PROGRAM

March 17
9.15AM - 10.45AM

Inaugural session
Address by the Workshop Coordinator
Address by the Chair of International Relations Department
Address by the Representative of Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad
Address by Vice-Chancellor, University of Karachi
Key Note Address by Dr. Kumar Rupasinghe, Chairman, Foundation for Coexistence, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Tea/Coffee
10.45AM - 11.15AM

Session One. 11.15AM - 1.15PM

Chair: Brig (Retd) Abdur Rehman Siddiqi, Eminent Security Analyst
Theme: Conceptual Framework

1. The Concept of Early Warning and its Mechanisms by Moonis Ahmar, Professor and Chair, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi.
2. Early warning and capacity building by Kumar Rupasinghe.
3. Third generation Early Warning Systems by Prof. Joe Bock, Director of External Relations, Hesberg Center, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.

Lunch
1.15PM - 2.00PM

Session Two. 2.00PM - 5.00PM

Chair: Ambassador (Retd) Mehdi Masud
Theme: Early Warning and the Role of Organizations

1. United Nations and Early Warning by Mr. Syed Hasan Javed, Additional Secretary, Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad.
2. Early Warning: the Role of IGOs and INGOs by Mr. David Nyheim, Chief Executive of International Conflict and Security Consulting Ltd. U.K.
3. Regional Organizations and Early Warning by Nausheen Wasi, Lecturer, International Relations Department, University of Karachi.

Tea/Coffee
5.00PM

March 18
9.30AM - 11.00AM

Session Three
Chair: Prof. Joe Bock
Theme: Early Warning: Conflict and Conflict Prevention

1. Ethno-religious conflicts by Dr. Subha Chandran, Deputy Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, India.
2. Genocide and Early Warning by Prof. Dr. Ameena Mohsin, Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3. Social disorder and Early Warning by Ms. Meezan Khawaja, Research Associate, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad.

Tea/Coffee
11.00AM - 11.30AM

Session Four. 11.30AM - 1.15PM

Chair: Prof. Ameena Mohsin
Theme: Early Warning and Disaster and Crisis Management

1. Disaster Management by Dr. Mussarat Jabeen, Associate Professor & Chairperson, Department of International Relations, University of Balochistan, Quetta.
2. Crisis Management and Early Warning by Dr. Maqsoodul Hasan Nuri, Senior Research Fellow, Islamabad Policy Research Institute, Islamabad.
3. Defying the frontiers: A South Asian Perspective on Early Warning Systems by Amjad Bhatti, Rural Development Policy Institute, Islamabad.

Concluding remarks
1.15PM - 1.45PM

Lunch
1.45PM - 2.30PM

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