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 overview of the agenda can be download here (as of 12JUNE2026). Please note that this overview does not list room assignments.
The full conference brochure -- with agenda, logistics, and other information -- can be downloaded here (15MB). Please note that this version (13JUNE2026) includes updated room assignments.
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 portion of the conference, while most sessions are open for all to attend, some sessions indicate “sign-up required.” Only confirmed conference participants can sign up. To sign up for a capacity-limited session, please:
(1) log in to www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org [If you are not signed in, you will not see the options to sign up]
(2) go to this page (agenda)
(3) scan the agenda to see which sessions you want to sign up for
(4) click on "sign up" [If you click on it, you may not receive a confirmation; if, however, you go back and you no longer have the option of signing up that means that you are indeed signed up.]
Please note that you can sign up for only three capacity-limited sessions. And once you sign up, you cannot change your un-sign-up without Secretariat assistance.
If you would like to keep track of the sessions you attend – or review one you can't at a later date – you can click "add to your watch list" on the session's description page. As you add sessions, they will appear in the "My Watch List" page under the conference menu.
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Jun 9 | Jun 16 | Jun 17 | Jun 18 | Jun 19
The Rise and Fall of Militarization in Environmental Contexts around the World
Jun 19, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Location: CRX 230
Type: Panel
Participants
Carrie Hanks, Environmental Peacebuilding Association (United States)
Esther van 't Veen, Netherlands Defence Academy (Netherlands)
Dominic Offei, University of Massachusetts - Boston (Ghana)
Emily Kenward, University for Peace (United States)
Richard Marcantonio, University of Notre Dame (United States)
Forests: Finances, Fighting, and Fragility [EnPAx Forest Interest Group]
Jun 19, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Location: CRX 440
Type: Panel
Participants
Chair: Alice Taberner, Universidade de São Paulo and King's College (Italy/Brazil)
Lina Aburas Awadalla, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Shaadee Ahmadnia, Conservation International (United States)
Uche Okpara, University of Greenwich (United Kingdom)
Chikaodili Orakwue, University of Johannesburg (Nigeria)
Abdul-Jalil S. Umngan, Bangsamoro Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (Philippines)
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
Location: CRX 105D
Type: Roundtable
Lunch
Jun 19, 2026 |
12.30
- 14.00
Selected EnPAx Interest Group Meetings (open to all; pick up lunch first)
Jun 19, 2026 |
12.45
- 13.45
Participants
Monitoring and Evaluation Interest Group -- Room CRX 230
Engaging Unnatural Disasters in Environmental Peacebuilding
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Location: CRX 307
Type: Panel
Participants
Chairs: Juliane Schillinger, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (Netherlands) and Laura E.R. Peters, Oregon State University (United States)
Riyaz Karki, Hiroshima University (Nepal)
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
Location: CRX 407
Type: Roundtable
Participants
Chair: 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
Location: CRX 308
Type: Roundtable
Participants
Chair: 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)
George Biesmans, Outward Bound Center for Peacebuilding (Belgium)
Mercury and Conflict Economies: Illegality, Livelihoods, and Environmental Risk in Small-Scale Gold Mining
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Location: CRX 442
Type: Roundtable
Participants
Chair: Aviva Silburt, Independent (Canada)
Kursad Avci, Colorado School of Mines (United States)
Sebnem Duzgun, Colorado School of Mines (United States)
Kady Seguin, IMPACT (Canada)
Oscar Katho, IMPACT (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Embodying Environmental Justice: Collective Action and Community Resilience as Forms of Peacebuilding
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Location: CRX 408
Type: Roundtable
Participants
Chair: Becca Farnum, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)
Austin Willacy, ArtPeace: Earth (United States)
Jacob Yen Alier, Konybaai Education Initiative (South Sudan/Uganda)
Anjali Vurden, FemWise-Africa (Mauritius)
Breanna Riddick, Climates of Resistance (United States)
Law, Power, and Decolonization in Transboundary Water Conflict and Cooperation
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Location: CRX 230
Type: Panel
Participants
Chair: Penny Beames, Global Water Security Center, University of Alabama (Canada)
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
Location: CRX 309
Type: Panel
Participants
Chair: Sarah Njeri, SOAS University of London (Kenya/United Kingdom)
Larry A. Swatuk, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Claudia DAndrea, Independent (South Africa)
Daniel Salau Rogei, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
Interrogating Environmental Peacebuilding Governance and Institutionalization
Jun 19, 2026 |
14.00
- 15.30
Location: CRX 440
Type: Panel
Participants
Chair: Dethie Soumare Ndiaye, Global Green Growth Institute (Burkina Faso)
Stacy D. VanDeveer, UMass Boston (United States)
Rika Althoff, TU Dortmund University (Germany)
Miguel Alberto Londoño Gómez, Global Green Growth Institute (Colombia)
Andrew Kelly, Impact Trust / Dark Matter Labs (Australia)
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
Location: CRX 140
Type: Roundtable
Participants
Open Session, facilitated by the 2026 EnPAx Conference Fellows
Music! With Jesse Matas and Austin Willacy
Lauren Herzer Risi, Environmental Peacebuilding Association (United States)
Chris Huggins, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Samuel A. Nyanchoga, Catholic University of Eastern Africa (Kenya)