2008

News:

18. 10. 2008   Conference Videorecordings Are Available

14. 10. 2008   Václav Havel and Karel Schwarzenberg Closed the 12th Forum 2000 Conference

14. 10. 2008   Second day of Forum 2000 Conference: Searching for ways to combat fear in the world

14. 10. 2008   Forum 2000 Addresses the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economic Order

13. 10. 2008  The 12th Forum 2000 Conference Deals with Obsession and the Financial Crisis

12. 10. 2008     The 12th Forum 2000 Conference Was Opened

8. 10. 2008       Concert Venue Changed

8. 10. 2008       Truly global on-line debate at the Forum 2000 Conference

7. 10. 2008       Watch the 2008 Conference Live

1. 10. 2008       Famous Chess Gradmaster Garry Kasparov Attends Forum 2000 Conference

25. 9. 2008       Alexandr Podrabinek Will be a Delegate in the Forum 2000 Conference

21. 9. 2008       Tentative Conference Program 

12th Forum 2000 Conference:

Openness and Fundamentalism in the 21st Century
Prague, October 12-14, 2008

The opening ceremony of the conference will take place on October 12 in Prague Crossroads.

Among the topics discussed on the conference (October 13-14, 2008) will be:

• Faiths and Fanaticisms
• The Powerful and the Powerless
• Modernity without Democracy
• Plurality of Cultures and Democracy: Easy/Uneasy Relationships
• Emergence of New Economic Powers and its Impact on the Traditional Western Economies
• “Oh, When We Still Made Things…”: What Will be the Economic Future of Europe and North America?
• Internationalization of Czech Companies: Challenges and Opportunities
• Interfaith Dialogue I: Roots of Religious Extremism
• Interfaith Dialogue II: Openness and Dialogue

Alongside the plenary sessions of the conference, there will be a number of associated events.

The conference will be attended by over one hundred delegates from around the globe, mostly former or current heads of state, religious, spiritual and cultural leaders, chief officers of international institutions, prominent writers and thinkers, media representatives, global business leaders, analysts, and diplomats.