State of the World Forum

Sunday, November 1 2:45pm PST

Schedule

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	8:00AM -9:30AM

		Networking
	9:30AM -12:30PM

		Plenary Discussions:
		9:30 - 10:45 AM The Greening of Civilization: Emerging Models of Environmental Sustainability Noel Brown, Director, United Nations Environment Program UNEP (1973 - 1995); Chairman, Rene Dubos Center for Human Environments Randy Haye, President, Rainforest Action Network Donna House, Ethnobotanist Amory Lovins, Vice President, Rocky Mountain Institute Hunter Lovins, President, Rocky Mountain Institute Bill Shireman, President, Global Futures 11:00AM - 12:15 PM Preventing Deadly Conflict Jane Holl, moderator; Executive Director, Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflicts Randall Forsberg, Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies Gareth Evans, Deputy Leader of the Opposition/Shadow Treasurer, Parliament of Australia Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pakistan Douglas Roche, Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament to the United Nations; Chairman, United Nations Disarmament Committee, 1988 M.D. Yusufu, Presidential Candidate, Nigeria
	1:00PM -2:30PM

		Luncheon Keynote Address:
		Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century Vicente Fox, Governor, Guanajuato, Mexico; Declared Candidate for the Presidency of Mexico
		Luncheon Keynote Discussions:
		Asia at the Millennium Robert James Thomson, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times Conflict Resolution Abby Napeahi, Native Hawaiian Elder The Next Frontier: To Mars and Back Donna Shirley, Manager, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ancient Faith, New Believers Laila Al-Marayati, President, Muslim Women's League Organizational Transformation for Gender Justice Aruna Rao, President, Association for Women in Development Natural Law and Social Policies Daniel Sheehan, Constitutional Litigator Vital Voices: Women in Democracy Theresa Loar, Senior Coordinator, President's Interagency Council on Women, U.S. Department of State Positive Deviance and the Issue of Female Genital Mutilation Jerry Sternin, Director, Save the Children, Egypt Monique Sternin, Public Health Specialist
	3:00PM -4:00PM

		Plenary Discussions:
		The Social Possibility of Y2K: The Year 2000 Computer Bug Problem Kim Cranston, moderator; President, Social Venture Network Dennis Grabow, CEO, Millennium Investment Corporation Amory Lovins, Vice President, Rocky Mountain Institute; Author, "Natural Capitalism" Margaret Wheatley, Author, "Leadership in the New Science" and "The Year 2000: Social Chaos or Social Transformation 4:15 - 5:15PM Sex, Power and Politics John O'Neil, moderator; Founder, Center for Leadership Renewal Margot Anand, Founder, SkyDancing Tantra International; Author, "The Art of Everyday Ecstasy" Scilla Elworthy*, Author, "Sex and Politics"
	4:30PM -6:45PM

		Forum Dialogues: 4:30PM-5:30PM Russia in Crisis Rustem Khairov, moderator; Executive Director, Foundation for Survival and Development of Humanity Ilya Baskin, Founder and Chairman, Ust-Luga, Moscow Semion Briskin, President, Petra Corporation Viktor Danilov-Danilyan, Minister of Ecology, Russia; Chairman, National Earth Charter Committee Mikhail DeBouar, Chairman, Moscow Auction House Victor Kvaldin, Director, Center for Political Studies, Gorbachev Foundation, Moscow Vladimir Pokrovsky, Managing Director, Russia Buelarus Council 4:45PM-6:45PM Networking : Reflection and Integration Lisa Friedman, Co-founder, Enterprise Development Group; Member, Foundation for Global Community Herman Gyr, Co-founder, Enterprise Development Group; Member, Foundation for Global Community The Forum is often experienced as a tremendously stimulating time of new insight and learning. These networking sessions will provide a chance to "take a breath" and reflect on the day's events, to deepen and take in the experiences of the day. This session has two goals: to enable the participants to integrate what they have learned, and consider the implications of this learning for their day to day lives; and to learn about events occuring throughout the Forum to help connect to the Forum as a whole.
	7:00PM -9:00PM

		Dinner:
		Honoring the Change Makers The second State of the World Forum Awards will be bestowed to individuals of wisdom and dynamism who have made extraordinary contributions to human development. The awards are bronze sculptures entitled "Critical Power" created by the Australian artist Andrew Rogers. Awards: Second Annual State of the World Forum Awards Award Recipients Hafsat Abiola, Founder, Kuridat Institute for Nigerian Democracy Richard Butler, Executive Chairman, United Nations Special Commission on Iraq Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's Defense Fund Vicente Fox, Governor, Guanajuato, Mexico; Declared Candidate for the Presidency of Mexico Mahbub Haq*, President and Executive Vice President, The Human Development Centre, Pakistan
	9:15PM -11:00PM

		Costume Ball
		Halloween is celebrated in the United States each year on the evening of October 31. A community wide event, Halloween is distinguished by its use of masks and costumes. In the spirit of this holiday the Forum will host a costume ball, a joyful opportunity for everyone to look at the world through a fresh new perspective.

"However haltingly, we have made some progress."
--former Commander-in-chief of the U.S. Strategic Air Command, Gen. Lee Butler

WOMEN: Last year the SWF network invested $30 million in micro-credit for women in developing nations.
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