High-level Panel I: Protecting Education & Building Sustainable Peace

Issue Framing

Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO
Ms. Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF

Panel Discussion

• Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser, SDG Advocate, Chairperson of EAA
• H.E. Mr. António Guterres, UN Secretary-General
• H.E. Mr. Mohamed Bazoum, President of the Republic of Niger
• H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar
• H.E. Mr. Josep Borrell, High-Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
• Mr. Karim Khan, Chief Prosecutor of the ICC
• Mr. Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC

Moderated by Mr. Nicholas Kristof, NYT columnist

High-level Panel II: High-level Panel II: Strengthening Legal & Policy Mechanisms to Protect Education

Issue Framing

Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

Panel Discussion

• H.E. Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria
• The Hon. Evarist Bartolo, Minister for European and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Malta
• Mrs. Helen Grant MP, UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Girls’ Education
• H.E. Ms. Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, Co-Chair of the Security Council Informal Expert Group on Women, Peace and Security
• Ms. Lise Grande, President of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
• Mr. Forest Whitaker, Founder and CEO of the Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI)

Moderated by Ms. Nelufar Hedayat, Doha Debates Correspondent

High Level Technical Discussion: Harnessing the Power of Data, Monitoring & Reporting to Protect Education from Attack

Issue Framing

Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner, OHCHR

Panel Discussion

• Mrs. Maki Katsuno-Hayashikawa, Director of Division for Education 2030, UNESCO
• Dr. Ahmed Elmagarmid, Executive Director, QCRI
• Prof. Michael VanRoonyen, Co-founder and Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
• Ms. Diya Nijhowne, Executive Director, GCPEA

Moderated by Ms. Nelufar Hedayat, Doha Debates Correspondent