Agenda

Location: Duke in DC, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 500

8:30 – 8:50        Continental Breakfast

8:50 – 9:00        Welcome

9:00 – 10:15      Panel 1: Challenges on the Journey and After Arrival

• • • • • Moderator: Dara Lind, Vox 
        • Denise Brennan, Georgetown University
        • Victoria Gass, Oxfam America
        • Mary Giovagnoli, Refugee Council, USA
        • Katharina Obser, Women’s Refugee Commission

10:15 – 10:30    Coffee Break

10:30 – 11:45   Panel 2: Tackling Challenges of Violence, Criminal Groups, and Corruption

• • • • • Moderator: Clare Seelke, Congressional Research Service
        • Steven Dudley, InSight Crime
        • Christopher Inkpen, RTI International
        • David Leblang, University of Virginia
        • Michael Paarlberg, Virginia Commonwealth University

11:45 – 1:30      Lunch and Keynote Address with Amb. James Nealon. Introduced and moderated by Giovanni Zanalda, Duke University.

1:30 – 2:45        Panel 3: Development Strategies and Goals

• • • • • Moderator: Jennie Bragg, US Global Leadership Coalition
        • Sarah Bermeo, Duke University
        • David Cronin, Catholic Relief Services
        • Cindy Huang, Center for Global Development
        • Kenneth Maffitt, Duke University

2:45 – 3:00        Coffee Break

3:00 – 4:15        Panel 4: Regional Response to the Crisis

• • • • • Moderator: Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle
        • Cristobal Ramón, Bipartisan Policy Center
        • Rachel Schmidtke, Wilson Center, Mexico Institute
        • Ariel G. Ruiz Soto, Migration Policy Institute

4:15 – 4:30        Closing Remarks