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A day-long event in Washington, DC in January 2015 with government officials, journalists, experts, and representatives of Syrian civil society. Speakers included: Peter Baker, The New York Times; Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post; Kelly Clements, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Robert Ford, former U.S. Ambassador to Syria; Thomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State; George Sabra, leading member of the Syrian Democratic People’s Party; and Jim Zogby, President, Arab American Institute. The conference was organized in partnership with the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications and New America.