List of Confirmed Speakers

More than thirty scholars and activists from around the world have been invited to speak at the Dublin Conference. Following is the list of currently confirmed speakers. This list is regularly updated.

Keynote Speakers:

Dr. Aleida Guevara, Member of National Assembly (Che Guevara's Daughter), Cuba
Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD, Sinn Féin Defense Spokesperson, Dail Eireann, Ireland
Clare Daly TD, Dail Eireann, Ireland

Plenary Speakers (in alphabetical order):

Ann Atambo, President, WILPF Kenya
Bahman Azad, Coordinator, Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases; Organizational Secretary of the U.S. Peace Council, USA
Ajamu Baraka, National Coordinator, Black Alliance for Peace; 2016 Green Party candidate for vice president of the United States, USA
Annette Brownlie, Chairperson, IPAN, Vice President, United Nations Association of Australia Queensland Branch, Australia
Teodoro "Teddy" Casiño, Member of Leadership, BAYAN; Former Member of the Philippine Congress, The Philippines
Roger Cole, Chair, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland
Gerry Condon, President, Veterans For Peace, USA
Moara Crivelente, Member of the Executive, CEBRAPAZ, Brazil
Ilda Figueiredo, Chairperson, National Board of the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation, Portugal
Dr. Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance, USA
Socorro Gomes, President, World Peace Council
Dr. Ed Horgan, International Secretary, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland
James Patrick Jordan, National Co-Coordinator, Alliance for Global Justice, responsible for its Labor, Ecology, and Colombia projects, USA
Kristine Karch, Stop Air Base Ramstein, Germany
Tarak Kauf, former Member of National Board, Veterans For Peace, USA
Frank Keoghan, Chair, People's Movement, Ireland
Margaret Kimberly, Editor and Senior Columnist at Black Agenda Report (BAR), USA
Milan Krajča, Chairairman, Czech Peace Movement, Czech Republic
John Lannon, Member of the Executive, PANA; Founding Member, Shannonwatch, Ireland
Joe Lombardo, Co-Coordinator, United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), USA
Dr. Issam Makhoul, Chair, Emil Touma Institute, Israel
Mairead Maguire, 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Winner; Co-founder of Women for Peace, Northern Ireland
Alfred L. Marder, President, U.S. Peace Council, USA
Chris Nineham, Vice-Chair, Stop the War Coalition, UK
Senator Grace O'Sullivan, Green Party, Ireland
Dr. Zuhal Okuyan, Chairwoman, Peace Committee of Turkey
Thanassis Pafilis, General Secretary, World Peace Council; Member of Greek Parliament, Greece
Myriam Parada Avila, Executive Director, School of Peace Foundation, Colombia
Silvio Platero, President, Movimiento Cubano por la Paz y la Soberania de los Pueblos (MOVPAZ), Cuba
Paola Renata Gallo Peláez, President, Movimiento Por la Paz, la Soberanía y Solidaridad entre los Pueblos (MOPASSOL), Argentina
Dr. Stelios Sofocli, Chairman, Cyprus Peace Council, Cyprus
David Swanson, Director, World Beyond War; Campaign Coordinator for RootsAction.org, USA
Dr. Akel Taqaz, Coordinator, Palestinian Committee for Peace and Solidarity, Palestine
Aida Touma-Sliman, President, Peace and Solidarity Committee in Israel; Palestinian Member of Israeli Knesset, Israel
Iraklis Tsavaridis, Executive Secretary, World Peace Council, Greece
Dave Webb, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), UK
Ann Wright, Retired US Army Colonel and former US diplomat; Leading Member of Veterans For Peace and CODEPINK, USA
Hiroji Yamashiro, Director, Okinawa Peace Action Center, Okinawa, Japan
Hideki Yoshikawa, Director, Okinawa Environmental Justice Project, Okinawa, Japan