From: Gaelle Patin Laloy <gpatinla...@casaasia.es>
Conference Announcement "East-West Dialogue" Forum Barcelona 2004 Casa Asia Barcelona Barcelona (Spain) 1.-3.7.2004 Conference Website: http://www.casaasia.es/forum The East - West Dialogue, organized by the FORUM BARCELONA 2004, under the auspices of UNESCO, along with CASA ASIA ( The Asia House) will take place in Barcelona from July 1st to 3rd 2004 in the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona ( CCIB). The East - West Dialogue, prompted by the United Nations resolution to promote dialogue between civilizations, is intended to foster discussion and analysis of the role of interchange between the civilizations of the East and the West. The main aim is to promote sustainable development, international relations and peace, and also to involve political leaders, academics, intellectuals, artists, NGOs and governments in pursuing this dialogue. The East - West Dialogue is intended to be a platform for efforts to prevent political, economic and social conflict at international, national and local level, reducing prejudice and distrust, and encouraging mutual understanding, tolerance and dialogue through an active interchange of ideas, visions and common aspirations. The short-term goal of the East West Dialogue is to launch a constructive and critical debate on the issues that divide and unite East and West, with the active participation of civil society. The conclusions of the Dialogue will be published in a document containing the contributions of the roundtable participants and some final conclusions in the form of a declaration. The medium-term goal of the East - West Dialogue is to become a permanent Forum for East - West dialogue based in Barcelona. The East - West Forum aims to establish itself as an annual gathering at which world leaders from all spheres --political, economic, and social and academic-- and representatives of non-governmental organizations freely and independently exchange ideas and views on the importance of the relationship between East and West. Casa Asia Casa Asia is a public consortium founded in Barcelona as a result of an agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Catalonia and Barcelona City Council. The institution, which was officially constituted on 9 November 2001, follows the objectives established in the 2000-2002 Asia-Pacific Framework Plan and the European Union's new strategy for Asia. Conference Program (Subject to change) Thursday, July 1, 2004 Opening Session Morning Session: The Dialogue between East and West: Past, Present and Future > Conflicts and Coexistence: how to Rebuild over the Past > The Reciprocal Exile: the East in the West and the West in the East > The East and the West today: from Rhetoric to Reality > Regional Integration: Looking for Models > The Institutional Responsibility Afternoon Session: A New Dialogue for a New World > What Does the World Expect from the East And the West in the XXI Century? > The Democratic Values: Universal Values? > New Political Fundamentalisms > The New Geopolitical Order in the East > The Dawn of New Empires Friday, July 2nd 2004 Morning Session: Compared Visions: Asia and Latin America: Two Models of Society and Development > Poverty and Social Development > Asia: a Reference for Progress or Looking for a Model? > The Lessons of the Financial Crisis > A Compared General Vision of Asia and Latin America > Social Change and Good Governance Afternoon Session: Ethics and Globalization: Global Values and Local Values > The Future of Secular Values > The Effects of Globalization in the East and in the West > Modernization vs. Occidentalization > Ethics and Development: Contrasted Concepts? > Globalization and the Media: Shared Responsibility Saturday, July 3rd 2004 Morning Session: Reason and Spirit in the XXI Century: The Indispensable Dialogue > The Inter-religious Dialogue > Contemplation and Action: the East and the West > Reason and Spirit: a Wrong Dichotomy? > Fundamentalism, Modernity and Tradition > A Confucianist Perspective Afternoon Session: Dialogue and Creativity: Art, Science and Culture > Tradition and Avant-Garde in the East and in the West > The Scientific Thinking in the East and in the West: Technology vs. Spirituality > Homogenization of Cultures or Protection of Diversity? > Art and Identity: The Role of Literature > The Market of Culture Closing Session For Further Information, please contact: The East -- West Dialogue Director: Rafael Bueno rbu...@casaasia.es Coordinator: Gaëlle Patin Laloy gpatinla...@casaasia.es Technical Secretariat: Casa Asia Diagonal 490, 4art.1ª. 08006 Barcelona Spain T +34 93 368 03 45 F +34 93 368 03 33 Universal Forum of Cultures -- Barcelona 2004 http://www.barcelona2004.org Casa Asia http://www.casaasia.es The East West Dialogue http://www.casaasia.es/forum Gaëlle Patin Laloy Coordinator THE EAST WEST DIALOGUE Casa Asia / Forum Barcelona 2004 http://www.casaasia.es/forum _________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://agd.polylog.org/cal/
