International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion 2014
"The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths"
(Rome, Italy; March 31st - April 3rd, 2014)
| Monday, March 31st, 2014 |
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 |
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 |
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 |
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| Location | Location: La Società Italiana per l'Organizzazione Internazionale (SIOI) |
Locations: 10:00 - 13:00 Italian Senate 14:00 - 18:00 La Società Italiana per l'Organizzazione Internazionale (SIOI) |
Location: 10:00 - 13:00 La Società Italiana per l'Organizzazione Internazionale (SIOI) 14:00 - 18:00 St. Egidio Community |
Location: La Società Italiana per l'Organizzazione Internazionale (SIOI) |
| 10:00 | Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Senator Lucio Malan (Member of the Italian Senate) |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: H. E. Amb. August Parengkuan (Ambassador of Indonesia to Italy) |
"From Deconstruction to Reconstruction of Civil Society Through Inter-Religious Dialogue" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Secretary General Olivera Jovanovic (Secretary General of the Inter-religious Council in BiH) |
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| 10:30 | "The Role of Inter-faith Dialogue in Peace Building" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Mufti Akhmed Tamim (Mufti of Ukraine) |
"Democracy & Faith" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: MP Lia Quartapelle (Member of the Italian Parliament, Democratic Party) |
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| 11:00 | "The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Master Jun Hong Lu (World Renowned Chinese Budhist Leader) |
"The Promotion of World Peace through Christian/Muslim Dialogue in Jordan" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H.E Maroun Laham (Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem) |
"The Arab Spring Opportunities and Threats for ME Prace" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Wafik Moustafa (Founder and Chairman of the Conservative Arab Network) |
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| 11:30 | "The Religion in the Mediterranean Area" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: MP Sandro Gozi (Member of the Italian Parliament) |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Director Christos Koukliotis (Director, Office of the Holy Arbishopric of Cyprus) |
"The Role of Culture and Cultural Diplomacy in Peace" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H. E. Amb. Mai Alkaila (Ambassador of Palestine to Italy) |
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| 12:00 | "Education as a Key Policy for Inter-Faith Dialogue" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Senator Linda Lanzillotta (Vice President of the Italian Senate) |
"European Culture in Globalized world" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Rev. Olivier Reigen Wang Genh (Vice President, Buddhist Union of France) |
"Model of Arranging Relations Between the State and Religious Communities and Fostering Interfaith and intra-social Dialogue in Order to Promote Peace and Stability" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Mufti Dr. Aziz ef. Hasanović (President of Meshihat of Islamic Community in Croatia) |
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| 12:30 | "Peace and Dialogue among Civilizations" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Former Prime Minister of Spain) |
"Interfaith Dialogue in the Mediterranean Basin" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: His Eminence Metropolitan Stephanos of Tallinn (Primate of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church) |
"Creation Theology as the Essential Basis of Inter-Faith Dialogue and Mutual Respect" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: The Very Revd Prof. James Atwell (Head of Winchester Cathedral) |
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| 13:00 | Registration | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 | Welcome Address The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson (Vice President of the ICD; Former Prime Minister of Iceland) Master Jun Hong Lu (World Renowned Chinese Budhist Leader) |
"Cultural Diplomacy and Religions Today in Europe" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: The Hon. Erhard Busek (Former Vice Chancellor of Austria) |
Welcome Address President Marco Impagliazzo (President, Community of Sant' Egidio) |
'Why Unity?' (Lecture & Discussion) Speakers: Anna Prior, Dr. Shamender Talwar (Founders, The Unity of Faiths Foundation) |
| 14:30 | "Cultural Diplomacy and the Unity of Faiths" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: MP Marta Grande (Member of the Italian Parliament) |
"Austrian Initiatives in the Field of Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: MP Reinhold Lopatka (Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the Austrian People's Party in the National Council) |
"The Role of Inter-Faith Dialogue in Peace Building and Reconciliation" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: President Angelo (Anġlu) Farrugia (Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta) |
"Restoring Faith: Reviving the Role of Religion in the Promotion of World Peace" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Sheikh Ramzy (Imam, Director of Iqra Islamic institute) |
| 15:00 | "Religious Communities, Dialogue and Conflict Resolution" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: President Stjepan Mesić (Former President of Croatia) |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: MP Gian Luigi Gigli (Member of the Italian Parliament) |
"The Future has the Flavor of the Past" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Senator Mihai Razvan Ungureanu (Member of the Romanian Senate, Former Prime Minister of Romania) |
"Recognition of the Proximity of Spiritual Values in international Law Explanation" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H.E. Amb. Théodore C. Loko (Ambassador of Benin to the Holy See) |
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Lecture & Discussion Speaker: The Hon. Franco Frattini (Former Foreign Minister of Italy) |
"Religions: the Key to spread the Culture of Human Rights" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Senator Ivana Simeoni (Member of the Italian Senate) |
"The Role of Religious Communities in Peace Promotion -Bosnian Model" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: His Eminence Husein ef. Kavazovic (Grand Mufti of Bosnia & Herzegovina) |
Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Lisa Palmieri-Billig (Vice President, Religions for Peace Italy) |
| 16:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 16.30 |
"Living Together with Diversity is the Only Way Forward" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Paul Jacob Bhatti (Former Minister of National Harmony and Minority Affairs of Pakistan) |
"Religious Tolerance - 17 Centuries of the Milan Edict" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H.E. Amb. Mirko Jelic (Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Holy See) |
"The Importance of Inter-Religious Ethics" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H.E Amb. Dr. Kenan Gürsoy (Ambassador of Turkey to the Holy See) |
Participant Papers "Citizen Diplomacy, Minefields & Miracles: Why God and Allah Need to Talk" (Film Screening & Discussion) Speaker: Ruth Broyde Sharone (Filmmaker, author & Journalist, Co-Chair, Southern California Parliament of the World's Religions) |
| 17:00 | "Dialogue: An Essential Key to Cultural Diplomacy and Religion" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Claudia Bandion-Ortner (Deputy Secretary General, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue) |
"Exploring the Judaeo-Christian Scriptures - for Age-old Templates for Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Auxiliary Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David (Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, the Philippines) |
"Religious Freedom, the Path to Peace" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Archbishop Ignazio Sanna (Archbishop of Oristano, Italy) |
Participant Papers "The Role of Interfaith Dialogue in Peacebuilduing, Transforming Tolerance into Empathy: Cultural Imperatives in the Interfaith Dialogue" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Amb.Prof. Akama Jared Onyari (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Sathanama Sleur |
| 17:30 | Lecture & Discussion Speaker: Bishop Fülöp Kocsis (Bishop of the Diocese Hajdudorog, Hungary) |
"Intellectual Culture and Peace-Building: Perspectives From the Sokoto Caliphate" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: His Eminence Sultan Muhammad Saad Abubakar (Sultan of Sokoto, Nigeria; President-General of the Nigerian National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs) |
"PAM approach to promote and facilitate interfaith dialogue and its applications in the Mediterranean" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Senator Francesco Maria Amoruso (Member of the Italian Senate; President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean of Malta) |
Participant Papers "The Church-State(s) Problem: The Holy See in the International Theoretical (or Theological) Marketplace" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: James G. Cussen (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Silvia Fagarasan |
| 18:00 | "Islam's View of Religious Tolerance & Coexistence" (Lecture & Discussion) Mufti Ikram ul Haq (Resident Imam, Masjid Al-Islam, President Fatwa Center of America) |
Interreligious Dialogue and Practical Social Action" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: H.E. Amb. Lars-Hjalmar Wide (Ambassador of Sweden to the Holy See) |
"Respecting and Protecting Religious Heritage-An Important Contribution to Interfaith Dialogue" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis (Former Foreign Minister of Cyprus) |
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| 18:30 | "European Culture in Globalized world" (Lecture & Discussion) Speaker: MP Vášáryová Magdaléna (Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic) |
Conclusion of the Event and Farewell |
