Pathways to Peace: Norway's Approach to Democracy and Development

Pathways to Peace: Norway’s Approach to Democracy and Development will be Jan. 12-14 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center in downtown Tacoma and on the PLU campus.

Pathways to Peace will explore the Norwegian approach to achieving world peace through conflict resolution, economic development and relieving global poverty.

The Norway symposium, which is the first major event marking Norway's centennial, is designed to further PLU’s efforts to educate for a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world.

Symposium participants will join scholars, business and government leaders and policy experts in conversation and study including Norway’s highly effective behind-the-scenes peace brokering efforts undertaken in areas of the world such as the Middle East, Sri Lanka and Sudan. They will also consider the leadership roles Norway has played in the United Nations and NATO.

Keynote and plenary speakers will include Knut Vollebœk, Norwegian ambassador to the United States; Svein Ludvigsen, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries; Tom Vraalsen, United Nations envoy to Sudan and former Norwegian ambassador to the United States; George Russell, chairman of the Threshold Group and chairman emeritus of Russell Investment Company; and Leonard N. Iipumba, the Namibian Ambassador to the United States.

In addition, many experts will present their views and lead discussions in concurrent sessions on topics including establishing the conditions for peace, ensuring the conditions for peace and ongoing work for peace.

Wednesday, January 12, 2005. 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Tacoma Convention Center.

Thursday, January 13, 2005. 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran Campus.

Friday, January 14, 2005, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Pacific Lutheran Campus