Agenda
Following is the detailed agenda, including session abstracts, for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. A free Virtual Day takes place on June 9, followed by the in-person conference at the University of Ottawa from June 16-19, 2026.
Navigate below to view the detailed agenda by date for both the Virtual Day and in-person conference. An overview of the agenda can be download here.
Please note, that if you have registered for the Virtual Day, you will need to sign up for the particular sessions you wish to attend to receive the Zoom webinar link. To do so, click on the link for each session and sign up accordingly.
For the in-person conference, while most sessions are open for all to attend, based on room capacity, some sessions indicate “sign-up required.” Confirmed conference registrants will be given a link to sign up for capacity-limited sessions.
An overview of the conference--including both the Virtual Day (June 9) and the in-person portion (June 16-19)--is available here (as a PDF).
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Jun 9 | Jun 16 | Jun 17 | Jun 18 | Jun 19
Lunch with Environmental Peacebuilding Authors: Celebrating Books on Environmental Peacebuilding Published since the Third Conference [sign-up required]
Jun 19, 2026 |
12.30
- 14.00
Roundtable
Lunch
Jun 19, 2026 |
12.30
- 14.00
Engaging Unnatural Disasters in Environmental Peacebuilding
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Panel
Participants
Juliane Schillinger, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (Netherlands)
Riyaz Karki, Hiroshima University (Nepal)
Laura Peters, Oregon State University (United States)
Sarah Elizabeth Scales, University of Nebraska Medical Center (United States)
Silvia Danielak, George Mason University (United States)
Avoiding Fish Wars
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Roundtable
Participants
Kate Anania, Institute for Accountable Ocean Governance/University of Ottawa (Canada)
Sarah Glaser, World Wildlife Fund US (United States)
Melissa Marschke, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Colleen Devlin, World Wildlife Fund US (United States)
Youth-Led Roundtable for Action on Biodiversity, Conflict and Peacebuilding
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Roundtable
Participants
Shruthi Kottillil, Global Youth Biodiversity Network (India)
Sudha Kottillil, Global Youth Biodiversity Network (India)
Alan Valdes, EcoMaxei (Mexico)
Dodo Tshidinda, African Wildlife Foundation (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Mercury and Conflict Economies: Illegality, Livelihoods, and Environmental Risk in Small-Scale Gold Mining
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Roundtable
Participants
Kursad Avci, Colorado School of Mines (United States)
Sebnem Duzgun, Colorado School of Mines (United States)
Kady Seguin, IMPACT (Canada)
David Soud, IR Consilium (United States)
Oscar Katho, IMPACT (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
The Language of Peace: Linguistic Justice as a Challenge and Tool for Environmental Peacebuilding
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Roundtable
Participants
Montreal Benesch, Trans Research in Linguistics Lab, UC Santa Barbara (United States)
Marcel Labelle, Mahigan (Algonquin and Métis Nations) (Canada)
Rami Khoucha, Association Cèdre pour la Protection de l'Environnement et le Développement Durable (Algeria)
Kalåni Reyes, Main Marianas Media and Research Consulting (Northern Mariana Islands)
Sol Santos, Independent (Argentina/Switzerland)
Law, Power, and Decolonization in Transboundary Water Conflict and Cooperation
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Panel
Participants
Melissa McCracken, The Fletcher School at Tufts University (United States)
Henry Pitts, Transboundary Freshwater Diplomacy Database (United States)
Alexandra Turgul, Oregon State University (United States)
Melissa McCracken, Tufts University (United States)
Reimagining Environmental Peacebuilding in Africa [EnPAx Africa Interest Group]
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Panel
Participants
Sarah Njeri, SOAS University of London (United Kingdom)
Daniel Salau Rogei, Stellenbosch Univiersity (South Africa)
Claudia DAndrea (South Africa)
Interrogating Environmental Peacebuilding Governance and Institutionalization
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Paper/Presentation
Participants
Juha Uitto, Environmental Law Institute (United States)
Miguel Alberto Londoño Gómez, Global Green Growth Institute (Colombia)
Stacy D. VanDeveer, UMass Boston (United States)
Rika Althoff, TU Dortmund University (Germany)
Break
Jun 19, 2026 |
15.30
- 16.00
Carrying Environmental Peacebuilding Forward from Ottawa (to Nairobi and beyond)
Jun 19, 2026 |
16.00
- 17.30
Roundtable
Participants
Annika Erickson-Pearson, ECCP Community of Practice (Switzerland)
Jesse Matas and Austin Willacy
Lauren Herzer Risi, Environmental Peacebuilding Association (United States)
Chris Huggins, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Francis Onditi, University of Johannesburg (Kenya)