Rhodes Forum

Draft (October 01, 2012)

 
Main vectors of discussion:
·        Crisis of the dialogue model of international relations?
·        Dialogue of civilizations and just world order: ideal versus real
·        Inter-cultural relations: interdependence between the global, regional and domestic (national) level
·        Cultural self-assertion as an issue of geopolitics / civilization as a tool of intervention?
·        Civilization (culture) as ideological tool? (The role of “civilization” in an agenda of global hegemony)
·        How to deal with the simultaneity of (armed) conflict and (cultural) dialogue?
·        Cultural diversity at the local and global levels: factor of peace or conflict?
·        The transnational use of the “new social media”: impact on intercultural relations and political stability
·        The implications of the “Arab Spring” for Muslim-Christian relations
 
Key-note speakers:
  
Video-address to the participants of the 10-th Anniversary Rhodes Forum
Noam Chomsky (USA) – Institute Professor and Professor (Emeritus) of Linguistics & Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Vladimir Yakunin (Russia) – Founding President, World Public Forum “Dialogue  of Civilizations”

Panagiotis Michalos (Greece) – General Secretary of International Economic Relations & Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hellenic Republic

Alfred Gusenbauer (Austria) – Co-chairman, World Public Forum “Dialogue of civilizations”, Federal Chancellor of Austria (2007-2008)

Archpriest Sergey Zvonarev (Russia) – Secretary for Far Abroad Countries, Department for External Churh Relations, Moscow Patriarchate

Salutation from UNESCO
Katerina Stenou (France) – Director, Intersectoral Platform for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence Bureau of Strategic Planning, UNESCO

Liu Changle (China) – National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports, Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, Nishan Forum on World Civilizations

Robert Curl (USA) – Professor Emeritus, Rice University, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry

Hans Koechler (Austria) – President, International Progress Organization, Professor of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck

Oleg Atkov (Russia) – Dr.Med., Secretary General, World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”, Vice-president “Russian Railways”, Austronaut, Professor

Salutation from Rhodes Youth Forum-2012
Julia Kinash (Czech Republic) – President of the International Movement Youth Time and editor-in-chief of the Youth Time Magazine

Francisco Tatad (Philippines) – Special Counsel on International Relations of the Vice President of the Philippines, former Cabinet minister and Senate Majority Leader of the Philippines

Archbishop John Onaiyekan (Nigeria) – the 2012 International Pax Christi Laureate

Salutation from China Soong Ching Ling Foundation
Li Ning (China) – Secretary General of China Soong Ching Ling Foundation

Official salutation from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation
Mikhail Bogdanov (Russia) – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation

Salutation from the Community of Sant'Egidio
Alberto Quattrucci (Italy) – Secretary General P&R Community of Sant'Egidio

Basit Igtet (Libya) – Independent Libya Foundation President
 
 

Moderators:
Fred Dallmayr (USA) – Co-Chairman, World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”, Packee J. Dee Professor, University of Notre Dame
Hans Koechler (Austria) – President, International Progress Organization, Professor of Philosophy, University of Innsbruck

Main vectors of discussion:
·        International Politics and Ethics (including role of International Law and Criminal Court)
·        Role of Global Institutions (UN, UNESCO, WHO, etc.)
·        Regional Institutions: European Union, Arab League, African Union, Latin American and East Asian Organizations
·        "Arab Spring" and its Aftermath
·        Democracy and Military Interventions
·        Nuclear Disarmament
·        Justice, Peace and Reconciliation Commissions
 
Speakers: 15-20 min. for each. Coffee break: 16:30–17:00
 
“The Decline of US Helmed Global Hegemony: the Emergence of a More Equitable Pattern of International Relations”
Chandra Muzaffar (Malaysia) – President, International Movement for a Just World
 
"Hoping for a New Geopolitics"
Richard Falk (USA) – Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Emeritus at Princeton University
 
 “The 99% Majority Demands Radical Change in the Global Order”
Türkkaya Ataöv (Turkey) – Emeritus Professor of International Relations, Ankara University
 
 “The International Law of Co-progressiveness and the Co-progressiveness of Civilizations”
Sienho Yee (China) – Professor, Wuhan University, Institute of International Law
 
“A Monologue of Civilization and a Dialogue of Cultures”
Salahaddin Khalilov (Azerbaijan) – Program Director, The East-West Research Center, Professor Azerbaijan University
 
“On the Concreteness of Cultural Dialogue”
Gerald Cipriani (Ireland/UK/France/Japan) – Professor, Kyushu University, Japan
 
“Dialogue or Monologue of Civilization? The Rational Paradigms and the Irrational Challenges”
Davit Mosinyan (Armenia) – Associate Professor, Armenian State Pedagogical University
 
“Dialogue of Civilizations in International Relations: Some reflections on multipolarity and regionalism”
Fabio Petito (Italy/UK) – Director, Sussex Centre for International Security, University of Sussex
 
“A Health-Care Model for Dialogue of Civilizations”
Peimin Ni (China/USA) – Professor, Grand Valley State University, Former President, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
 
“Harmonious Unity: Theory of Global Peace”
Zhang Liwen (China) – Professor, Department of Philosophy of School Liberal Arts, Director, Research Institute of Harmonious Culture, Dean, Confucius Research Institute, Renmin University of China
 
“Interdependence Without Unity: the Fragmentation of Europe”
Richard Sakwa (UK) – Professor of Politics, University of Kent
 
“Overcoming the Iranian Impasse: the Need for a New Logic of Engagement”
Ghoncheh Tazmini (Portugal) – Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon
 
“Building Interfaith Bridges Through Dialogue: Perspectives From the ASEAN and the Philippines”
Jaime de los Santos (Philippines) – President, Hans Koechler Philosophical and Political Society, Professorial Lecturer of Management, University of Philippines
 
“Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Experience and Problems”
Sanat Kushkumbayev (Kazakhstan) – Professor, Al-Farabi National University, Chief Research Fellow, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies

 
Moderator:
Kamran Mofid (UK) – Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative, Member of the International Coordinating Committee of the WPF Dialogue of Civilizations

Main vectors of discussion:
·        Environmental justice
·        Cultural ecology
·        Religion, Spirituality, Ethics and Environmental policy
·        Environmental law
·        Restoration ecology
·        Political economy of nature
·        Commons, enclosures, and land tenure
·        Environmental risk
·        Resource management and conservation
·        Environmental discourse and policy
·        Sustainability and environmental economics
·        Urban ecology
·        Environmental sociology
·        Food security and sustainable agriculture
·        Air pollution and its effects on ecosystem
·        Development and environment
·        Education on Energy and Environment
·        Environmental performance of enterprise
·        Environmental Science and Engineering
·        Strategic Management
·        Water resources management and water quality
·        Carbon trading
·        Carbon emission measurement and reduction
·        Social entrepreneurship and green economy
·        Personal and Corporate social responsibility
·        Ethical consumerism
·        Sustainable Design
·        Sustainable Development
·        Tourism (eco, geo, sustainable)
 
Speakers: 15-20 min. for each. Coffee break: 11:00–11:30
 
Introductory remarks
Kamran Mofid (UK) – Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative, Member of the International Coordinating Committee of the WPF Dialogue of Civilizations

“Fifty Years After Silent Spring:  Obstacles to Environmental Progress; The War on Rachel Carson, Climate Change Denial and Bjorn Lomborg”
Steve Szeghi (USA) – Executive Board Member, Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists

“Ecology and Spiritual Daring”
Michael Britton (USA) - Board Member,  Human Dignity/Humiliation Studies Network; Coordinating Committee on Global Community, Columbia University:  Teachers’ College

“Arting for Sustainability“
Paul Shrivastava (Canada/USA) – David O'Brien Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and Director, David O'Brien Center for Sustainable Enterprise John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, International Research Chair in Art and Sustainable Enterprise

“Spiritual Understanding for an Ecologically Sustainable Society”
Ann Hallock (USA) –  Managing director, Hope Consulting Institute, LLC

“Would You Sell Your Mother?”
Ian Mason (UK) – Principal of the School of Economic Science, London

“A Principled Approach to Economics”
Anthony Werner (UK) – Publisher, Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd

“The True Cost of Nonrenewable Energy Production”
Jamshid Damooei (USA) – Professor of Economics and Chair; Department of Economics, Finance, and Accounting; Co-director, Center for Leadership and Values School of Management, California Lutheran University

“Envisioning a new earth: Sharing the world’s resources”
Rajesh Makwana (UK) – Director, Share The World's Resources

“A different sort of ‘dialogue of civilizations’: Notes from one returned from the land of gloom"
Tom Mahon (USA) – Scientist and Author

“The Internet, Social Media Revolution& Sustainable Development: Empowering People”
Yahya R. Kamalipour (USA) – Professor and Head, Department of Communication and Creative Arts, Director, Center for Global Studies, Purdue University, Calumet

“Media Ecology”
Jens Wendland (Germany) – Foreign professor, Lomonossow University Moscow, faculty of journalism; Professor, University of Arts Berlin

“Leveraging technology to strengthen the building blocks of higher education through the lens of environmental sustainability”
Christopher Kosovich (USA) – Owner, Kosovich Media Group LLC

“The Automotive industry, Environment, Sustainability and the Common Good”
Steve Haywood (UK) – Managing Director, S J Haywood Consulting Limited

““Us” vs “Them” Fragmentation Underlies Global Problems”
Shiv D. Talwar (Canada) – Founding President, Spiritual Heritage Education Network Inc.

“Are We Doing Enough to Save The Environment? Islamic Response from Gulen Movement”
Mustafa Kasim Erol (UK) – Director, Dialogue Society Oxford

“Energy: let us have the Courage of Innovation!”
Claude Haegi (Switzerland) – President Foundation, Foundation for the Economy and sustainable Development of the Regions of Europe (FEDRE), Former President of the Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva

“A fair system of land tenure”
Peter Holland (UK) – Tutor, School of economic science

“Fare-Free Public Transport in Tallinn – Step Toward Green Capital and Social Solidarity”
Edgar Savisaar (Estonia) – Mayor of Tallin
 
 

Moderators:
Manuel Montes (Philippines) – Senior Advisor on Finance and Development, the South Centre
Adrian Pabst (UK) – Lecturer in Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent; Visiting Professor, Institut d`Etudes Politiques de Lille (Sciences Po)

Main vectors of discussion:
·        Ethical financial systems to  promote decent employment and sustainable investment
·        Ethical principles as the organizing basis of economic systems and economic development
·        Role of communitarian values and institutions in poverty eradication and economic development
·        Human rights, economic rights, and social development
·        Recasting the global trade system as a solidarity economy
·        Ethics, historical responsibility and the sharing of the global carbon space
·         Economic and ecological sustainability: business ethics in developed economies and emerging markets
 
 
Speakers: 15-20 min. for each. Coffee break: 11:00–11:30
 
Presentation
Manuel Montes (Philippines) – Senior Advisor on Finance and Development, the South Centre
  
“Social Responsibility of Transnational Corporation at the Emerging Markets”
Li Xin (China) – Professor, Institute for World Economic Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
 
“Was the Recent Recession of 2008-09 Special and Why Transition Economies did Worse than Others?”
Vladimir Popov (Russia) – Advisor at United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)
 
Presentation
Hans-Joerg Rudloff (UK) – Chairman of Board of Directors, Barclays Capital
Presentation
Siarhei Sidorski (Belarus) – Dr.Tech., Former Prime Minister of Berarus Republic (2003-2010), Minister of Industry and Agro-Based Industry, Eurasian Economic Commission
 
“Asymmetry in Regional Integration: a Dilemma between Reasonable and Equal”
Sun Jie (China) – Director, Editorial Department of World Economics, Research Institute of World Economics and Politics of Chinese Academy of Social Science
 
“Business and Human Rights: the Contribution of UNCITRAL”
Spyridon Bazinas (Greece) – Senior Legal Officer, United Nations
 
“The New Economic Order: Lessons From Global Financial Crisis”
Tatoul Manasserian (Armenia) – Founder and Director, Research Center “ALTERNATIVE”
 
"The case for a new Glass Steagall Act"
Paolo Raimondi (Italy) - Economist, Editorialist of the Economic Daily “Italia Oggi”

“The Role of Institutions of Civil Society in the Process of Modernisation”
Ernst-Joerg von Studnitz (Germany) – Chairman of the Board, German-Russian Forum
 
“Beyond the Wasteland: A Commonsense and Values-led Approach to Build a Compassionate World”
Kamran Mofid (UK) – Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative, Member of the International Coordinating Committee of the WPF Dialogue of Civilizations
 
Presentation
Edoardo Reviglio (Italy) - Professor, Chief Economist at "Cassa depositi e prestiti" (CDP)
 
 “Social Entrepreneurship in Russia”
Boris Tawakolli (Russia) – founder, MedExpert
 
“Opportunity out of Crisis”
Ian Mason (UK) – Principal of the School of Economic Science, London
 

 

 

Moderators:
Natalia Yakunina (Russia) - Chairman, the All-Russian Sanctity of Motherhood Program Board of Trustees
Lawrence Jacobs (USA) - Managing Director, World Congress of Families
Christine de Vollmer (Venezuela) – President, Latin American Alliance for the Family, Member, Pontifical Council for Family


Main vectors of discussion:
·        Looking to the future: overpopulation or global depopulation
·        The current crisis of the family (ethical, and social aspects of values, the impact of modern biotechnology)
·        The role of family in the (spiritual and moral) education of children and young people (and the continuity of the dialogue of generations)
·        How to promote the traditional family values in the media
·        The role of social and religious organizations to strengthen and promote family values
·        The national population policy and family (measures taken by the State to increase fertility, strengthen the family and family values)
 
Speakers: 10 min. for each. Coffee break: 11:00–11:30
 
09:00–11:00
 
“Looking to the Future: Overpopulation or Global Depopulation”
Theresa Okafor (Nigeria) -  CEO, Life League Nigeria; Director of the Foundation for African Cultural Heritage (FACH)
 
“World Family and Demographic Trends: Population Scenarios of Humankind”
Igor Beloborodov     (Russia) - Director, Institute of Demographic Researches
 
"The Cultural Roots of Demographic Winter"
Donald Feder (USA) - PR Director for World Congress of Families

“Continuity or Change? Family Structure and Its Consequences in Transitional China”
Yang Juhua (China) - Professor of Demography, Center for Population and Development Studies, Renmin University of China
 
"China population transition and its family structure"
Guo Zhigang (China) – Professor, Department of Sociology, PeKing University

“Seven Billion Reasons to Celebrate”
Steven Mosher (USA) - President, Population Research Institute

“Value Crisis of Family Life and Opportunities for Pro-Family Policy”
Anatoly Antonov (Russia) – Head of the Department of Sociology, Moscow State University, Editor-in-chief of "Population Studies" Journal
  
“Marriage Matters for People and Pocketbooks”
Janice Crouse (USA) - Director and Senior Fellow, The Beverly LaHaye Institute, Concerned Women for America
 
"The current crisis of the family (ethical and social aspects of values, the impact of modern biotechnology)"
Farooq Hassan (Pakistan) – Barrister at Law, Professor, Harvard University, Special UN Ambassador for Family, Special International UN Ambassador for Aging
 
“Family Violence from a Global Perspective: Delineating the Nature of the Problem and Finding Solutions”
John DeFrain (USA) - Professor of Family and Community Development, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
 
11:30-13:30
 
“Family and Education”
Miguel Moreno (Bolivia) –  International Programs Director, Leadership Institute
 
"Parents as the primary educators of their children"
Thomas Ward (UK) - President, National Association of Catholic Families
 
"Value Orientations in Mass Media: on the Question of Traditional Family Values Promotion"
Olga Savinova (Russia) – Head of Chair of Journalism, Philology Department, State University of Nizhniy Novgorod, Professor        
 
"The Development of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Law"
Austin Ruse (USA) – Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-FAM)

“International Experience of Cooperation in Defence of Life and Traditional Family. Presentation of "From Ocean to Ocean" World Pro-Life Campaign”
Ewa Kowalewska (Poland) - Director, Human Life International, Europe
 
"Family Policy in Russia: Success Factors and Road Map for Coming Years"
Alexey Komov (Russia) – World Congress of Families, Representative in Russia and CIS countries; Ambassador to the UN FORCE, CEO of Integrity Consulting, MBA
  
"Policy of Fertility Increasing and Support of Families with Children in Modern Russia: Expectations, Results, Prospects"
Valery Elizarov (Russia) – Professor, Head of the Center for Population Studies, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State ‘Lomonosov’ University
  

 
The crisis of neo-European rationalism, with its absolute linear progress and faith in the unlimited power of science, has served to remind mankind of the relevance of transcendental exploration as a unique well-spring of any human religion or culture. Religious revival, as an irrational reaction to total rationalism, with its cult of science and technology, is developing in the context of a desecularized world experiencing a values vacuum and a break with the pre-eminence of religious traditions. This, in turn, serves as the source of the natural difficulties encountered by modern man in terms of communication, the resurrection of vibrant religious life, and, as a consequence – the mass dissemination of pop-religion superstitions and substitutes.
 
Moderator:
Spyridon Bazinas (Greece) – Senior Legal Officer, United Nations
 
Participants:
Nikolaos Asproulis (Greece) –Academic member, “Theologia” journal, Church of Greece, Volos Academy for Theological Studies
Litsa Chatzifoti (Greece) – Press Office- responsible for “Efimerios” magazine, Holy Synod of the Church of Greece
Ioannis E. Chrysafis (Greece) – Journalist 
Father Goossan Alzhanian (Turkey) – Chief Dragoman and Music Director, Armenian Patriarchate Of Jerusalem
Rene Gothoni (Finland) – Professor, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki; President of the Finnish Society of the Friends of Mount Athos, Helsinki
Sergey Khoruzhiy (Russia) – Senior Fellow, the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Markos Kampanis (Greece) – Curator, Artist, Mount Athos Art Archives
Chryssoula Kapioldasi-Sotiropoulou (Greece) – Philologist, editor of series on Mount Athos heritage
Petros Koufopoulos (Greece) – Associate Professor, University Of Patras
Alexey Kozyrev (Russia) – Deputy Dean, Department of Philosophy, Moscow State ‘Lomonosov’ University
Michael Lomax (Belgium) – Deacon, Russian Orthodox Church, Translator
Georgios Mantzaridis (Greece) – Emeritus Professor, School of Theology, University of Thessaloniki
Florin Marineskou (Greece) – Palaeographer, Collaborator, Department of Neohellenic Research National Hellenic Research Foundation
Evgeniy Nikiforov (Russia) – Chairman, Orthodox community `Radonezh`
Aleksey Parshintsev (Russia) – Centre of National Glory
Yury Pyatnitskiy (Russia) – The State Hermitage museum
Gregorios Stathis (Greece) – Director, Institute of Byzantine Musicology, Holy Synod of the Church of Greece
Fani-Maria Tsigakou (Greece) – Art Historian, Curator, Benaki Museum
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
Michael Wynne-Parker (United Kingdom) – Chairman, Guild of Travel and Tourism UK
 
 

 
As a distinct cultural-historical type, the Eastern-Roman (or Byzantine) civilization is poorly-known and undervalued by the global community. Byzantium represents an untapped source of civilization singularity that should be utilized by all of mankind. The invaluable cultural legacy of Byzantium is its principle of promoting polyethnicity while preserving confessional and national unity, the legendary “symphony of powers,” traditionalism as an underlying principle of civilizational identity, and sacred sources of art as a new civilization resource that should be reintroduced to the international-dialogue community.
Moderators:
Alexey Gromyko (Russia) – PhD Professor, Deputy Director, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Head, Center of British Studies, Head of European programms of "Russkiy Mir" Foundation
Alexey Lidov (Russia) – Director of the Research Centre for Eastern Christian Culture, Moscow State Lomonosov University
Mikhail Yakushev (Russia) – PhD in History, First Vice-President, St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation
  
Participants:
Vladislav Belov (Russia) – Head of the Center for German Studies, Institute of Europe, RAS
Slobodan Curcic (USA) – Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
Archbishop Cyril Vasil (Italy) – Rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute; Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

Gabriel Gorodetsky (UK/Israel) - Quondam Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford
Anna Gromova (Russia) – PhD in History, Head, International Center for Civil Society Studies, Institute of Modern History, RAS
Judith Herrin (United Kingdom) – Constantine Leventis Senior Research Fellow, King`s College London
Sergey Khoruzhiy (Russia) – Senior Fellow, the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Sergey Karpov (Russia) – Dean, Faculty of History of Moscow State Lomonosov University
Ilber Ortayli (Turkey) – Professor, Galatasaray University

Adrian Pabst (UK) – Lecturer in Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent; Visiting Professor, Institut d`Etudes Politiques de Lille (Sciences Po)
Alexander Rahr (Germany) - Senior Advisor, Wintershall Holding GmbH; Honorary Professorship, Higher School of Economics
Marco Ricceri (Italy) – Secretary General, Eurispes
Yuri Rubinski (Russia) – Director, Centre for French Studies, Institute of Europe of the RAS
Nikolay Shmelev (Russia) – Member of the Presidium, Russian Academy of Sciences; Director, Institute of Europe RAS
Peter Schulze (Germany) – Dr., Professor, Political Science Department, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Consultant on Russia and Eurasia
 
 

 
Moderators:
William Morris (USA) – Chairman, President & Founder, All American Oil&Gas Inc.
Father Antoniy Ilin (Belgium) – Archpriest, European representative, Russkiy Mir Foundation, Acting Representative of the Moscow Patriarchate to the European Institutions
 
Participants:
Oleg Atkov (Russia) – Dr.Med., Secretary General, World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”, Vice-president “Russian Railways”, Austronaut, Professor
Alexander Bugaev (Russia) – Deputy director, Institute of Radiotechnics and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Robert Curl (USA) – Professor Emeritus, Rice University, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry
Michael Depledge (United Kingdom) – Chairman of the Board, Research Professor, European Centre for Environment and Human Health
Malcolm Gillis (USA) – Zingler Professor of Economics and University Professor, Rice University
Aleksandr Volohhonski (Estonia) – CEO, AS BCT
Aleksejs Dimitrovs (Latvia) – Adviser, European Parliament
 
 

 
One of the factors behind the global instability in the emerging world order is the mass migration from poor countries and conflict zones, leading to a major change in the ethno-religious composition of the population in host countries, intensifying inter-civilizational tension and exacerbating the crime situation. The apparent spontaneity of immigration challenges, “breaking down” centuries-old collective civilizational identities and diluting their cultural heritage – is the painful consequence of the financial and technological expansion of neo-classical globalization and the current practice of global “governance through chaos”.
The urgent need for a humane and socio-cultural adjustment in migration processes requires new approaches to the management of demographic resources within the broader context of the dialogue between world civilization systems, while identifying the experience of various countries in the efficient management of migration problems. Effective management of migration processes is based on constant monitoring of the balance of interests of the indigenous population and migrants; prioritizing the preservation of national cultural values; improving the legal framework; and increasing the responsibility of employers to meet the social and cultural needs of imported labor.
As part of the inter-civilizational dialogue, it would be productive to discuss both the strengths and the shortcomings of the existing model for adapting the cultural otherness of migrants and the civilizational matrix of the host country: assimilation, hybridization, autonomy (within the ethno-cultural and ethno-religious enclaves of the diaspora) and multiculturalism.
 
Main vectors of discussion:
·        The challenge of migration as an unavoidable consequence of globalization
·        Emigration and immigration: benefits and risks
·        Group and individual identities and integration. The boundaries of necessary integration
·        Integration in practice: success or crisis of existing models?
·        The state of national legislation and international regulation of migration processes
·        New models for inter-cultural cooperation in modern multicultural society
·        The role of religions in the adaptation and integration of migrants
 
Moderators:
Lidia Grafova (Russia) – President, Executive Committee, International Public Association “Forum of the Migration Organizations”; Member of Government Council for Migration Policy
Valeriy Tishkov (Russia) – Professor, Director, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science
 
Participants:

Joaquin Arango (Spain) – University Comunidad Madrid, Professor
Hilal Elver (Turkey) - Research Professor of Global Studies, University of California Santa Barbara

Philippe Fargues (Italy) – Migration Policy Centre, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies European University Institute, director, Professor
Pedro Gois (Portugal) – University of Coimbra, PhD
Irina Ivakhnyuk (Russia) – Lomonosov Moscow State University, Professor; Member of Government Council for Migration Policy
Peter van Krieken (Netherlands) – Webster University, Professor
Andrey Korobkov (USA) – University of Nashville, Professor
Valeriu Mosneaga (Moldova) – Moldova State University, Head of the Department, Professor
Paolo Ruspini (Switzerland) – University of Lugano (USI), Senior Researcher
Patrick Taran (Switzerland) – Global Migration Policy Associates, President
Olga Vorobieva (Russia) – Russian State Social University, head of the Department, Professor
Zhanna Zaionchkovskaya (Russia) – Russian Academy of Science, Institute of Social & Economy Forecasting, Head of the laboratory
 

 
In the process of acquiring and mastering the skills of conducting a dialogue among different cultures, it is our opinion that the decisive role belongs to educational institutions and the practical technologies they employ. A poly-cultural education can become one of the most important instruments in helping a person to proceed from abstract, and quite often, simply demagogic statements to practical implementation of fresh ideas. The objective or goal of poly-cultural education is not only to create a favorable climate for coexistence, i.e., for different cultures to live together side by side, but also to make the maximum use of this diversity for the wellbeing of the individual and society.
 
Moderators:
Marietta Stepanyants (Russia) – Chairholder, UNESCO chair in philosophy, main research fellow of Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Elena Ivanova (Russia) – Deputy Head of the HR Department, "Russian Railroads" JSC
 
 
 
Participants:
Lyubov Karelova (Russia) – Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Department of Oriental Philosophies
Katerina Stenou (France) – Intersectoral Platform for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence Bureau of Strategic Planning, UNESCO
Yan Melkov (Russia) – Deputy director, "School-internat # 21", "Russian Railways" JSC
Tatiana Romanova (Russia) – Director, School # 47, "Russian Railways" JSC
Maria Linda Tinio-Le Douarin (France) – Assistant Programme Coordinator, UNESCO
Anatoly Chernyaev (Russia) – Senior Researcher, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
 

 
National and international universities. Networking in national and international educational space, the competition through cooperation or cooperation through competition. Mobility of resources, ideas, people, infrastructure and technology. Differentiation of universities, including the selection of students. Mass higher education - "all universities are the same" (equal opportunities as economic need), elite education - research universities (the development of " economics of knowledge"). Scientific research - worldwide growing industry. International universities in the rankings. What makes the universities better? The strategy of modernization and innovation of modern universities. Challenges in the pace of reforms.
 
Moderators:
Nur Kirabaev (Russia) – Vice-Rector, Peoples` Friendship University of Russia
Vladimir Mironov (Russia) – Professor, Dean, Department of Philosophy, Moscow State `Lomonosov` University
 
Participants:
Piotr Dutkiewicz (Canada) - Professor and Director,  Center for Governance and Public Management, Carleton University
Kamran Mofid (UK) – Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative, Member of the International Coordinating Committee of the WPF “Dialogue of Civilizations”
Abdelhamid Soliman Sherif Mohamed Helmy (Egypt) – President, Egyptian Russian University, Professor
Gilbert Guillard (France) – President, International Association for Foreign Applied Languages; Honorary professor, Sorbonne Nouvelle
Alexey Chaplygin (Russia) – Project manager, independent Rating Agency in Educational Field "RateOR"
Oleksandr Kovriga (Ukraine) – Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Social Forecasting, V.N.Karazin Kharkov National University
Boris Mezhuev (Russia) – Associate professor, Moscow State University, magazine "Smisl"
Larissa Spinou (Russia) – Director, Centre for Francophonie, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Werner Janssen (Netherlands) – Rector, Dean, Martin Buber Institute for Human pedagogic
Andrey Margolin (Russia) – Acting rector, Moscow Metropolitan Governance University
Yuriy Pochta (Russia) – Head, Department of Comparative Politics, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Patrick Boulongne (France) – Dean, University Paris 8
Tatiana Alexeeva (Russia) – Managing chair of political theory, Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO)
John DeFrain (USA) – Professor Emeritus of Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
 
 

 
This round-table is proposed as a discussion platform to analyze the mechanisms of formation and development of modern culture's civilizational space, to discuss forms and significance of cross-cultural dialog in the context of the globalized contemporary world, to dwell on practices of cooperation and co-adaptation of national traditions and values as some of the most important components of cross-civilizational dialog, to stimulate discussions on the issues of the sacred and the prophane determining the limits of the allowed and the prohibited in a culture.
 
Moderators:
Zalina Medoeva (Russia) – Vice-president, Centre of National Glory, Member, Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
Mikhail Piotrovsky (Russia) - Director, State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
  
Participants:
Nadezhda Baranova (Russia) – Leading specialist, Centre of National Glory
Liudmila Esina (Russia) – Main Expert, Youth Department, Centre of National Glory
Liudmila Fomicheva (Russia) – President, "Interfax North-West"; Chairperson, Union of Journalists of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region
David James (Ireland) – Lecturer in Arabic studies, University College Dublin, Islamic Curator Khalili Collection
Robert-Martin Kerr (Canada) – Assistant professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
Jonathan King (United Kingdom) – Von Hugel Fellow, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Alexander Korolkov (Russia) – Professor, Herzen State Pedagogical University; Academician, Russian Academy of Education
Anna Kudriavtceva (Russia) – Editor (web projects), Manuscripta Orientalia International Journal for Oriental MSS Reserch, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera)
Michael Lecker (Israel) – Professor, The Hebrew University
Sergey Lisitsyn (Russia) – Rector of Leningrad Region Institute of Education Development
Thomas Milo (Netherlands) – Independent Scholar, Partner in DecoType
Azat Minnekaev (Russia) – Full Member, Union of Artists of Russia
Viktor Petrakov (Russia) – Ministry of Culture, Senior adviser of Minister
Kira Preobrazhenskaya (Russia) – Professor, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Sergey Protciuk (Russia) – Chief expert, JSC NIIAS
Gershom Qiprisci (the Netherlands/the West Bank) – Director, The Leiden Research Institute for Rational Monotheism
Linda Reingolde (Latvia) – Coordinator, The International Youth Cultural and Educational Camp "Commonwealth. The memory of generations"
Efim Rezvan (Russia)  –  Editor-in-Chief, Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research; Deputy Director, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences
Stefan Schreiner (Germany) – Coordinator, European Abrahamic Forum (EAF)
Keith Small (United Kingdom) – Visiting Lecturer and Associate Research Fellow, London School of Theology
Jevgeni Tomberg (Estonia) – President, Non-profit organization “Russky Dom”
Anton Uspenskiy (Russia) – Art critic, Repin’s Institute, Russian Academy of Arts
Paul Yule (Germany) – Professor, University of Heidelberg
Valery Znoev (Russia) – Deputy Head of the North-West Department, Center  of National Glory (North-West Department)
 
 

 
The new philosophy of humanistic world order developed by Jagdish C. Kapur has served as the basis of the activities conducted by the World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations.” Characteristic of this cultural-philosophical concept formulated by the distinguished Indian thinker is the rejection of the consumerism-driven devaluation of the sacred value of human life and the total standardization of distinct cultures under the onslaught of unipolar capitalist globalization. With great enthusiasm, deeply and convincingly, he left a legacy of the humanistic principles of a multipolar world order as a God-given concert to civilizations destined for cooperation as opposed to hostility. J. Kapur placed particular emphasis on the assertion of fundamental human values and the formulation of socio-economic principles for a new life philosophy.
 
Moderators:
Piotr Dutkiewicz (Canada) - Professor and Director,  Center for Governance and Public Management, Carleton University
Singh Chanda (India) – Trustee, Kapur Surya Foundation; Publisher & Editor “World Affairs”
 
Participants:
Akeel Bilgrami (India) – Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, and Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
Come Carpentier (France) – Convener of Editorial Board, World Affairs
Vincent Della Sala (Italy) – Professor, Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento
Ahmed Durre (Pakistan) – Professor, Chairperson & Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Gender and Culture, Lakhor University
Sanaei Mehdi (Iran) – Head of department, Tehran University; Director, Centre for Iran&Eurasian studies
Ashis Nandy (India) – Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
Jayshree Sengupta (India) – Senior Research Fellow, Observer Research Foundation
 
 

 
The crisis of 2008 demonstrated the need for coordinated action and joint efforts to prevent and minimize the consequences of crisis phenomena. At the same time, the complexity and connectivity of the socio-economic landscape attests to the need for new formats of institutional rapprochement at both the regional and global level.
In addition to the intensification of previously-established regional economic associations, events since 2010 have included development of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, the fostering of relations within the EAEC framework, and the formation of a free trade zone between China and ASEAN. CIS member states have also concluded the formation of a multilateral free trade zone. The implementation of integration projects in Latin America continues. Yet, at this very time, the entire world is monitoring the events unfolding in the Eurozone with acute anxiety.
Integrational processes serve as cornerstones in the formation of regional zones of economic stability, envisioning not merely the free flow of goods, services, capital and labor resources, but also harmonization of the parameters of the macroeconomic policy and financial systems of Customs Union member states. 
The creation of regional zones of economic stability enhances the overall strength of the global economy, currently faced with a worsening crisis. The likely collapse of the global financial system lends projects involving regional economic integration critical significance in terms of ensuring the stable development of the global economy.
 
Main vectors of discussion:
·        Regional integrational processes in the context of crisis: the outlook for stability
·        Integrational associations throughout the Eurasian space in the search for common ground and mechanisms of development
·        From the Customs Union to the Common Economic Space and onwards onto a Eurasian Economic Union: a roadmap
 
Moderators:
Sergey Glaziev (Russia) – Councellor to the President of the Russian Federation, Member of Russian Academy of Science, Dr.Econ, professor
 
Participants:
Aleksandr Aivazov (Russia) – Independent expert, economist
Sergey Batchikov (Russia) – Director of the Center of problems of management of large social and economic systems, Chairman of Board, Russian Trading-Financial Union
Dmitry Chistilin (Ukraine) – President, International Scientific Publiic Organization "International Institute of Simon Kuznets"
Mikhail Freydlyn (Ukraine) – Director of Municipal Enterprise “Agency for Odessa Development Programmes”
Oxana Gaman-Golutvina (Russia) – Chairman of Scientific Council of MGIMO, Higher School of Economics, President of Russian Association of Political Sciences
Mikhail Gelvanovsky (Russia) – Professor, Ph. D., President, National Institute for development, Department of the public studies, RAS
Sergey Goldobin (Ukraine) – Chairman, Board of Directors, "Molis" Group
Aleksander Grachev (Russia) – Deputy Head of Presidential Directorate for Interregional Relations and Cultural Contacts with Foreign Countries
Vladimir Granovski (Ukraine) – Director, Granovski & Associates
Valeriy Heyets (Ukraine) – Director, Institute of Economics and Forecasting of National Academy of Science
Fayzulo Holboboev (Tajikistan) – Member, KPP Euroasian Economic Community
Viktor Ivchenko (Ukraine) – Deputy Chairman, Ukraine State Agency of Science, Innovations and Information
Mikhail Khazin (Russia) – President, “Neokon” Consulting Company
Askar Kishkembaev (Kazakhstan) – Head of the Secretariat of the Minister of Economics and Financial Policy, Eurasian economic commission
Andrey B. Kobyakov (Russia) – Deputy Editor-in-Chief, "Odnako"
Zakhirdzhan Kuchkarov (Russia) – Non-commercial Partnership of Consultants on Administration, Conceptual Analysis and Projection, Analitical Center "Concept", Professor
Valery Mironenko (Ukraine) – Member, Russian-Ukranian Forum
Dmitry Mityaev (Russia) – Director, Institute of social and economic development of the Central federal district
Alexander Nagorny (Russia) – President`s Сounsellor, "Experimental-and-Creative Center" World Foundation
Oleg Noginsky (Ukraine) – President, “Providers of the Customs Union” Association
Natalia Slusar (Russia) – Head of the Competition Politics Department, Euroasian Economical Commission
Natalia Sapa (Russia) – Deputy Chairman, Association "Suppliers of the Customs Union"
Dmitriy Saprika (Russia) – Director, Center of Consulting, State University of Management
Vasily Simchera (Russia) – Advisor, Russian state university of trade and economics (RSUTE) 
Oleg Tsarev (Ukraine) – Deputy of Verhovnaya Rada of Ukrain, High Council of Ukraine
Yury Yakutin (Russia) – Professor, Chief Scientific Officer, Chairman of the Board, Publishing House “Ekonomicheskaya Gazeta”
 

 
Throughout human history, music has constantly been used to create a common mood, bringing people together during the most important social events: festivals, sports competitions, funerals and military parades. Music is a universal means of communication.
The keynote speakers at the round table will present projects and research on topics such as: musical education to stimulate the most balanced possible development of the human personality; experience of using music and art therapy in difficult life situations: to relieve aggression and rehabilitate people, particularly children affected by military conflicts and terrorist attacks in various hotspots around the world; the use of music to treat mental and physical health problems; the need for a more widespread introduction of music in everyday life, as a means of communication and mutual understanding between different cultures.
 
Moderator:
Irina Nikitina (Russia) – President, "Musical Olympus" Foundation
 
Participants:

Maria Balakina (Russia) – Executive secretary, "Muscial Olympus" Foundation
Concetta Tomaino (USA) – Dr., Executive Director/Co-founder, Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, Senior VP, Music Therapy Services

Armen Sarkissian (UK) – Founding President of Eurasia House International in London
Margarita Izotova (Russia) – Senior Professor, Institute of Special Pedagogy and Psychology
Nigel Osborne (UK, Scotland) – co-director of the Institute for Music in Human and Social Development (IMHSD), composer
Armen Sarkissian (UK) – Founding President of Eurasia House International in London
John Schaefer (USA) – Host of WNYC, innovative music/talk show Soundcheck
Gerald Wirth (Austria) – Artistic Director, Vienna Boys Choir, Superar
Beverley Zabriskie (USA) – Moderator, Jungian Analyst and author in New York City, a founding and faculty member, and former President of the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association
Yang Yi-Ping (Taiwan) – Guest Professor, Shanghai Conservatory
 
 
 

 
It would be no exaggeration to assert that digital mass media constitutes the fundamental cultural institution of the global e-civilization. The avant-garde technologies at its disposal, furnished by the “Digital Revolution,” have geometrically increased the socio-communicative potential of the new media, bolstering its informational capacity. More and more, the mass media is emerging as the factor directly responsible for the construction of social reality. In need of similar strengthening, therefore, is the social responsibility of national media outlets capable of achieving a national consensus in the formulation of original globalization algorithms capable of withstanding the temptation to take the easy path of PR-technology.
 
Moderator:
Jens Wendland (Germany) – Foreign professor, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Faculty of Journalism; Professor, University of Arts, Berlin
 
Participants:
Metze-Mangold Verena (Germany) – Vice-President, German Commission for UNESCO
Thussu Daya (India) – Professor of International Communication and Co-Director of India Media Centre, University of Westminster
Alex Drozdovsky (Lithuania) – Creative Strategist, BBDO Russia Group
Victor Khroul (Russia) – Associate Professor, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Journalism Faculty, Moscow Correspondent, Vatican Radio
Mike Friedrichsen (Germany) – Humboldt Media Business School, Berlin
Alexander Zotin (Russia) – Reporter, “Kommersant” Newspaper
Sergio Roncallo Dow (Colombia) – Scholar, University La Sabana
Sergey Chugrov (Russia) – Editor-in-Chief, “Polis” Magazine (Political Researches), Professor, MGIMO-University
Giovanni Cubeddu (Italy) – Deputy Director, Member of the Board International Magazine "30 Giorni"
Cemal Uşak (Turkey) – Vice President, The Journalists and Writers Foundation
German Antonio Arango Forero (Colombia) – Scholar, University La Sabana
Akram Khuzam (Syria) – Host- Producer, Al Hurra TV
Vardan Aloyan (Armenia) – Editor in chief, “PanArm Publishing House”
Anatoly Salutskiy (Russia) – UN Alliance of Civilization's Global Experts group; First Vice-President of the Board of the Russian Peace Foundation
Changle Liu (China) – Chairman & CEO, Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd., Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, Nishan Forum on World Civilizations
Karine Tonoyan (Armenia) – Founder – Director, Author & host of “Hay Aspet” TV competition, Chief editor of the “Hay Aspet”magazine
 

 

 
Key-note Speakers:
  
Rhodes Forum-2012 Resolution
Walter Schwimmer (Austria) – Chairman, International Coordinating Committee, World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”

Salutation from Mohammad Khatami
Farzaneh Shafiee (Iran) – Center for Russian & Central Asian Studies, Tehran University

Salitation on behalf of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Abouzar Ebrahimi Torkaman (Iran) – Head, Cultural Center, Iran Embassy in Russian Federation

Fred Dallmayr (USA) – Co-Chairman, World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations"; Packee J. Dee Professor, University of Notre Dame

Helga Zepp-LaRouche (Germany) – President, Schiller Institute

Siarhei Sidorski (Belarus) – Prime Minister of Belarus Republic (2003-2010), Minister of Industry and Agro-Based Industry, Eurasian Economic Commission

Mani Shankar Aiyar (India) – Former Member of Parliament, Member of the Indian National Congress

Round-Tables’ Moderators presentations

Round Table “The Post-secular dialogues: Mount Athos and practical implementation of traditions”
Spyridon Bazinas (Greece) – Senior Legal Officer, United Nations

Round Table “The Byzantine heritage and its’ significance for European Civilization”
Mikhail Yakushev (Russia) – PhD in History, First Vice-President, St. Andrew the First-Called Foundation

Round Table “Outcome and Outlook for Regional Integration throughout the Eurasian Space”
Sergey Glaziev (Russia) – Councellor to the President of the Russian Federation, Member of Russian Academy of Science, Dr.Econ, professor

Round Table “Nanotechnologies and society: ethical and civilizational dimension”
William Morris (USA) – Chairman, President & Founder, All American Oil&Gas Inc.

Round Table “Present-day migration: the end of tolerance?”
Lidia Grafova (Russia) – President, Executive Committee, International Public Association “Forum of the Migration Organizations”; Member of Government Council for Migration Policy

Round Table “Culture Dialogue Schools”
Marietta Stepanyants (Russia) – Chairholder, UNESCO chair in philosophy, main research fellow of Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences

Round Table “Modern University’s Models”
Gilbert Guillard (France) – President, International Association for Foreign Applied Languages; Honorary professor, Sorbonne Nouvelle

Round Table “Civilizational Dimension of the Intercultural Dialogue”
Mikhail Piotrovsky (Russia) – Director, State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

Round Table “Formation of the new network post-society: new civilization challenges”
Jens Wendland (Germany) – Foreign professor, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Faculty of Journalism; Professor, University of Arts, Berlin

Round Table “Legacy of J.C. Kapur and problems of contemporary futurology”
Vincent Della Sala (Italy) – Professor, Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento

Round Table “The Phenomenon of Music as a Universal language”
Beverley Zabriskie (USA) –Jungian Analyst and author in New York City, a founding and faculty member, and former President of the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association