Program Agenda

11:30 - 1:00

Registration

1:00 - 1:10

Introductory Remarks
Cam Findlay
Deputy Secretary of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor

1:10 - 1:30

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor

1:30 - 1:50

Andrew Natsios, USAID Administrator

1:50 - 2:10

Olara A. Otunnu, UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict

2:10 - 3:20

Youth Panel
Rountable discussion with several former child soldiers and moderated by Jane Lowicki, Senior Coordinator for the Children and Adolescents Project at the Women’s Commission on Refugee Women and Children

3:20 - 3:50

Break

3:50 - 4:10

Juan Somavia, Director-General, International Labor Organization

4:10 - 4:50

Documentary Film: UN Works "What’s Going On," "Child Soldiers" in Sierra Leone, with introduction by Carmel Mulvany, UN Works and Ashley Hoppin, RCN Entertainment

4:50 - 5:00

Closing Remarks
Cam Findlay
Deputy Secretary of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor

8:15 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 9:05

Opening Remarks
Steven Law
Chief of Staff
U.S. Department of Labor

9:05 - 9:15

Film: "Children on the Frontline"
Prepared by the International Labor Organization

9:15 - 10:25

Prevention Workshop:

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Moderator
Jo Becker, International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Panelists
Mike Wessells, Christian Children’s Fund
Guenet Guebre-Christos, UNHCR Representative to the US
Nonoy Fajardo, UNICEF/Philippines
Shirley Gbujama, Minister of Social Welfare, Govt of the Sierra Leone

Q&A

10:25 - 10:40

Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:30

Children in Combat and Demobilization Workshop:

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Moderator
Karin Landgren, Chief of Child Protection Section, UNICEF

Panelists
Kathy Vandergrift, World Vision/Canada
Lourdes Balanon, Undersecretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Government of the Philippines
Adrien Tuyuga, JAMAA/Burundi

Q&A

11:30 - 12:05

Rapid and Long-Term Data Collection Methodologies

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Presentations
Christophe Gironde and Toure Cheaka, International Labor Organization
Neil Boothby, Save the Children/US

Q&A

12:05 - 1:00

Clear Room/Lunch Set-Up

1:00 - 2:30

Luncheon hosted by World Vision

(1:30 - 1:40)

Bruce Wilkinson
Vice President of International Programs, World Vision

(1:40 - 1:45)

Elaine. L. Chao, Secretary of Labor

(1:45 - 2:00)

Ambassador John D. Negroponte,
US Ambassador to the United Nations

2:30 - 4:45

Reintegration Workshop:

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Moderator
Lloyd Feinberg, Displaced Children and Orphans Fund, USAID

Panelists
Marie de la Soudiere, International Rescue Committee
Virginia Brown, International Organization for Migration/Colombia
Dr. Harendra de Silva, Child Protection Agency, Government of Sri Lanka
Former Child Soldier, TBD

Q&A

15 minute Coffee Break

Charles Watmon, World Vision (Uganda Case Study)

Mattito Watson, Save the Children/US (Guinea Case Study)

Marie de la Soudiere, International Rescue Committee (Sierra Leone Case Study)

4:45 - 5:00

Looking to the Future/Concluding Remarks
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor