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iStand 2019: Hope On the Horizon has ended
Join fellow parents and friends of internationally-abducted children in Washington DC, May 22-24 for iStand 2019: Hope on the Horizon!

The schedule is in development, and we’ll be announcing speakers soon.

Check out past conferences schedules for 2016,  2017 and 2018 and get ready for an expanded and more powerful gathering in May!

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Wednesday, May 22
 

8:00am

IPCA Day on Capitol Hill U.S. Capitol

10:00am

New! Kids & Sibs Track TBA

4:00pm

Congress United for Action: Strive to Return America's Stolen Children U.S. Capitol S-115Dr. Noelle Hunter • Jeffery Morehouse • Ravi Parmar
 
Thursday, May 23
 

8:00am

2019 International Parents Conference ~ U.S. Institute of Peace U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari Amphitheatre iSTAND 2019 International Coffee Hour U.S. Institute of Peace ~ Jacqueline and Marc Leland Atrium

9:00am

Welcome Remarks U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari AmphitheatreDr. Noelle Hunter

9:15am

Now What? Keeping Momentum and Taking Action at Home for America's Stolen Children U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari AmphitheatreJeffery Morehouse

9:30am

Session I: Keeping Our Children Safe at Home: IPCA Prevention Roundtable U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari AmphitheatreScott Renner • Patti Walker • Dr. Noelle Hunter • Farryl Sorokin • Keep Our Kids Home NEW! Kids & Sibs Track U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari Amphitheatre

10:30am

Break U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari Amphitheatre

10:45am

Session II Cross Border Mediation in Non-Hague Countries U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari AmphitheatreRami Zahr, JD

12:00pm

iStand Awards & Luncheon U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari Amphitheatre

1:00pm

NEW! Legal Track B 214/215 USIPNadia Eley, J.D. • Joel Zuckerman • Molshree A. Sharma • Rami Zahr, JD • Allison Hollabaugh Parker • Preston Findlay

1:15pm

Break TBA

1:30pm

Session III: Cultural, Custom and Community Response to Child Abduction and Separation U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari AmphitheatreCpl. Jacey Small • Rhondall Feeles • Ravi Bhasin, LCSW

2:30pm

Law Enforcement Reform: Creating a "Real-Life" Training Initiative to Improve IPCA Prevention and Response U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari AmphitheatreDr. Noelle Hunter

3:45pm

Session V : Tech Talk With Leo & Jerry: Using Technology to Build Relationships With Your Abducted Child U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari AmphitheatreAlissa E. Hindle and Leo Zagaris • Bob & Jerry Pfeifer

4:45pm

Marching Orders: Prep for March to 1600 Penn. Ave & Knocking on Doors of Nations 2019 Embassy Walk U.S. Institute of Peace - Farooq Kathwari Amphitheatre

5:15pm

From Our House to the White House: March to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The White House

8:30pm

Post Conference Mixer @ Wundergarten Wundergarten DC
 
Friday, May 24
 

10:00am

Knocking on Doors of Nations: 2019 Embassy Walk Embassy Row

8:00pm

Relax, Relate, Release TBA