Human Security Challenges

Past - Present - Future

This symposium will explore the role of state, non-state, and international actors in solving or mitigating human security challenges. Human security, as a governing principle, emphasizes freedom from want and freedom from fear as opposed to traditional national security, which emphasizes sovereignty and territorial integrity. Threats to human security manifest in several different ways, including economic, food, healthcare, and environmental challenges for institutions that may have a role in addressing. The symposium will bring together scholars, practitioners, and students from all over the world to discuss this impactful and important topic.

The University of North Georgia is partnering with the Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, the Army Strategist Association, the Association of the U.S. Army and the Atlanta Council on International Relations to host this symposium on the Dahlonega Campus of the University of North Georgia, one of six senior military colleges in the United States, located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northeast Georgia. From 5-6 April 2023, participants will hear from a series of noteworthy speakers interspersed with panel discussions and question and answer sessions.

Date

April 5-6, 2023

Location

University of North Georgia
Dahlonega Campus
Convocation Center

Virtual Participation

This symposium is designed to be an in-person event. If you are unable to attend in person, participation via Zoom will be an option. You must register for the symposium to receive the Zoom link, which will be e-mailed to you.

 

Disclaimer

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Schedule details will be updated as symposium planning progresses.

5 April 2023

Time Activity
8:00 a.m.

Check-In at the Convocation Center, Dahlonega Campus, University of North Georgia

8:45 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m.

Keynote Address: Major General Joseph (Joe) Jarrard, United States National Guard Bureau Joint Staff Director of Operations

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.

Featured Speaker: Volker Franke, Ph.D., Founding Director, Ph.D. Program in International Conflict Management and Professor of Conflict Management, Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Kennesaw State University

10:45 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m.

Panel 1 Theme: Human Security Challenges in Post-Conflict Societies

12:15 p.m.

Lunch - No Host

1:45 p.m.

Featured Speaker: Sarah Dawn Petrin, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Transatlantic Security Initiative

2:30 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m.

Panel 2 Theme: Role of National Defense in Mitigating Human Security Challenges

4:00 p.m.

Break

4:15 p.m.

Featured Speaker: Tony Pfaff, Ph.D., Research Professor for Strategy, The Military Profession, and Ethics, U.S. Army War College

5:00 p.m.

Break

6:30 p.m.

Social at The Smith House 

9:00 p.m.

End of Day 1

6 April 2023

Time Activity
8:15 a.m.

Check-In at the Convocation Center, Dahlonega Campus, University of North Georgia

8:30 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

8:40 a.m.

Panel 3: Topics in Human Security Challenges

9:50 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.

Featured Speaker: Eeben Barlow, Founder and Chairman or Executive Outcomes; Best-selling Author

10:45 a.m.

Featured Speaker: Igor Chirikov, Ph.D. (University of Moscow), Senior Researcher and SERU Consortium Director, University of California, Berkeley 

11:35 a.m.

Featured Speaker: Lieutenant General Patricia McQuistion, U.S. Army (Retired), former Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Materiel Command

12:10 p.m.

Lunch - No Host

1:10 p.m.

Panel 4: It's a Jungle Out There: The Growing Threat of Environmental Crimes to National Security

2:00 p.m.

Panel 5: Putting the Past on Ice: Evolving Security Considerations Among Human Populations in a Warming Arctic 

2:55 p.m.

Closing Remarks

3:00 p.m.

End of Symposium

*All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time

Panel 1: April 5, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.

Theme: Human Security Challenges in Post-Conflict Societies

Moderator

Panelists

Panel 2: April 5, 2023 at 2:45 p.m.

Theme: Role of National Defense in Mitigating Human Security Challenges

Moderator

Panelists

Panel 3: April 6, 2023 at 8:40 a.m.

Theme: Topics in Human Security Challenges

Moderator

Panelists

Panel 4: April 6, 2023 at 1:15 p.m. 

Theme: It's a Jungle Out There: The Growing Threat of Environmental Crimes to National Security

Moderator and Presenter

Panelists

Panel 5: April 6, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.

Theme: Putting the Past on Ice: Evolving Security Considerations Among Human Populations in a Warming Arctic

Moderator and Presenter

Panelists

Human Security Challenges: Past - Present - Future

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About the Area

The University of North Georgia is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Dahlonega, Georgia, site of the first major gold rush in the United States. UNG is also home to the Army’s 5th Ranger Training Battalion, the mountain phase of the elite Ranger School.

Information about lodging and things to do is at the Discover Dahlonega website.

historic downtown dahlonega square
UNG dahlonega campus at dusk with mountains in background
historic shopping in old houses in historic downtown dahlonega

Where to Eat

The University of North Georgia campus dining facility is a five-minute walk from the convocation center. Breakfast ($7.79), Lunch ($9.29), and Dinner ($9.29) – these prices include tax and credit cards are accepted. There are also many restaurants on the square downtown Dahlonega – a walking distance of 10 minutes from the convocation center.

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