Sessions

Peace and Sport International Forum 2022

All Sessions

Sessions list

8:00 AM - 8:55 AM

Session 1 - Demonstrating the impact of sport for peace within communities

Benjamin Boukpeti (Champion for Peace, Olympic Medalist - Togo)Pierre Gony (Terres en mêlées, Founder)Sophie Lorant (Paris 2024, International Relations Director)Layne Robinson (The Commonwealth, Head of Social Policy Development)Julien Sorez (UNESCO CHAIR – SPORTSD&P, Senior lecturer and Scientific officer)

8:55 AM - 9:40 AM

Session 2 - Sport as a vehicle for gender equity

Shaima Alhusseini (Saudi Sports For All, Managing Director)Jennifer Browning (UK Sport & ENGSO - Equality Within Sport (EWS) Committee, International Relations Advisor & EWS Committee Member)Vitor Pataco (Portuguese Institute for Sports and Youth (IPDJ), President)Félicité Rwemarika (Organization of Women in Sports, IOC Member Founder and Executive Director)

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Session 3 - The Universal Sport: Football for the Goals

Alex Culvin (FIFPRO, Policy and Strategic Relations)Jean-Emmanuel De Witt (AS Monaco, CEO)Maher Nasser (United Nations , Director Outreach Division)Laurent Prud'homme (L'Equipe, CEO Group)

10:50 AM - 11:15 AM

Session 4 (Part I) - The Legacy of Major Sporting Events

Nasser Al Khori (Generation Amazing Foundation, Executive Director)Mutaz Essa Barshim (Champion For Peace)Honey Thaljieh (Champion For Peace)

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session 4 (Part II) - The Legacy of Major Sporting Events

Dan Luger (Champion For Peace, World Champion - UK)Ian Ward (Birmingham City Council, Leader)

1:00 PM - 1:55 PM

Session 5 - The role of sport in building sustainable peace

Pascal Boniface (IRIS, Founder and Director)Gerson Andres Florez Perez (Constructors of Peace International - Cop Colombia, Founder)Ernesto Lucena (Defensoría del Pueblo, Delegate for Human Rights and Sport)Philippe RIO (Mayor of grigny and President of AFCDRP)

1:55 PM - 2:45 PM

Session 6 - Contributing to peace through sport, a paradigm shift? Strengthening the ecosystem and...

Ollie Dudfield (International Olympic Committee, Associate Director Olympism 365)Vénuste NIYONGABO (Fondation Venuste Niyongabo, President and Founder)Aminata Traore (APJS - Mali, President and Founder)Lisa Travella Murawsky (Naandi Foundation - India, Sports Director)

2:45 PM - 2:55 PM

Session 7 - Negotiation of peace agreements, sport as a facilitator? Meeting with a diplomat

Pascal Boniface (IRIS, Founder and Director)Staffan De Mistura (United Nations, UN Special Envoy)

3:15 PM - 3:20 PM

Session 8 - From local to global, the prerequisites for scaling up

3:20 PM - 4:10 PM

Session 9 - Investing in peace through sport for tomorrow's world

Daniel Aceves (FUNDACION ALFREDO HARP HELU DEPORTE, Director)Thierry Braillard (Fondation du sport français, President)Noémie Claret (Salesforce, EMEA Olympic and Paralympic Partnerships Lead)Henry Nidecker (Nidecker Group, CEO)Amine Zariat (Tibu Africa, President)

7:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Peace and Sport Awards Ceremony 2022