EVENT PROGRAM
All sessions are scheduled in Eastern Standard Time. All sessions will be conducted in the English language with live interpreters for non-English speakers.
DAY 1
Saturday, November 21, 2020
12:00PM | OPENING KEYNOTES
DAY 2
Sunday, November 22, 2020
11:00AM | PANEL REFLECTION
Strengthening Assyrian Organizing Across the Globe
12:00PM
Remarks from Jon Koriel
Chairman, Assyrian Policy Institute
Ranna Abro
Board Member, Shlama Foundation
12:10PM
Hon. Yonadam Kanna, MP
Member, Iraqi Council of Representatives
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Joey Hood
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State
12:30PM
Larissa Al-Bazi
Chairwoman, Assyrian Federation of the Netherlands
Savina Dawood
Co-Founder & President, Etuti Institute
Umta Shino
President, Centre for Canadian-Assyrian Relations
Remarks from Hon. Fareed Yacoob, MP
Member, Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament
12:45PM
11:45AM | INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Remarks from Hon. Basim Bello
Mayor/Director, Tel Kayf District, Ninewa Governorate
Led by Amanda Slefo
Educator, Evanston Township High School
1:00PM | PANEL DISCUSSION
Breaking the Status Quo: Policy Pathways to a Sustainable Future for Assyrians in Iraq
Hon. Yacoob G. Yaco
Nineveh Plain Defense Fund
Former MP, Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament
Michael Youash, PhD
Independent Scholar
1:30PM | CLOSING REMARKS
Use of participant video encouraged.
ON-DEMAND SESSIONS
More information about the on-demand sessions coming soon.
Reine Hanna
Director, Assyrian Policy Institute
2:00PM | PANEL DISCUSSION
At the Margins: Assyrians in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Mikhael Benjamin
Board Member, Nineveh Center for Minority Rights
Nahrain Rasho
PhD Candidate, University of California, Davis
Daniel Rawand Pols, MD
Ankawa-Based Advocate and Organizer
3:00PM | PANEL DISCUSSION
Calculated Conquest: Understanding the KDP's Strategy in Alqosh
Matthew Barber
PhD Candidate, University of Chicago
Mariam Georgis, PhD
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Studies and Mamawipawin: Centre for Indigenous Governance and Community Based Research, University of Manitoba
Athra Kado
Alqosh-Based Educator and Advocate
4:00PM | CLOSING KEYNOTE
Max J. Joseph
Writer and Artist