Keynote Speakers
Professor Puleng Segalo
Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair
University of South Africa
Keynote address: Gendered Trauma and Justice: The Unseen Dimensions of Genocide and Mass Violence
Professor Puleng Segalo is a Fulbright scholar, National Research Foundation rated researcher, and a professor of psychology currently holding the position of Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Her areas of specialization include Community Psychology, Social Psychology, Gender Studies, and Public Health. Her research focuses on historical trauma, visual methodologies, decolonisation, and gendered suffering. Segalo has won both national and international awards in recognition for her research excellence. She is the current 2023-2025 research fellow at the University of Kansas’ African Studies Center. Prof Segalo has made an indelible mark in academia through her scholarship which uses innovative visual/artistic research methodologies that create space for expressing the unspeakable traumatic experiences of existing within oppressive political regimes. She has contributed to trauma scholarship within the psychology discipline over the years.
Dr. Brammertz is the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. He previously served as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 2008 until its closure in 2017. Over his distinguished career, Dr. Brammertz has played a pivotal role in investigating and prosecuting grave international crimes. Notably, he also served as the first Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, initiating investigations in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Darfur.
Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
United Nations
Dr. Serge Brammertz
Keynote address: The Challenges and Achievements in Seeking Justice for the Srebrenica Genocide and Related Atrocities
Dr. Tracey Petersen
The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme
United Nations
Keynote address: United Nations Approaches to Genocide Prevention: Education and Public Engagement
Dr. Tracey Petersen leads the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, Department of Global Communications, United Nations. Under Dr. Petersen’s leadership, the Programme has developed educational resources and a multi-faceted educational and commemorative programme; highlights best practice; and supports the United Nations system in global educational outreach and commemorative activities and its fight against antisemitism and intolerance. Prior to joining the United Nations, Dr. Petersen served as Education Director of the Cape Town Holocaust Centre, South Africa, and led the country-wide development and implementation of teacher training and public engagement projects in post-apartheid South Africa. Dr. Petersen holds a PhD in history from the University of the Western Cape, an MPhil in education from the University of Cape Town, and is a fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminars.
Marcelo Brodsky
Internationally renowned artist
Board of Directors
Parque de la Memria
Keynote address:
Memory Works: Interconnected artworks dealing with the consequences of State Terrorism in Latin America
Marcelo Brodsky (1954) lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
An artist and political activist, Brodsky was forced into exile in Barcelona after the 1976 military coup in Argentina, where he studied economics and photography. Returning in 1984, he created Buena Memoria, a landmark visual essay on collective memory under dictatorship.
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His practice sits at the intersection of photography, installation, performance and memorial, blending text and image to explore human rights, memory and resistance. Exhibited over 140 times worldwide, his work features in major collections including Tate (London), the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), and the Museo de la Memoria (Santiago de Chile).
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Brodsky is an active member of Asociación Buena Memoria and serves on the board of Parque de la Memoria in Buenos Aires.
Jeffrey Sizemore
Expert on Atrocity Prevention
Keynote address: The Operationalisation of Atrocity Prevention
Jeff Sizemore is a global leader on atrocity prevention training for practitioners. He has served as the Deputy Director in the Office of Security and Human Rights and as the Senior Advisor on Atrocity Prevention for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the United States Department of State. He led and coordinated the bureau’s atrocity prevention efforts, managing atrocity prevention training for the Department as well as working with interagency colleagues as part of the Atrocity Prevention Task Force.
Prior to joining the State Department, Jeff served for over 20 years in the United States Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, retiring as a commander in 2020. Jeff received a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from the George Washington University in 2001 and a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 2012.
