19May2012

Rhodes Forum

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About Rhodes Forum

Every autumn since 2003 the ancient Greek island of Rhodes hosts a session of the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilization" called the Rhodes Forum that brings together public figures and statesmen, academics, religious figures and representatives of the arts, mass media and business spheres from all over the world. The sessions of the WPF "Dialogue of Civilizations" proved the urgency and efficacy of the Forum by brining the focus of world public opinion to the problems of intercultural dialogue and the need to work out instruments to make interaction among cultures and civilizations possible. The results achieved by the Forum give a hope for further harmonization of international relations and strengthening of stability in the world.

International Community

The participants of the Forum’s programs or Rhodes Forum claim that the dialogue of cultures and civilizations is quite possible. According to Vladimir Yakunin, the World Public Forum was constantly working in an international atmosphere of events that seemingly proved quite the opposite. But meeting at the Forum’s events the representatives of different civilizations have reaffirmed each time that beyond political sphere a dialogue on the level of civil society is not only desirable and necessary, but it is also practically possible. "Now the logic of Forum’s development has led us to the need of making this dialogue more substantial; in a way that would generate the functioning structures of a dialogue. Dialogue of Civilizations is called upon to develop a new culture of international partnership, co-operation and interaction, it has to foster new values and bring in new goals to the international community" — said Vladimir Yakunin.

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World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations"

The World Public Forum (WPF) “Dialogue of Civilizations” is a deliberative-consultative body that unites into a single network various international and national nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), representatives of public and state institutions, civil society organizations and faith-based groups, academics, representatives of cultural, spiritual, business, and media spheres from different countries, members of diverse civilizations and cultural traditions, and individuals who share the principles of openness mutual respect which form the basis of the contemporary dialogue of civilizations.

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Helene Kamensky (Austria), Higher Education Consultant, Ph.D

Dr. Helene Kamensky (PhD) is higher education consultant, drawing on more than 20 years experience of teaching, research and management, the last 10 years as Program Director with the Salzburg Global Seminar in American Studies. As Program Director of the Salzburg Global Seminar, Dr. Kamensky has developed and directed academic programs focused on modernization of higher education systems and institutions as well as on strengthening university-business-industry-government collaboration to foster innovation and entrepreneurship. Dr. Kamensky conceived and implemented international multi-year projects, conferences, training sessions and strategic meetings (in Salzburg and off-site) for senior leadership in government, academic, corporate, philanthropic, research and NGO sectors. Dr. Kamensky initiated and conducted the Global Innovation Forum in Salzburg, Austria, as a series of sessions (2007-2008) for senior academic leaders, high-rank government officials and corporate executives with the goal to explore effective models of national and regional innovation systems. In addition, Dr. Kamensky directed the Visiting Advisors Program (VAP), which provided consultancy to senior university leadership in Russia, CIS countries and South Caucasus. Dr. Kamensky visited more than 60 universities in Russia and CIS countries to undertake quality review, consulting and evaluation. Before joining the Salzburg Global Seminar, Dr. Kamensky served as an adjunct professor of philosophy at the Institutes of Philosophy at the University of Salzburg and the University of Vienna. Previously, she was research fellow at the Institute of Scientific Theory at the Salzburg International Research Center. Dr. Kamensky holds a Ph.D. in philosophy (logic and epistemology). Dr. Kamensky’s area of research interest is higher education policy and management. Her current consulting and research projects focus on the implementation of competency-based learning models in higher education; university e-learning strategy for enhancing learner-centered education; effective implementation of the advanced teaching and learning methodology, as well as the development of the efficient university internationalization strategy in the framework of the Bologna Process reform agenda and the Lisbon Strategy of the European Union. Dr. Kamensky is a member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the World Universities Congress 2010, scheduled to take place in October 2010 in Chanakkale, Turkey.

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