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***** Invitation to Open Public e-Symposium on Conflict Prevention *****
Entirely on the Internet at www.dwcw.org/e-symposium
"The Future of Conflict Prevention in the Post September 11 World"
February 6 -14, 2002. Registration in Advance now Open

Sponsored by The Japan Center for Preventive Diplomacy (JCPD) www.jcpd.gr.jp
and the Japan Times www.japantimes.co.jp
Support from the Sasakawa Peace Foundation www.spf.org

Panelists include conflict prevention experts from academia, government, UN
and NGOs such as
Mr. Joseph Montville (USA), Director, Preventive Diplomacy Program, Center
for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Ms. Sandra Melone (France), Executive Director, European Centre for Common
Ground
Dr. Kevin Clements (New Zealand), Secretary General, International Alert
Mr. Johan Galtung (France), Director, Transcend
Mr.Wuria Karadaghy (Kurdish), UNDP/PEACE Senior Programme Coordinator, UNDP
Afghanistan

Building on the accomplishments of the first e-Symposium on Conflict
Prevention www.dwcw.org/e-symposium_1/index.htm and the ongoing Dialogue
Webpage for Conflicts Worldwide www.dwcw.org the Japan Center for Preventive
Diplomacy (JCPD) www.jcpd.gr.jp and the Japan Times www.japantimes.co.jp are
pleased to present the Second e-Symposium on Conflict Prevention. The aim of
this exciting initiative is to review, analyze and learn from the events of
September 11 and to find out how they relate to the future of conflict
prevention and will again bring together a number of experts from diverse
backgrounds and regions.

The e-Symposium will be structured as per a normal symposium with
presentations, comments, open public discussions, responses and reviews. The
public is invited to participate in the symposium through contributing
comments and posing questions throughout the first 7 days of the Symposium
from February 6-12. For participant registration and more details see the
already opened e-Symposium site at www.dwcw.org/e-symposium .