2012 Annual Symposium
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| OPENING SESSION | ||||
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| Silvio Ferrari Professor of Canon Law, University of Milan |
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| Suzan Johnson Cook United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, The Office of International Religious Freedom |
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| Katrina Lantos Swett Chair, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom |
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| FIRST PLENARY SESSION: The Role of Religion in Democratic Transformations | ||||
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| Jeffrey Haynes Associate Dean of Faculty, Research and Postgraduate, and Director, Centre for the Study of Religion, Conflict, and Cooperation, London Metropolitan University |
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| Sophie Christine van Bijsterveld Professor of Law, Tilburg Law School, Universiteit van Tilburg |
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| Scott Hibbard Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, DePaul University |
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| Africa Breakout Session | ||||
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| Emmanuel Kwabena Quansah Professor of Law and Dean, School of Research and Graduate Studies, Mountcrest University College |
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| Jallah Allen Barbu Chairperson, Constitution and Justice Division, Law Reform Commission |
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| Shaun de Freitas Asssociate Professor and Departmental Chairperson, Department of Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law, University of the Free State |
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| Vietnam Breakout Session | ||||
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| DO Quang Hung Professor, University of Social Sciences and Humanities |
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| Quoc Thanh Pham Vice Dean, Faculty of Political Science, University of Social Sciences and Humanities | ||||
| Van Hieu Nguyen Division of International Relations, University of Social Sciences | ||||
| The Hung Nguyen Director, International Relations Department |
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| Peru Breakout Session | ||||
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| Juan Carlos Valderrama Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú | ||||
| Jorge Luis Salas Arenas Supreme Judge, Supreme Court of Justice | ||||
| Moisés Arata Solís Professor, University of Lima, San Martín de Porres and San Ignacio de Loyola | ||||
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| SECOND PLENARY SESSION: Religious Organizations, Civil Society, and Pluralism | ||||
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| Allen D. Hertzke Presidential Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma |
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| Rik Torfs Senator, Belgian Senate |
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| Ram Cnaan Director, Program for the Study of Organized Religion and Social Work, University of Pennsylvania |
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| China Breakout Session | ||||
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| Peng Liu Director, Pu Shi Institute for Social Science |
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| Ping Xiong Lecturer, University of South Australia Law School |
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| Japan Breakout Session | ||||
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| Tasuku Matsuo Attorney at Law, Matsuo & Kosugi |
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| Frank Ravitch Professor of Law and Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law | ||||
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| Ukraine Breakout Session | ||||
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| Taras Antoshevskyy Director, Religious Information Service of Ukraine | ||||
| Maksym Vasin Executive Director, Institute for Religious Freedom |
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| Mexico Breakout Session | ||||
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| Jesús Alcántara Méndez Religious Affairs Counsel, Secretaría de Gobernación |
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| Javier Saldana Serrano Dr., Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) | ||||
| Maximo Moscoso Pintado Religious Affairs Coordinator of the State of Tabasco, Secretaría de Gobernación | ||||
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| THIRD PLENARY SESSION: Religion in Public and Private | ||||
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| Hanna Kildani Secretary General, Jordanian Christian Council |
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| Jinwol Lee Professor, Dongguk University |
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| Jose Dario Salazar-Cruz Senator, Colombian Senate |
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| United States Breakout Session | ||||
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| Derek Davis, J.D., Ph.D. Former Director, J.M. Dawson Institute on Church-State Studies |
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| Tina Ramirez Director of International and Government Relations, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty |
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| Eric Rassbach Deputy General Counsel, The Becket Fund of Religious Liberty |
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| Indonesia and Philippines Breakout Session | ||||
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| Cekli Setya Pratiwi Lecturer, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang Faculty of Law |
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| Jeremy Gatdula Attorney, David and Gatdula Law Offices |
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| Ric Castro Partner, Quisumbing Torres/Baker and McKenzie International |
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| Russia Breakout Session | ||||
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| William Schmidt Doctor of Philosophy, Dean of Faculty of Religious Studies, Ethnocultural Studies and Regional Studies, John the Apostle Orthodox Institute, Russian Orthodox University |
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| Ekaterina Elbakyan Professor of Sociology and Management of Social Processes, Moscow Academy of Labor and Social Relations | ||||
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| Central America Breakout Session | ||||
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| Marylin Vallarino Member of Congress, National Congress of Panama | ||||
| Brenda Ninoska Martinez Aragon Attorney at Law, Taboada & Asociados | ||||
| Carlos Sabino Professor, Universidad Francisco Marroquin | ||||
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| Cape Verde and Brazil Breakout Session | ||||
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| Ligia Dias Fonseca First Lady, Office of the President of Cape Verde |
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| Gilberto Garcia Professor of Law, Retailer's Trade Union of São Joao de Mereti RJ |
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| Aldir Soriano Professor, Universidade do Oeste Paulista - Unoeste |
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| India and Laos Breakout Session | ||||
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| S.K. Pachauri Director, Amity Institute of Good Governance |
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| Sosonephith Phanouvong Director of Home Affairs, Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs |
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| Ouneheuane Phothirath President, Lao Front for National Construction | ||||
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| Armenia and Georgia Breakout Session | ||||
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| Stepan Danielyan Chairman, Collaboration for Democracy Centre |
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| Marine Solomonishvili President, LEA International Foundation and Georgian-Jewish Information Center | ||||
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| Dominican Republic Breakout Session | ||||
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| Fidel Lorenzo Meran Minister, Dominican Council of Evangelical Unity |
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| Elivis Medina Bishop, Iglesia de Dios |
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| Australia and Samoa Breakout Session | ||||
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| Augusto Cotta Zimmermann Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer, Murdoch University |
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| Leilani Tuala-Warren Executive Director, Samoa Law Reform Commission |
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| Neville Rochow Barrister/Board Member, University of Adelaide Research Unit for Society, Law and Religion |
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| Europe Breakout Session | ||||
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| Jose Martin de Agar Professor of Canon Law, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce | ||||
| Sven Speer Chairman, Forum Open Religious Policy |
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| Tore Lindholm Associate Professor, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo | ||||
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| Colombia and Bolivia Breakout Session | ||||
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| María Patricia Ariza-Velasco Fourth Deputy Attorney before the Council of State, Procuraduría General de la República de Colombia |
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| Ninoska Lazarte Councilwoman, Municipal Council of Cochabamba City | ||||
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| FOURTH PLENARY SESSION: Conference Summation and Concluding Reflections on Conference Themes | ||||
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| W. Cole Durham, Jr. Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law and Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University |
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| DO Quang Hung Professor, University of Social Sciences and Humanities |
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| Jose Martin de Agar Professor of Canon Law, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce |
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| Juan Carlos Valderrama Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
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| Frank Ravitch Professor of Law and Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law |
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| Maximo Moscoso Pintado Religious Affairs Coordinator of the State of Tabasco, Secretaría de Gobernación |
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| Derek Davis, J.D., Ph.D. Former Director, J.M. Dawson Institute on Church-State Studies |
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| Leilani Tuala-Warren Executive Director, Samoa Law Reform Commission |
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| William Schmidt Doctor of Philosophy, Dean of Faculty of Religious Studies, Ethnocultural Studies and Regional Studies, John the Apostle Orthodox Institute, Russian Orthodox University |
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| Ligia Dias Fonseca First Lady, Office of the President of Cape Verde |
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| Cekli Setya Pratiwi Lecturer, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang Faculty of Law |
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