World Negotiation Day

Wednesday 25 Sep 2019, 14:00 → 19:00 Europe/Zurich

In-Person

Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

For the first time in the history of global negotiations, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and the International Negotiation Agency (ADN Group) have joined together to organise the World Negotiation Day.

Throughout the event, conferences and round-tables will enable participants to understand best practices in negotiations and how they are implemented in the highest decision-making circles in the world.

The first edition of this event will bring some of the greatest bilateral and multilateral negotiators and experts together, to share and discuss the place negotiation has in economic, diplomatic and climatic spheres. In the spirit of the current and unprecedented times, this event will bring to light the human expertise that has become necessary in our ever-changing world.

Come and meet some of the greatest and most prestigious negotiators and discover how they have decoded negotiations in their respective paradigms.

 

14:00 → 17:30 World Negotiation Day

15:00 → 15:15 Key note on climate change negotiation: “Negotiation to face the stakes of the years to come”

15:15 → 15:30 Key note on peace negotiations in local contexts: “Peace negotiations and inclusiveness”

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:00 Roundtable discussion with Q/A

Negotiate to bring hope
The role of the United Nations in negotiations across the world
Significance of partnerships between the private and public sectors
Case studies of the year around the globe

17:00 → 17:30 Award Ceremony and Closing Speeches

17:30 → 19:00 Cocktail Reception