Concluding Plenary session

A DECADE OF DIALOGUE OF CIVILISATIONS

Primary topics of discussion:

- The initiatives undertaken by the World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilization” and the establishment of an international dialogue community

- “Dialogue of Civilizations” on the road to building a new, human, world order

- Models for future civilization

The WPF Program Committee expects the following key speakers:

Natalia Yakunina – Chairman of the Board of Trustees, "Sanctity of Motherhood" Program; Vice-president, St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation (Russia)
Fred Dallmayr, Packey J. Dee Professor in the departments of philosophy and political science at the University of Notre Dame (USA)

Akeel Bilgrami – Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Humanities Centre, and Founding Member of the Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University (India/USA)
Hendrik Strydom - Professor in Public International Law, University of Johannesburg (South Africa) – "African responses to contemporary issues in international law and relations"
Shaikha Dheya Al-Khalifa - President, Riyada Group (Bahrain)
Jomo Kwame Sundaram - Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) (USA)
Manuel F. Montes - Chief of Development Strategy and Policy Analysis, Development Policy and Analysis Division, UNDESA (USA)
Hans-Joerg Rudloff - Chairman, Barclays Capital