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The New Social Media and the Reshaping of Communication in the 21st Century

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Dialogue of Civilizations and a Harmonious WorldDialogue of Civilizations and a Harmonious WorldThe International Conference “Dialogue of Civilizations and a Harmonious World” was held on July 11 - 13, 2010 in Beijing (China). The Conference was organized by WPF "Dialogue of Civilizations" together with Chinese Foundation of International Research and supported by the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
In this publication you are welcome to find the Scientific Agenda of the Conference and download reports made by it’s participants.


INTERNATIONAL FORUM
“DIALOGUE OF CIVILIZATIONS AND HARMONIOUS WORLD”


CONFERENCE AGENDA
July 11-13, 2010 Beijing (China)

 


JULY 12, 2010 – MONDAY


Conference Opening
Moderator:
Liu Guchang— Vice President of China Foundation for International Studies

 

Addresses:

China Foundation for International Studies President Zhang Deguang

WPF “Dialogue of Civilizations” Founding President Vladimir Yakunin

Discussion Topics

  1. The World Significance of Dialogue of Civilizations
  2. The Significance of the Times of the Idea of Harmonious World
  3. Harmonious Coexistence of Multi-culture, World Peace and Cultural Prosperity


Moderator:
Yu Zhenqi — Vice President, China Foundation for International Studies

Presenters:
Sergey Shakhray — Head of the Office, Chamber of Accounts of the Russian Federation

Jagdish Chandra Kapur — President, the “Kapur Surya” Foundation, Co-chairman, World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”
New human order – Hurdles on the Path of Dialogue of Civilizations (Download pdf file 396Kb)

Yu Sui — Professor, China Center for Contemporary World Studies, Academician, International Academy of Sciences of Nature and Society

Qu Xing — Vice President, China Foundation for International Studies, President, China Institute of International Studies

Piotr Dutkiewicz — Director, Center for Governance and Public Management, Carleton University
In Search of the Continuing Relevance of the “Civilization Debate” (Download pdf file 377Kb)

Wu Enyuan — Director, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Hans Koechler — President?International Progress Organization, Professor University of Innsbruck, member of the WPF “Dialogue of Civilizations” International Coordination Committee
Dialogue of Civilizations and the Requirements of a Just World Order (Download pdf file 33,9Kb)

Jack Andrew Goldstone — Hazel Professor, Public Policy School, George Mason University
Chinese and Western Ideas of Harmony and Their Contribution to World Peace (Download pdf file 434Kb)

Raffaele Marchetti — Professor of international relations in the LUISS University, Member of the WPF “Dialogue of Civilizations” International Coordination Committee

Evgeny Zelenev — Dean?the East Faculty of Saint-Petersburg State University
The Conception of the World in the Context of the Modern Paradigm of International Relations (Download pdf file 411Kb)

Artem Kobzev — Deputy Editor-in-Chief, the “Spiritual Culture of China” Encyclopedia
Dialogue of Civilization about the Meaning of “Dialogue of Civilizations” (Download pdf file 405Kb) IN RUSSIAN

Open Discussion
Moderator:
Walter Schwimmer — Chairman, International Coordination Committee, World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”; former General Secretary, Council of Europe

Discussion Topics

  1. Historical Lessons of the International Financial Crisis
  2. Trends of World Economic Development in the Post-Crisis Era
  3. The International Structure and the World Order in the Post-crisis Era


Moderator:
Mikhail Delyagin — Director, Institute of Globalization Problems, Sc.D (Economy)

Presenters:
Jiang Yong — Director, Center for Economic Security Studies, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

Sergey Glazyev — Director, The Institute of New Economy, Academician, Russian Academy of Sciences
The Modernization of Russian Economy based on the New Technologies as the Key Trend of Anti-Crisis Policy (Download pdf file 601Kb) IN RUSSIAN

Liu Youfa — Vice President, China Institute of International Studies

Kamran Mofid — Founder, NGO “Globalization for the Common Good”, member of the WPF “Dialogue of Civilizations” International Coordination Committee
Towards A World of Harmony, Dialogue of Civilisations and Globalisation for the Common Good (Download pdf file 78,2Kb)

Zhang Yuyan — Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Victor Ryazanov — Head of the Economics Department of the Saint-Petersburg State University
Post-Crisis Economy: Error Correction or a New Economic Model (Download pdf file 509Kb) IN RUSSIAN

Mikhail Delyagin — Director, Institute of Globalization Problems
World Economic Crisis as a Symptom of Qualitative Shift in Human Civilization (Download pdf file 504Kb) IN RUSSIAN

Wang Zaibang — Vice President, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

Adrian Pabst — Lecturer in politics, School of Politics and International Relations, Rutherford College, University of Kent
From Empire to Association – Reforming Global Governance in the Direction of Civil and Associative Pluralism (Download pdf file 426Kb)

Qian Wenrong — Former Director, Xinhua News Agency at the UN, Senior Research Fellow of Xinhua Centre for World Affairs Studies

Yury Yakutin — Chairman of the Board of Directors, Scientific Supervisor of the Publishing House “Economicheskaya Gazeta”
Civilizational Shift – Russia’s Response to the Challenges of World Financial Crisis (Download pdf file 401Kb) IN RUSSIAN

Open Discussion
Moderator:
Chen Yurong – Director of the Department of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, China Institute of International Studies, Secretary General of China Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies


JULY 13, 2010 – TUESDAY



Discussion Topics

  1. Chinese Culture and the Contemporary World
  2. Slavic Culture and the Contemporary World
  3. Intercivilizational dialogue as a Factor of Promoting the Development of Chinese-Russian Relations


Moderator:
Sun Changhong — Executive Deputy Director, Euro-Asian Social Development Research Institute, Development Research Center of the State Council of China

Presenters:
Chen Hong — Executive Vice President, Nankai University, Dean, School of Literature, Director, Steering Committee of Chinese Language Teaching in Colleges and Universities, Ministry of Education

Galina Bogolyubova — President of the Russian Slavic Foundation, Honored Cultural Worker of Russia, member of the Public Chamber of Russia
Slavic Culture in the Era of Globalization (Download pdf file 376Kb) IN RUSSIAN

Ji Zhiye — Vice President, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

Alexander Lukin — Director, Center for East Asia and SCO Studies at Moscow State University of International Relations
Russia and China in the Post-Crisis World: Cooperation or Competition (Download pdf file 407Kb) IN RUSSIAN

Wang Zhenzhong — Deputy Director, Institute of Chinese History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Feng Shaolei
— Dean, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University

Come Carpentier — Convener of the Editorial Board of the World Affairs Journal, Deputy-Director of the Euro-Asia Institute
Diplomacy as an Expression of Civilization: the Legacies of China and India (Download pdf file 415Kb)

Yang Chaoming — Vice Dean, Confucius Research Institute, Qufu Normal University
Li Yingnan
— Former dean, professor, School of Russian language, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Bai Xiaohong
— Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Russian, East European, and Central Asian studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Sheng Shiliang
— Senior Research Fellow, Xinhua Centre for World Affairs Studies
Jiang Mingjun
— Director, Center for Ecological Security Studies, China Foundation for International Studies

Open Disussion

Moderator:
Evgeny Zelenev — Dean of the East Faculty of Saint-Petersburg State University

Conference Closing
Moderator:
Yu Zhenqi — Vice President of CFIS

Summing-up Remarks:
WPF “Dialogue of Civilizations” Founding President Vladimir Yakunin
China Foundation for International Studies President Zhang Deguang

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