IR Events Calendar

DATE/TIME	TITLE	THEMES
26 November 2010	11^th Fall Conference: Values and Interests in International Relations in the 21^st Century	Values and interests are the two principal driving forces of political debate and action. They determine the quality and the success or failure of domestic political systems and of international order.
26 January 2011	Roundtable: Women’s Rights	Webster faculty and guest speakers for the Humanitarian conference discuss the issue with students from Geneva and other campuses.
27-28 January 2011	16^th International Humanitarian Conference: Humanitarian Space	Over 30 experts will address the questions of independence, autonomy and security of humanitarian action in modern, complex emergencies.
31 March 2011	Roundtable: Women’s Rights: Education-Security-Economics	Webster’s International Institute for Human Rights kicks off with a global web-discussion on the topic of women’s rights.
8 April 2011	Security Forum 2011: Counter-Insurgency	What hides behind buzzwords such as “COIN” or “stabilization” operations? Why is this not successful? 26 experts will try to answer. The afternoon session will be focused on the Middle East.
25 November 2011	12^th Fall Conference: Democracy and Regime Change: Success and Failure	In this one-day conference, speakers will deal with successful examples and failures of democratization and regime change since the end of the Cold War, among former Communist countries in Europe, as well as other regions of the world.
10 February 2012	Security Forum 2011: Information Warfare	Information as a weapon and a tool of governance. Can the hearts and minds be “won”? What is the impact of media in international affairs today?
1-2 March 2012	17th International Humanitarian Conference: Refugees and Armed Conflicts	A two day conference held at the International Conference Centre in Geneva (CICG). Co-organized by Webster University Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Events are open to the public. Registration online or by mail is highly recommended.
Events will take place on the Webster campus, Commons Room, LLC Building, unless noted otherwise.
Working language will be English.
The International Humanitarian Conference will have simultaneous French-English translation.
Trains from Geneva/Cornavin and Coppet to Genthod/Bellevue available every half-hour. Free parking.