World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations” Rhodes Forum 2016
- 15:00 30 Σεπτέμβριος 2016 - 1 Οκτώβριος 2016
- - Περιοχή / Πόλη: Ρόδος
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The Executive Committee of the World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations” is pleased to announce that the 14th Annual Session of the Rhodes Forum will take place on the island of Rhodes (Greece) on September 30 – October 1, 2016.
We welcome you to review the Preliminary Agenda of the Forum and fill in the Application Form at our website http://wpfdc.org/ if you wish to express your interest.
The agenda of the 14th Forum will consist of such overarching themes as civilizations against new barbarism, alternative economic models, human ecology, global inclusive development, reconciliation and peace between East and West, as well as new strategies for growth based on infrastructure investments.
Our Forum is evolving. The upcoming Rhodes Forum will have a packed agenda and a tighter schedule. One of the focal events of the 2016 Forum will be the presentation of the World Public Forum (WPF) “Dialogue of Civilizations” Research Institute, a new think-tank that will develop global concepts for some of the most pressing problems that confront our world today.
Among the participants invited to present keynote speeches at the Forum are Prof. Samir Amin (President, Founding Member, Spiritual Heritage Education Network Inc.), Prof. Zygmunt Bauman (Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Leeds), Craig Calhoun (Director and President, London School of Economics ), Prof. Thomas Piketty (Professor, Paris School of Economics) and many others.