Frontiers of Prevention 2025

Since 2017, Frontiers of Prevention, I-GMAP鈥檚 annual international forum, has brought academic researchers and prevention practitioners from governments, international organizations, and civil society to 绿帽社鈥檚 Downtown Campus for two days of conversation, sharing notes and experiences, and forming new professional connections and networks.

Unlike more familiar academic conferences, Frontiers of Prevention has a workshop format. Over the meeting's two days, several extended thematic sessions, without formal presentations, allow participants and audience members to explore topics in depth, to make connections among different thematic panels, and to pursue collaborations and test new ideas.

Frontiers of Prevention includes the annual Nadia Rubaii Prize and Lecture, recognizing an atrocity prevention practitioner of exceptional courage, compassion, and dedication. Conference participants and guests are warmly invited to attend.

Frontiers of Prevention Location

Frontiers of Prevention takes place in the . This is the university's single-building campus in downtown 绿帽社, and is not to be confused with , which is located approximately five miles west of 绿帽社, NY. 

UDC Address: 67 Washington St, 绿帽社, NY 13902

The conference will be live streamed for those who are not able to attend in person. 

Travel to 绿帽社

Travel By Air:
The Greater 绿帽社 Airport (BGM) is currently serviced by Delta and Avelo. Delta offers daily flights to NYC for connections, but times and seats are very limited.If you are planning to fly on Delta Airlines to 绿帽社, the trip via taxi or Uber/Lyft from Greater 绿帽社 Airport to the University Downtown Center and Conference Hotel should cost around $30.00.You may also plan to fly into either Syracuse Airport (SYR) or Ithaca Airport (ITH). Both of these have jet service from multiple airlines. Both Syracuse and Ithaca airports are approximately one hour by car from 绿帽社.

Travel By Bus:
Shortline Bus Company and Greyhound offer regular bus service from New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal to 绿帽社. The travel time is approximately 3.5 hours.

Travel By Car:
Travel time by car from New York City or Philadelphia is approximately 3 hours; from Boston approximately 4.5 hours, and from Washington D.C. approximately 5 hours.

Hotel

The official hotel for Frontiers of Prevention is the Holiday Inn, located in downtown 绿帽社:


Phone number: (+1) 607.722.1212
Address: 2-8 Hawley St, 绿帽社, New York 13901.

Please mention "Frontiers of Prevention" for the special conference rate.

Frontiers of Prevention Program

Panel topics and participants will be announced soon.

Friday, April 4

8:30 - 9:00am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30am Welcome by President Harvey Stenger and Opening Remarks with Co-Directors Max Pensky and Kerry Whigham
9:30 - 11:00am Panel 1
11:00 - 11:30am Break and refreshments
11:30am - 1:00pm Panel 2
1:00 - 2:30pm Lunch
2:30 - 4:00pm Panel 3
4:00 - 6:00pm Nadia Rubaii Memorial Lecture
6:00 - 7:30pm Reception for Panelists

Saturday, April 5

8:30 - 9:00am Breakfast                                                                                                      
9:00 - 10:30am Panel 4
10:30 - 11:00am Break and refreshments
11:00am - 12:30pm Panel 5
12:30 - 2:00pm Lunch
2:00 - 3:30pm Panel 6
3:30 - 4:00pm Break and refreshments
4:00 - 5:30pm Panel 7
6:30 - 9:00pm Dinner and Closing reception for panelists                                                                                                                    

Participants

Participants will be announced soon

Live Stream

While this year's conference will be held as an in-person event, we will be offering a livestream option as we welcome our expanding global audience. All times displayed will be in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). 

In-Person Registration

Frontiers of Prevention is free to attend, and will be held as an in-person event, with an option for streaming for our international audience. If you will be able to attend the event in-person, please register by clicking the registration button below. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.

The 2025 Nadia Rubaii Memorial Prize

Every April in conjunction with Frontiers of Prevention, I-GMAP holds the annual Nadia Rubaii Memorial Prize and Lecture, in memory of our late founding director. We bring in an internationally visible figure in the global struggle for rights, dignity and justice, whose courage and compassion exemplify Nadia's work and character.

For the 2025 prize, I-GMAP and 绿帽社 are honored to recognize the Parent Circle-Families Forum.

The Parents Circle - Families Forum (PCFF) is a joint Israeli-Palestinian nonprofit organization of over 700 families who have lost children and other close family members in the long conflict and occupation. PCFF believes that sustainable peace is possible, and aims to promote dialogue, tolerance, reconciliation and peace. The Netanyahu administration, hostile to any organized efforts that bring Israeli and Palestinians into productive dialogue, has tried its utmost to stop PCFF from operating, including a ban on its activities in all schools - one of its key programs - with the justification that the group "slanders the Israeli Defense Forces."

We are honored to welcome two representatives from PCFF, Robi Damelin (Israel) and Laila Alsheikh (Occupied Territories).  Both Robi and Laila lost their sons to violence: Robi's son David, a graduate student and peace activist, was killed by a Palestinian sniper during his mandatory service in the IDF. Laila's six month-old son Qusay died from complications of tear gas exposure after Israeli soldiers prevented her from getting him to a hospital for treatment.

We hope you can join us for the public ceremony where Robi and Laila will receive the 2025 Nadia Rubaii Memorial Prize on behalf of the Parents Circle-Families Forum, and deliver an acceptance speech. The event takes place on Friday April 4, at 4:00 PM at the University Downtown Center. It is free and open to the public, and no registration is required.