Program
The Annual Meeting program is now available.
Download the program here: 
(Updated 12 June 2017)
Workshop Sessions
Download the schedule for workshop presentations and panels:
(Updated 5 June 2017)
Plenary Sessions
We are pleased to announce the topics for the five plenary sessions at the 2017 Annual Meeting.
Plenary I
ACUNS at 30: Retrospect and Prospect
Moderator:
Kyu-dok Hong, Professor, Sookmyung Women’s University
Panelists:
Lorraine Elliott, Chair, ACUNS; Professor, Australian National University
Sukehiro Hasegawa, President, Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan
Charlotte Ku, Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
Ramesh Thakur, Director, Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Crawford School, Australian National University
Plenary II
The Role of the UN in the Future of the Korean Peninsula
Moderator:
Thomas Biersteker, Curt Gasteyger Professor of International Security and Conflict Studies, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Panelists:
Toshiya Hoshino, Professor, Osaka University
Sung-han Kim, Professor and Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University; Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Xuexian Wang, Former Deputy Director-General, Department of International Organizations and Conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations; Former Ambassador to South Africa
Plenary III
Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in Humanitarian Crises
Moderator:
Eunsook Chung, Senior Research Fellow, Sejong Institute
Panelists:
Ai Kihara-Hunt, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
Kurt Mills, Professor, University of Dundee
Mónica Serrano, Professor, EI Colegio de Mexico; Senior Research Associate, Center for International Studies, Oxford University
Plenary IV
Agenda 2030 – Achieving Progress towards the SDGs
Moderator:
Otto Spijkers, University Lecturer, Utrecht University School of Law
Panelists:
Stephen Browne, Co-founder, Future UN Development System; Visiting Lecturer, Graduate Institute Geneva
Mike Hardy, Executive Director, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
Modesto Seara Vazquez, Rector, Oaxaca State University System
Haibin Zhang, Professor, School of International Studies, Director of the Center for International Organization Studies, Peking University
Plenary V
Agenda for the New Secretary-General
Moderator:
Ingvild Bode, Lecturer, University of Kent
Panelists:
Karin Abbor-Svensson, Programme Manager for ‘Hammarskjöld’s Legacy’, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
Joon Oh, Professor, Kyung Hee University; Former Ambassador to the United Nations, Republic of Korea
Francesco Mancini, Assistant Dean and Visiting Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
Sebastian von Einsiedel, Director, UN University – Centre for Policy Research
