Coventry’s RISING Global Peace Forum goes virtual as a result of the latest COVID-19 lockdown

Organisers of the internationally-recognised event, taking place from 11-13 November, have decided to move the whole event online in light of the Government’s new restrictions.

The annual forum, now in its fifth year, was due to have been held as a ‘virtual hybrid’ event at Coventry Cathedral and with an online live-stream to reach its global audience - with only UK-based speakers and around 50 delegates in physical attendance.

The revised plan means the whole event will now take place fully online and without any face-to-face gathering in the Cathedral.

The Forum will also be the main event in the run-up to the 80^th anniversary of the bombing of the Cathedral in 1940 on November 14, which led to the City of Peace and Reconciliation status.

Speakers include writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch, who has recently fronted BBC Two’s Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson, Judge Shira Scheindlin, who famously ruled on police use of stop and search in the US, commentator Will Self, and Daniel Bruce, CEO of Transparency International UK.

Professor Sir David King, former Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Special Representative for Climate Change, will also deliver the Lord Mayor’s Peace Lecture on the environment and COVID-19 on November 12.

The Forum is free to access - to register, click here. Your registration will confirm your place and you will receive details of how to log on and join RISING closer to the event.

RISING is a partnership between the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, Coventry Cathedral and Coventry City Council.

For more information, visit www.rising.org or email RISING@coventry.ac.uk.