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heightened focus on airport safety and security. Customers
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messaging of extremist movements and ideologies and
how we redefine our future.”
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Countering Violent
Extremism to be Explored
at DC Symposium
Countering domestic & international violent extremism
By bringing together a wide range of actors working
domestically and internationally in ways that are framed
and also allow for organic conversation and collaboration,
Wheelock says the CVE Symposium “will ensure the
flexibility necessary to surface the innovation that the field
drastically needs.”
The CVE Symposium is the first of its kind interactive,
public and cross-sectoral forum on the topic, says
Cameron Chisholm, President of the International Peace
and Security Institute.
“The framework of the event is not to provide answers, but
to stimulate discussion and innovations around wicked
questions in the CVE space and to both take advantage of
existing initiatives, lessons learned, and approaches, and
to stimulate new cross-cutting and cross-sector solutions
and strategies,” says Chisholm.
Breaking down silos
Two hundred experts will explore challenges, best practices
and next steps in countering and preventing violent
extremism during an April 6 and 7 symposium,Creative
Associates International and the International Peace and
Security Institute(IPSI) announced.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson will be the
keynote speaker April 6 at theCVE Symposium, which will
be held at the Ronald Regan Building in Washington
D.C.Registration is open to the public. Seating is limited.
Secretary Johnson will be joined by elected officials,
policymakers, diplomats, development practitioners,
researchers and others in advancing the substantive
outcomes from the 2015 White House Summit on
Countering Violent Extremism and the United Nations
General Assembly in September. A CVE Symposium
preliminary agenda is now available.
“The CVE Symposium will delve into what we call the ‘ how’
aspects of countering these global threats,” says Thomas
Wheelock, Senior Vice President at Creative. “How we
disrupt the agendas of violent extremist groups, how we
reimagine interventions to undermine the attraction and
Through experiential workshops and built-in knowledge
exchanges designed to break down silos, CVE Symposium
participants will work together to better define global
extremism and its actors.
“The symposium will act as a catalyst for further
discussions, working groups and will define a clearer
approach towards resourcing and planning CVE utilizing
combined assets,” says Pamela Aall, Chairperson of IPSI’
s Board of Directors.
Approaching the issues from multiple perspectives,
participants will delve deep into topics like radicalization,
reintegration and recruitment; the influence of women,
youth and communities; and the intersection of technology
and counter messaging. “Leveraging a cross-section of
approaches to preventing and countering violent
extremism will promote collaboration and a whole-ofsociety approach to tackling these challenging issues,”
says Wheelock.
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