The 1st International Conference and Cultural Event (ICCE) of Aceh will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 21 & 22, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The ICCE of Aceh 2008 is organized through a collaboration of over ten international Acehnese student associations around the globe. International graduate students, scholars and community workers across Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and the United States are kindly invited to join approximately 60 international Acehnese graduate students and participants in order to provide inputs as well as to endorse a wider opportunity for researchers and academics activity. As an interdisciplinary conference, we welcome applications from international graduate students engaged in research on topics: Natural Disaster, Conflict Resolution, Peace Building, Islam and Democracy, Disaster Management, Peace Building, Ethnic Identity and Culture, and Recovery and Development; enclosed by the theme, “Beyond Tsunami: The Aceh Experience and International Application”