Friends of PTC, are you ready to join us in Oslo?

As we announced last week, PTC is a title event partner for the Nobel Peace Prize Forum Oslo 2017. Coming up in a few short days, following the Nobel Peace Prize Awards Ceremonies, the Oslo Forum “Across Dividing Lines” will address indigenous rights within the context of social justice and environmental protection.

December 11, 2017 – 10am – 11:30am CET (CET Oslo time)/ 3am CST

You can watch the Forum as its broadcast LIVE to a global audience on our website, and via Nobelprize.org and YouTube.

The Forum will provide a platform for dialogue and sharing experiences for representatives of the Standing Rock conflict in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota, US, and the Nussir copper mine conflict in the municipality of Kvalsund, Norway. PTC will be listening intently to reflect on the proceedings of the Forum through the lens of our innovative Matrix of Peace model. Following the events, we will identify openings for action and opportunities to further peacebuilding. Read the press release here.

Be sure to follow for live updates from the Keynote speech and the panel discussion at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum Oslo 2017:

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PROGRAM
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Rigoberta Menchú Tum
The 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Panel
Grand Chief Edward John – Expert Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues & Hereditary Chief of Tl’azt’en Nation
HolyElk Lafferty – 4th generation Lakota Activist
Stephanie Hope Smith – Sacred-Cultural Site Conciliator
Aili Keskitalo – President of the Sami Parliament
Elisabeth Gammelsæter – Secretary General of the Norwegian Mineral Industry
Øyvind Ravna – Professor of Law, University of Tromsø

Moderator
Fred de Sam Lazaro – Correspondent, PBS NewsHour & Director, Undertold Stories Project, University of St. Thomas

Finally, tune in LIVE to other key events including:

Nobel Peace Prize Awards Ceremony – December 10, 2017, 1pm CET (6am CST)

Nobel Week Dialogue – The Future of Truth
Nobel Week Dialogue, December 9, 2017 (Gothenburg)

The Nobel Peace Prize Forum Oslo 2017 is organized by the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Nobel Peace Prize – Research and Information AS in partnership with the University of Oslo. Peace Through Commerce would like to thank the Norwegian organizers, as well as the other title event partner of the Forum, New Generation Power International.

We could not do this work without your help. Thank you!

Kindest Regards,

Steve Portner, CEO