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The Buffett Institute's international diplomacy series will culminate in our spring quarter symposium on peace-making organized with Fundación Acordemos. This two-day event will bring together diplomats, negotiators and academics to discuss the high-profile peace processes of recent decades. Our aim is to draw lessons for future negotiations in a world confronting a crisis of multilateralism. Although peace negotiations are often greeted with relief, they also represent a fork in the road. A badly-crafted agreement may be worse than no agreement at all. Rushed peace deals store up trouble for the future, fueling more intense and widening conflicts. This symposium will examine the successes and failures of past processes, analyze key principles and strategies and discuss the roles of various actors in achieving lasting and implementable peace agreements. THURSDAY, APRIL 3 FROM 5:00–6:30 PM CHICAGO TIME (CT) Plenary Session – Negotiating Peace: Looking Back to Look Forward Christopher Hill Kate Fearon Sergio Jaramillo Pavlo Klimkin Moderator: Ravi Agrawal FRIDAY, APRIL 4 FROM 8:30 AM–5:00 PM CHICAGO TIME (CT) Opening Remarks: 8:30 a.m. Panel #1: Conditions of Possibility, 8:45–10:15 a.m. Betty Bigombe Christopher Hill Tor Wennesland Moderator: Ian C. Kelly Break: 10:15–10:30 a.m. Panel #2: Designing the Process, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Barney Afako Claire Hajaj Sergio Jaramillo Moderator: Dan Krcmaric Break: 12:00–1:30 p.m. Panel #3: Actors in Multilateral Peacemaking, 1:30–3:00 p.m. William B. Taylor Shoaib Rahim Tor Wennesland Moderator: Danielle Gilbert Break: 3:00–3:15 p.m. Panel #4: Challenges of Implementation, 3:15–4:45 p.m. Barney Afako Kate Fearon Pavlo Klimkin Abiodun Williams Moderator: Pontus Ohrstedt More information: https://buffett.northwestern.edu/events/international-diplomacy-in-turbulent-times/buffett-symposium-negotiating-peace-in-a-multipolar-world.html