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Programme

The Geneva Peace Forum 2026

12 Oct – 15 Oct 2026

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Opening Ceremony

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Geneva Peace Forum High-Level Opening

Plenary A Hybrid

Tatiana Valovaya

H.E. Alexandre Fasel

Ambassador Thomas Greminger

H.E. Dr. Julius Maada Bio

Dr. Annyssa Bellal

Mediation in Focus

Peace Mediation Today: Do Norms Still Matter?

Plenary A Hybrid

H.E. Alexandre Fasel

H.E. Mohamed Al-Khulaifi

Sara Hellmüller

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Choosing Peace in Europe: Building the Next Peace and Security Architecture

Plenary A Hybrid

Ambassador Thomas Greminger

Ambassador Serge Rumin

Alexandra Dienes

Ambassador Ellen Svendsen

Mediation in Focus

How Should Mediation Adapt to an Increasingly Transactional World?

Plenary EF Hybrid

Stéphanie Koury

Philipp Lustenberger

Ambassador Tim Enderlin

Dr. Govinda Clayton

Mediation in Focus

Informal Leverage: Scaling the Formal Impact of Women's Engagement

Plenary EF Hybrid

Tetiana Kyselova

Suayan Barón Melgarejo

Mariana Groba Gomes

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

The Human Cost of Conflict: giving visibility and paving the way for accountability

Plenary A Hybrid

Maryam Bukar Hassan

Dr. Cordula Droege

Iryna Venediktova

Ambassador Tobias Privitelli

Dr. Cécile Aptel

Inclusive Governance & Political Processes

The Middle East at a Turning Point: Ceasefires, Transitions, New Alliances – and the Role of Regional and European Partners

Plenary A Hybrid

Christian Resch

Yasser Al-Jundi

Ambassador Alaa Mohamed Salaheldin Hegazy

Social Cohesion, Justice & Human Rights

Creating in a World on Fire: Art, Imagination, and Peacebuilding

Christopher Bailey

Social Cohesion, Justice & Human Rights

Civilian Voices: Roundtable at the Geneva Peace Forum 2026

Room 6 In person

S Pavlo Shmulevych O Tatyana Omelyanenko P Ludmila Pachkova S Larysa Shevandina S Polina Sommer

Opening Ceremony

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Geneva Peace Forum: A Ceremony for Peace

Plenary A Hybrid

Professor Marie-Laure Salles

Élisabeth Decrey Warner

Dr. Annyssa Bellal

MANDELA Pilot of the Winds

Maryam Bukar Hassan

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Geneva as a Safe-Space: Identifying Opportunities and Confronting Blockages for Linking Arms Control and Peace Processes

Plenary EF Hybrid

Christopher Forst

Alain Délétroz

Richard Lennane

Nadia Alexandra Kalb

Lisa Müller-Dormann

Inclusive Governance & Political Processes

Security for Whom? Local Dialogue, Youth Inclusion and Security Governance

Plenary B Hybrid

Elizabeth Biniya Moga

Ambassador Nathalie Chuard

Inclusive Governance & Political Processes

Peacebuilding in an Era of Geopolitical Fracture

Plenary B Hybrid

Elizabeth Spehar

Ambassador Deike Potzel

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Sustainable Peace in Central Asia: Lessons learned from the Khujand Declaration on Eternal Friendship

Plenary B Hybrid

Ahmad Saidmurodzoda

H.E. Muratbek Azymbakiev

H.E. Mr. Eldiyor Toshmatov

Dr. Annyssa Bellal

H.E. Idibek Kalandar (TBC)

Ambassador David Fernandez Puyana

Documentary Screening

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

"Ambassade": The Power of Quiet Diplomacy – Then and Now

Plenary B Hybrid

Monika Schmutz Kirgöz

Dr. Annyssa Bellal

Social Cohesion, Justice & Human Rights

Open Mic Session: Voices for Peace

Prenuja Schlatter-Thayalalingam

Sanela Music Lee

Hafez A. Chamat

Francois Zankih

Mariana González Mejía

Mediation in Focus

Lessons from mediating with criminal armed groups

Plenary EF Hybrid

Emanuel Hermann

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

2026 Geneva PeaceTalks: Choose Peace

Plenary A Hybrid

Tatiana Valovaya

Bahishta Nohtani

Jonas Pasquier +3

Global Cooperation, Technology & Future Risks

Disinformation as a shared emergency: how can local media, peace, humanitarian and development actors improve cooperation?

Plenary C Hybrid

Ousmane Mamoudou

Alessandro Accorsi

Sidonia Gabriel

In person Workshop

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

From Knowledge to Negotiation: Making Expertise Usable in Mediation

Room 6 In person

Virginie Collombier

Sara Hellmüller

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

From Peace Agreement to Sustainable Peace: Building with the Nexus

Plenary B Hybrid

H.E. Amb. Zaheer Laher

Dr. Jamie Pring

Pamela F. Husain

In person Workshop

Global Cooperation, Technology & Future Risks

Transitional Justice in the AI Era: Challenges and Opportunities for Peacebuilding

Room 6 In person

Alessia Gualtieri

Margarita Yordanova

Kamel El Hilali

Inclusive Governance & Political Processes

Beyond the Table: Rethinking Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peace Processes

Plenary C Hybrid

Dr. Lara Scarpitta

Miara Fatima M. Mapandi

Suayan Barón Melgarejo

Deborah Schibler

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Beyond Security: Multisectoral Responses to Armed Violence and Weapons Proliferation

Plenary B Hybrid

Dagmar Schmidt Tartagli

Viktoriia VORONINA

Nicolas FLORQUIN

Anselme Nahmtante Yabouriy

Katrien De Pauw +1

Mediation in Focus

Recognizing Islamic Jurisprudence as a Framework for Negotiations: Dilemmas and Opportunities for Peace Mediation

Plenary EF Hybrid

Lakhdar Ghettas

Emanuel Schäublin

Judith Huppertz

Documentary Screening

Global Cooperation, Technology & Future Risks

Ground Signal: Local Voices on Digital Harms and the Fight for Collective Action

Plenary A Hybrid

Jean Marie Ndihokubwayo

Ibrahim Jibril Omar

Declan O’Brien

In person Workshop

Global Cooperation, Technology & Future Risks

Before the Tool: What Must Change Inside Organizations for Responsible AI in Crisis Contexts

Room 6 In person

Anne-Marie Buzatu

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Humanitarian Diplomacy Across Parallel Tracks: Aligning Protection of Civilians and Peace Processes

Plenary B Hybrid

Hichem Khadhraoui

Ambassador Antje Leendertse

Dagmar Schmidt Tartagli

Donatella Rostagno

Inclusive Governance & Political Processes

The Åland Example: Inclusive Governance for Sustainable Peace

Plenary C Hybrid

Natalia Djandjgava

Wendell P. Orbeso

H.E. Satu Suikkari-Kleven

Online Workshop

Global Cooperation, Technology & Future Risks

Before It Escalates: AI, Digital Signals, and Collective Choices for Peace

Iacopo Matteacci

Benedetta Di Donato

Lorenzo Consalvi

Caterina Ferrara

Alessio Pecorario

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Neglected Conflicts and Overlooked Opportunities for Peacemaking

Plenary EF Hybrid

Prof. Achim Wennmann

Dr. Nathalie Herlemont

Dr. Katia Papagianni

Christopher Lockyear

Ambassador Peter MacDougall

Ambassador Michele Cervone d’Urso

Climate, Environment & Resource Governance

Elevating nature and environment in peace: connecting peace-positive conservation to efforts to evolving regional and global peace and security agendas

Plenary B Hybrid

Keleni Seruvatu

Celine Giuliani

Hesta Groenewald

Climate, Environment & Resource Governance

Championing the use of Water for Peace from Geneva

Plenary C Hybrid

Dmitry Mariyasin

Alexander Munafò

Niokhor Ndour N Sepideh Nayemi

Movie Screening

Inclusive Governance & Political Processes

"Woman on rope": When Women Rise, So Does Humanity

Plenary A Hybrid

Guila Clara Kessous

Renata Hessmann Dalaqua

In person Workshop

Inclusive Governance & Political Processes

The Policy Process as Site: Art and Multilateral Imagination

Room 6 In person

Hannah Entwisle Chapuisat

Richard le Quellec

Wilhelmina Welsch

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

The Security Landscape in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities

Maison de la paix (Petal 5) 9th floor In person

Yasser Al-Jundi

Rashed Hamad Al-Naemi

Ambassador Nathalie Chuard

Movie Screening

Social Cohesion, Justice & Human Rights

Muganga - Celui qui Soigne Movie Screening

Plenary A Hybrid

Marie-Hélène Roux

Danaé van der Straten Ponthoz

Online Workshop

Social Cohesion, Justice & Human Rights

Advancing Regional Cooperation for Social Cohesion in Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and the South Caucasus

Christina Horváth Stenner

Rusudan Tushuri

Svetlana Stefanović

Yaroslav Minkin

Kristoffer Tangri

Economic Resilience & Peace Dividends

Financing Women’s Economic Empowerment as a Peace Dividend: From National Budgets to Community Recovery

Plenary C Hybrid

Tonni Ann Brodber

Sulaima Ishaq Elkhalifa Sharif

Yasmine M. Ahmed

Christophe Payot

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Choosing Prevention: Evidence, Impact, and the Practice of Sustaining Peace

Plenary B Hybrid

Joost Van Der Zwan

Grâce F. Kpohazounde

Levinia Addae-Mensah

In person Workshop

Social Cohesion, Justice & Human Rights

Choosing Peace Under Pressure: Women’s Leadership in Conflict and Digital Crisis Environments

Room 6 In person

Dr. Müge Kökten Finkel

Halyna Skipalska

Jennifer Colville

Nazar Abdelgadir Salih

Documentary Screening

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Masculinities In Conflict

Plenary A Hybrid

Benoit Ruratotoye

In person Workshop

Inclusive Governance & Political Processes

Elections at a Crossroads: Leveraging Data-Driven Programming for Peaceful Transitions

Room 6 In person

Bertrand Baldet

Declan O’Brien

Inês Bravo Figueiredo

Mediation in Focus

Do We Have to Mourn the Death of State-building?

Plenary EF Hybrid

Teresa Whitfield

Andrews Atta-Asamoah

Abraham Ekoko-Esseau

Ambassador Lars Tummers

Economic Resilience & Peace Dividends

Building Peace-Positive Finance Ecosystems

Plenary B Hybrid

Marianne Smallwood

Pierre Van Hoeylandt

Gillian Sheehan

Global Cooperation, Technology & Future Risks

AI for Peace: Empowering Humanitarian and Peacebuilding Organizations through Responsible Technology

Plenary C Hybrid

Anne-Marie Buzatu

In person Workshop

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

The BEYOND game: A training tool for empathy, protection and peace

Room 6 In person

Conflict Prevention & Sustaining Peace

Bridging the Debate ‘Peace versus Justice’: Peace Diplomacy Amid International Arrest Warrants

Plenary C Hybrid

Ambassador Franz Perrez

Dr. Katia Papagianni

Online Workshop

Inclusive Governance & Political Processes

Choosing Peace Through Culture, Dialogue and Youth-Led Reconciliation in Africa

Zakari Emmanuel

Yasmine Abdelbagi

Nirina Kiplagat

Social Cohesion, Justice & Human Rights

What Faith Brings to the Dialogue Table

Plenary B Hybrid

Jenny Neme Neiva

Wendyam Hervé Lankoandé

Dr. Rachel Tavernor

Mgr Héctor Fabio Henao Gaviria

Documentary Screening

Inclusive Governance & Political Processes

Imagine Peace with WILPF: A Century of Women's Peacebuilding in an Age of Rearmament

Plenary A Hybrid

Paula Jou Fuster

In person Workshop

Social Cohesion, Justice & Human Rights

Echoes of the Ordinary: Co-Creating Everyday Peace Through Playback Theater

Room 6 In person

Nikolena Nocheva

Climate, Environment & Resource Governance

Climate, Resources, and Conflict: Designing Peace Programming in a Warming World

Plenary C Hybrid

Kouacou Dominique Koffy

Dinara Ziganshina Ziganshina

Annelieke van de Wiel

Mediation in Focus

Towards a New Social Contract in Syria: Mediation, Reconciliation and the Path to Civic Peace

Plenary EF Hybrid

Zahra al-Barazi

Yasser Al-Jundi

Ambassador Deike Potzel

Closing Ceremony

Social Cohesion, Justice & Human Rights

Closing Ceremony: 2026 Kofi Annan Peace Address

Plenary A Hybrid

Dr. Annyssa Bellal

Professor Marie-Laure Salles

Declan O’Brien +1