Rhodes Forum

October 7–11, 2010
Rhodes, Greece

 Social Development and Improvement of Human Personality
in the Context of Socio-Cultural Diversity: Problems and Values

  Panel 1

Moderator: Pabst Adrian – Lecturer in Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent

Part 1 Social and public: structure and correlation issues

Main Speakers:

Pabst Adrian (Germany) – Lecturer in Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent
Innovative community development trends

Marchetti Raffaele (Italy) – Professor, International Relations Department, LUISS University

Goldstone Jack (USA) – Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr. Professor of Public Policy George Mason University School of Public Policy
National Identity or Cosmopolitan People? How People relate to Nations in the wake of the Financial Crisis

Korolkov Alexander (Russia) – Head of the Anthropology and History of Philosophy Department, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Reasonable Conservatism and Spiritual Growth of the Person

Calhoun Craig (USA) – President, Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

Part 2 Innovative community development trends and social regression cycles

Fagan Patrick (USA) – Senior Fellow at Family Research Council and Director of its Marriage and Religion Research Institute (MARRI)
The Universal Role of Family (Parents) and Religion (Transcendentals) in forming the Capacities of the Person needed for a Full Personal Life and a Well-Functioning Society

Montes Manuel (USA) – Chief, Development Strategy & Policy Analysis, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
Between choice and circumstance: climate change's challenge to technological and social change

Yakutin Yury (Russia) Professor, Chief Scientific Officer, Publishing House “Ekonomicheskaya Gazeta”
Ethics of Human Being in traditions of Russian Social and Economics Thoughts

Duerr Hans-Peter (Germany) – Director emeritus, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik, Munich
Flourishing Society: Creative Diversification cooperating in a Win-Win-game - The Paradigm of the Evolution of Life

Dutkiewicz Jan (New Zealand) – Lecturer, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations (HPPI), Victoria University of Wellington
Animals, humans, and morality in the modern global economy

Commentaries and discussion:

1.    Alexandrov-Derkachenko Petr (Russia) Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Member of the Editorial Board, Russian Edition “Le Monde Diplomatique”, Chairman of the Editorial Council, "Svobodnaya Mysl" Journal
2.    Ashotyan Armen (Armenia) Minister for Education and Science, Republic of Armenia
3.    Avellan Veloz Juan Andres (Switzerland) VP Public Sector and CEO, WISeKey
4.    Bryzgalina Elena (Russia) Head of the Department of Philosophy of Education, Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs, Philosophy Faculty, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Associate Professor
5.    Chachiya Alexander (Russia) Head, Center of Problems of Globalisation, Professor
6.    Davidko Genadi (Belarus) Deputy Chairman of Commission, House of Representatives of National Assembly of Republic of Belarus
7.    Dugin Aleksandr (Russia) Managing Chair, International Relations of Sociological Faculty, Moscow State Lomonosov University
8.    Gasparishvili Alexander (Russia) CEO, International NGO “Goodneighbours”
9.    Isaev Kusein (Kirghizia) President, Sociological Society of Kirghizia, Professor, Kirghiz-Turkish University “Manas”
10.    Kizilov Olexandr (Ukraine) Director, Institute of Socio-Humanitarian Studies, Chair of Methods of Sociological Researches, Kharkov National Karazin University
11.    Kormilitsyn Vadim (Russia) Director of Moscow Office, “EGO Translating” Company
12.    Kostikova Anna (Russia) Head of the Language Philosophy and Communications Chair, Philosophy Faculty, Moscow State Lomonosov University
13.    Kozyrev Alexey (Russia) Deputy Dean, Philosophy Faculty, Moscow State Lomonosov University
14.    Kyureghyan Edik (Armenia) Director, Social Sciences and Languages Department, Armenian State Engineer University
15.    Lisitsyn Sergey (Russia) Rector, Leningrad Institute for Development of Education
16.    Miatlikov Mikhael (Belarus) Head, Secretariat of Prime Minister of Belarus
17.    Neshataeva Tatiana (Russia) The Judge of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russia, Managing Chair of the Russian Academy of Justice, Professor
18.    Nikolayevskyy Valeriy (Ukraine) Dean, Sociology Faculty, Kharkov National Karazin University
19.    Ovchinskiy Vladimir (Russia) Advisor to Chairman of Constitutional Court of Russia
20.    Pylynskyi Yaroslav (Ukraine) Director, Kennan Institute Office in Ukraine
21.    Sehgal Ikram Ul-Majeed (Pakistan) Chairman “Pathfinder G4S”
22.    Sootla Georg (Estonia) Professor of Public Policy, Institute of Political Science and Governance, Tallinn University
23.    Wallace Claire (United Kingdom) President, European Sociological Association (ESA), Professor of Sociology, University of Aberdeen
24.    Yushkevich Aliaksandr (Belarus) Chairman of the Republican Union of Public Associations “Belarus Committee of the Youth Organisations”, Chairman of the Constant Commission of the House of Representatives of National Meeting of Belarus for Human Rights
25.    Yazovskih Tatiana (Russia) Vice President, "EGO Translating"

 

“Social Requirements to Economy and Actual Post-Crisis Conditions”
Panel 2

Moderators:
Prof. Ruslan Grinberg (Russia), Director, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Economics
Dr. Kamran Mofid (United Kingdom), Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie School of Business, Dalhousie University, Canada
Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative, Member of the International Coordinating Committee of the WPF

Session 1. The Role of Education, Ecology and Environment in Wealth Creation, based on Moral Responsibility

Moderator: Dr. Kamran Mofid

Peggy Cunningham (Canada) Dean, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University
Educating Syncretic Leaders: A New Model of Business Education

Helene Kamensky (Austria), Higher Education Consultant, Ph.D
Responding to the Economic Challenge: Harnessing University Innovation

Igor Maksimtsev (Russia), Rector, Saint-Petersburg State University for Economics and Finance, Dr. Sc (Economics)
Higher Education in Formation of Spiritual Value Basis for Russian Innovative Economy

Yahya Kamalipour (USA), PhD Professor and Head of Department of Communication and Creative Arts; Director, Center for Global Studies, Purdue University Calumet
Mass Media, Financial Crisis, Social Responsibility, and Ethics: The Quest for Ethical and Balanced Reporting

Jamshid Damooei (USA), Professor, Chair of Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting; Co-director, Center for Leadership and Values, School of Business California Lutheran University

Peter Brown (Canada), Professor, Department of Geography McGill University
Forging an ecological political economy: Is the Earth Charter a Blueprint for a Way Forward? (Joint presentation)

Session 2. A Reflection on the Ethical, Cultural, Spiritual and Regional Foundations of Capitalism
Moderator:  Prof. Ruslan Grinberg

Steve Szeghi (USA), Professor of Economics, Wilmington College
Lessons in Equality, Social Justice, and Ecological Balance from Indigenous Cultures

Ibrahim Ozturk (Turkey), Associate professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Marmara University,
Filling the institutional and moral gaps in modern economic architecture

Christoph Stueckelberger (Switzerland), Executive Director and Founder of the global network on ethics Globethics.net, Founding president and vice-president "Transparency International Switzerland"
Sufficiency Economy through Ethical Investments and Fair Taxes

Jack Goldstone (USA), Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
Processes and Outcomes in Capitalist Economies - What is the proper role for Rules and Ethics?

Cecilia Sithembile Silundika (Canada), Circumpolar Analyst, Circumpolar Liaison Directorate Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
Ethical Leadership and the Global Economic Crisis

T N Ninan (India), Chairman and Editorial Director "Business Standard"
The ethical economic challenges and choices in a post-crisis world

Round table 1. Economic and Financial Crises: An Overview
Moderator: Prof. Jamshid Damooei (USA), Chair of Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting, California Lutheran University

Siegfried Breitling (Switzerland) Protector Johannesthal Foundation

Marcel Saucy (Switzerland), Senior Partner Fincor Finance SA,
Financial and economic crisis as a mirror of existing economy

Mikhail Delyagin (Russia), Director, Institute of Globalisation Problems, Doctor of Economics
Lessons of the crisis

Peter Havlik (Austria), Deputy Director, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
Impact of the global crisis and future growth challenges

Michael Intriligator (USA), Professor of Economics,  Political Science, and Pubic Policy, University of California, Los Angeles
The current global economic crisis, lessons to be learned from it, and the need for global economic cooperation both to resolve it and to prevent future crises of this type

Mikhail Khazin (Russia), PhD, President, Company for expert consulting `NEOKON`
Credit problem in modern society

Li Xin (China), Professor, PhD in Economics, Director of Institue for Economic Comparative Studies, Director of Dept.of Russian and Central Asian Studies, Shanghai Institute for International Studies
To the issue of “Chinese model”

Vasily Simchera (Russia), Director, Rеsearch Institute of Statistics, Federal Service of State Statistics, Sc.D, Professor of Economics
Crisis as a form of governing of the modern world development

Roundtable 2. Challenges of a Converging Globalised World
Moderator: Peggy Cunningham (Canada), Dean, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University

Peter Schulze (Germany), Professor, Political Science Department, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Consultant on Russia and Eurasia
Lessons from innovation programmes and modernisation strategies in Europe: the case of Germany

Vladimir Isaev (Russia), Chief research fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
World financial crisis and Arabic oil producing countries

Alexander Fetisov (Russia), Cand.Sc., Head, Chair of Economic Geography of Foreign Countries, Moscow State `Lomonosov` University
Neighborhood factor in the social economic interaction: Regionalization under conditions of globalization

Liu Junmei (China), Professor, Doctor of Economics, Fudan University, Department of Economics
Common challenges for countries with developing market economies in the post-crisis world economy

Lorenzo Carrasco (Brazil), Editor-Presidente, Movimento de Solidariedade Iberoamericana e Capax dei Editora
What is needed to overcome the crisis: some hints from South America

Graciana Del Castillo (USA), Adjunct Professor School of international and public affairs, Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University
Resource-Based Growth, Economic Dynamism and Social Inclusion in Latin America

Paolo Raimondi (Italy), Economist, Editorialist of the economic daily "ItaliaOggi"
Long Term Investments and new financial instruments for economic growth: an efficient response to the systemic crisis

Marguerite Lottin (Italy), President, NGO “Associazione Interculturale Griot”
Africa hopes in the global reform of the economic and financial system. Women's role in the development of Africa

Peter Roell (Germany), President of the Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic consultancy (ISPSW), PhD in Sinology and Political Science
Maritime Terrorism – A Threat to World Trade?

Marietta Stepanyants (Russia), Director, Centre for Oriental Philosophy Studies, Institute of Philosophy, RAS
Cultural bases for successful modernization in the age of globalization

Rob van Kranenburg (BE/NL), Founder of Council, a Think tank on the Internet of Things, Lecturer and researcher at Fontys Applied Sciences, Eindhoven and Liepaja University (MA new media)
Tools for decision making

Valentina Fedotova (Russia), PhD, Head of Social Philosophy Sector, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Science
Changing sociality: future of capitalism and socialism

Session 3.  Audience Participation: An Open Dialogue and Conversation with the Keynote Speakers. Panel closing.
Moderator:  Dr. Kamran Mofid

Commentaries and discussion:

1.    Chadraa Baatar (Mongolia), Head of mongolian government project on nuclear energy; General director, Institute of Physics and Technology
2.    Jan Kristian Balstad (Norway), Ex Minister Foreign Trade and Shipping of Norway
3.    Mikhail Baydakov (Russia), Head, Financial Committee of WPF "Dialogue of Civilizations" Executive Committee; Chairman, “Millenium Bank”; Vice-President, International Congress of Manufacturers and Entrepreneurs
4.    Sergey Belkin (Russia), General Director, ZAO "High technologies and systems"
5.    Iryna Belskaya (Belarus), Coordinator, International Enlightenment Public Association `Akt`
6.    Pavel Chinsky (France) Director General, Russian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry
7.    Tarun Das (India), President, Aspen Institute India
8.    Singh Zorawar Daulet (India) Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Alternatives
9.    Sergey Glazyev (Russia), Executive Secretary of the Commission of the Customs union of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, Deputy Secretary General EvrAzES, Director of the Institute of New Economy, academician, Dr. Economics
10.    Alexander Grachev (Russia), Consul General of the Russian Federation in Odessa
11.    Leonid Grigoriev (Russia), President, Institute for Energy and Finance, Dr. Co-author, "Russia: the challenges of transformation"
12.    Valeriy Heyets (Ukraine), Director, Institute of Economics and Forecasting of National Academy of Science
13.    Liudmila Kovalenko (Russia), Editor-in-Chief, "Moscow Banking"
14.    Vitaly Kovalenko (Russia), Head, Office of Public Relations, Central Bank of Russia
15.    Nikita Krichevskiy (Russia), Scientific manager, Center for Researches of Postindustrial Society, Dr. of Economics, professor
16.    Tatiana Paramonova (Russia), Chairman "Transcreditbank", Director General "ZHASO"
17.    Nikolay Ponomarev-Stepnoy (Russia), Vice-President, The State Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”
18.    Alexander Saltanov (Russia), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Russian Federation
19.    Vivan Sethi (India), Managing Director, Mandalay Capital
20.    Pavel Shashkin (Russia), Assistant Chairman of Sinod department for relations between church and society; Executive secretary of Council “Economics and ethics”, Moscow Patriarchy, PhD
21.    Nikolay Shmelev (Russia), Director of Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Academician of RAS
22.    Valentin Slovachevskiy (Russia), Chairman of Committee MKPP on cooperation in the field of finance and credit policy and in banking sphere, Vice-president of Board of «Millennium Bank» JSC
23.    Jan Struz (Czech Republic), Vice-president, Czech Public Organization "Club Russia", Chairman, Czech TOP 100 Association
24.    Murugappa Vellayan Subbiah (India), Managing Trustee, AMM Foundation
25.    Elena Sukhorukova (Russia), Executive Director, Non-state pension fund "Blagosostoyanie"
26.    Igor Suvorov (Russia), President, InterState bank
27.    Ismail Tas (Turkey), Secretary General of DA (Dialogue Eurasia Platform)  
28.    Vladimir Todria (Georgia), Dr. of Economics, Independent Expert
29.    Harun Tokak (Turkey), President, Journalists and Writers Foundation, Co-president of Platform of Dialog Eurasia
30.    Arne Treholt (Norway), Vice President and Business Development Director, "United World Capital"
31.    Zdenek Zbytek (Czech Republic), President, Czech Public Organization "Club Russia"
32.    Haibing Zhang (China), Deputy Director, Center of World Economy Studies with the Shanghai Institute for International Studies
33.    Andrey Zimakov (Russia), President of the Consulting-analytical company "MULTISYSTEM oil market research and consulting"

“Potential Public Confidence in Political Structures in the Present-Day World”
Panel 3

Moderators: Wladislaw Czaplinski (Poland) – Director, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, professor;
Olivier Giscard d’Estaing (France) – Chairman of the INSEAD Foundation

Part 1. Delegation of sovereignty in the present world

Opening speech: Olivier Giscard d’Estaing

Hans-Joachim Heintze (Germany) – Associate Professor, Ruhr University Bochum, Editor of “International Humanitarian Law”
“The Changing Understanding of State Sovereignty: Failing States and International Organizations”

Boguslaw Banaszak (Poland) – Head of the Institute of Constitutional Law, Full Professor of University of Wroclaw
“The Globalisation and the National States”

Richard Sakwa (United Kingdom) – Professor, University of Kent
“Sovereign or citizenship”

Denis Dragunsky (Russia) – editor-in-chief, world policy magazine “Kosmopolis”
«Sovereignty and globalization»

Part 1. Delegation of sovereignty in the present world (continue)

Gagik Ghazinyan (Armenia) – Law Faculty dean of the Erevan University, professor, President of the Jurists Union of Armenia
“Delegation of the state sovereign rights as a guarantee of a real peace and stability”

Qiang Xiaoyun (China) – Deputy Director, Center for Russian-Central Asian Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
“Migration and migration relations in the context of Chinese migration in Russia”

Carlo Gallo (Italy) – Senior Analyst, Control Risks Corporation
“Power delegation to the Russian regions: Can the vertical, top-down approach work?”

Part 2. Legal status of international organizations in the post-crisis world

Hans Koechler (Austria) – President of the “International progress” organization
“The United Nations Organization and International Legitimacy: Reflections on the Role of the Security Council”

Lauri Malksoo (Estonia) – Professor of International Law, Tartu University
“The Legitimacy of the United Nations in the 21st Century”

Come Carpentier de Gourdon (France) - Convenor, Indian Energy Controls
“Alternatives for political and economic organization in the new century”

Part 2. Legal status of international organizations in the post-crisis world (continue)
Part 3. National elite and social representation: role and functions related to the formation of social conscience

Anatoly Kapustin (Russia) – Head of the International Law Department of the Peoples Friendship University of Russia
“International law problems in the international financial control development in the post-crisis time: IMF stagnation or renaissance?”

Marina Strezhneva (Russia) – Head of Department, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of RAS
“The European Union: changes in the structure of financial regulation and inspectorate”

Leo Adler (Canada) – Senior Partner, Adler Bytensky Prutschi – Barristers
“Dependence of  public confidence in the political structures from public confidence in the law system”

Potemkina Olga (Russia) - Leading researcher, Head of European Integration Department, Institute of European Studies of RAS, PhD
“Introducing visa free regime in the context of trust in the international relations”

Aram Sarkisyan (Armenia) – First Vice-President, World Armenian Congress, President of the Democratic Party of Armenia
“Basic aspects of the intercivilizational development”

Petru Lucinschi (Moldova) – The ex-president of Republic Moldova, PhD, President, Foundation for Strategic Studies and International Relations Development
“National elite and social representation”

Commentaries and discussion:

1.    Ashmarina Elena (Russia) Head of the "Finance Law" Chair, Finance University under the Government of RF, Doctor of Law, Professor
2.    Balstad Jan Kristian  (Norway) Ex Minister Foreign Trade and Shipping of Norway  
3.    Berekashvili Bakari (Georgia) Chairman, Institute of Democratic reforms
4.    Bilgrami Akeel (India) President, Board of Trustees, Journal of Philosophy. Johnsonian Chair of Philosophy, Director of Humanities Center, Founding Member of Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
5.    Butorina Olga (Russia) Adviser of rector MGIMO, Head of the Chair of European integration, PhD, professor
6.    Chen Yurong (China) – Head of the Center of SCO countries, China Institute of International Studies
7.    Chistyakov Nikolay (Russia) Head of the "Theory and history of State and Law Sciences" Chair, Finance University under the Government of RF, Candidate of Law, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor
8.    Czaplinska Anna (Poland) Research assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Lodz
9.    Doras Victor (Republic of Moldova) President, Moldova European Institute
10.     Dutkiewicz Piotr (Canada) Professor and Director, Center for Governance and Public Management, Carleton University
11.    Filip Vojtech (Czech Republic) Vice-chairperson, The Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic, JUDr
12.    Frolov Alexander (Russia) The leading scientific employee of the Center on research of problems of world, Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD
13.    Gerashchenko Iryna (Ukraine) Deputy, Ukraine Verkhovna Rada, Chairman of subcommittee of European integration Committee
14.    Kasatonov Igor (Russia) Professor of Military Academy, PhD
15.    Larkin John (USA) AirTV Holdings, Inc
CEO, Larkin Productions, Inc. Chairman and CEO, AirTV Holdings, Inc
16.    Lebedeva Marina (Russia) Head of the Foreign political processes Chair, MGIMO
17.    Makarenko Konstantin (Russia) Executive Director, Foundation Public Diplomacy Corps, European Russian Forum
18.    Migranyan Andranik (Russia) Director, Institute for Democracy and Cooperation
19.    Mireur Yannick (France) President, NEXUS Forum, Founder and Editorial Director, "Politique Americaine"
20.    Movsisyan Suren (Armenia) Politologist, senior analist, International Centre for Human Development (ICHD)
21.    Naqvi Saba (India) Bureau Chief, New Delhi "Outlook magazine"
22.    Neshataeva Tatiana (Russia) The Judge of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation, Managing chair of the Russian academy of Justice, PhD, Professor
23.    Ovchinskiy Vladimir (Russia) Advisor of Chairman of Constitutional Court of Russia, Doctor of Laws, major general retired
24.    Palihovici Serghei (Republic of Moldova) PhD, Head of the Cabinet of Mayor Kisheneva
25.    Rahr Alexander (Germany) Program Director Russia/Eurasia, German Council on Foreign Relations
26.    Romero Banegas Francisca Nicanor (Honduras) Law Professor, Coordinator of Law, National and International Consultant, University of Honduras
27.    Rotman David (Belarus) Director, Center of Sociological and Political Researches. Belorus State University, Dr.Soc., Professor
28.    Ruchkina Gulnara (Russia) Head of Civil Law Department, Russian State Academy for Fiscal Studies, professor
29.    Saltanov Alexander (Russia) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Russian Federation
30.    Sootla Georg (Estonia) Professor of Public Policy, Institute of Political Science and Governance, Tallinn University, academic secretary at the Institute  
31.    Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan (India) Managing Trustee, AMM Foundation
32.    Tomberg Jevgeniy (Estonia) President of Council of the non-profit organization "Russky Dom" ("Russian home")
33.    Vardanyan Vladimir (Armenia) Head of International treaties Department, Office of the Constitutional Court of Armenia
34.    Zdanoka Tatjana (Latvia) The Member of the European Parliament
35.    Zeleneva Irina (Russia) Historian, St.Petersburg State University, PhD, Candidate of political science, Professor
36.    Zrelova Tatiana (Russia) General director "DAR" PLC
37.    Zwitter Andrej (Austria) Assistant Professor, University of Groningen, Netherlands, PhD

 
“Cultures interaction in the space of dialogue”
Panel 4

 

Part №1 Intercultural Dialogue and an issue of integral response to contemporary challenges

Moderators: Prof. Mikhail Piotrovsky (Russia), Prof. Efim Rezvan (Russia), Zalina Medoeva (Russia), Dr Jeffrey Garret (USA)

Prof. Mikhail B. Piotrovsky (Russia) – Director of the State Hermitage Museum

Speech
Zalina G. Medoeva (Russia) – Vice-President of the Public Foundation “Centre of National Glory”, a member of the Civic Chamber of Russian Federation

Dialogue and Global Politics: For a Lateral Cosmopolitanism
Fred Dallmayr (USA) – Proffesor at the University of Notre Dame

History and identity
Valeriy Tishkov (Russia) – Director of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of RAS, named after N. N. Mikluho-Maklay and the center of social anthropology RSHU. Vice-president of the International association of anthropological and ethnological sciences

Culture as buoyancy and burden
Friend Theodor (USA) – Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia

Issue and limit of a dialogue of cultures
Abdusalam Gusseynov (Russia) – Director, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences

Intercultural Dialogue and Dangerous Assumptions
Michele Kahn (USA) – Associate Professor of Studies in Language and Culture International Association of Intercultural Education
University of Houston- Clear Lake

Multicultural communities in a new spiritual horizon
Hugo Novotny (Argentina) - President, World Center of Humanistic studies

Paradigm of the Evolution of Life. Dynamic Sustainability: Creative Diversification Cooperating in a WinWin-Game
Hans-Peter Duerr (Germany) – Director emeritus, Max Planсk Institute, PhD Professor, Munich

Problems and difficulties of a dialogue
Valentina Fedotova (Russia) – Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, head of the Social Philosophy section of the Instutute of Philosophy RAS

Interaction of two great civilisations: the evolution of China's image in Russia and Russian-Chinese relations
Alexandr Lukin (Russia) – Director, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies Moscow State Institute of International Relations University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Integration of the Post-Byzantine Space
Shamir Israel (Israel) – Coordinator, «Think Tank Shamireaders»

Norms, Values, and Cultural Dialogue in Western Security and Defence
Alexis Crow (Great Britain) – Associated Fellow, International Security Program, Chatham House

Civilization, Islam and Dialogue: Constraints and Contradictions
Durre Samin Ahmed (Pakistan) - Professor, Chairperson & Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Gender and Culture, Lahore University

Comprehend and protect a man
Mirian (Huram) Odishariya (Georgia) – Chairman of culture and  workers association «New Vision», Member of International Publicist Organization, “Golden Feather” prize-winner
International Federation of Journalists’ member

Part №2 Cultural diversity as a mechanism for opposing socio-economic chaos
Moderators: Prof. Mikhail  Piotrovsky (Russia), Prof. Efim Rezvan (Russia), Zalina Medoeva (Russia), Dr Jeffrey Garret (USA)

Reports:
Othering as a political instrument, from the religious perspective
Cemal Usak (Turkey) – Vice president, The Journalist and Writers Foundation

Moving forward to the philosophy of “New Globalization”: non-governmental organizations and the movement of Gule
Ismail Tas (Turkey) – General Secretary of The Dialogue Euroasia Platform

The Issues of Mutual Understanding in International Relations (after disintegration of empires and the end of the Cold War)
Apollon Davidson  (Russia) – President of the Association for British Studies; Professor of the Moscow State University and State University – Higher School of Economics; Head of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of RAS

Tribes, ancient civilizations of Nicaragua Round
Torres Mehia Alba Asusena (Nicaragua) – First Secretary, Embassy of Nicaragua. Member of the Union of Writers of Nicaragua and Russia

How do the Germans debate migration and integration? The recent discussion about the book „Germany abolishes itself“ („Deutschland schafft sich ab“ ) from Thilo Sarrazin
Linda Keyserlingk (Germany) – Representative of Dresden War History Museum

The handicap of the French-German cultural differences in seeking a common response to the global challenge of the financial and economical crisis 2008/2010
Gilbert Guillard (France) – President, International Association for Applied Foreign Languages  

Lasting impressions: Seals from the Islamic word
Dr. Annabel Teh Gallop (Great Britain) – Head, Southeast Asia section, British Library

Museums, monuments and heritage, Antropology at the British Museum
Dr. Jonathan King (Great Britain) – Head of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, the Centre for Anthropology, The British Museum

The Issues of Dialogue and Tolerance in the Context of Globalization and Migration
Valery Moshnyaga (Republic of Moldova) – Head of the politology department, Moldavia State University, Professor, doctor of political science

The legacy of cold war technology in today’s world wide web
Thomas Milo (Netherlands) – International expert on Middle Eastern and Central Asian typography, recently acknowledged with the prestigious Dr. Peter Karow Award,President DecoType

“Lesley Urkart:  British capitalist and adventurer in Russia, 1902-1922”
Prof.  Antony Wynn (Great Britain) – Writer, journalist, author of a series of monographs

Importance of the Cyryllic Writing in the Culture of the Modern World
Barutchiev Stratsimir (Bulgaria) - Adviser, Chief-economist, Foundation “Balkanmedia”

"Civilization dialogue" as a culturological problem
Artem Kobzev (Russia) – Head of the culturology department,  Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), specialist in Chinese philosophy, science and culture, board member of international association of I Ching studies

Translation field as a camertone of  development and a guarantor of world languages’ safeguarding
Natalia Molchanova (Russia) – CJSC “Ego translating company” CEO

Presentation of a project “Eurasian integration: historical and cultural aspects”

Moderator: Efim A. Rezvan (Russia)

S. M. Doudin as an artist, photographer, and ethnographer
Efim Rezvan (Russia) – Deputy Director of the Peter the Great’s State Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkamera); Editor-in-Chief of the “Manuscripta Orientalia” journal

Cultural Processes in Euroasia
Tatiana Fiodorova (Russia) – Artist, photographer, art-director of an exhibition project

North American library resources supporting the study of Eurasia
Akram Khabibullaev (USA) – Indiana University Library Librarian for Middle Eastern, Islamic and Central Eurasian Studies

The structure of Eurasian world after emergence of metallurgy against the geoecology
Chernyh Evgeniy (Russian Federation) - Chief of natural scientific methods laboratory of the Institute of archaeology RAS in Moscow, Doctor of History, Professor, associate member of Russian Academy of science

Ethnocultural identity in modern Kazakhstan: paragdigms and realization mechanisms
Nursan Alimbay (Kazakhstan) - Director of the Central State Museum of the Kazakhstan republic, Professor, honored cultural worker
Path towards. The cultural unity of the peoples of Eurasia: exhibition project of MAE (Kunstkamera) RAS in the National Folk Museum of Korea

Yury Chistov (Russia) – Director of the Peter the Great’s State Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkamera); Doctor of Historical Sciences; Professor

Central Asia: the values and the guidelines
Dalmira Tilepbergenova (Kyrgyzstan) – Film Director

Russian advance guard in Turkestan. Triumph of the East
Anton Uspensky (Russia) – State Russian Museum, leading research worker

Anglo-American Myths of Central Asia
Dr. Jeffrey Garret (USA) – Associate University Librarian for Special Libraries and a Lecturer in German at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (USA), Chair of the German-North American Resources Partnership, President of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal Jury of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)

Commentaries and discussion:

1.    Aljanian Goosan (Israel) – Chief dragoman, Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
2.    Andrushchenko Natalia (Russia) - Deputy CEO, "Business Dialogue"
3.    Achkasov Valery (Russia) Head of the Foreign political processes Chair, Faculty of Political Sciences, Saint-Peterburg State University
4.    Bacik Gokhan (Turkey) - Associate professor of international relations, Zirve University
5.    Boehler Bernhard (Austria) - Director of Cathedral Museum
6.    Bostanci Mehmet Naci (Turkey) - Instructor, department of communications, Gazi University, dean
7.    Bukreyev Alexander (Russia) – Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Director, Russian National Library
8.    Voznyak Taras (Ukraine) - Chief Editor, Cultural Magazine JI
9.    D’Avossa Gianalfonso (Italy) - General of the Italian Army
10.    Davydko Gennady (Republic of Belarus) - Deputy Chairman of Comission, House of Representatives of National Assembly of Republic of Belarus
11.    Deineka Vladimir (Russia) - Former main adviser of the general director of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aviation production association
12.    Dominioni Stefano (France) - Head of Central Division, Directorate General IV - Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, Council of Europe
13.    Esipovskaya Olga (Russia) -Adviser to the Chairman of Council of Federation of Russian Federation Federal Assembly
14.    Zelenev Evgeny (Russia) - Professor, Dean of the Oriental Faculty, St. Petersburg State University; Head, Department of social development of Asia and Africa
15.    Khidirbegishvili Arno (Georgia) - General Director “GRUZINFORM” News Agency
16.    Kozadaev Andrey (Russia) - General Director, "Mac Brothers"
17.    Kormilitsyn Vadim (Russia) - Head of Moscow agency CJSC "Ego Translating company"
18.    Magarshak Yuri (USA) - President, International Committee for Intellectual Collaboration, President MathTech, Inc. (USA)
19.    Makarenko Konstantin (Russia) - Executive Director, Foundation Public Diplomacy Corps, European Russian Forum
20.    Maliavin Vladimir (Russia) - Professor, Tamcang Univercity, Taiwan
21.    Mantilla Yuri G.(USA) - Director of the International Government Affairs at Focus on the Family USA
22.    Matulionis Arvydas (Lithuania) - Director, Lihuanian social research centre
23.    Medihanova Korlan (Kazakhstan) - Head of department on social work, "Kazahstan Temir Zholyi", Director, Corporate Foundation on social projects
24.    Milicevic Ana (Serbia) - Associate Professor, Assistant Dean, Megatrend University
25.    Nisan Vladimir (Russia) - Sociological faculty, Moscow State Lomonosov University
26.    Ravanzo Mark Conrad (Philippines) - Staff, United States Agency of International Development-Educational Development Center, PHILIPPINES
27.    Sergeev Evgeny (Russia) - Head of the Centre for the history of the XX century of the Institute of General history of Russian Academy of Sciences; Doctor of Historical Sciences; Professor
28.    Silovyev Vladimir (Russia) - Editor-in-chief, Moscow Patriarchate` Publishing House  
29.    Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan (India) - Управляющий попечитель фонда "AMM" Managing Trustee, AMM Foundation
30.    Tyurina Nina (Russia), Director General, "Gallery Art Deco" Ltd.
31.    Fedotova Nadezda (Russia) - Lecturer of sociology chair, MGIMO
32.    Felizitas von Schonborn (Germany) - writer, journalist, lecturer
33.    Hagendoorn Louk (Netherlands) - Director of the European Research Center on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER), Utrecht university
34.    Shklyar Larisa (Russia) - Editor, "Peterburg - 5 Channel" TV and Radio company
35.    Shuvalov Konstantin (Russia) - Ambassador at large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

“The Role of the Interreligious Dialogue in the Development of Dialogue Community”
Panel 5

Interreligious dialogue is founded on the significance of religious dimension in human life. Common efforts of various confessional institutions are currently required to prevent possible speculations based on religious differences and aimed at achievement of certain political targets.

The values of personal religious conscience for interreligious dialogue are actualized through debates between faith and knowledge. Special attention is paid to contemporary processes in interreligious and social dialogue which has been initiated in the European Union.

Main Vectors of Discussion:
•    Faith and knowledge in understanding of human development values;
•    Religious dimension of life and administrative-legal relations;
•    Religious institutes and power structures in present period.
•    Contemporary interreligious dialogue initiatives of traditional Churches in European Union

Moderators: Fr. Anton Ilin, Giovanni Cubeddu, Konrad von Bonin

Giovanni Cubeddy (Italy) - Deputy Director, Member of the Board International Magazine "30 Giorni"
"Dialogue between Church and State (and between different faiths) according to the modern interpretation of saint Augustine"

Rabbi Levi Matusof (Belgium) – Rabbinical European Center Public Relations Director

Fearghas O Beara (EU) – Adviser to the President, European Parliament
''Church-State relations in the context of the European Union''

Konrad von Bonin (Germany) Member of the Board of Georges-Anawati-Stiftung, Doctor of Law
"Development in Dialogue"

Asadullin Farid (Russia) - Deputy Chairman of the Spiritual Board of Muslims in the European part of Russia, Chairman of the Information & Analytical Center of the Muftis of Russia

Prof. Maoz Asher (Israel) - Professor of Law at Tel-Aviv University; Editor-in-Chief of "Law, Society & Culture"
"The role of Interreligious  dialogue in advancing human dignity, peace and brotherhood"

Prof. Alberto Quattrucci (Italy) – St. Egidio Community, Secretary General

Fr. Anton Ilin (Russia)- Acting Representative of the Moscow Patriarchate to the European Institutions, European Representative of Russkiy Mir Foundation

Commentaries and discussion:

1.    Aljanian Goosan (Israel), Chief dragoman, Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
2.    Archbishop of Lvov and Galich (Ukraine) Chairman, Theological Comission, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate  
3.    Archimandrite Zacchaeus (USA) Dean of the Representation Church of St. Catherine the Great Martyr
4.    Archpriest Father Maxim (Obukhov) (Russia) Head of Orthodox Medical Center “Life”
5.    Arifdzhanov Rustem (Kazakhstan) Editor-in-Chief, Magazine "Astana"
6.    Arsuaga Rato Ignacio (Spain) President, HazteOir.org, Spanish pro-life and pro-family organization
7.    Feder Donald Albert (USA) Communications Director, Editor, World Congress of Families News
8.    Jacobs Lawrence D. (USA) Vice-President and Managing Director, World Congress for Families
9.    Janson Alfred (Norway) Professor Norwegian Academy of Music. Composer
10.    Jarjour Riad (Syrian Arab Republic) General Secretary of Arab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue
11.    Kasatkin Petr (Russia) Scientific fellow, MGIMO
12.    Lapshin Igor (Russia) Assistant to the Chief executive, St. Gregory the Theologian Charity Found
13.    Massalha Omar (Egypt), Secretary-General Mediterranean Peace Forum Former Director, External Relations, UNESCO
14.    Nikiforov Evgeniy (Russia) Chairman, Orthodox community `Radonezh`  
15.    Rendl Richard (Austria) Painter
16.    H.E. Niphon, Archibishop of Philipopolis, Representative of the Patriarch of Antioch in Moscow (Lebanon)
17.    Fr. Silovyev Vladimir (Russia), Editor-in-chief, Moscow Patriarchate` Publishing House
18.    Archpriest Nicolay (Sokolov), St. Nicolay Mirkilikiysky`sChurch
19.    Ioan Sauca (Switzerland), Director, Ecumenical Institute of Bossey Representative of World Counsil of Churches
20.    Usak Cemal (Turkey) Vice President of the Journalists and Writers Foundation, Secretary General, The Intercultural Dialogue Platform

Globalization Models in the Mass Media and Communication Formats
Panel  6

Part 1. Axiological structure of the news topic and news narrative (means and methods of presentation) and the practice of legal and administrative regulation of the information space

Moderator: Mamontov Vladimir (Russia) – President, newspaper "Izvestia",
Oleg Nalyvaiko (Ukraine) - President, Media Holding “GlavRed-Media”

Hoffmann Martin (German)–German-Russian Forum Director Cross-cultural dialog and issues related to cross-boarder

Darryl D'Monte (India) - Chairperson, Forum of Environmental Journalists of India (FEJI)
The 'Glocal' Village: Mining the Mass Media for Environmental Struggles

Mamontov Vladimir (Russia)- President, "Izvestia"
Intellect: freedom of or from the illusions

Tykhyy Sergyi (Ukraine) - General director, Editor-in-chief, newspaper "Po-keivski", Publishing house "Press-centre"
Problems of Mass Media in post-soviet states concerning principal transformation on informational markets

Aganin Aydar (Russia) - The assistant to the editor-in-chief, the director of the Arabian channel «Russia al-Jaum»
Multipolar World as Reflected in Mass Media

Part #2 New media  as a mechanism of social communication

Moderator: Mamontov Vladimir,   Oleg Nalyvaiko

Schepp Matias (Germany)- Buro-Chef, "Spiegel", Moscow
New WEST Media in the Society

Siumar Viktoria (Ukraine) - The chief executive of Institute of the mass information
New Media: How they Change the Communication in the Society. Problems of Reliability and Quality of the Information in the Web

Kamalipour Yahya (USA)- Head of the Department of Communication and Creative Arts, and Director of the Center for Global Studies, Purdue University Calumet
New media, globalization, and convergence

Meinert Nikolai (Finland)- Media Director, Agency "UspehMedia" Functional Effectiveness  and Control over Mass Media

Part#3  The blogosphere and social networks: the right to know or the sphere of constructing new community types   

Moderator: Mamontov Vladimir,   Oleg Nalyvaiko

Gagik Harutiunyan (Armenia) - Executive director, "Noravank
Internet Structures in the Context of “Post – Informational Security

Zelinskaya Elena (Russia) – Vice –President of the “Media Union” Media Professionals Social Organization
Role and meaning of blogosphere in transformation of political culture

Gerashchenko Iryna (Ukraine)- The People's Deputy of the Supreme Rada of Ukraine
The Freedom of Speech

Ligachova-Chernolutskaya Natalia (Ukraine) - Editor -in Chief, Project "Telekritika"
Development of Internet Mass Media in Ukraine

Part#4 Virtualization of informational narratives and the problem of informational content authenticity

Moderator: Mamontov Vladimir,   Oleg Nalyvaiko

Viksveen Thor (Norway) – Chief Editor, "Viksveen Consult"
Means and methods of news presentation/regulation of the information space

Andrushchenko Natalia (Russia) – Deputy CEO, "Business Dialogue"
Informational Wars in the Global World, or Mass Media – Tail, which Wags the Dog

Gorbachev Sergey (Russia) - Head of the Journalism Chair, Moscow State Lomonosov Univercity, Sevastopol
Freedom and Responsibility of the Mass Media

Miroshnikov Pavel (Russia) – Director, “ABC-Russia”
Project “ABC-Russia”

Commentaries and discussion:
1.    Aghayev Shakir ( Azerbaijan)"New Times" magazine, Chief editor  
2.    Aleksandrov Pavel (Russia) Director, Educational-Business Center "Galaktika"
3.    Alexandrov-Derkachenko Petr (Russia) Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Member of the Editorial Board, Russian edition «Le Monde diplomatique»; Chairman of the Editorial Council
4.    Alisov Nikolay (Russia) General Director, Foundation for Development of International Relations and Social Systems
5.    Aloyan Vardan (Armenia ), General Director, "CS Publishing House"
6.    Arifdzhanov Rustem (Kazakhstan), Editor-in-Chief, Magazine "Astana"
7.    Baialinov Kamil (Kirghizia) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary on the special instructions
8.    Batig Mykhailo (Ukraine) Editor in Chief, newspaper "Narodnoe slovo"
9.    Cherednichenko Irina (Ukraine) Deputy Director of the Ukraine Media Holding Radio Group
10.    Chernyak Igor (Russia) Deputy chief editor of "Rossiyskaya Gazeta - Nedelya"
11.    Cubeddu Giovanni (Italy) Deputy Director, Member of the Board International Magazine "30 Giorni"
12.    Dmukhovskiy Mechislav (Russia) First deputy of the Chief-editor, "Sobesednik"
13.    Dolgusheva Olesya (Russia) Manager of projects, "Media-Soyuz"
14.    Feder Donald (USA) Communications Director, Editor, World Congress of Families News
15.    Kirchengast Josef (Austria) Editor
16.    Kobuladze Nikoloz (Georgia) Researcher, Social Research Center
17.    Kosachev Mikhail (Russia) Adviser of the chairman of the commission, Social Council of the Central Federal District
18.    Mankevicius Arturas (Lithuania) Director, reviewer.RINKOM, PR company, Vilnius
19.    McKinley Brunson (USA) Co-Chairman, Association for International Mobility
20.    Nikiforov Evgeniy (Russia) Chairman, Orthodox community `Radonezh`
21.    Poteryakhin Andrey (Russia) General director of non-commercial partnerable "Centre of public technologies"
22.    Romaniuk Stepan (Ukraine) The international Agency Ukraina – Rus, Director of the « Socio - cultural cross-border communications bureau »
23.    Ryabokon Sergey (Russia) Acting Head of NGO DMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs
24.    Shevchuk Evgeny (Russia) President of the Prednistrovsky Endowment for the Humanities
25.    Shishkin Vladimir (Russia) Dean for work with foreign students MGIMO
26.    Silovyev Vladimir (Russia) Editor-in-chief, Moscow Patriarchate` Publishing House
27.    Sverdlov Ilya (Russia) Editor for political issues of the «Nevskoye Vremia» periodical
28.    Teterin Igor (Estonia)- Editor-in-chief, General director newspaper "Komsomolskaia Pravda in North Europe"
29.    Todua Irakli (Georgia) The Chief Editor of the «Georgia and the World» weekly
30.    Tsupova Olga (Estonia) Editor-in-chief of the «Media Center» Publishing –Group
31.    Udzilauri George (Georgia) Newspaper "Ahali Taoba"
32.    Usak Cemal (Turkey) Vice President of the Journalists and Writers Foundation, Secretary General, The Intercultural Dialogue Platform
33.    Voznyak Taras (Ukraine) Chief Editor, The Cultural Magazine

"Latin-American Civilization: yesterday, today, tomorrow"
Round table 1

Moderators: Professor Henri Favre (France) – Director of research emeritus, CNRS, Alexis Toribio Dantas (Brazil) – Professor, Rio-de-Janeiro State University

Opening speech: Henri Favre

Henri Favre (France) – Director of research emeritus, CNRS
“Latin America or existence difficulties”

Zbigniew Iwanovski (Russia) – Professor, Lead Researcher, Institute of Latin America with Russian Academy of Science
“World social crisis and main models of social development in Latin America”

Carlos Alfredo Juarez Centeno (Argentina) – Professor, National University of Cordoba
“Latin America and the human rights’ regime: inter-American  protector system, its’ influence upon the region”

Part 1. Cross-cultural community in Latin America: interethnic traditions; ethnic-cultural  identity; in search of justice

Maria Teresa Toribio Brittes Lemos (Brazil) - Professor, Rio-de-Janeiro State University
“Indian community in Brazil: culture and education as one of the BRIC development factors”

Alba Azucena Torres Mejia (Nicaragua) – 1st Secretary,  Embassy of Nicaragua in Russia, Writer of Nicaragua
“Indian tribes, antic civilizations of Nicaragua”

Lorenzo Carrasco (Brazil) – President, Movement of Ibero-American solidarity
“200 years of Mexico independence and other Latin- countries: sense of nation and future of a national state”

Maria Magdalena Cajias de la Vega (Bolivia) – Professor, University of San Andreas, ex-minister of education of Bolivia
“New education: processes of decolonization and cultural diversity in multinational state of Bolivia”

Graciana del Castillo (USA) – Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University
“Ideas for resuming of employment, investments and sustainable growth in Cuba”

Part 2. Latin-American view on global integration: aiming at a new platform for strategic stability and harmonization of interests; ideals and values of social development in the countries of the continent

Vladimir Borodaev (Russia) – Professor, Historical Faculty  of Moscow State University
“ALBA – new model of integration groups in the region”

Johannes Maerk (Austria) -  The International University of Vienna, Professor
“Ideals and life values in the informal sector. Life of the Tepito district in Mexico”

Irina Vershinina (Russia) - Senior Researcher, Institute of Latin America with Russian Academy of Science
“Civilization likeness of Latin America and Russia as a base of their cooperation and mutual understanding”

Dejan Mihailovic (Mexico) – Director, Center of Social Research of the Technological University of Monterrey

Part 3. BRIC – way to a new platform of political equilibrium?

Li Xin (China) – Director, Center for Russian-Central Asian Studies with Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
“Institutionalism of BRIC: perspectives and problems”

Liu Junmei (China) – Deputy Director, Center of Rapidly Developing Economics with the Fudan university of Shanghai
“Main challenges the BRIC countries face and development vectors  in post-crisis period”

Commentaries and Discussion:

1.    Avellan Veloz Juan Andres (Switzerland) Vice President Public Sector and CEO, WISeKey
2.    Bacik Gokhan (Turkey) Associate professor of international relations, Zirve University
3.    Hermes Herrera Hernandez (Cuba) Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in Greece
4.    Nisan Vladimir (Russia) Sociological faculty, Moscow State Lomonosov University
5.    Novotny Hugo Omar (Argentina) President, World Center of Humanistic studies - Ideals and values of social development in the countries of the Continent
6.    Padua Jose Augusto (Brazil) Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
7.    Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan (India) Managing Trustee, AMM Foundation -Environmental challenges and their social consequences in Latin America
8.    Sushentsov Andrey (Russia) Lecturer of International Relations, MGIMO
9.    Treholt Arne (Norway) Vice President and Business Development Director, "United World Capital"

Presentation of the Latin-American civilization

1.    Opening of the photo exhibition “Latin America” by Valery Maslennikov, “Prensa Latina” photo correspondent
2.    Amazonia Indian’s handicraft (Brazil)
3.    Book presentation. Bolivia President Evo Morales “10 commandments to save the Planet, humanity and life.”
4.    Documentary film demonstration. “Bolivia: opening a way for the new future”*
*The film is made by a Rhodes Forum participant, ex-minister of education of Bolivia, professor, Maria Magdalena Cajias de  la Vega

"Family: Origins and Future of Civilizations"
Round table 2

Moderator: Natalia Yakuninа (Russia) – Chairman of the Maternity Holiness program Board of trustees; Member, Board of directors, Center of National Glory

Opening speech: Natalia Yakuninа  

Patrick Fagan (USA) – Senior Fellow at Family Research Council and Director of its Marriage and Religion Research Institute (MARRI)

Anatoly Antonov (Russia) – Head of Chair of Sociology of Family, Moscow State `Lomonosov` University, Editor-in-Chief, Journal "Demographic Research"

Ewa Kowalewska (Poland) – Human Life International – Europa

Hassan Farooq (Pakistan) – UN Ambassador for Family, Harvard law professor

Part 1. Demographic situation in the world. Current family relationship and demographic situation: East and West. Issues, tendencies and alternatives

Moderators: Natalia Yakuninа, Ewa Kowalewska, Igor Beloborodov

Igor Beloborodov (Russia) – Director, Institute for Demografic Research
“Degeneration of the institution of family in conditions of demographic changes. Global depopulation as a consequence of an axiological crisis (continental overview)”

Ignacio Arsuaga (Spain) – President, HazteOir.org, Spanish pro-life and pro-family organization
Noskova Antonina (Russia) – DrSc. Professor, Chair of Sociology, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
“Modern changeable world: global threats and regional risks of family demographic evolution”

Thomas Ward (United Kingdom) – President, National Association of Catholic Families
“Parents’ priority role as defenders and teachers of the younger generation”

Sеrgey Ryazantsev (Russia) – Sc.D Professor, Head of Centre of Social Demography and Economic Sociology, Institute of Social-Politic Research of RAS
“Russian women immigration abroad: social demographic after-effects"

Part 2. Peculiarities of perception and semantic features of the definition of "family” in different civilizational and cultural patterns

Moderators: Natalia Yakuninа, Ewa Kowalewska, Igor Beloborodov

Archpriest Maxim (Obukhov) (Russia) – Orthodox Medical Center “Life”
“Traditional Russian family, religious and cultural peculiarities”

Qiang Xiaoyun (China) – Deputy Director, Center for Russian-Central Asian Studies with Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
“The notion of a traditional family in China, philosophical and cultural aspect”

Hassan Farooq (Pakistan) – UN Ambassador for Family, Harvard law professor
“Traditional family in the Islamic East: religious and cultural peculiarities”

Brtule Marika (Latvia) – Member of the board, Family Association of Latvia, participant of the Rhodes Youth Forum
“European traditions and family values: peculiarities of the younger generation perception”

Bilgrami Akeel (India) – Director of Humanities Center, Founding Member of Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
“The notion of a traditional family in India, philosophical and cultural aspect”

Part 3. Family in future: from civilizational identity crisis to traditional family values

Moderators: Natalia Yakuninа, Ewa Kowalewska, Igor Beloborodov

Christine Vollmer (Venezuela) – President, Latin American Alliance for the Family

Marta Walaszczyk (Poland) – Volunteer leader at World Congress of Families IV in Warsaw, participant of the Rhodes Youth Forum
“Internationalization of marriages as a tradition challenge”

Sergey Chesnokov (Russia) – president of the Russian public organisation «Za zhizn i zaschitu semeynyh tzennostey» («For life and protection of family values»)
“The role of sexual culture in civilization identity formation”

Teresa Okafor (Nigeria) – Director, Quality Assurance and Research Development Agency Nigeria (QAARDAN),
“Preservation of the younger generation and the traditional values: challenges and prospects”

Part 4. International, governmental and non-governmental programs supporting families, maternity and childhood: implementation and problem solving

Moderators: Natalia Yakuninа, Ewa Kowalewska, Igor Beloborodov

Natalia Yakuninа (Russia) – Chairman of the Maternity Holiness program Board of trustees, Member, Board of directors, Center of National Glory
“Russian national program “Maternity Holiness”

Lawrence Jacobs (USA) – Vice-President and Managing Director, World Congress for Families

Lech Kowalewski (Poland) – President, Friends of Human Life Foundation, the Board Member, International Right to Life Federation

Vladimir Filippov (Russia) – Head of Department for family and youth politics, North-West administrative district of Moscow
“Social and state partnership experience in improving the image of a large family (by the example of the north-east region of Moscow)”

Part 5. Concluding. Drawing up of universal definition of family: international law and informational dimensions
Moderators: Natalia Yakuninа, Ewa Kowalewska, Igor Beloborodov

William Saunders (USA) – Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs, Americans United for Life (AUL)

Jurgen Liminski (Germany) – Journalist, presenter in Deutschlandfunk (German radio), author in various magazines, national and international dailies

Commentaries and Discussion:

1.    Abbasova Anna (Russia), President, Charity Foundation for "Rasprav Krylya"
2.    Aleksandrov Pavel (Russia), Director, Educational-Business Center "Galaktika"
3.    Father Goossan Alzhanian (Israel), Chief Dragoman and Musical Director of Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
4.    Archbishop Augustin (Ukraine), Archbishop of Lvov and Galich, Chairman, Theological Comission, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchy  
5.    Archimandrite (Wood ) Zacchaeus (USA), Dean of the Representation Church of St. Catherine the Great Martyr (Representative of the orthodox church in America in St.Catherine church, Moscow) -
6.    Belskaya Iryna (Belarus), Coordinator, International Enlightenment Public Association `Akt`
7.    De Frain John (USA), Professor, Lincoln University
8.    Dmukhovskiy Mechislav (Russia), First deputy of the Chief-editor, "Sobesednik"
9.    Doras Victor (Republic of Moldova), President, Phd, Moldova European Institute
10.    Elizarov Valeriy (Russia), Head, Centre for Population Problems Studies, Moscow State `Lomonosov` University
11.    Feder Donald Albert (USA), Communications Director, Editor, World Congress of Families News
12.    Fomicheva Liudmila (Russia), President, "Interfax North-West"
13.    Golovanova Tatiana (Russia), Fellow, Center of National Glory
14.    Haas Miloslav (Slovakia), Executive director, Gostin LTD
15.    Khroul Victor (Belarus), Reporter, Radio of Vatican, Senior fellow Moscow State Lomonosov University
16.    Kosachev Mikhail (Russia), Adviser of the chairman of the commission, Social Council of the Central Federal District
17.    Kostikova Anna (Russia), Head of the Language philosophy and Communications Chair, Moscow State Lomonosov University
18.    Krichevskiy Nikita (Russia), Scientific manager, Center for Researches of Postindustrial Society, doctor of economics, professor
19.    Mantilla Yuri Gonzalo (USA), Director of the International Government Affairs at Focus on the Family USA
20.    Meschanov Boris (Russia), Vice Council of Russian Federation in Salonika
21.    Mikheev Maxim (Russia), Fellow, Center of National Glory
22.    Milicevic (Langovic) Ana (Serbia), Associate Professor, Assistant Dean, Megatrend University
23.    Mogilevskiy Nikolay (Russia), Fellow, Centre of National Glory
24.    Nikiforov Evgeniy (Russia), Chairman, Orthodox community `Radonezh`
25.    Poburenna Natalia (Ukraine), Press Secretary of the Plenipotentiary Representative of Ukranian Orthodox Church MP in Verhovnaya Rada
26.    Ravanzo Mark Conrad (Philippines), Staff, United States Agency of International Development-Educational Development Center
27.    Saikali Niphon (Lebanon), Archibishop of Philipopolis, Representative of the Patriarch of Antioch in Moscow
28.    Schmidheiny Rudolf (Switzerland), Coordinator, Parents Forum Switzerland
29.    Sehgal Ikram Ul-Majeed (Pakistan), Chairman, "Pathfinder G4S"
30.    Silovyev Vladimir (Russia), Editor-in-chief, Moscow Patriarchate` Publishing House
31.    Silundika Cecilia Sithembile (Canada), Circumpolar Analyst (Russia) Circumpolar Liaison Directorate Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
32.    Sukhorukova Elena (Russia), Executive Director, Non-state pension fund "Blagosostoyanie"
33.    Usak Cemal (Turkey), Vice President of the Journalists and Writers Foundation, Secretary General, The Intercultural Dialogue Platform, Turkey
34.    Yampolskaya Elena (Russian Federation), The assistant to the editor-in-chief of the newspaper of "News"

Civilizational Paradigm of Human Evolution
Round Table 3

Despite the general confidence that there is an understanding of what a civilization is, such unambiguity is nonexistent. This notion can be disclosed through sociocultural types, is interpreted as the staging of human development, or as geographically localized human communities.

In the meantime, there are different contexts for the practical objectives and goals that scientists and government leaders face, where such an understanding should be profound and clear. The temporal (stadial) and spacial aspects of the genesis of civilization are intertwined in a complex way making the picture even more blurred.

Various civilizations can objectively dominate, thus posing threat of universalization escalating to the racist theories of the past or aggressive forms of the present-day globalization. However, civilizations can also be a depository of optimal development practices for the whole regions.

A civilization is obviously a form of human community which played and still plays a subjective role in history. However, major changes come with human evolution. Once, civilizations were born, later, there was a time for their confrontation and the futurology of civilizational wars. What lies ahead of civilizations? Will the principle of separation ever turn into its opposite – a uniform human civilization? What will it be like and what are its values, do they exist? Where does the dialogue of civilizations lead? A wide range of issues, from fundamental theoretical up to vital practical, will be addressed at the roundtable meeting.

Main Vectors of Discussion:
•    Provided civilizations are human communities, when were they born, what factors form them, are these factors long-standing and will they continue to exist in future?
•    What is the universal criterion of human progress and how is it linked to the value bases of various civilizations?
•    Is the convergence of civilizations into the uniform human civilization in the course of future megaevolution feasible (if so, when)?
•    How are the secular and the religious visions of human differences and their future interrelated?

Moderator: Stepan Sulakshin (Russia), General Director, Governance and Problem Analysis Center

Opening speech: Stepan Sulakshin

Kara-Murza Sergey (Russia)  Chief Research Officer, Institute of social and political research of RAS
Civilization and globalization

Dallmayr Fred (USA), Professor, University of Notre Dame
Dialogue and Global Politics: For a Lateral Cosmopolitanism

Bagdasaryan Vardan (Russia), Project director, Center of problem analysis and state-government projecting, Professor
Religious dimension of civilizations’ value portraits

Father Boulos Wehbe (Lebanon), Professor, Religion and Cultural and Social Studies, Notre Dame University, Archpriest, Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut, Senior Lecturer, Social and Behavioral Sciences Department Faculty of Humanities
The Interconnection of Faith and Knowledge in Shaping Communal Life from a Christian Standpoint. The Case of Beirut

Turchin Peter (USA), Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
The Evolution of Peace: Is the convergence of civilizations into a world-wide cooperating society feasible?

Milo Thomas (Netherlands), Lieutenant of Royal Army of the Netherlands. President, Deco Type
Role of modern communication networks in inter-civilizational relations

Gilman Nils (USA), Senior Practitioner "Monitor 360" - From consumerism to producerism
Role of climatic changes in transformation of civilizational types of economy

Friend Theodore (USA), Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia
Evolution, Symbolic Activity, and Survival

Viksveen Thor (Norway), Chief Editor, Viksveen Consult

Mireur Yannick (France), President, NEXUS Forum, Founder and Editorial Director, "Politique Americaine"
The resilience of nations

Commentaries and discussion:

1.    Ashotyan Armen (Armenia), Minister for Education and Science, Republic of Armenia
2.    Balstad Jan Kristian (Norway), Ex Minister Foreign Trade and Shipping of Norway
3.    Bilgrami Akeel (India), President, Board of Trustees, Journal of Philosophy. Johnsonian Chair of Philosophy, Director of Humanities Center, Founding Member of Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
4.    Bostanci Mehmet Naci (Turkey), Instructor, department of communications, Gazi University, dean
5.    Chinsky Pavel (France), Director General, Russian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry
6.    Crow Alexis (United Kingdom), Associate Fellow, International Security Programme, Chatham House
7.    D`Monte Darryl (India), President, International Federation of Environmental Journalists -
8.    Das Tarun (India), President, Aspen Institute India
9.    Dugin Aleksandr (Russia), Managing chair, International relations of sociological faculty of the Moscow State University of M.V.Lomonosova
10.    Durre Samin Ahmed (Pakistan), Professor, Chairperson & Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Gender and Culture, Lakhor University
11.    Ghazinyan Gagik (Armenia), Chair, Bar Association of the republic of Armenia; Dean of the Faculty of law, Yerevan State University, Doctor of Law, Professor, NAS RA Associate Member
12.    Gorbachev Sergey (Russia), Head of the Journalism Chair, Moscow State Lomonosov Univercity, Sevastopol branch
13.    Guselnikov Leonid (Russia), Editor-in-chief, "Yamal Region" TV Company, Member of Civic Chamber of Russian Federarion
14.    Harutyunyan Gagik (Armenia), Executive director, "Noravank" Foundation
15.    Heyets Valeriy (Ukraine), Director, Institute of Economics and Forecasting of National Academy of Science
16.    Kasatonov Igor (Russia), Professor of Military Academy, PhD
17.    Khairallah Nasseriddin (Syrian Arab Republic), Chairman of the Environment Committee and population Activinies, Member of Parliament, Professor, Damascus University
18.    Kirabaev Nur (Russia), Vice-rector, Peoples` Friendship University of Russia Co-author, "Re-thinking Russia"
19.    Kobzev Artem (Russia), Dean, Director, Dept. of Institute of Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
20.    Kyureghyan Edik (Armenia), Ph.D., Director, Social Sciences and Languages Dept., Armenian State Engineer University
21.    Migranyan Andranik (Russia), Director, Institute for Democracy and Cooperation
22.    Mironov Vladimir (Russia), Dean, Dept. of Philosophy, Moscow State `Lomonosov` University
23.    Nagornyy Alexander (Russia), President`s Сounsellor, "Experimental-and-Creative Center" World Foundation
24.    Ninan T N (India), Chairman and Editorial Director "Business Standard"
25.    Nisan Vladimir (Russia), Sociological faculty, Moscow State Lomonosov University
26.    O'Beara Fearghas (EU), Adviser to the President, European Parliament
27.    Ovchinskiy Vladimir (Russia), Advisor of chairman of Constitutional Court of Russia, Doctor of Laws, major general retired
28.    Ozturk Ibrahim (Turkey), Associate professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Marmara University
29.    Pak Nadezhda (Russia), Deputy General director, Governance and Problem Analysis Center
30.    Paramonova Tatiana (Russia), Chairman "Transcreditbank", Director General "ZHASO"
31.    Rzayeva Gunel Anar Qizi/Gunel (Azerbaijan), Editor-in-chief of magazine "Window (view on culture)" Editor-in-chief of magazine "My country"
32.    Shamir Israel (Israel), Coordinator, Think Tank Shamireaders
33.    Siniakov Hieromonk Alexandre (France), Rector, Russian Spiritual Academy in France
34.    Vershinin Aleksandr (Russia), Spesialist, Governance and Problem Analysis Center
35.    Yaroshetskiy Sergey (Russia), Chief editor Izvestia St. Petersburg
36.    Zdanoka Tatjana (Latvia), The Member of the European Parliament
37.    Zelenev Evgeny (Russia) Professor, Dean of the Oriental Faculty, St. Petersburg State University; Head, Department of social development of Asia and Africa
38.    de Vreede Erik (Netherlands), Member of the Board, International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE)

Atom in the 21st Century: Problems and Prospects
Round Table 4

An essential element of sustainable human development is its’ energy security. The perspective growth of energy production, especially in developing countries must be securely backed up by the fuel management and waste storage, and on the other hand do not impair the environmental security of the world. In addition, limited amount of oil and gas can cause tension related to providing free access to energy resources. This is the global challenge of 21st century.

Nuclear power could be the solution to this problem, subject to international cooperation in the development of innovative reactor technologies of the future to ensure the safe and environmentally sound development of large-scale nuclear energy while reducing the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Roundtable meeting is aimed to discuss key issues in large-scale development of atomic energy such as nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear and physical security of irradiated nuclear fuel and radioactive waste in the context of globalization processes and intercivilizational dialogue.

Main Vectors of Discussion:
•    Nuclear power and nuclear weapons is an inevitable dualism;
•    Globalization and development of large-scale nuclear power;
•    Nuclear safety and security Culture;
•    Public dialogue and development of nuclear energy;
•    Nuclear power engineering and developing world-prospects and challenges.

Moderator: Vladimir Kuchinov (Russia)– Adviser to the General Director, The State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom"

Vladimir Kuchinov (Russia)– Adviser to the General Director, The State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom"
"Logical growth of nuclear energy sector in the world in relation to security and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons"

Akira Omoto (Japan)- Commissioner, Japan Atomic Energy Commission
Presentation

Ponomarev-Stepnoy Nikolay (Russia) – Vice-President, The State Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”
Nuclear energy resources as the factor of society's stabilization. Nonproleferation and nuclear energy

Baatar Chadraa (Mongolia) – General Director, State Committee of Nuclear Energy
Presentation

Peter Roell (Germany) - President of the Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic consultancy (ISPSW), PhD in Sinology and Political Science
Nuclear power+nuclear weapons is an inevitable dualism

Commentaries and discussion:

1.    Mikhail Delyagin (Russia), Director, Institute of Globalization Problems, Doctor of Economics
2.    Vladimir Deineka (Russia), Adviser of the general director of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aviation production association
3.    Alexander Frolov (Russia) The leading scientific employee of the Center on research of problems of world, Russian Academy of Sciences, PhD  
4.    Andrey Kozadaev (Russia) General Director, "Mac Brothers"
5.    Juha Peltonen (Finland)  Editor-in-chief, "Demari"
6.    Alexander Rahr (Germany) Program Director Russia/Eurasia, German Council on Foreign Relations
7.    Vladimir Vardanyan (Armenia) Head of International Treaties Department, Office of the Constitutional Court of Armenia
8.    Ned Xoubi (Jordan) Professor of Nuclear Engineering, JUST University

Historical Heritage in the Dialogue of Civilizations
Round Table 5

There are many events of the past that may lead to tension and result in new conflicts. At the same time, the history contains extensive positive experience of cooperation, dialogue, resolution of conflicts, and this experience requires updating.

Mutual resentments, claims, dissensions and especially conflicts and wars remain in the actual memory of people for a long time. Not only they have saturated emotional coloring, but in a certain set of circumstances such confrontations may break out anew. Historical facts and events of this kind can be used by various civil or political structures for opportunistic aims.

The distribution of versions of historical events oriented at fanning the flame of conflicts, which is quite characteristic of mass-media and scientific environment these days, is counterproductive. Strengthened of cooperation in retrospective researches, mutual efforts to find the historical truth in all its depth and completeness, which is the basis for non-conflict perception of history, must become a constructive alternative to the adverse approach.

One of the vital goals of dialogue between civilizations is identification and mutual apprehension of both historical conflicts and experience of cooperation, knowledge of how to resolve a dissension.

Main Vectors of Discussion:
•    The History of the Past As a Common Heritage of Peoples of the Globalized World;
•    The History of the Russian Civilization and Its Experience in the Prevention of Intercivilization Conflicts;
•    World Wars – Conflict Zones of Common History (Dedicated to the 65th Anniversary of the End of World War II);
•    The Role of the Civil Society in the Formation of Historical Consciousness of People in the Modern World;
•    Historical Education and Mass Historical Consciousness

Moderator:
Haerpfer Christian (United Kingdom) – Head of Department of Politics and Interbational Relations and Professor of Political Science, University of Aberdeen

Kadatskiy Vladimir (Russia) – The expert-analyst of the centre of public technologies, PhD

Speakers:

Golubev Alexander (Russia) – Head, Center of national culture studies, Institute of Russian History of RAS

Hagendoorn Louk (Netherlands) - Director of the European Research Center on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER), Utrecht university

Nevezhin Vladimir (Russia) Senior research fellow, Institute of Russian History of RAS

Ilmjarv Magnus (Estonia) – Director, Institute of History, Tallin University

Sergeev Evgeny (Russia) – Head of the Centre for the history of the XX century of the Institute of General history of Russian Academy of Sciences

Nasyrova Diana (Russia) - Project director of non-commercial partnerable "Centre of public technologies"

Medzmariashvili Elene (Georgia) – Professor, Tbilisi State University

Regional Economic Integration within the Global Economic Crisis
Round Table 6

The regional economic integration becomes one of the most important components of the anti-crisis strategy, thus expanding the market of participating states and increasing economic resilience thereof. This provides for extending of economic territory through establishment of free trade areas as well as customs, monetary or economic unions. Availability of certain integrated associations considerably enhances development of participating national economies, increases resilience to any external shock, range of activity and competitive edges of corporations and enterprises thereof.

The crisis of 2008 put on the agenda a problem of required institutional integration both regionally and globally, thus forcing governments and business elites to seek actively any joint solution.

As from 2010 along with previously established and enhanced regional economic unions a customs union within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Community as well as a free trade area involving China and ASEAN member-states started to operate. The CIS states stepped up the process of the multipurpose free trade area establishment. Another discussion of issues related to integration was initiated in the Latin America.

The customs union involving Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia is only the first breakthrough initiative. It is the basis for the establishment of the United Economic Area. The customs union an advanced and more profound form of economic integration allowing it to ensure free movement of goods, services, capital or human resources. For that purpose a number of ambitious targets shall be achieved as soon as practicable, in particular, harmonization of regulations related to foreign trading, macroeconomic policy or tax system criteria, antithesis and labour laws as well as migration policies of the member-states.

In addition to intensive negotiations involving experts and officials integrations requires an active dialogue among all interested parties.
The panel to be held as a public project launch shall provide for the appearance of certain officials of the customs union as well as those of the member-states, economic integration experts, representatives of business, media and social organizations.

Principal issues:
•    Regional integration within the global economic crisis: efficiency potential
•    Customs union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia as an international project of integration (public presentation)
•    From the customs union to the United Economic Area within the territory of CIS: challenges and prospects

Keynote speakers:

Sergey Glaziev – Responsible Secretary of the Commission of the Customs union of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, Deputy Secretary General of EurAzES, academician

Igor Suvorov – President, InterState bank, Specialized International Financial Organization of the Commonwealth of Independent States