as a delegate of the Vice President
of Colombia 2005-2009
Major General Nicacio Martínez-
Espinel Commander, Colombian National
Army
Dr. Rodrigo Uprimny
Former Member of the Constitutional Court; Former Director of DeJusticia
2019 Symposium Faculty Keynote Speakers
Additional Faculty
Academic Co-Coordinator
Gabriel Murillo Castano
Distinguished Professor (r)/Former
Chair, Political Science Department, Los Andes University
Academic Co-Coordinator
Tte. Coronel David Andres Rodriguez
President of the Armed Forces
National Network of Human Rights, International
Humanitarian Law and International Law of
Armed Conflicts (DICA)
Dr. Hind Kabawat
Deputy Head, Syrian Negotiations
Commission Office (SNC), Geneva Mission; Former
Member of the High Negotiation
Committee at the Syrian Peace Talks
Maria Victoria
Llorente Director, Fundacion Ideas para la Paz
John Prendergast
(invited) Founding Director,
The Enough Project
Joshua Mitrotti Former General
Director, Colombian Agency for
Reintegration
General Javier Ayala
Amaya Head of the
Colombian National Army Integral Legal
Department
Dean Piedmont Senior Business
Development Advisor on Security
Transitions, Creative Associates
International
Dr. Valerie Rosoux
Professor of International
Negotiation, University of Louvain
Dr. Javier Gustavo
Rincón Director, Military
Criminal Law Observatory,
Javeriana Pontifical University
Luc Lapointe
CEO & Founder, The Blended Capital Lab
Dr. Paula Comellas
Angulo Professor of Legal Theory and Ethics,
Los Andes University
Col. Christopher
Holshek (r) Former Senior U.S.
Military Observer and Chief, Civil-Military
Coordination, United Nations Mission in
Liberia
Cameron M.
Chisholm Vice President,
Creative Learning; Founder, IPSI;
Adjunct Faculty, The George Washington
University
Paula Andrea
Monroy Director, Fundación
para la Reconciliación
Diego Bautista Former Adviser, Colombian High
Commissioner for Peace Office
MEMBERS OF THE SYMPOSIUM’S CONSORTIUM
Universidad Javeriana Observatorio de Derecho Militar
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