CSIS Conference Rethinking Civilian Stabilization and Reconstruction

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2013– The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) will host a conference on the importance of civilian reconstruction and stabilization capability and its effects on U.S. foreign policy. Full details appear below.

WHEN/WHERE:
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
B1 Conference Center
CSIS 1800 K. St. NW, Washington, DC 20006

Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org

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AGENDA

8:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

John Hamre
President, CEO, and Pritzker Chair, Center for Strategic
and International Studies

Arthur Keys
President and CEO, International Relief and Development

David Wall
Senior Vice President, Programs, AECOM

8:20 Is America Losing Faith in Civilian Power?

Robert D. Lamb
Director, CSIS Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation

8:40 Stabilization and Reconstruction beyond Afghanistan

David Ignatius
Associate Editor, Washington Post

James Dobbins
U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

9:30 Break

9:45 U.S. Support to Transitions in Colombia and Liberia

Liliana Ayalde
DAS for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department
of State

John Blaney
Senior Advisor, Deloitte Consulting

Juan Pablo Franco Jiménez
Director of Programs, IRD Colombia

Sean McFate
Vice President, TD International

Franklin Moore
Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa, USAID

Moderated by:
Johanna Mendelson Forman
Senior Associate, CSIS Americas Program

11:45 Break

12:15 Working with Donors:

A Conversation with Recipient-Country Officials

William Deng Deng
Chair, South Sudan National DDR Commission

Moderated by:
James Kunder
Senior Resident Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the
United States

1:30 Break

1:45 Overcoming Operational Challenges in South Sudan

Francois Grignon
Team Leader, Sudan/South Sudan, UN DPKO

Jason Matus
Senior Sudan Coordinator, AECOM

Jonathan Temin
Director, Horn of Africa Programs, Centers of Innovation, USIP

Moderated by:
Andrew Natsios
Executive Professor, Bush School of Government and
Public Service

2:45 Observations on the State of the Field

Robert Jenkins
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance
(DCHA) and Executive Director of the Syria Task Force

Robert D. Lamb
Director, CSIS Program on Crisis, Conflict, and
Cooperation

3:15 Keynote Address: The Future of Stabilization

Frederick “Rick” Barton
Assistant Secretary for Conflict and
Stabilization Operations, U.S. Department of State

4:00 Close

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