2018 Conference
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Left to Right: Laurie Smolenski (Institute for Economics & Peace), Amanda Rader (Mindfulness Educator), Nancy Van Pelt (Rotary Governor, District 5495), Dr. Chris Zambakari (Zambakari Advisory), Ramu Damodaran (United Nations), Chuck Fitzgerald (Conference Chair with inaugural Champion for Peace Award honoring Jim Green), Zarrin Caldwell (U.S. State Department), Paul Chappell (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation), Summer Lewis (The Rotary Foundation). Not Pictured: John Matthews (Rotary Director, Zones 25 & 26), Jorge Meruvia (Mexico Peace Encounter). Laurie, Amanda, Chris, Zarrin, Summer, and Jorge are Rotary Peace Fellows. |
pre-Conference Press Release Conference Brochure Conference Invitation Card Conference Program |
Presentations | Audio | |
Laurie Smolenski – Economics & Peace | Opening (Fitzgerald) | |
Summer Lewis – Rotary & IEP | Economics (Smolenski, Lewis, Meruvia) | |
Jorge Meruvia – Mexico & Positive Peace |
Economics Q & A | |
Dr. Chris Zambakari – The Zambakari Advisory | Sponsors (Fitzgerald) | |
Government (Damodaran, Caldwell, Zambakari) | ||
Government Q & A | ||
IEP – Global Peace Index (2018) | Education (Chappell) | |
IEP – Pillars of Peace Report | Rotary (Matthews) | |
IEP – Positive Peace Report (2016) | Closing (Van Pelt, Fitzgerald) |
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