This 5 JUNE 2025 Negotiation for Social & Environmental Change

9.30      Participants registration and welcome coffee, ROOM C317 et C318

AMPHITHEATRE BACHELARD

10.15 Opening Speech by François-Xavier NERARD (Université Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France)

10.30   Presentation of the conference, Francesco MARCHI (Alternego, Sciences Po – Paris, France)

11.00   PANEL 1 – THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN HUMAN & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: CHALLENGES OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHING AND TRAINING – ROOM D633

Chair: Yadvinder RANA (Catholic University, Italy)

  1. Leonardo CAPORARELLO (Bocconi University and SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy) Innovation in negotiation teaching
  2. Habib CHAMOUN (Texas University, USA) & Doudou SIDIBE (ESIEE PARIS/Université Gustave Eiffel, France) The Integration of AI Tools in Negotiation Education: Enhancing Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes
  3. Paulo MARZIONNA (IESEG School of Management, France) When AI Won’t Lie: Rethinking Deception in Negotiation Training
  4. Yadvinder RANA (Catholic University, Italy) When AI Joins the Table: How Large Language Models Transform Negotiations

11.00   PANEL 2 – TEACHING NEGOTIATION BY INCLUDING A RESPONSIBLE PERSPECTIVE – AMPHITHEATRE BACHELARD

Chair: Remi SMOLINSKY (Leipzig Business School, Germany) and Doudou SIDIBE (ESIEE PARIS/Université Gustave Eiffel, France)

  1. Kristoffer LIDEN (PRIO, Norway) Ethics in Peace Negotiations: Key Questions
  2. Frieder LEMPP & Hayley WALKER (IESEG School of Management, France) Integrating sustainability topics into negotiation teaching
  3. Will BABER (Tokyo University, Japan) Learning from failures
  4. Eleni KALAFATI (Mercury Negotiation Academy, Greece) The Importance of Cultivating Cultural Intelligence when Negotiating Internationally
  5. Angelo MONORITI (LUISS University, Italy) Negotiation teaching in primary school: an experiment

11.00   WORKSHOP 1 –NEGOTIATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS , Anastasia VLASENKO (Youth Ambassador, Ukraine), ROOM D631

11.00 WORKSHOP 2 PROCESS DESIGN FOR MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS, ROOM D632

  1. Jack WILLIAMS (Institute for Global Negotiation, Switzerland)
  2. Barney JORDAAN (Vlerick Business School, Netherlands)
  3. Daniel DRUCKMAN (George Mason University, USA)
  4. Norbert BERGER (Institute for Global Negotiation, Switzerland)

12.30  LUNCH BREAK

14.00   PANEL 3 – DATA DRIVEN AND SCIENCE NEGOTIATIONS, ROOM D633

Chair: Emmanuel VIVET ( ESSEC-IRENE Associate Researcher and DGAC, France)

  1. Lise ANDERSEN (Leiden University, Netherlands) Jeanne-Louise ROELLINGER (CERI-Sciences Po, France) Knowledge by Consensus: UN GGEs and the Codification of Expertise
  2. Milena DIECKHOFF (University of Clermont Auvergne, France) Data in international negotiations: using numbers as arguments
  3. Emil HILDEBRAND (University of Vienna, Austria) Whose Science? Mapping Actor Narratives in Deep-Sea Mining Negotiations
  4. Torkil SCHRODER HANSEN (Copenhagen University, Denmark) Value creation or value loss: Negotiation in public procurement in a Danish context

14.00   PANEL 4 AI IN SUPPORT OF CLIMATE NEGOTIATORS: EXPLORATION AND APPLICATION THROUGH GLOBAL SIMULATION, ROOM D631

Chair: Joana VEIRA DA SILVA (Former HoD for COPs, Portugal)

  1. Claude BRUDERLEIN (Harvard Kennedy School of Government & Frontline Associates, USA)
  2. Huw DAVIES, Director, The Centre for Multilateral Negotiation (CEMUNE, Germany)
  3. Weiwei PAN, Machine Learning Researcher (DtAK Lab, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, USA)
  4. Linn BIESKE, Researcher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

14.00   ROUNDTABLE  1 – “NEGOTIATING WITH IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN AND SOVEREIGNTY-ORIENTED GOVERNMENTS: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES IN FOREIGN POLICY” with Col. Peter HERRLY (retired Col. US ARMY & PSIA Sciences Po, France), Hanna MURAT (Université Paris 1 Sorbonne-Pantheon, France), Anna BONALUME (Journalist & ENS, France), Mukesh KAPILA,(CBE, Switzerland), ROOM JEAN BAPTISTE DUROSELLE

14.00   WORKSHOP 3 NEGOTIATION STRATEGY SPRINT DEMONSTRATION

Patrick WALL (Institute for Global Negotiation, Switzerland), ROOM D632

15.30 COFFEE BREAK, ROOMC317 et C318

16.00 PANEL 5 – CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES IN MULTILATERAL AND COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS, AMPHITHEATRE BACHELARD

Chair: Raymond SANER (University of Basle, Switzerland)

  1. Jerome BELLION-JOURDAN (Institute for Global Negotiation, Switzerland) Multilateral Negotiations in a Fragmented World: the Power(s) of a Chair
  2. Larry CRUMP (Griffith University, Australia) Strategic Behavior in Complex Negotiation
  3. Simon HUG (Geneve University, Switzerland) Emotions in International Assemblies. Debating Human Rights in the UN Human Rights Council 
  4. Yves SCHEMEIL (Sciences Po – Grenoble, France) Like-minded states only? Joint initiatives and Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangements at the WTO.

16.00 PANEL 6 – NEGOTIATION AS A STRATEGIC FUNCTION IN ORGANISATIONS, ROOM D633

Chair Daniel DRUCKMAN (George Mason University, USA)

  1. Henri BERGERON ( Sciences Po – Paris, France)
  2. Adrian BORBELY (Emlyon Business School & PRONEGO-DBS, France)
  3. Francesco MARCHI (ALTERNEGO & Sciences Po- Paris, France)
  4. Felix MILLER (Deutsche Bank Deal & Negotiation Office, Germany)

16.00 ROUNDTABLE 2  – WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP IN COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS AND INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE, SALLE JEAN BAPTISTE DUROSELLE

Moderator: Natalie MAROUN (European Climate Pact Ambassador, CEO Element)

Introductory remarks: Golda EL KHOURY (Founder & President Higher Ground, Former Senior UN official)

Keynote address : Cisse Cheikh BOIDE, Ambassador of Mauritania to Washington DC (USA) 

Speakers

Anne Marie GOETZ (Clinical Professor, New York University, USA)

Mukesh KAPILA (CBE; Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester; Former Senior official, Switzerland)

Carlos CISNEROS (WHO, Switzerland; Former Undersecretary of State, Ecuador) 

Discussants 

Mary KHIMULU (Former Kenya Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Kenya)

Erma MANONCOURT (President and Founder, M&D Consulting Inc., Former UNICEF Representative)

16.00 WORKSHOP 4 –  ROLE-PLAY SIMULATION: NEGOTIATION UNDER PRESSURE & IMPROVING NEGOTIATION COMPETENCIES WITH LLMS, ROOM D632
1. Jan KUBICEK (JAMAVO, Czech Republic)
2. Vojtěch PSZCZÓLKA (JAMAVO, Czech Republic)

17.30 Plenary conclusion “WHEN THEORY AND RESEARCH MEET PRACTICE”, Daniel DRUCKMAN (George Mason University, USA), Francesco SEGONI ( Doctors Without Borders), Emmanuel VIVET ( ESSEC-IRENE, DGAC), Larry CRUMP ( Griffith University, Australia), AMPHITHEATRE BACHELARD

18.15 Networking Cocktail, ROOM C317 et C318

6 JUNE 2025 Geopolitics, Diplomacy & Inclusion

9.30  – Key note speech from Sorbonne President Prof. Christine Neau-Leduc, AMPHITHEATRE BACHELARD

9.45      PANEL 7 – PEACE, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND MEDIATION, ROOM D633

Chair Charles TENENBAUM (Sciences Po- Lille, France)

  1. ROSOUX VALERY (Leuven University, Belgium) Peace process as a double promise: The risk of linking memory and hope in times of distrust
  2. Hans VAN DEN BERG (The Hague University, Netherlands) Negotiating restorative justice in Ukraine
  3. Jale SULTANLI (CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, Finland), Wilbur PERLOT (Peace Academy, Netherlands) & Hayk TOROYAN (CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, Finland), Peace Processes and Mediation in a World of Multilateral (dis)Order;
  4. Hayk TOROYAN (CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, Finland) Looking for a way out in an uncertain world.

9.45      PANEL 8 – THE CHALLENGES OF EU INTERNAL POLICY NEGOTIATIONS, ROOM D631

Chair: Fulvia RAFFAELLI (DG SANTE – European Commission, Belgium)

  1. Selma BENDJABALLAH (Sciences Po-Paris, France) How do policies determine negotiation’s practices. Evidence from the European Union
  2. Eugenia DA CONCEICAO (Technical University of Munich, Germany) The Path to a Common Market for Digital Finance Services: The European Commission as a Transformational Leader
  3. Thibaud HARROIS (Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France) Trust in Brexit Negotiations and Post-Brexit Relations: Erosion and Paths to Restoration

9.45 PANEL 9 TEACHING NEGOTIATION IN THE EU AND BEYOND, AMPHITHEATRE BACHELARD

Chair: Francesco MARCHI (ALTERNEGO & Sciences Po – Paris, France) & Philippe PERCHOC (IRSEM – Bruxelles & College of Europe)

  1. Alejandro RIBO LA BASTIDA (College of Europe, Belgium) Designing negotiation simulations with the AI: lessons from the sim game at the College of Europe
  2. Stefania PANEBIANCO (University of Catania, Italy) Simulation Lab on EU Migration Diplomacy: innovative active learning tools.
  3. Costanza HERMANIN ( European University Institute, Italy) & Pierpaolo SETTEMBRI ( DG MOVE European Commission,Belgium) Simulating EU Negotiations: Key Considerations in Designing Simulations for Higher Education

9.45 WORKSHOP 5 –COMPANY-COMMUNITY-GOVERNMENT MEDIATION IN COMPLEX SOCIO-POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTS, ROOM D632 – Brian GANSON (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

11.15  COFFEE BREAK,

11.30   PANEL 10 THE EU AS A GLOBAL NEGOTIATOR: MYTH OR REALITY? , AMPHITHEATRE BACHELARD

Chair: Paul MEERTS ( PIN & Leiden University, Netherlands)

  1. Valon MURTEZAJ (IESEG School of Management, France) The European Union Facilitated Negotiations for the Normalization of Relations between Kosovo and Serbia
  2. Ida MANTON (3C Consulting, Crowlight Partners, and PACE Global Strategies, USA) Lessons Learned from the Living Memories of CSCE Negotiators for ending the war in Ukraine
  3. Mark YOUNG (Rational Games, Germany) & Julian WITTKAMP(Rational Games, Germany) Mikhail Gorbachev lion in the west, pariah in the east: changing the world through negotiation
  4. Jiyu CHOI ( University of Strasbourg, France) Shaping a Security Partnership between the EU and South Korea
  5. Frans SCHRAM (College of Europe, Bruges) « The EU’s Brexit Negotiation Challenge »

11.30    PANEL 11 – WHEN HUMANITARIANS NEGOTIATE AND MEDIATE: PRINCIPLES, DILEMMAS AND COMPROMISES, ROOM D633

Chairs: Panos MOUMTZIS (GELI, UN)

  1. Kristoffer LIDEN (PRIO- Oslo, Norway) 
  2. Kristina ROEPSTORFF (University of Magdeburg, Germany)
  3. Maria GABRIELSEN JUMBERT (PRIO-Oslo, Norway)
  4. Francesco SEGONI (Doctors Without Borders, France)

11.30   PANEL 12 NEGOTIATING THE PUBLIC AGENDA: INFLUENCE, ECONOMICS, AND THE POLITICS OF POLICY, ROOM D631

Chair Ana BOVAN (ESEM Business School, Serbia)

  1. Marco CADEZ (Serbian Chamber of Commerce President, Serbia)
  2. Dominik MEIER,  Chair of German Society for Political Consulting, Vice President of Public Affairs Community of Europe (PACE), Partner in Miller & Meier Consulting (Germany)
  3. Stuart THOMSON, Political and Communications Advisor (CWE Communications , UK)

11.30   WORKSHOP 6 CONFLICT INTELLIGENCE AND COOPERATIVE LEADERSHIP, ROOM, D632

Wilbur PERLOT ( Peace Academy, Netherlands) and Barney JORDAAN (Vlerick Business School, Belgium).

13.00 LUNCH BREAK

14.30 PANEL 13 INFORMAL NEGOTIATION – CONFLICT RESOLUTION THROUGH SPORT, AMPHITHEATRE BACHELARD

Chair: John HEMERY (CPDS UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific)

  1. Roar Thun WÆGGER ( CEO and Co-founder, Sport4Understanding, Norway)
  1. Aisha SHUAIBU ( SWA Sports, Nigeria)
  2. Sally NNAMANI ( Peace Players, USA)
  3. Arnaud AMOUROUX (UN, Cyprus)

14.30 PANEL 14 – SUSTAINABLE & RESPONSIBLE NEGOTIATION, ROOM D633

  1. Chair: Adrian BORBELY ( Emlyon Business School & PRONEGO-DBS, France)
  2. Remi SMOLINSKY (Leipzig Business School, Germany)
  3. Peter KESTING (Arhus University, Denmark)
  4. Brian GANSON (Stellenbosch University, South-Africa) 
  5. César REYNA UGARRIZA (Geopol Think-tank, Spain)

14.30   WORKSHOP 7  –NAVIGATING CRISIS: ADVANCED NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES FOR HIGH-STAKES SITUATIONS, ROOM D632

Stephanie FERLAND & Barbara SARTORE (Frontline Negotiations – Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation, Switzerland)

14.30   WORKSHOP 8 – THE MONNET METHOD IN PRACTICE, ROOM D631, Jean-Marc LIEBERHER ( Institut Jean Monnet, France)

16.00 COFFEE BREAK

16.30 Closing Ceremony and delivery of the Druckman Prize for Negotiation Innovation, AMPHITHEATRE OURY

17.00 Concluding remarks from ENEA (European Negotiation Association).