A World Without Walls 2010

”An International Conference on Peacebuilding, Reconciliation and Globalization in an Interdependent World”

(Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2010)
  Saturday,
November 6th
Sunday,
November 7th
Monday,
November 8th
Tuesday,
November 9th
Wednesday,
November 10th
09:00 (8:30 - 18:00) Registration
Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
09:30 - Introductory Sessions -
“Tensions, Conflicts and Peace Agreements: Historical Macrostructures and Turning Points since 1945”
(Lecture - Interactive Sessions)

Speaker:
Dr. Hans Günter Brauch
“The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide – An Overview”
(Lecture - Interactive Sessions)

Speaker:
Merethe Stagetorn
- Lecture Series -
“Globalization, Interdependence and the EU´s Strategic Partners”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Ioannis Kasoulides

Location:
ICD House
“Steps to Reducing Political Violence”

Speaker:
Dr. Joris Voorhoeve

Location:
ICD House
- Lecture Series -
Peace , Intellectual Solidarity and Psychological Walls

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Luc Reychler

Location:
ICD House
Response to the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Reconceptualization of Security
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Hans Günter Brauch

Location:
ICD House
- Lecture Series -
Lecture & Discussion


Speaker:
Dr. Oleg Kolobov
(10:00) “Russian-European Relations: Past and Present, Perspectives and Challenges, External Security Policies and the Rostov-on-Don Summit”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Kurov Denis Sergeevich (Russian Embassy - Secretary on External and Security Policies)

Location:
ICD House
A New World Order: Future Possible Directions
- Lecture Series -
“Overcoming Asymmetry in U.S. Relations with the Middle East: A Strategic Paradigm of Engagement”


Speakers:
Carol Strong
“Is Islam Peaceful or Violent: Comparing Islam and Christianity to Reveal the Propaganda of Terrorism.”

Speaker:
Joshua Gillum
“United in Progress: A Proposal to Reform United Nations’ Organizational Structure”

Speaker:
Zack Tucker

Location:
ICD House
11:00 Tea, Coffee, & Refreshment Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
11:30 - Introductory Sessions -
“A World Without Walls: Governing Globalization”
(Lecture - Interactive Sessions)

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Speaker:
Inge Kaul

Location:
ICD House
“Reconciliation Between Countries and Societies: the Example of the French-German Experience”
(Lecture - Interactive Sessions)

Speaker:
Dr. François Heisbourg
- Lecture Series -
Deactivating the Cultural Minefields Between the World of Islam and America and the West: The Primacy of Politics?

(Lecture - Interactive Sessions)

Speaker:
Dr. Fawaz A. Gerges

Location:
ICD House
“Prospects for Peace, Reconciliation & Reintegration - Focusing on Next Month's U.S. Reassessment of Obama's COIN Strategy for Afghanistan”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Ali Ahmad Jalali

Location:
ICD House
- Lecture Series -
“Nuclear Abolition and Alternative Defence”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Jan Oberg
“The Future of Anti Nuclear Proliferation and the Arms Trade”
(Panel Discussion)

Speakers:
Dr. Jan Oberg
Dr. Hans Günter Brauch
Dr. Luc Reychler


Location:
ICD House
- Lecture Series -
''The Western Balkans: the Path to European Integration''


Speaker:
Ana Trišić-Babić

Location:
ICD House
Peace Building, Reconciliation and Globalization in an Interdependent World - Using Bosnia and Herzegovina as an example
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Marina Pendes

Location:
ICD House
“Guiding Principles of a Comprehensive Peace building Approach”
(Lecture - Interactive Sessions)

Speaker:
Dr. Arno Truger
- Lecture Series -
Peace building & a Biosociety

(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
President Dr. Alfredo Palacio

Location:
ICD House
Participant Papers Delivery
13:00 Lunch Sessions Sunday Lunch Sessions
(Lunch, Social Activity)
Participants and speakers have an opportunity to relax and reflect on the program during a Sunday lunch
Lunch Sessions Lunch Sessions
(Lunch, Social Activity)
Participants and speakers have an opportunity to relax and reflect on the program
Lunch Sessions

14:30

(14:00) Official Opening Session
(Welcome words and Keynote Speeches)

Speakers:
President Joaquim Chissano
President Dr. Alfredo Palacio
Dr. Johan Galtung
Lord Jack McConnell


Location:
ICD House
Welcome Address

Speaker:
Amb. Harry Helenius (Ambassador of Finland to Germany)
(14:40) “From Crisis Management to Conflict Prevention”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Erkki Tuomioja

Location:
ICD House
(15:15) “From Crisis Management to Conflict Prevention”
(Panel Discussion - Interactive Sessions)

Moderator:
Dr. Erkki Tuomioja

Speakers:
Lord Jack McConnell
Dr. Joris Voorhoeve
Dr. Ali Ahmad Jalali
Dr. Fawaz A. Gerges
Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider


Location:
ICD House
- Lecture Series -
"NATO and the Dialectics of Walls"

(Lecture - Interactive Sessions)

Speaker:
Dr. Gerlinde Niehus

Location:
ICD House
(15:15)The Importance of Corporate Social Responsibility for Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in the Globalized World
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Dr. Gerhard Prätorius

Location:
ICD House
The 21st Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and its Impact on Global Politics: Predicting the Major Developments in Global Politics over the Next Two Decades
(Panel Discussion - Interactive Sessions)

Moderator:
Dr. Ali Ahmad Jalali

Speakers:
Dr. Luc Reychler
Dr. Jan Oberg
Ribal Al-Assad


Location:
ICD House
Moving Beyond Stability: Consolidating and Sustaining Cooperation in Peaceful Societies
(Interactive Sessions)

Moderator:
Mark Donfried

Speakers:
President Dr. Alfredo Palacio
Dr. Rudolf Bernhardt
Dr. Luc Reychler
Dr. Ariel King
Dr. Alan Berman


Location:
ICD House
16:00 Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
Background Music: Mike Russels
Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
Background Music: Mike Russels
Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
Background Music: Mike Russels
Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
Background Music: Mike Russels
Program Close
16:30 "The Nation State in the Global Age"
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Prof. Anthony Giddens (Baron Giddens, of Southgate)

Location:
ICD House
"The Impact of the Fall of Berlin Wall on Global Politics and the future of Peacebuilding in a Multi-Polar World"
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
President Dr. Vaira Vike Freiberga

Location:
ICD House
Lecture & Discussion

Speaker:
George Galloway

Location:
ICD House
Lecture & Discussion

Speaker:
Nouzha Skalli

Location:
ICD House
International Humanitarian Law, International Peacekeeping and the Unspoken Crime of Genocide (Focus: Srebrenica and comparable tragedies)
(Lecture Series)

Speaker:
Janez Janša

Location:
ICD House
 
17:30 Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
Background Music: Mike Russels
Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
Background Music: Mike Russels
Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
Background Music: Mike Russels
Tea, Coffee, & Refreshments
Background Music: Mike Russels
 
18:00 - Keynote Speech -
- Evening Discussion -
Peace building and Reconciliation in a New World Order: New Actors, New Challenges, New Opportunities

(Panel Discussion - Interactive Sessions)

Moderator:
Lord Jack McConnell

Speakers:
President Dr. Alfredo Palacio
Prof. Anthony Giddens
Dr. Johan Galtung
Ioannis Kasoulides
Dr. Hans Günter Brauch


Location:
ICD House
- Keynote Speech -
“6 Civilizations, 15 Walls How to Approach Them”


Speaker:
Dr. Johan Galtung
- Evening Discussion -
“International Politics in a New World Order: New strategies for Peace building and Reconciliation using Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy”
(Panel Discussion - Interactive Sessions)

Moderator:
Amb. Dr. Cynthia P. Schneider

Speakers:
President Dr. Vaira Vike Freiberga
Janez Janša
Dr. Johan Galtung
Nouzha Skalli
Lord Jack McConnell
Ioannis Kasoulides


Location:
ICD House
- Keynote Speech -

Speaker:
Ribal Al-Assad
- Evening Discussion -
“A World without Walls: Barriers to Equality and Coexistence”

(Panel Discussion - Interactive Sessions)

Moderator:
Mark Donfried

Speakers:
Janez Janša
Nouzha Skalli
Ribal Al-Assad
George Galloway
Dr. Miomir Zuzul
Dr. Jan Oberg


Location:
ICD House
- Keynote Speech -

Speaker:
Dr. Rudolf Bernhardt
- Evening Discussion -
"Peace v. Justice: A Conflict in International Relations?"


Introductory by Dr. Leonie von Braun
International Humanitarian Law, the unspoken crime of Genocide and International Peacekeeping
(Panel Discussion - Interactive Sessions)

Moderator:
Dr. Ali Ahmad Jalali

Speakers:
Janez Janša
Dr. Alfredo Palacio
Dr. Rudolf Bernhardt
George Galloway
Dr. Leonie von Braun
Dr Ariel King


Location:
ICD House
 
20:00 Farbwerte: SchwarzRotGold »
(Reception, Presentation, Live Music, Dinner)

Speaker:
Robert Eysoldt

Participants are joined by member of Berlin’s diplomatic, cultural and artistic sphere for an exhibition of 40 portraits featuring the German flag (Including a welcome reception and keynote speech. Followed by a welcome dinner).
Group Dinner
(Social Activity Sessions)

A group dinner for the participants and speakers in the heart of West Berlin’s restaurant and bar scene.
- 1989: The Year That Changed The World -
Gala Event: Berlin’s Wall Art »

(Reception, Presentation, Concert, Dinner, Party)

Welcome Address:
Marcia Barrett

Speaker:
Heinz J. Kuzdas


Musicians:
MFA Kera,
Mike Russles,
Buba Jammeh,
Regis Molina



Participants are joined by member of Berlin’s diplomatic, cultural and artistic sphere for a presentation of images illustrating Berlin’s Wall Art by Heinz J. Kuzdas (Including a keynote speech, a reception, dinner, and live music).
Official Ceremony - “Festival of Freedom”
(Social Activity Sessions)


Participants take part in the official celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, followed by a group dinner.
- Optional -
Farewell Group Dinner

(Social Activity Sessions)

A Farewell group dinner for the participants and speakers in the heart of West Berlin’s restaurant and bar scene.