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World Summit of Nobel Laureates for Peace

Conference Program

Main Sessions

World Summit

Conference Program

Wednesday, September 18 (morning)

Opening Ceremony

Nobel Speaker: Pres. José Ramos-Horta

Global Peace Architecture

Speakers: Oscar Arias Sanchez, Fadhel Fahfoudh, Peter Grohmann (United Nations), Shirin Ebadi

Cultural Presentation

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Nobel Inspiration

Tawakkol Karman

Peace for Progress

Moderator: Manuel Alcantara Speakers: Leymah Gbowee, Pres. José Ramos-Horta, Houcine Abbasi, local party leaders,
Governor of NL: Samuel García Sepúlveda



Wednesday, September 18 (afternoon)

Focus on Gaza

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish and Rabbi Laura Duhan-Kaplan

Inter-religious Dialogue

Speakers: Kailash Satyarthi, Archbishop Paglia (Vatican), Mohammed Abdulsalam (UAE), Chief Monk TioWoo Jeong Nyum (Korea), Rabbi
Moderator: Mgr. Rogelio Cabrera López
Presented by: Federico Elizondo

Compassion in Action

Speakers: Kailash Satyarthi, Leymah Gbowee, David Gershon Moderator: Marilyn Turkovich
Presenter: Cristina Gonzalez

Women at the Front

Speakers: Shirin Ebadi, Tawakkol Karman, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Martha Herrera
Moderator: Leymah Gbowee, Martha Herrera Secretary for Equality and Inclusion



Thursday, September 19 (morning)

What if War Was Obsolete?

Speakers: Joyce Ajlouny (AFSC), Ira Helfand (ICAN), Karen Hallberg (Pugwash), Shirin Ebadi
Moderator: Ruth Mitchell

Nobel Inspiration

Oscar Arias Sanchez

The Silent War: Confronting Violence and Crime

Speakers: Abdessattar Ben Moussa (Tunisian Quartet), Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Peter Grohmann (U.N.), Sandra García
Moderator: Oscar Rocha

Call of the Planet: Balancing Progress and Nature

Speakers: Lee Heosung (IPCC), Jans Fromow (IPPNW), Laura Turner Seydel, Heidi Kühn
Moderator: Tiahoga Ruge. Secretario de Medio Ambiente, Alfonso Martinez

Nobel Inspiration

Rigoberta Menchú Tum



Thursday, September 19 (afternoon)

Peace Education

Speakers: Joy Ngoma (Tutu Foundation)
University deans: Àngel Casán Marcos, Juan Pablo Murra, Mario Páez, Paul Root Wolpe (Emory Uni.) Permanent Secretariat Rep
Moderator: Dr. Sofialeticia Morales (Minister of Education)

TBA

Speakers: Kailash Satyarthi, Leymah Gbowee, David Gershon, Gard Jameson
Moderator: Marilyn Turkovich
Presenter: Cristina Gonzalez



Friday, September 20 (morning)

Nobel Inspiration

Jose Ramos-Horta

Technology, AI and Ethics

Speakers: António Guterres video message, Ruth Mitchell (IPPNW), Mgr. Paglia, Juergen Schmidhuber on live video, Chief Monk TioWoo Jeong Nyum (Korea)

Nobel Inspiration

Shirin Ebadi

Global Peace: It's Time to Act

Speakers: Leymah Gbowee, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Kailash Satyarthi, Tawakkol Karman, Lech Walesa, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Juán Manuel Santos. All other Nobels will be invited on stage to give a last evaluation and a call to Action

 

  • Morning sessions will begin at 9:00 AM and last until 12:30 PM; afternoon sessions begin at 2:00 PM and continue until 5:00 PM, except on September 20 when the event will end at 12:30 PM.
     
  • A Peace March through Monterrey city center will be held on September 21.
     
  • The Charter of Compassion will be offering a World Peace Building Workshop and organizing meeting on September 21 from 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM. A detailed program will be available at the Summit.

 


 

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