Program Schedule

TUESDAY DECEMBER 12, 2023

12 00 hrs.
Delegate Registration Desk Opens in Hotel

22 00 hrs.
Delegate Registration Desk Closes in Hotel

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13, 2023

06 00 hrs.
Peace Breakfast

07 50 hrs.
Leave for United Nations Conference Center

08 15 hrs.
Registration Desk Opens at the United Nations Conference Centre
*Those who have yet to collect your Badge are to report at the UN Delegate Registration Desk

08 30 hrs.
Orchestra Performance

3RD PEACE SUMMIT OF EMERGING LEADERS
Opening Ceremony

10 30 hrs.
Networking Tea Session

11 00 hrs.
Keynote Address by

12 30 hrs.
Buffet Luncheon

13 15 hrs.
Delegates to be Seated

13 30 hrs.
A Story of Choice by Zak Ebrahim
A Terrorist’s Son
The Dad that planned the 1993 World Trade Center bombing attack, USA

15 00 hrs.
Networking Tea Session

15 45 hrs.
Sharing Sorrow, Bringing Hope by Sulaiman Khatib
Co-Founder, Combatants for Peace, Palestine

17 00 hrs.
A Summary of the Day

17 30 hrs.
Bus to depart for Hotel

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2023

06 30 hrs.
Peace Breakfast

07 45 hrs.
Leave for United Nations Conference Centre

08 45 hrs.
Delegates to be Seated

09 00 hrs.

Stopping Bloodshed by Imrana Alhaji Buba
Founder, Youth Coalition Against Terrorism, Nigeria

10 30 hrs.
Networking Tea Session

11 00 hrs.
Women, Wartime and the Dream of Peace
by Zainab Salbi is the founder of Women for Women International

12 30 hrs.
Buffet Luncheon

13 15 hrs.
Delegates to be Seated

13 30 hrs.
Parallel Sessions
Advocating Peace

15 00 hrs.
Networking Tea Session

15 45 hrs.
Child Soldier by Ziggy Chut
Former Child Soldier, the Red Army of South Sudan

17 00 hrs.
A Summary of the Day

17 30 hrs.
Bus to depart for Hotel

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2023

06 30 hrs.
Peace Breakfast

07 45 hrs.
Leave for the United Nations Conference Centre

08 45 hrs.
Delegates to be Seated

09 00 hrs.
The Unforgotten Wars by Derek Schwartz
An U.S. Marine who fought in both the Iraq and Afghanistan War, USA

10 30 hrs.
Networking Tea Session

11 00 hrs.
An Escape from Afghanistan by Rahila Haidary
A Refugee who escaped from Taliban Rule

13 00 hrs.
Farewell Luncheon

13 45 hrs.
Delegates to be Seated

14 00 hrs.
Peace Starts with ME by Janice Leong
Regional Director, Humanitarian Affairs Asia

15 30 hrs.
Farewell Tea Reception

16 15 hrs.
To Be Seated

16 30 hrs.
OFFICIAL CLOSING CEREMONY
My Peace Experience
by 2022 Peace Ambassadors
Closing Address by a Special Guest
A Film on Our Peace Journey
3rd Peace Summit of Emerging Leaders

17 30 hrs.
Bus to depart for Hotel

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2023

06 30 hrs.
Farewell Breakfast

12 00 hrs.
Check-out from Hotel

Achiraya Wattanakit

Chulaongkorn University, Thailand

One of my greatest reservations about international conferences, in general, is the fact that delegates show up, ready to throw solutions at each other, thinking they each have the best solution to a given international problem. However, the Peace Summit at the UN Conference Centre was unique; what positively surprised me and left a lasting impression on me was the fact that every single delegate at the Peace Summit attended with only the expectation of being exposed to other cultures, learning from others’ experiences, and collaborating on formulating ideas. All the delegates subjected themselves to openness in the best sense and allowed themselves to be immersed in this pot of cosmopolitan ideas.

It was exhilarating to see that all of the almost 400 delegates at the symposium could unite in a common conscience from biologists to psychiatrists to engineers and politicians. At the summit, all the delegates gave humanity priority; it was all about peace-buildings. At the end of the day, we all learnt that the differences across cultures only served as tools to enrich humanity with the ability to find better solutions as opposed to dividing us.

The Peace Summit was an experience that I would not hesitate to shout from the rooftops for all to hear; I highly recommend all eligible and promising young leaders to attend the event. I look forward to staying involved with Humanitarian Affairs and following the initiatives that spring out of the Peace Summit in years to come.