Programme

A description of the event, including the topics of the sessions and the speakers is also available for download in English or in Spanish.



 
Friday, March 31st

 
21.00 Welcome Dinner
Meliá Valencia Palace Hotel (Avenue Paseo de la Alameda No 32, phone +34963375037)

 
Saturday, April 1st

 
9.00 Internal Session 1

Chair: Uwe Möller, Secretary-General of the Club of Rome

Welcome Addresses

RAFAEL BLASCO
Co-ordinator of the Valencian Group/ Spanish Chapter of the CoR
ESKO KALIMO
Chair of the Board of the European Support Centre

Introduction to the Conference "Europe and the new Dimensions of Sustainability"

TERESA MENDIZABAL
Vice-president of the Spanish Chapter of the CoR
JOSE MANUEL MORAN
Vice-president of the Spanish Chapter of the CoR


 
10.00 Internal Session 2

Chair: Joan Rosas, Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome

THOMAS SCHAUER
Director, European Support Centre of the Club of Rome
Activities, Projects and Services - An Overview

IVO STANEK
Member of the Board of the Austrian Chapter
The European Environmental Education (EEE) project

RAOUL WEILER
President of the Brussels-EU Chapter of the Club of Rome
CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, ROLAND BURGER
Think Tank 30
ICT for Capacity-Building and the World Summit on Information Technology



 
11.30 Press Conference

DENNIS MEADOWS
Honorary Member of the Club of Rome

RICARDO DIEZ-HOCHLEITNER
Honorary President of the Club of Rome

RAFAEL BLASCO
Co-ordinator of the Valencian Group/ Spanish Chapter of the CoRe



 
12.00 Public Session

Chair: Uwe Möller, Secretary-General of the Club of Rome

RICARDO DIEZ-HOCHLEITNER
Honorary President of the Club of Rome
Introduction

DENNIS MEADOWS
Honorary Member of the Club of Rome
How Will Climate Change and Oil Depletion Affect the Future of the Enlarged Europe, Human Development, Multiculturalism and Sustainability

Comments on the coming translation of "Limits to Growth The 30-Year Update"

Discussion



 
15.30 Internal Session 3

Chair: Guillermo Vansteeberghe, Valencian Group / Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome

JOERG GEIER
Deputy Secretary-General of the Club of Rome
Activities of the National Associations of the CoR, the "Marketplace of ideas" at the Annual Conference in Virginia

Presentations by the European National Associations of the Club of Rome and tt30 (until 19.30)


 
20.15 Evening Programme

Visit to the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) and gala dinner with a speech by Rafael Blasco, Co-ordinator of the Valencian Group/ Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome


 
Sunday, April 2nd

 
9.00 Assembly of the European National Associations

Chair: Esko Kalimo, Chair of the Board / European Support Centre

Discussion about the work of the Associations in the spirit of the Club of Rome, the quality criteria for the national associations, the co-operation among the national associations and the strategy of the Club of Rome (see "A Future for the Club of Rome" by A. Khosla and E. von Koerber).
 

Think Tank 30
tt30's potential contribution towards increasing the impact of the Club of Rome (Based on a creative modelling project with Dennis Meadows)