'Reflecting on 10 Years of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission' brings together an outstanding and diverse group of scholars of more than 120 presenters from over 20 countries to critically examine core issues related to truth commissions, transitional justice, and how individuals and societies heal after violent intergroup conflict and mass atrocities.

Keynote speaker:
Dr. Vamik Volkan, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Virginia, and Senior Erik Erikson Scholar at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Training and Supervising Analyst Emeritus at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Volkan has been nominated for the second year in a row for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Volkan is author or co-author of 24 books, including The Need to Have Enemies and Allies, Bloodlines from Ethnic Pride to Ethnic Terrorism, and Third Reich in the Unconscious. His work has been translated into Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Turkish.