2020
IPSA, in partnership with Concordia University and in collaboration with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) Canada and the Greater-Montreal and Quebec branches of the United Nations Association in Canada, held a virtual conference on the Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Multilateralism to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. The event was held from 19-21 October 2020 to coincide with the month-long celebrations of UN75, which culminated in New York on UN International Day, 24 October. Originally planned as an onsite conference, the COVID-19 pandemic forced IPSA to transition to a fully virtual format.
The three-day conference, hosted on the Zoom platform, saw some 35 leading experts, diplomats and academics discuss a range of current themes in international politics. Keynote speakers included H.E. Bob Rae, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the UN; Michel Bonsaint, Representative of the Government of Quebec in the Permanent Delegation of Canada to UNESCO; Lutz Feldt, Vice Admiral (ret.) of the German Navy; IPSA President Marianne Kneuer; and Cecilia Cannon, Academic Adviser to the United Nations for the 75th anniversary dialogues on global cooperation. Also contributing from IPSA as speakers and chairs were Vice-President Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Vice-President Christopher Isike and Executive Director Kim Fontaine-Skronski.
If you missed the UN at 75 conference, you can view the videos of each session on the conference page.
