Club of Rome - 2008 European National Associations Conference - Introduction

Programme

Thursday, May 22

20.00 Preparatory Meeting / Organizers, Speakers

Friday, May 23

08.45-09.00 Registration

9.00-9.30 Welcome

Mugur Isarescu
President, Romanian Association for the Club of Rome
Governor, National Bank of Romania

Ionel Haiduc
President of the Romanian Academy,
Romanian Association for the Club of Rome

Martin Lees
Secretary-General Club of Rome International

Joan Rosas Xicota
Spanish Chapter of the Club of Rome

Thomas Schauer
European Support Center of the Club of Rome

9.30-12.00 European Ecosystems in the Global Context

Keynote Speeches by

Michael Succow
Alternative Nobel Laureate
Global Ecosystems - Its Functionality, Benefits and Valuation

Anitra Thorhaug
President, USACOR
What is the Future of the Oceans. Can We Reverse the Degradation?

Călin Georgescu
Secretary-General, ARCoR
Limits to Growth Revisited

Mircea Maliţa
Vice President, ARCoR
Europe and the Philosophy of the Common Interest

Martin Lees
Secretary General, Club of Rome International
The Club of Rome: 40 YEARS ON

Discussion

12.00-12.30 Press Conference

Mugur Isarescu and Călin Georgescu
(Club of Rome - Romanian Association),

Martin Lees and Esko Kalimo
(Club of Rome International)

12.00-13.00 Lunch Break

13.00-16.00 Challenges and Possible Reactions Part 1

13.00-14.00	JUSTICE AND QUALITY OF LIFE
13.00-13.30	Statements
	Raoul Weiler	After Limits to Growth, Now De-growth For Saving Our Common Future
	Friedrich Hinterberger	A Good Life on One Global Hectare
	Krisztina Onodi	Happiness and Sustainable Development
	Tetiana V.Gardashuk	Environmental Justice as a Major Challenge for the 21st Century
13.30-14.00	Discussion

14.00-15.00	FINANCIAL SYSTEM
14.00-14.30	Statements
	Petru Rareş	The Banking System in Europe: Challenges for the Future
	Daniel Daianu	Dealing With a Clash of Capitalisms
	Guido-Henri De Couvreur	Changing Values to Reach a New Economic Paradigm in Europe
	David Lehrer	Sustainability -What Role of Private Finance
14.30-15.00	Discussion

15.00-15.30	DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
15.00-15.15	Statements
	Orio Giarini	Demography and the Revolution of the Counter-Ageing Society
	Vasile Ghetau	How Alarming is Europe's Demographic Future?
15.15-15.30	Discussion

15.30-16.00	ENERGY SCARCITY
15.30-15.45	Statements
	Max Schön	Clean Energy from the Deserts
	Gheorghe Buliga	Oil and Gas Reserves in Europe
15.45-16.00	Discussion

16.30-18.00 GLOBAL, EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL STRATEGIES

Keynote Speech by

Anders Wijkman
MEP, Vice President, The Club of Rome
A Global Contract - How Climate Change and the Ecosystem Must Define Future Development!

statements by

Silviu Stoica
State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development

Călin Georgescu
Secretary-General, ARCoR
The Sustainable Development Strategy for Romania

Thomas Schauer
CoR-ESC
The Sustainable Development Strategy and the Lisbon Strategy

Discussion

19.00-21.00 Dinner / Poems by Andrew Oerke

Saturday, May 24

09.00-12.15 Challenges and Possible Reactions Part II

09.00-10.00	EUROPEAN IDENTITY
09.00-09.30	Statements
	Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis	Building a Green Society: A Driving Force for Europe's Future
	Alvaro Ballesteros	Competition Between National Interests is a Key Force Driving Europe
	Réka Várnagy	Looking for Identities in Europe
	Razvan Buzatu	The Beneficiaries of the Reformed Treaty
	Ernst Gehmacher	Three Cultures - A Model for Europe and the World
*09.30-10.00*	Discussion

10.00-10.45	NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS
10.00-10.25	Statements
	Florian Colceag	Sustainable Development And Self-adjustment
	Tetyana Nedashkovska	European Agricultural Controversies
	Yaroslav Movchan	Black Sea Region Challenging the Sustainability-Scenarios
10.25-10.45	Discussion


10.45-11.15	EUROPE, NEIGHBOURS AND THE GLOBAL SITUATION
10.00-11.00	Statements
	Sergiu Celac	Europe’s Neighbourhood Policy: How to Square the Circle?
	Paul Rademaker	Europe: Towards a Constructive Ideology to Defy the World Problematique
11.00-11.15	Discussion

11.15-12.15	SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
11.15-11.45	Statements
	Virgiliu N. Constantinescu	Overview on Science in Europe
	Jan Sadlak	European Higher Education
	Remus Pricopie	European perspectives for Romanian education
	Ildiko Tulbure	Integrating Sustainable Development Into Higher Education
	Anne Marijke Geuzebroek	Reconsidering the Democratic Idea Will Enlighten/Educate the Sustainable Way of Thinking
	Roland Burger	Open Source and Low Cost Technology
11.45-12.15	Discussion

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-19.15
MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CLUB OF ROME
(Closed Session)

13.30 Welcome
Calin Georgescu,
Romanian Association for the Club of Rome
Raoul Weiler
Vice-Chairman, European Support Centre; President, Brussels-EU Chapter of the Club of Rome

13.40 The Role of the National Associations
Martin Lees
Secretary General, Club of Rome International
Esko Kalimo
Chairman, European Support Centre of the Club of Rome

14.20 Activities and Services of the European Support Centre
Thomas Schauer
Director, European Support Centre of the Club of Rome

14.30 - 15.30 Discussion

15.30 - 18.30 Presentation of the Work of the National Associations and tt30s

Argentina: Silvia Zimmermann
Austria: Ernst Gehmacher, Friedrich Hinterberger, Heinz Löber
Belgium: Raoul Weiler, Guido Henri De Couvreur
Bulgaria: Emil Konstantinov, Vassiliy Takev
Croatia: Krunoslav Pisk
Czech Republic: Pavel Nováček, Michal Paulus
Estonia: Hardo Aasmae, Jüri Kann
Finland: Matti Penttilä
Germany: Sabine Stoeck
Georgia: Medea Abashidze
Hungary: Krisztina Onodi, Kata Török
Italy: Roland Burger
Netherlands: Anne Marijke Geuzebroek, Paul Rademaker
Poland: Remigiusz Orzechowski
Romania: Ecaterina Andronescu, Gheorghe Buliga, Razvan Buzatu, Sergiu Celac, Virgiliu N. Constantinescu, Daniel Daianu, Nicolae Danila, Calin Georgescu, Vasile Ghetau, Radu Gratian Ghetea, Ionel Haiduc, Mugur Isarescu, Mircea Malitza, Teodor Melescanu, Remus Pricopie, Ionut Purica, Petru Rares, Jan Sadlak
Russia: Julia Barteneva
Slovenia: Božidar Brudar
Spain: Joan Rosas
Ukraine: Tetiana V. Gardashuk, Yaroslav Movchan, Tetyana Nedashkovska
Turkey: Cihan Aktas, Seda Babür
USA: Anitra Thorhaug, David Lehrer, Ondrew Oerke
tt30: Alvaro Ballesteros

18.30 - 19.30 Discussion

19.30 Closing of the Conference

Martin Lees,
Secretary General, Club of Rome International

19.45 Dinner

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