INAUGURAL PEACE SYMPOSIUM 2022

Youth Panel Session 1: Envisioning Peace in a Time of Uncertainty (10:00 am)

Chaired by: Dr. Andrew Codling (Former Head of the Vice-Chancellor's Office, Auckland University of Technology).

Speakers: Haris Murtaza (Co-Chairperson of the National Islamic Youth Association), Ashlyn Baines and Olivia Shimasaki (Youth Coordinators of The Peace Foundation), Julia Guthrey (Youth Representative of Soka Gakkai International New Zealand) and Professor Kevin Clements (Director of Toda Peace Institute)

Academic Panel Session 2: Envisioning Peace in Aotearoa and the Pacific in a Time of Uncertainty (11:15 am)

Chaired by: Dr. Jenny Te Paa-Daniel (Interim Director of Te Ao o te Rongomaraeroa, The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago)

Speakers: Prof. Malakai Kolomatangi (Ministry for Pacific Peoples), Anahera Gildea (Ngāti Tukorehe, PhD Candidate, International Institute of Modern Letters, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington), Dr. SungYong Lee (Te Ao o te Rongomaraeroa, The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago).

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Soka Gakkai International New Zealand is an affiliate of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist-based non-governmental organisation which promotes a culture of peace and non-violence. SGI is a partner of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Established at the University of Otago in 2009, the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies is New Zealand’s first centre to combine global cross-disciplinary expertise on the issues of development, peace-building and conflict transformation.