Plenary session # 2
PRESENT-DAY ANSWERS TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE
Primary topics of discussion:
- Ecological, technological, political, social and mental challenges to mankind
- Society as a responsible entity for shaping models of future development
- Preserving traditional values in (re)constructing social development
- Response of public entities, NGO’s, and the upcoming generation to the challenges of the future
Key speakers:
Jomo Kwame Sundaram – United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development (UN)
Durre Sameen Ahmed – Chairperson and Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Gender and Culture Lahore (Pakistan)
Faisal bin Abdulrahman bin Muammar – Professor, Deputy Minister of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Secretary General of the King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue (Saudi Arabia)
Morozov Igor (Russia) – Deputy head of Federal Agency on Affairs of Commonwealth of the Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and on the International Humanitarian Cooperation – Greeting messages of the Head of the Agency Farid Mukhametshin (russian)
M.R.E. Theodore Baehr (USA) – Chairman, Movieguide (r) / Christian Film & Television Commission – read the report "We Are Not in Kanzas or Kiev Anymore" (english)
Vladimir Popov – Vice-rector, New Economic School, Moscow; professor, Carleton University, Ottawa; foresight group WPF DC member (Russia)