State of the World Forum

Sunday, November 1 2:48pm PST

Schedule

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	Thursday Roundtable Sessions:
		In addition to the Plenary Sessions, Keynote Addresses and Keynote Discussions listed in the Forum Schedule, there will also be Roundtable Sessions on Thursday and Friday afternoon to allow participants to meet in small groups to discuss specific issues. The following are among those being developed:
		Capitalism and the Poor Principal Discussants: Arianna Huffington, moderator; Founder and Chair, Center for Effective Compassion Nicolás Ardito-Barletta, President, Republic of Panama (1984-1985) Hernando de Soto, President, Instituto Libertad, y Democracia, Peru; Author, "The Other Path" William Drayton, Director, Ashoka Foundation Robert B. Hawkins, Jr., President, Institute for Contemporary Studies Bernard Leitaer*, former Managing Director, Central Bank of Belgium
		Corruption and Development: Focusing on Asia Principal Discussants: William Cole, moderator; Coordinator, State and Society Program, The Asia Foundation Michael Johnston, Professor, Department of Political Science, Colgate University Chung-in Moon, Professor, Graduate School of International Studies Yonsei University, Korea Pasuk Phongpaichit, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
		Investing in Women, Builders of Democracy Principal Discussants: Nell Merlino, moderator; President, Strategy Communication Action, Ltd. Mirai Chatterjee, General Secretary, Self Employed Women's Association, India Lahe'ena'e Gay, President & Chairwoman, Pacific Cultural Conservancy International Vesna Terselic, National Coordinator, Anti War Campaign, Croatia Sima Wali, President, Refugee Women in Development, Afghanistan
		Rogue Nukes: The Mafia and Drug Cartel Connection Principal Discussants: William Potter, moderator; Director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies Steve Goldstein, Washington Bureau Chief, Knight-Ridder Philadelphia Inquirer Andrei Kortunov*, Director, Russian Public Scientific Foundation Rensselaer Lee, Author, "Smuggling Armageddon: The Nuclear Black Market in the Former Soviet Union" George Zimmer, Chairman, The Men's Wearhouse
		Human Needs/Human Rights: The Evolving Relationship Between the People, Social Policy and the Law Principal Discussants: Mahnaz Afkhami, moderator; Minister of State for Women's Affairs, Iran (1976 - 1978) Thais Corral, Vice President, Women's Environment and Development Organization Navanethem Pillay, Judge of the Supreme Court, Republic of South Africa Loretta Ross, Executive Director, National Center for Human Rights Education Maryln Tadros, Deputy Director, Legal Research and Resource Centre for Human Rights, Egypt
		Natural Capitalism Principal Discussants: Amory Lovins, moderator; Vice President, Rocky Mountain Institute Hunter Lovins, President, Rocky Mountain Institute
		Uncommon Leadership: The Contributions of Corporate Leadership to the Spiritual and Emotional Well-being of the Global Community Principal Discussants: Michael Banks, co-moderator; Director, KRW International Kathryn Williams, co-moderator; Director, KRW International Sule Aytac, President, IDE Egitim and Organization Ltd., Turkey Anne Bakar, President and CEO, Telecare Corporation Doug Lennick, Executive Vice President, American Express Financial Advisors Ingvar Rosén, Partner, Delectus AB, Sweden
		Uncommon Leadership: The Contributions of Corporate Leadership to the Spiritual and Emotional Well-being of the Global Community Principal Discussants: Michael Banks, co-moderator; Director, KRW International Kathryn Williams, co-moderator; Director, KRW International Sule Aytac, President, IDE Egitim and Organization Ltd., Turkey Anne Bakar, President and CEO, Telecare Corporation Doug Lennick, Executive Vice President, American Express Financial Advisors Ingvar Rosén, Partner, Delectus AB, Sweden
		Indigenous Wisdom: Living Solutions, Past and Present Principal Discussants: Ann R. Roberts, co-moderator; President, Fund of the Four Directions Alexa Aviles, co-moderator; Program Officer, Fund of the Four Directions Jeannette C. Armstrong, Director, Language and Culture, En'owkin Centre, Canada Mindahi C. Bastida Munoz, Research Associate, Pacific Cultural Conservancy International Lissa Peleiholani*, Participant, Emerging Leaders Program, State of the World Forum
		Global Action to Prevent War: Reducing the Frequency and Violence of War Principal Discussants: Saul Mendlovitz, moderator; Dag Hammarskjold Professor of Peace and World Order Studies, World Order Models Project Jonathan Dean, Advisor on International Security Issues, Union of Concerned Scientists Randall Forsberg, Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Bobbie Muller, President, Vietnam Veterans of America
		The Whole Child: Balancing Work, Family and the Irreducible Needs of Childhood Principal Discussants: Kenneth Jaffe, moderator; Executive Director, International Child Resource Institute Jane Goodall, Primatologist, Director, Gombe Stream Research Center, Tanzania Stanley Greenspan, Child Psychiatrist, Author, "The Growth of the Mind" Martin Medrano, Executive Director, SSM Foundation of the Dominican Republic, Inc. Ellen Thobela*, Director, Thabong Pre-Primary School, South Africa
		Sustainable Development: Strategies for Collaborative Decision-Making Principal Discussants: Patricia Scharlin, moderator; Vice President, The Environment Group Elisabeth Byers, Director, The Mountain Forum Debbie Cook, Senior Advisor to the Privy Council, Ottawa Christopher Davis, President, Hawk-eye, Montreal Jim Enote*, Head of the Conservation Program, Zuni Conservation Area, New Mexico
		Gender Reconciliation: New Initiatives for NGO Collaboration Principal Discussants: Susan Bailey, co-moderator; Executive Director, Wellesley Centers for Women Will Keepin, co-moderator; President, Shavano Institute Anamika, Program Officer, Voluntary Health Association of India Indu Prakash Singh, Program Manager, Action Aid India Kim Slote, Co-Director, Women's Rights Network Ingrid Washinawatok, Director, Fund of the Four Directions Patricia Whalen*, Judge, State of Vermont
		Enhancing Education for Coexistence and Community-Building Principal Discussants: Joan Bronk, co-moderator; Vice President, The Abraham Fund Alan Slifka, co-moderator; Co-Founder and Chairman, The Abraham Fund Shalom Dichter, Project Director, Children Teaching Children, Israel Sunita Gandhi, Founder, Global Council for Education Kumar Rupesinghe, Director, State of the World Forum, Europe Eugene Weiner, Co-Founder, The Abraham Fund
		Nuclear Crisis in South Asia Principal Discussants: David Cortright, moderator; President, Fourth Freedom Forum Thomas Graham, Senior Program Advisor, The Rockefeller Foundation L. Ramdas, former Admiral and Chief of Navy Staff, India
		The Role of Spirituality and Faith in Social Action Principal Discussants: Kath Delaney, moderator; Principal and Founder, The Madera Group Nilton Bonder, Rabbi; Author, "The Kabbalah of Money", Brazil China Galland, Author, "The Bond Between Women: A Journey to Fierce Compassion Michael Lerner, Rabbi; Founder, Politics of Meaning; Founder, Tikkun Magazine John O'Donohue, Irish Poet; Catholic Scholar; Author, "Air: Breath of God, Stone Tabernacle of Memory" Sharon Salzberg, Co-Founder, Insight Meditation Society; Author, "A Heart as Wide as the World"
		Living Between Myths Principal Discussants: John O'Neil, moderator; Founder, Center for Leadership Renewal Richard Gunther, Business and Social Entrepreneur John Levy*, Consultant on Inherited Wealth Frances Vaughan, Author; Psychologist; Trustee, Fetzer Institute
		Generative Leadership in the 21st Century Principal Discussants: Mel Toomey, moderator; Co-Founder, Generative Leadership Group; Co-Founder, Institute for Leadership in the 21st Century John Hamm, President & CEO, Whistle Communications Rita Harmon, President and CEO, Leadership America; Co-Founder, Institute for Leadership in the 21st Century Lawrence Chickering, Founder, International Center for Economic Growth; Author, "Beyond Left and Right
		The War on Drugs: More Harm Than Good? Principal Discussants: Marsha Rosenbaum, moderator; Director, Lindesmith Center, West Chris Conrad, Author, "Business Alliance and Commerce in Hemp" Howard Kornfeld, Physician, Speciality in Addiction Medicine and Psycho-Pharmacology Gavin Newsom, Supervisor, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Mikki Norris, Author, "Shattered Lives: Portrait from America's Drug War" Craig Reinarman, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
		What We May Be: Human Possibilities at the Cusp of the Millennium Principal Discussants: Kathy Gardarian, moderator; CEO, Qualis International, Inc. Jean Houston, Director, The Foundation for Mind Research
		Our Common Enterprise (Closed Working Session) The roundtables on Our Common Enterprise (OCE) will be comprised of a selected group of people who have been invited from around the world to particpate. The focus of this endeavor will be to: articulate an integrated, ethical and programmatic framework for the future, the cornerstone of which will be the seven major UN conferences held during the 1990's; identify model programs and best practices, already in existence, which exemplify and point toward the possibilities being envisioned; establish a permanent, internet-based global research and decision-support capability comprised of an international consortium of leading private and public think tanks and applied research centers worldwide which can serve as an objective reference standard for the provision of critical information, knowledge and wise council as regards the future development of a sustainable human civilization; create a Global Leadership Council comprised of innovative leaders from the fields of politics, social activism, business, science, academia, religion and the arts who have participated in and are committed to OCE; develop television, radio, print and internet presentations and educational packages designed to inform, inspire and involve interested public and civic institutions; convene in September of the year 2000 in New York to coincide with the special Millennium General Assembly of the United Nations and present the findings and recommendations of OCE to the political leaders as they gather for their deliberations. The Wednesday afternoon plenary on October 28th will dedicate itself to OCE. This will be followed by three days of closed sessions for the pre-selected group. The final plenary of the Forum on Sunday, November 1 will be a 'town meeting' to provide an opportunity for reporting back and large group discussions concerning OCE.

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

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