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"Education, Culture and Spiritual Values in the Age of Globalisation"

Sunday, October 15, 2000 Monday, October 16, 2000 Tuesday, October 17, 2000 Wednesday, October 18, 2000 Thursday, October 19, 2000

19:00 - Opening ceremony at the Vladislav Hall at the Prague Castle

Speech by Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic
Speech by Yohei Sasakawa, President of the Nippon Foundation
Moderated by Jiří Musil, Chairman of the Forum 2000 Programme Committee


20:00 - Reception


"Education"

Morning Session

"The Role of Education and Science in the Process of World Globalisation: Opportunities and Risks"

   9:00 Opening remarks by Václav Havel

9:30 - Questions of the day
Keynote speech: Anthony Giddens
Moderator: Josef Jařab
Panel discussion: Peter Scott, Josep Bricall, Hanna Suchocka, Fritjof Capra, Colm O'Cinneide


10.40-11.00 - Coffee break


12.30 - End of panel discussion

Buffet luncheon (Rudolf Gallery).

Afternoon session

"Developed and Developing World: Potential of Education and Science"


13.30 - Keynote speeches: HRH El Hassan bin Talal and Hans van Ginkel
Moderator: Hazel Henderson
Panel discussion: Takashi Shiraishi, Eduardo Marcal Grilo, Manfred A. Max-Neef, Andris Barblan, Ivan Vejvoda, Lukáš Výlupek


14.40-15.00 - Coffee break


16.30 - End of discussion


"Spiritual Values"

Morning Session

"Challenges of the Process of Globalisation for World Religious Traditions"


9.00 - Questions of the day
Keynote speeches: H. H. The Dalai Lama and Archbishop Joseph Ganda
Moderator: Gavan Titley
Panel discussion: Lee Teng-hui, Karan Singh, Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander, Yousif Al-Khoei, Thomas A. Dine, Takeaki Hori, Maria Celina del Felice


10.40-11.00 - Coffee break


12.00 - End of discussion


Buffet luncheon (Rudolf Gallery).


Afternoon Session

"Spiritual and Ethical Foundations of the Globalising World"


13.00 - Keynote speeches: Shimon Peres and Frederik Willem de Klerk
Moderator: Ivan Gabal
Panel discussion: Asma Jahangir, Serguey Kovalyov, Veton Surroi, Miklós Sükösd, Tariq Jawaid Alam


14.40-15.00 - Coffee break


16.00 - End of discussion


18.30-19.45 - Multireligious assembly at the St.Vitus Cathedral

Participating:
H. Em. Miloslav Cardinal Vlk
H. H. The Dalai Lama
Karan Singh
Archbishop Joseph Ganda
Albert H. Friedlander
H. Em. Sheikh Abbas Mohajerani


Moderator:
Tomáš Halík


Followed by dinner in honour of the guests of the Forum 2000 Conference hosted by the President of the Czech Republic and Mrs. Havlová



"Culture"

Morning session

"The Role of Arts in the Process of Globalisation"


9.00 - Questions of the day
Keynote speech: Wole Soyinka
Moderator: Martin J. Stránský
Panel discussion: Mariano Plotkin, Peter Gabriel, Ivan Klíma, Martin Porubjak, Mihoko Ito


10.40-11.00 - Coffee break


12.00 - End of discussion


Buffet luncheon (Rudolf Gallery).


Afternoon Session

"Is Globalisation a Threat to Arts?"


13.00 - Keynote speeches: Jostein Gaarder and Dubravka Ugreši
Moderator: Jacques Rupnik
Panel discussion: Lord Weidenfeld, Mário Soares, Mark Azzopardi


14.40-15.00 - Coffee break


17.00 - End of discussion
Final address by Václav Havel


17.30 - Cocktail in Míčovna

2000

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Nippon Foundation

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