Role of Women in Global Security Conference

Biographies of Key Participants

Here you can acquaint yourself with the hosts, main moderators and speakers at the Role of Women in Global Security Conference. The list below will be expanded as we get nearer to the conference. Make sure you stay updated on all the interesting speakers and moderators who will participate at the conference.

Speakers & Moderators in alphabetical order by their first name

Amanda Freeman - Workshop Speaker
Captain, Education Officer, Strategic Communications, Afghan Comms, Helmand PRT, Lashkar Gah, US Marine Corps
Anders Fogh Rasmussen - Special Address Speaker
Secretary General of NATO
Anne-Cathrine Riebnitzsky - Workshop Speaker
Author
Anne Christiane Castenschiold Bill - Workshop Speaker
Lieutenant Colonel, Head of Human Resources, Danish Army Operational Command
Anne-Marie Esper Larsen - DKMFA Report Speaker
Ambassador for Gender Equality, Denmark
Annette Skovsted Hansen - Workshop Speaker
Associate Professor, Asian Studies Section, Department of History and Area Studies, Århus University
Anton Baaré - Workshop Speaker
Consultant, Nordic Consulting Group
Betty Amongi - Workshop Speaker
Member of Parliament, Uganda, Woman Representative of Apac District
Betty Oyella Bigombe - Workshop Speaker
Consultant, World Bank, President of the Arcadia Foundation
Bodil Jacobsen - Workshop Speaker
Programme Coordinator, Danish Demining Group of the Danish Refugee Council
Christian Sørensen - Workshop Speaker
Program Coordinator, ADRA
Christine Bosse - Workshop Speaker
CEO, Tryg
Daniel De Torres - Workshop Speaker
Deputy Head of Special Programmes, Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces
Davood Moradian - Keynote Address Speaker & Workshop Speaker.
Director General, Strategic Study Centre, Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Elizabeth A. Hogan - Workshop Speaker
Senior Development Counselor, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ellen Margrethe Løj - Keynote Address Speaker
Special Representative for the Secretary General for the United Nations Mission in Liberia
Emily Naslund - Workshop Speaker
Captain, Female Engagement Team, US Marines
Erin Kenny - Workshop Speaker
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Specialist, Humanitarian Response Unit of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Esben Barth Eide - Panel Remarks & Workshop Speaker
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Eva Zillén: Senior Advisor - Workshop Moderator
Kvinna till Kvinna
Gabriel Opio - Keynote Address Speaker
Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Affairs, Uganda
Gitte Lillelund Bech - Keynote Address Speaker
Minister of Defence, Denmark
Janan Mosazai - Workshop Speaker
Independent Civil Society Activist
Jolynn Shoemaker - Workshop Speaker
Executive Director of Women in International Security (WIIS)
Haoua Diatta - Workshop Speaker
President and founder, MICA (Micro Credit in Africa)
Henrik Ø. Breitenbauch - Workshop Speaker
Senior Research Fellow, Center for Military Studies
Helen Scanlon - Workshop Moderator
Director, International Center for Transitional Justice
Helena Lindberg - Workshop Speaker
Director General, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Helga Hernes - Workshop Speaker
Senior Adviser, Peace Research Institute Oslo
Hillary Rodham Clinton - Keynote Address Speaker (Video)
Secretary of State, USA
Janet Mohammed - Workshop Speaker
Programme Director, IBIS
Judy Cheng-Hopkins - Keynote Address Speaker
UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacebuilding
Juliet Asante - WOrkshop Spaker
CEO, Eagle Productions. Director, Save Our Women International (SOWI)
Karima Lanyero Obina - Workshop Speaker
Programme Manager, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Project, Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative (ARLPI)
Katherine Canavan - Panel Remarks & Workshop Speaker
Civillian Deputy to the Commander and Foreign Policy Advisor, EUCOM, USA
Kenneth Oketta Akena - Workshop Speaker
Prime Minister for Ker Kwaro Acholi (KKA), Acholi cultural institution
Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva – Keynote Address Speaker European Commissioner for International, Humanitarian Aid, and Crisis Response
Kristin Lund - Workshop Speaker
Major General, Head of the Norwegian Home Guard
Lars Christian Lassen - Workshop Speaker
Senior Vice President, Corporate People & Organisation, Novo Nordisk A/S
Latifa Nabizada - Workshop Speaker
Captain, Pilot, Afghani Air Force
Lene Christensen - Workshop Speaker
Knowledge Management Advisor, Danish Red Cross
Louise Kathrine Dedichen - Workshop Speaker
Rear Admiral, Commandant of the Norwegian Defense University College
Maria Otero – Keynote Address Speaker
Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, USA
Marina Kaljurand - Panel Remarks & Workshop Speaker
Under Secretary for Economic and Development Affairs, Estonia
Meinie Nicolai - Workshop Speaker
President, Médicins San Frontières
Melanne Verveer - Special Remarks Speaker & USDOS Report Speaker.
Ambassador-at-Large for GLobal Women's Issues, USA
Merle Maigre - Workshop Moderator
Advisor, Policy Planning Unit of the Private Office of NATO International Staff
Nanna Skriver - Workshop Speaker
Rule of Law Expert, European Union Integrated Rule of Law Mission in Iraq(EUJUST LEX Iraq)
Nina D’Amato - Workshop Speaker
Major, Operations and Plans Officer, RC (SW) Gender Equity Team, Education Portfolio Manager, Regional Command (Southwest), International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF), US Marines
Pernille Fenger - Workshop Speaker
Chief, UNFPA Nordic Office
Peter Ingwersen - Workshop Speaker
Founder of NOIR Illuminati
Peter Wilson - Workshop Speaker
Director, Libra Advisory Group
Rana Foroohar - Conference Moderator
Deputy Edtor, U.S. and International Editions
Rangina Hamidi - Workshop Speaker
Founder, Kandahar Treasure
Rasa Juknevičienė – Panel Remarks Speaker
Minister of Defense, Lithuania
Raymond E. Mabus - Keynote Address Speaker
Secretary of the Navy, USA
Rikke Haugegaard - Workshop Speaker
Anthropologist, Owner of Understanding Culture
Robin May Schott - Workshop Moderator
Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Roma Bhattacharjea - Workshop Speaker
Senior Gender Advisor, United Nations Development Programme
Rosalba Oywa - Workshop Speaker
Executive Director, People’s Voices for Peace
Sanjar Sohail - Workshop SPeaker
Editor in Chief to Publisher, HASHT e SUBH Daily Newspaper
Shafiqa Quraishi - Workshop Speaker
Brigadier General, Director, Gender, Human and Child Rights, Afghan Ministry of the Interior
Shahamak Rezaei - Workhop Moderator
Associate Professor, Department of Society & Globalisation, Roskilde University
Shaheen Tejani - Workshop Speaker
Project Manager, Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN)
Sheila M.Q. Scanlon - Workshop Speaker
Colonel, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Interior for Administration and Support NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, US Marines
Simone Kærn - Workshop Speaker
Artist, filmmaker and pilot
Suzanne B. Danneskiold Lassen - Workshop Moderator
Owner and CEO of Strategic Facilitator & Integrator
Suzanne Monaghan - Workshop Moderator
President, Pearson Peacekeeping Center
Tara Sonenshine - Workshop Moderator
Executive Vice President, United States Institute of Peace
Tina Monberg - Workshop Moderator
Mediator, exam. psychotherapist, lawyer, Mediation Center A/S
Trine Lunde - Workshop Speaker
Economist, World Bank, Gender and Development Group
Vabah Gayflor - Keynote Address & Workshop Speaker
Minister for Gender and Development, Liberia
Winnie Musah - Workshop Speaker
Gender Officer for Federation of Liberian Youth (FLY)
Yasmin Jusu-Sheriff - Workshop Speaker
Femmes Africa Solidarité
Yvette Chesson-Wureh - Workshop Speaker
Establishment Coordinator, Angie Brooks International Centre
Zouera Youssoufou - Workshop Speaker
Head of Women in Business Program at the International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Åsa Massleberg - Workshop Speaker
Programme Officer, Gender and Mind Action Programme (Geneva)