This event is exclusively reserved for GCSP NISC Alumni.

Join us in celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the New Issues in Security Course (NISC)! This milestone event will spotlight human security, a vital yet often overlooked aspect of global security discussions. Don't miss this opportunity to engage in crucial conversations shaping the future of security.

Recent geopolitical developments have predominantly shifted global attention toward traditional hard security issues such as military capabilities, defence strategies and territorial integrity. Consequently, political momentum for addressing human security challenges has significantly waned.

In this context, neglecting human security risks undermining sustainable peace and stability. Neglecting human security, protecting individuals from fear, want, ad other vulterabilities, undermines sustainable peace and stability. Issues such as poverty, health crises, climate-related vulnerabilities, migration and cyber threats remain as pertinent and urgent as ever.

The 25th anniversary event aims to engage the global community of NISC Alumni to revitalise the dialogue on human security, emphasising its critical role alongside traditional security measures to comprehensively protect and empower individuals and communities worldwide.

Speakers

• Ambassador Katja Pehrman, Ambassador for Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, GCSP Alumna (NISC, 2011)
• Brigadier General Owoicho Ejiga, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Defence of Nigeria, GCSP Alumnus (NISC, 2022)
• Dr DPK Pillay, Research Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India, GCSP Alumnus (NISC, 2007)
• Ms Lama AlHaj Abdalrahim, Legal Advisor and Diplomat at the Palestinian Mission to the EU, Belgium, and Luxembourg, GCSP Alumna (NISC, 2022)
• Dr Sergio Triana-Enemocon, Head of Humanitarian Access & Civil Military Coordination – Security, United Nations OCHA, GCSP Alumnus (NISC, 2017)

Welcome

• Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Executive Director, GCSP
• Dr Ivan Ureta, Director of Executive Education, GCSP
• Ms Anna Brach, Head of Human Security, GCSP

The following former course directors will also participate: Professor Roland Dannreuther, Dr Rama Mani, Dr Khalid Koser, Ms Emily Munro, and Dr Christina Schori Liang.

Event Agenda

• 12:00–13:30 CEST: Official Opening and Panel Discussion
  - Welcome remarks 
  - Panel featuring distinguished NISC alumni from diverse global regions.
• 13:30–14:30 CEST : Informal Alumni Chats 
  - Informal breakout rooms for alumni to reconnect, grouped by past courses or thematic interests.

All NISC alumni