Session 1
Chair: Dr Noel Dorr, MRIA (Chair, RIA Committee for International Affairs & Former Secretary-General, Department of Foreign Affairs)
9.30am Welcome by Professor David Fegan, Academy Senior Vice-President
9.40am Conference Overview by Dr Noel Dorr
9.50am Keynote Address by Minister of State for Overseas Development, Mr Peter Power TD
10.20pm Questions and Answers
10.40am Coffee Break
Session 2: Peace, Conflict and Law
Chair: Dr John Doyle (Centre for International Studies, Dublin City University)
11.10am Professor Paul Rogers (Bradford University)
11.40am Dr Edel Hughes (University of Limerick)
12.10pm Questions and Answers
12.30pm Lunch
Session 3: Human Rights
Chair: Dr Maura Conway (Department of Law and Government, Dublin City University)
2.00pm Professor Javaid Rehman (Brunel University)
2.30pm Dr Siobhan Mullally (University College Cork)
3.00pm Questions and Answers
3.30pm Coffee Break
Session 4: NGOs and Supranational Structures in a Changing World
Chair: Professor Ben Tonra (Jean Monnet Professor of European Foreign, Security and Defence Policy, University College Dublin)
4.00pm H. E. Mr Rory Montgomery (Permanent Representative of Ireland to EU)
4.30pm Mr. Tom Arnold (CEO Concern)
5.00pm Questions and Answers
5.30pm Conclusion of Conference
6.00pm Reception & Launch of vol. 21 of Irish Studies in International Affairs, Iveagh House, Department of Foreign Affairs