—  From 23 to 25th November 2023  —

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Barcelona , 23-25th November 2023

Have we as humanity failed? What is happening in the world and how to deal with it

Quo Vadis World?

Presentation of the annual report the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) prepared. This indicator measures the level of peace of nations and regions and presents the trends of increase and decrease of global violence. We will get to know the conclusions of the 2023 report first-hand, its indicators and the methodology applied.

Speakers

Ouided Bouchamaoui

CEO - Hédi Bouchamaoui Group (HBG Holding)
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2015

She has a degree in Marketing and International Trade and a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University. Recognized businesswoman and reference in the world, CEO at HBG Holding and President of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Commerce and Crafts (UTICA), being the first woman elected to this position in the Arab world. While she was a member of the National Dialogue Quartet, she played a historic and legendary role in helping her country navigate through a major crisis during the Arab Spring. In 2015 she was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Dr. Francisco Rojas Aravena

Rector, University for Peace (UPEACE)

Rector of the United Nations University for Peace. Specialist in international relations, regional integration, the Latin American political system, theory and practice of international negotiation, and security and defence policy. He has been Secretary General of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) between 2004 and 2012, and Director of FLASCO – Chile (1996-2004) Professor at the School of International Relations of the National University of Costa Rica (UNA) (1980-1990) Fullbright Professor at the Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) at Florida International University, Miami, USA. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Foreign Affairs in Spanish, Mexico; of the Advisory Board of the journal Pensamiento Iberoamericano, Spain and of the Editorial Committee of the journal Ciencia Política of the National University of Colombia.

Deepa Parent

Freelance journalist covering international conflicts and their human rights consequences. An alumna of University College Dublin, Deepa has reported on the war in Ukraine, the repression of women’s rights in Afghanistan and the freedom struggle against the Islamic Republic led by Iranian women in the Women, Life, Freedom movement. She currently reports for The Guardian on Iran.