JHU SAIS to Host Conference on Role of Sports in International Relations
EVENT POSTPONED:
Please be advised that due an unexpected travel commitment, Under Secretary Feith's lecture at SAIS has been postponed until a later date still to be determined.
The Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will host a daylong conference, "More Than Just a Game: The Role of Sports in International Relations" on Monday, 10/18 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The conference, the first of a series of events to be held worldwide in observance of the International Year of Sport in 2005, is sponsored by the Swiss Foundation for World Affairs at SAIS. In recent years, the value of sports in grassroots peace-building activities-and on a more elite level as a bridge to diplomatic efforts-has been increasingly recognized. Moments of triumph were, for instance, the table tennis tournament between China and the United States in 1971 and the joint hosting of the 2002 Soccer World Cup in Korea and Japan. The purpose of this conference is to discuss how sports can make the difference in peace building and diplomacy.
The conference will include the following sessions. A complete agenda is below.
10 a.m. - Introduction
10:15 a.m. - Keynote Address by Adolf Ogi, special advisor to the U.N. Secretary General on Sports for Development and Peace and former president of Switzerland
10:45 a.m. - "United Through Sport: Preventing and Managing Conflict at the Grassroots Level"
1:30 p.m. - "Sports in the Service of Diplomacy"
The event, which is open to the public, will be held in Kenney Auditorium located on the first floor of the school's Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Members of the public should RSVP to [email protected] or 202.663.5938.
For more information, contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or [email protected].
AGENDA:
More Than Just a Game:
The Role of Sports in International Relations
18 10/2004, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036
Kenney Auditorium
Conference Program
9:30 am Coffee
10:00 am Introduction
10:15 am Keynote Address
The Honorable Adolf Ogi, Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General on Sport for Development and Peace, former President of Switzerland
10:45 am United Through Sport: Preventing and Managing Conflict at the Grassroots Level
Sandra Cheldelin, Institute for Conflict Management and Resolution, George Mason University (invited); Amir Dossal, Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP); Johann Koss, four-time Olympic gold medalist and founder of "Right to Play"; Brendan Tuohey, Executive Director, "Playing for Peace"; George Weah, former soccer player and FIFA Player of the Year 1995 (invited); Alexander Wolff, Sports Writer, Sports Illustrated (Moderator)
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Sports in the Service of Diplomacy
Opening Statement by Richard Solomon, President, United States Institute of Peace
Judy Bochenski Hoarfrost, member of the 1971 US Table Tennis Team in China; Jerome Champagne, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) (invited); Daniel Doyle, founder of the Institute of International Sport and initiator of the World Scholar-Athlete Games (Concluding Remarks)
3:30 pm Conclusion of conference