Solving Converging Global Crises: The Role of the United Nations and Civil Society in Advancing Effective Global Governance

Beyond the Classroom & The Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda present a conference on  "Solving Converging Global Crises: The Role of the United Nations and Civil Society in Advancing Effective Global Governance"

WHEN: April 29-30, 2010, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Join leading experts to discuss the main threats to human security and identify effective solutions to the converging global crises that confront the world today!

The fundamental leadership challenge of our time is to develop effective solutions to the converging global crises that confront the world today. How do we understand the cross-cutting factors that affect global climate change, health epidemics, HIV/AIDS, environmental decline, poverty, unemployment, nuclear arms proliferation, population growth as well as energy, food and water shortages? How can the United Nations and civil society organizations work together to help advance this critical agenda and implement effective solutions to these converging global crises?

The purpose of this conference on “Solving Converging Global Crises” is to explore how the United Nations and civil society organizations can work together to help inform and advance this critical research agenda and implement effective solutions to these converging global crises.

This public conference on “Solving Converging Global Crises” will draw on speakers from leading civil society organizations (e.g., Americans for Informed Democracy; Arms Control Association; Citizens for Global Solutions; FIM: Forum for Democratic Global Governance) as well as campus faculty to understand the complexities and challenges to developing effective solutions to various global crises ranging from the current economic recession and growing unemployment to climate change, declining fossil-fuel energy resources, food and water shortages, nuclear arms proliferation, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. A conference report will highlight the main lessons and research issues on how to address these global crises, identify recommendations for civil society and United Nations leaders, and inform new curricular and co-curricular opportunities to prepare students for future leadership on these critical global issues.

http://www.beyondtheclassroom.umd.edu/Conference-SCGC-Agenda.pdf

Conference Registration

Registration is free and open for all University of Maryland students, faculty and staff!      

The registration fee for non-University of Maryland participants is $30 for access to the conference sessions, conference materials and conference refreshments.

To register for this conference, please send an e-mail to btcinfo@umd.edu with the following information: your name, institutional affiliation (if any), and e-mail address.