On February 22, 2024, a panel of international experts moderated by Dr. David A. Smith, Senior Lecturer in History at Baylor University, presented perspectives on current global conflicts and discussed the possibilities for peace both specifically and generally in these contexts. The panelists included:

• Joanne Held Cummings, U.S. State Department (ret.), Director of Middle East Studies, and Lecturer, Baylor Department of Political Science and Baylor Interdisciplinary Core
• Xenia Dennen, Chair, Keston Institute (UK)
• Vladimer Narsia, Fulbright Scholar in Peace and Conflict Studies, St. Philip’s College and Assistant Professor of Theology and Canon Law, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
• George Njung, Assistant Professor, African Studies, Baylor Interdisciplinary Core