Join GPPAC PEWG Feb. 25th 8 - 9AM EST for "Exploring Innovative Technology for Peacebuilding"

This presentation, hosted by the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict’s Peace Education Working Group (PEWG), will review some of the history of technology being used to enhance conflict resolution and prevent deadly conflict. We’ll look specifically at the evolution of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) tools and techniques which seek to maintain neutrality, as well as exploring other various forms of “info-activism,” civic engagement practices, and “peace tech” that have explicit biases promoting peace, mutual well-being and protection of those endangered by conflicts. While not promising any clear predictions in a time of rapidly advancing Artificial Intelligence (AI), we’ll also consider some areas where AI may be put to good use in the pursuit of nonviolence and peace.

Zoom Registration for the Session (Deadline Feb. 23rd)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hqmoBOaMSBWh0UzShh41gw
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Presenter: Bill Warters, Ph.D., is a Quaker with a lifelong interest in peacemaking and conflict resolution. He is a facilitator for the Alternatives to Violence Project of Michigan, offering multi-day workshops in Michigan prisons and communities. He got his undergraduate degree in Conflict Resolution from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and his PhD in affiliation with the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. While at Syracuse, Bill received a distinguished Guggenheim Research Fellowship for his work on ending men's violence toward women. Prior to his retirement, Dr. Warters was Director of the Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution program at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to moving to Michigan, Bill was a faculty member and Director of the PhD program in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Nova Southeastern University in Florida. Bill is author of the book Mediation in the Campus Community: Designing and Managing Effective Programs with Jossey Bass Press. He was the developer of two federally-funded web clearinghouses for conflict resolvers working in educational settings, the most recent being CREducation.net. He has an online portfolio highlighting some of the many conflict resolution and technology projects he developed, visible at campus-adr.net.