Please join us at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University (not on main campus), located at 125 E St NW, Washington, DC.
The Washington Forum on Northern Ireland is a collaboration between American University’s School of Public Affairs, Georgetown University’s Global Irish Studies Program and Ulster University. Each year, in the midst of the festivities celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Washington, DC, the Washington Forum brings policymakers, practitioners, thought-leaders, scholars and students together to consider the state of the peace process in Northern Ireland and reflect on the opportunities and challenges ahead. On each occasion, we aim to offer a range of contemporary voices to help inform the conversation in the US about how people in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the UK more broadly understand and experience the ongoing peace process.
This year, we are very pleased to present an address by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn, MP, a conversation between the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Emma Little-Pengelly, on behalf of the Executive of Northern Ireland, and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Sharon Hudson-Dean, and a conversation with Chief Constable Jon Boutcher of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
We are also very pleased to acknowledge the encouragement and generous assistance of our supporters:
- The Northern Ireland Bureau
- The Northern Ireland Office
- The Embassy of Ireland The Washington Ireland Program
- The John and Pat Hume Foundation
- The Helfat Family
Sponsors
- American University School of Public Affairs
- Georgetown University’s Global Irish Studies Program
- Ulster University