2015 Conference

Opening Remarks

• Professor Elizabeth Prodromou, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Security & Conflict Panelists
Moderator: Professor Elizabeth Prodromou, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

• James Patton, Executive Vice President, the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy
• Chaplain (Col.) Barbara Sherer, United States Army
• Dr. Shadi Hamid, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, author of Temptations of Power

Rights & the State Panelists
Moderator: the Reverend Greg McGonigle, Tufts Interfaith Chaplaincy

• Aisha Rahman, Executive Director, Karamah
• Dr. Nancy Ammerman, Department of Sociology, Boston University
• Former Ambassador to Denmark and former Congressman (D-NH) Richard Swett

Politics & Identity Panelists
Moderator: Nadim Shehadi, Director, the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies

• Kitty Kurth, President, Kurth Lampe Worldwide
• Mark I. Rosen, Associate Professor, Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program, Brandeis University
• Reverend Kapya Kaoma, The Parish of Christ Church

Keynote Speaker

• Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, Past Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

Closing Remarks

•  Nadim Shehadi, Director, the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies