Schedule

FORGE 2023

Detailed program.

Participants submitted a personal contribution ahead of the gathering, attended plenaries, how-to sessions, and speakers sessions, and participated in one thematic area of a Solutions Stream.

Speakers & Performers

  • Volker Türk

    United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

  • Judge Hilary Charlesworth

    International Court of Justice

  • Patricia Gualinga

    International Relations Director for the Kichwa First People of Sarayaku

  • Ayisha Siddiqa

    Youth Climate Advisor to United Nations Secretary General

  • Maïmouna Jallow

    Writer, Performer, Film & Theatre Director

  • Jonathan Rowson

    Co-Founder & CEO of Perspectiva

  • Ricken Patel

    Human Rights Activist

  • Kevin A. Ormsby

    Dancer, Choreographer and Artistic Director of KasheDance

  • Chris Walker

    Director of the Division of the Arts at University of Wisconsin Madison

  • Siva Thambisetty

    Associate Professor of Law, London School of Economics

  • Kathryn Sikkink

    Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

  • Ivan Krastev

    Board Chairman, Center for Liberal Strategies

Solution Stream

The Solutions Stream consisted of a series of workshops grounded in futures- and design-thinking methods. There was one room for each of the four (4) thematic areas. Here’s a look into the facilitation process we used:

  • In small groups, share a short summary of your issue area (~4 minutes each) introducing your topic, what you hope to learn and how you hope to evolve your work while at FORGE 2023. Then explore different frames to expand your thinking around your topic.

  • Explore creative modes of communication and expression to evolve the way you approach your issue area, including poetry, visual art, and the use of metaphor.

  • Explore experiments for change across three time horizons: the present, the near future, and the far future. This will include exploring collaborations across your work.

  • Synthesize your experience and learning. What are you taking away from the meeting, and what do you hope might happen next?

Breakout Sessions

  • Chanu Peiris

    Public Perceptions on Human Rights

  • Kizito Byenkya

    Public Perceptions on Human Rights

  • Steven Jensen

    Crowd-Sourcing: A new history of economic and social human rights

  • Tatiana Andia

    Who owns your DNA? Guaranteeing the right to health in the era of precision medicine

  • Mauricio Salgado

    Research Theatre & Climate Action

  • Una Chaudhuri

    Research Theatre & Climate Action

  • Sam Gregory

    How do we ‘fortify the truth’ in a world of deepfakes?

  • César Rodríguez-Garavito

    More Than Human Rights Project (MOTH)

  • Paola Bergallo

    Law and Democracy in Latin America: Lessons from the Green Tide

  • Juan Ortiz Freuler

    Disarming the propaganda machines

  • Gabrielle Apollon

    Haitian Migrant Rights: Lessons to Propel a Hemispheric Network of Haitian Leaders

  • Ninaj Raoul

    Haitian Migrant Rights: Lessons to Propel a Hemispheric Network of Haitian Leaders

  • Jackson Gandour

    Human Rights and the Privatization of Public Services

  • Bassam Khawaja

    Human Rights and Privatization of Public Services

  • Sarah Knuckey

    Decolonizing International Advocacy: Tactics for resistance, empowerment, and solidarity

  • Anjli Parrin

    Decolonizing International Advocacy: Tactics for resistance, empowerment, and solidarity

  • Gulika Reddy

    Hope and imagination in the human rights field

  • Fei Mofor

    Cameroon's Digital Defiance: The Strength of Its People and Private Sector Innovators

  • Saneliswa Magagula

    Democracy Defender Strategies: Insights from Africa's Last Absolute Monarchy

  • Geoff Dancy

    Where is the human rights discourse most resonant?

  • Chris Fariss

    Where is the human rights discourse most resonant?

  • Diana Rodriguez

    How do you Reorganize a City for Women? Tackling Gender Inequality through Bogota´s Care Blocks

  • Ariel Sim

    Molecular Impact & The Art of Decomposing

Hosted at the NYU School of Law

November 2-5, 2023