30.05 | 11:30 | Registration

• 14:00 - 16:00 Plenary Session

• Host Welcome Address

  Speakers |

  • Professor Dr. Andreas Wenger

• Welcome Address

  Speakers |

  • Swiss Federal Councilor Ueli Maurer

• Power Shifts and Regional Order: Revolts and Revolutions in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

  Speakers |

  • Ambassador John W Limbert,
  • Professor Volker Perthes,
  • Mr Yossi Alpher,
  • Professor Fawaz A Gerges

• 16:30 - 18:00 Topic Sessions

• Nuclear Weapons: Between Management and Abolition

• Migration and Security

• Public-Private Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities in Security and Development

• 18:00 - 19:30 Reception

• 19:30 - 22:00 Official Conference Dinner

31.05 | 09:00 - 10:30 | Panels

• Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

  Track |

  • 9/11 Plus Ten

• Beyond the Process: The Arab-Israeli Impasse

  Track |

  • Regional Security: Local Dynamics - Global Impact I

• Ethnicity, Migration and Security Concerns in Central Asia

  Track |

  • Regional Security: Local Dynamics - Global Impact II

• Cyber War: Issues, Trends, Hypes and Threats

  Track |

  • Present and Future of Conflict

• Security Policy in a World without Nuclear Weapons

  Track |

  • Human Security

• Armed Violence

  Track |

  • State Building / State Failure

• 11:00 - 12:30 Panels

• Al-Qaeda: Moving on or Marching on?

  Track |

  • 9/11 Plus Ten

• Nuclear Weapons and the Middle East

  Track |

  • Regional Security: Local Dynamics - Global Impact I

• South Caucasus 2020: Future Scenarios, Alternative Realities

  Track |

  • Regional Security: Local Dynamics - Global Impact II

• Cyber Security: Challenges and Opportunities

  Track |

  • Present and Future of Conflict

• International Humanitarian Law: Challenges of Categorization

  Track |

  • Human Security

• New Issues in Peace Mediation

  Track |

  • State Building / State Failure

• 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

• 14:00 - 15:30 Panels

• Radicalization and Deradicalization: How Terrorism Begins and Ends

  Track |

  • 9/11 Plus Ten

• Modern Day Piracy: Characteristics, Causes and Responses

  Track |

  • Regional Security: Local Dynamics - Global Impact I

• Energy Security in a $100/b World

  Track |

  • Regional Security: Local Dynamics - Global Impact II

• Weapons in Defense of the State: When More is Less

  Track |

  • Present and Future of Conflict

• Dignity and Global Security

  Track |

  • Human Security

• The Challenges of Impact Evaluations in Security-Related Interventions

  Track |

  • State Building / State Failure

• 16:00 - 17:30 Panels

• The Future of International Counter-Terrorism: 9/11 plus 20

  Track |

  • 9/11 Plus Ten

• The Other Sides of Afghanistan: The Significance of Afghanistan’s Neighborhood

  Track |

  • Regional Security: Local Dynamics - Global Impact I

• Linking Regional Peace and Security Frameworks to National Policies: Lessons from West Africa

  Track |

  • Regional Security: Local Dynamics - Global Impact II

• Trends in Intelligence

  Track |

  • Present and Future of Conflict

• The Impact of Explosive Weapons on Civilians

  Track |

  • Human Security

• Building an International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers

  Track |

  • State Failure / State Building

01.06 | 09:00 - 10:30 | Topic Sessions

• UN Targeted Sanctions and WMD Proliferation

• Western Security: Lessons, Dynamics and Prospects

• Managing the Rise of China

• 11:00 - 13:00 Plenary Session

• Power Shifts and International Order

  Speakers |

  • Ambassador Celso Amorim,
  • Mr Ajit Doval

• Closing Address

  Speakers |

  • Professor Dr. Andreas Wenger

• 13:00 Lunch