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Program Point of Peace Summit

Unignorable Messages: Alarms and Solutions

Nobel Peace Laureates and Informed Experts

10th September FACING THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE
OPENING CEREMONY
08:30 – 09:00 HRH Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway will be present at the opening
Bjørn Kvernberg, Chair Point of Peace Foundation; Mary Miller, Director of Stavanger2008; Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chair Norwegian Nobel Committee; Leif Johan Sevland, Mayor of Stavanger
SESSION ONE RESPONSES TO THE CLIMATE CHANGES
09:00 – 10:15

Opening keynote: Rajendra Pachauri Chair Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

 

Jan Egeland, Director Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs; Helge Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer StatoilHydro; Erik Solheim, Norwegian Minister of Environment and Development

10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
SESSION TWO SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS

10:45- 12:00

 

 

 

Presentation

Chhavi Dhinga, Shiloh Fetzek and Tyler Scott presenting syntegrated results from 30 young professionals from oil, energy, peace and environmental organisations.

 

Rudolf Rechsteiner, researcher, member of Swiss National Parliament

 

Johan Galtung, Professor of Peace Studies and founder of the peace network TRANSCEND; Ingeborg Gjærum, leader Nature and Youth;Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch
SESSION THREE FINDING OIL: FROM CURSE TO CATALYST
14:00 – 15:30

Paul Collier, Professor of economics Oxford University

 

Jan Egeland, Director Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs; Frederic Hauge, leader Bellona

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
SESSION FOUR THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
16:00 – 16:30

Ann Zammit, research economist and founding member of Development Alternatives Global

 

CLOSING SUMMARY

Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute

16:30 END OF DAY ONE OF SUMMIT
       

 

 

11TH September 9/11 AND THEN WHAT?
SESSION ONE HUMAN SECURITY BEYOND 9/11
09:00 – 10:15

Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate 1976

 

Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute; Hassan Hanafi, Islam Expert and Professor in Philosophy University of Cairo; LtGenWolfgang Korte, Director of Joint Warfare Centre; Stein Tønnesson, Director Peace Research Institute Oslo; Guy Tozzoli, founder and president of WTC Associations

10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break
SESSION TWO REDEFINING SECURITY: FROM DOMINANCE TO COOPERATION
10:45 – 12:00

Johan Galtung, Professor in Peace Studies and founder of the Peace Network TRANSCEND

 

Kjell Magne Bondevik, Former Prime Minister of Norway, Founder of Oslo Peace Centre; Ingeborg Breines Vice president International Peace Bureau; Jan Egeland, Director Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs; Hassan Hanafi, Islam Expert and Professor in Philosophy University of Cairo; Dr Ime John, Co-president for International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

12:00 – 14:00 Delegate Lunch
SESSION THREE THE POWER OF DIALOGUE
14:00 – 15:30

H.E. Kim Dae-Jung, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2000, Former President of South Korea

 

Kjell Magne Bondevik, Former Prime Minister of Norway, Founder of Oslo Peace Centre; Johan Galtung, Professor in Peace Studies and founder of the Peace Network TRANSCEND; Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute; Mary Ellen McNish, Secretary General American Friends Service Committee; His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of the International Association for Human Values, Founder of the Art of Living Foundation

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
SESSION FOUR CLOSING SUMMARY AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
16:00 – 16:30 Johan Galtung, Professor in Peace Studies and founder of the Peace Network TRANSCEND Jonathan Granoff President Global Security Institute
16:30 END OF DAY TWO OF SUMMIT
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

12th September THE CHALLENGE OF INFORMING THE PUBLIC
SESSION ONE THE ROLE OF MEDIA
09:00 – 10:30

Jake Lynch Associate Professor University of Sydney, Director Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

 

Hanna Anbar Editor Daily Star, Lebanon; Elisabeth Eide researcher and journalist; Nuruddin Farah author, awarded Neustadt International Prize for Literature 1998; Aye Chan Naing, Editor Democratic Voice of Burma; Tenzin Peldon, Editor Democratic Voice of Tibet

 

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
SESSION TWO CLOSING SUMMARY AND THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
11:00 – 12:00 Johan Galtung, Professor in Peace Studies and founder of the Peace Network TRANSCEND; Jonathan Granoff President Global Security Institute; Knut Holm, Secretary General Point of Peace
12:00 – 14:00 Delegate Lunch
END OF POINT OF PEACE SUMMIT 2008
     
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