Programme Highlights

Opening Day: Wednesday Evening, December 2nd 2009

Opening and Welcome:
Dr. Max Price, Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town

Special Address:
“The Scars of Memory: Rwanda and its Painful Healing”
Stephen Smith

Discussion & Reception:
The evening will end with responses from the audience in dialogue with Stephen Smith, followed by a Cocktail Reception at 7:00pm.

Thursday, December 3rd 2009

Roundtable dialogue with Archbishop Desmond Tutu: In Conversation with the Rabble Rouser for Peace: Engaged, Compassionate Leadership in Challenging Times

Book Launch: Transforming Societies After Political Violence: Truth, Reconciliation, and Mental Health

To mark the launch of Professor Brandon Hamber's new book, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation and the International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE) hosts a conversation about the book followed by wine and snacks.

Presenter: Brandon Hamber (University of Ulster, Northern Ireland; Director, INCORE)

Chair: Umesh Bawa (Deprtment of Psychology, University of the Western Cape)

Time: 5:30-700pm (including refreshments)

Venue: The Common Room, 4th Floor, Kramer Building, Middle Campus, UCT

Visit the following link for more information: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/pdfs/Hamber-LaunchSA.pdf

Friday, December 4th 2009

The Fetzer Institute presents an International Award for Love and Forgiveness to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu which is to be followed by the Special Public Dialogue Event:

Reconciliation in South Africa: Are Things Falling Apart?

This part of the program is open to the public. Our vision is to extend the conference events and to allow the international delegates to the conference to experience some of the dialogue that takes place in South Africa. We hope to give the international guests at the conference an opportunity to witness or participate in a unique moment of public conversation about the challenges of reconciliation in South Africa. Many conference delegates at the 2006 conference said that participating in the public events was an important learning experience about the challenges of reconciliation in South Africa.

Speakers:

Respondent:
Professor Antjie Krog (Professor Extraordinaire at the University of the Western Cape, and prominent South African writer and poet) Biography

Panelists:
Dr. Mamphela Ramphele (Chairman of Circle Capital Ventures) Biography
Professor Amanda Gouws (Professor and Chair of Political Studies, Stellenbosch) Biography
Professor Jonathan Jansen (Vice Chancellor, University of the Free State) Biography