For Immediate Release, June 19, 2015
Contact: Dimitra Hatzudis

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As conflicts worldwide increasingly include sophisticated information warfare, the United Nations needs to build smart public communications strategies into every peacekeeping mission it deploys. This problem and concrete steps to solve it are the focus of a conference on June 23, 2015 from 9:30am-3:00pm. The event is one of a global series of conferences, called the Challenges Forum, that are shaping broad recommendations for improving U.N. peace operations. The discussion will also be webcast.

USIP and the Swedish government’s peacebuilding arm, the Folke Bernadotte Academy will co-host this event with the International Forum for the Challenges of Peace Operations, a network of governments, research centers and groups dedicated to improving U.N. peacekeeping.

Pre-registration for this event is required. To request credentials for this event, contact Dimitra Hatzudis at dhatzudis@usip.org. All credential request must be submitted by 12:00pm on June 22, 2015.

Location:
U.S. Institute of Peace
2301 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037

Agenda:
9:30am: Welcoming Remarks

9:45am - Peace Operations and Strategic Communications – Challenges Today

11:15am - Strategic Communications – What are the Best Practices Today?

12:30pm - Luncheon Keynote: H.E. Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, United Nations

1:45pm - Innovation for Strategic Communications – Moving the Strategic Communication Frontier Forward

Credentialing policy: USIP media credentials are available to reporters, editors working as reporters, producers, camera operators and still photographers who work for legitimate media organizations and who present their official government-issued press credentials. USIP reserves the right to limit the number of representatives of each media outlet attending the event. Media representatives who violate guidelines for coverage of an USIP event, whether written or oral, may have their credentials withdrawn.

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