Emma Leslie, an Australian – Cambodian, is the founder of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, supporting peace processes and conflict transformation in Asia. She has developed MA and Ph.D. programs in Applied Conflict Transformation Studies (ACTS), launched the Cambodia Peace Museum and for over a decade has served the Philippine Government – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks as a member of the International Contact Group (ICG). Emma has been actively engaged in Myanmar for 30 years, made several peace missions to North Korea, and accompanies many non-state actors in their negotiations strategies. Emma teaches mediation annually at the Swedish government’s Folke Bernadotte Academy to United Nations personnel. Emma is an active steering committee member of both the Southeast Asia Women Mediators and serves on the board of the Peacebuilding Initiative at the University of Melbourne. She holds a BA in Southeast Asia history and politics, a Graduate Diploma in Education, an MA in International Development, an honorary Ph.D. in Education, and the title Order of Australia. Emma recently founded Dialogue Australia – an initiative to promote dialogue in her native Australia and the region. Of all her accomplishments Emma is most proud to be twice a grandmother!