Dania Shawwa

Ian joined the British Army in 1980 and spent 37 years in uniform, retiring in 2017. He spent most of his service in the Brigade of Gurkhas, including Commanding a Gurkha Infantry Battalion, as well as in operational staff roles at every level of Command, National, Coalition and Multinational. He has served on operations on the Hong Kong-Sino Border, the Falkland Islands (post-conflict), Northern Ireland, Belize, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq.

He was the Regional Security Sector Advisor for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue Asia Regional Office and Myanmar Team from 10 July 2017 to 1st April 2022 working on the Myanmar Peace Process, engaging with multiple actors. He then became the Regional Advisor for HD Asia-Pacific, coordinating, mediating and facilitating specific projects on Humanitarian access and human security (particularly Myanmar), but also supporting HD’s wider efforts in South East Asia, including Thailand, Bangladesh and the Philippines, as well as providing security sector advice to HD’s team globally as required. He has taught mediation and negotiation and facilitated multiple dialogues during the last 7 years plus to many conflict parties throughout South East Asia and further afield, with another 15 years negotiation and mediation practical and teaching experience in the UK Armed Forces prior to that.

He holds Master’s Degrees in Defence Studies from King’s College, London (1995), and Strategic Studies from the US Army War College (2008). He is a member, facilitator and mentor for the Centre of Competence for Humanitarian Negotiation (CCHN), which is based in Geneva. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Constantin-Adi Gavrilă se doctoró en derecho constitucional por la Universidad de Craiova con énfasis en "Mediación y acceso a la justicia" y es un conocido mediador rumano con 20 años de experiencia en el ámbito de la resolución de conflictos.

La Dra. Nadine Ansorg es profesora titular de Análisis de Conflictos Internacionales en la Escuela de Política y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad de Kent, e investigadora en el Instituto Alemán de Estudios Globales y de Área (GIGA) de Hamburgo.

Ye-Min Wu tiene más de 15 años de experiencia como diplomático, habiendo representado a Singapur en las Naciones Unidas (ONU), la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) y la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC).

Greg nació en el Reino Unido y vive y trabaja en Alemania. Imparte clases de mediación, negociación y comunicación intercultural en programas de derecho mercantil, gestión y MBA en la Universidad Técnica de Wildau, Berlín, Alemania, donde también coordina un servicio de asesoramiento sobre conflictos internos.