#Kwibuka25 - International Conference (1)

International Conference
« Preserving Memory, Championing Humanity »

10:00 – 10:30 OPENING CEREMONY

Welcome Remarks by Jean-Damascène Bizimana, Executive Secretary, National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG)

Opening Keynote Address by H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

10:30 – 12:00 Panel 1 : Perspectives of a Post-Genocide Generation

Moderator : Sandra Shenge, Aegis Trust

Panelists :

Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
Edouard Bamporiki, National Itorero Commission
Catherine Coquio, Université Denis-Diderot
Aleksander Edelman, filmmaker
Boatamo Mosupyoe, California State University, Sacramento

13:30 – 15:00 Panel 2 : Genocide and Collapse of Society

Moderator : Zachary Kaufman, Harvard Kennedy School & Stanford Law School

Panelists :

Frank Chalk, Concordia University
Victoria Fontan, American University of Afghanistan
David Gakunzi, journalist
Bishop John Rucyahana, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission
Andrew Wallis, author