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Programme for the Public Event
Monday, June 16, 2008
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Inaugural Session: Aurelio Peccei, Alexander King and the
Club of Rome
Welcoming Remarks to the Conference Celebrating the Centenary of the Birth of
Aurelio Peccei and the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of the Club of Rome
Chair: Piero Angela, Italian Journalist and Board Member, Fondazione Peccei
Gianni Alemanno, Sindaco di Roma
Roberto Peccei, Presidente, Fondazione Aurelio Peccei
Maria Sole Teodorani Fabbri, Presidente Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli
Giovanni Conso, Presidente, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Gian Tommaso Scarascia-Mugnozza , Presidente, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze
Eberhard von Koerber, Co-President, Club of Rome
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| 11:00 – 13:00 |
Morning Session: The Club of Rome – Limits to Growth and
the Role of Aurelio Peccei and Alexander King
Chair: Piero Angela, Italian Journalist and Board Member, Fondazione Peccei
Keynote Speech: Limits to Growth, the Sustainability Challenge, and the Role of the Club of Rome
Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute
Commentary: From Limits to Growth to Anticipatory Democracy:
Evolution of the Sustainability Concept
Mihajlo D. Mesarovic, Member of the Club of Rome
Panel: Remembering Alex King and Aurelio Peccei
Eleonora Masini, Member, Club of Rome and Vice President,
Fondazione Peccei
Mihaela Smith, Member, Club of Rome
Ricardo Diez Hochleitner, Honorary President, Club of Rome
Hugo Thiemann, Founding member, Club of Rome
Pentti Malaska, Member, Club of Rome
Gianfranco Bologna, World Wildlife Fund Italia and General
Secretary, Fondazione Peccei
Martin Lees, Secretary General, Club of Rome
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| 13:00 - 15:00 |
Buffet Lunch
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| 15:00 – 19.00 |
Afternoon Session: Strategies for Addressing the Global
Challenges of Climate, Energy, Population and Resources
15.00 - 16.45 Chair: Ashok Khosla, Co- President, Club of Rome
“Addressing Climate Change: Elements of a Global Strategy”
Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences, USA
“The Impacts of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Region”
Antonio Navarra, Directtore Centro Euro- Mediterraneo per i
Cambiamenti Climatici
“Climate Change and China- From Talk to Action”
Khalid Malik, United Nations Coordinator and United Nations
Development Programme Resident Representative in China
Contributions from the audience
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16:45 - 17:15 Break
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17:15 – 19:00 Chair: Ernst Ulrich von Weiszsaecker, Dean, Donald Bren School
of Environmental Science and Management, University of
California Santa Barbara, and Member, Club of Rome
“Sustainable Energy Strategies”
Steven Koonin, Chief Scientist, British Petroleum
“The New Economics of Sustainability and Environmental Justice”
Joan Martinez Alier, President, International Society for
Ecological Economics and Professor, Universitat Autonoma of
Barcelona
“Biodiversity Challenges of the 21st Century”
Paul Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
Contributions from the audience
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| 20:30 |
Conference Dinner, Castel Sant' Angelo, Citta del Vaticano
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
| 9:30 – 13:30 |
Morning Session: Grand Challenges Facing Mankind:
Education, Social Justice, Peace, Population and Health
9.30-11.15 Chair: Heitor Gurgulino de Souza, Member, Club of Rome and
Former Rector, United Nations University
“Education: Key to Achieving Sustainability”
Konrad Osterwalder, Rector, United Nations University and
Member, Club of Rome
“Empowering Women for a Sustainable World”
Meenakshi Gopinath, Principal, Lady Shri Ram College for
Women
“Living in Peace in a Livable Globe”
Federico Mayor, former Director General of UNESCO and Member of the Club of Rome
Contributions from the audience |
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11:15 – 11:45 Break
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11:45 – 13:30 Chair: Gian Tommaso Scarascia-Mugnozza, Board Member,
Fondazione Aurelio Peccei and Presidente, Accademia Nazionale
delle Scienze
“From Population Explosion to Expanding Human Capital:
Changing Challenges for the Futue of Humankind”
Wolfgang Lutz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
“Strategies for Global Health”
Haile Debas, Executive Director, Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
“Climate Change and Health Challenges in the Mediterranean Region”
Roberto Bertollini, Senior Advisor, Public Health and Environment Department, World Health Organization
Contributions from the audience
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| 13:30 – 15:30 |
Buffet Lunch
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| 15:30 – 18:30 |
Afternoon Session: Strategies to Achieve a Sustainable Society
Chair: Ashok Khosla, Co-President, Club of Rome
2008 Aurelio Peccei Lecture: “The Challenges of the Next Forty Years”
Lord Martin Rees, President, Royal Society
Panel Discussion: Reasons for Hope: Mobilizing Human Potential
to Address the Challenges of the 21st Century
Anders Wijkman, Member, European Parliament and Member,
Club of Rome
Mona Makram-Ebeid, Former Member of Egyptian Parliament and
Member, Club of Rome
Roberto Peccei, Presidente, Fondazione Aurelio Peccei and
Member, Club of Rome
Edward Ayensu, Chairman of the Council for Scientific and Industrian Research
in Ghana and Former Chairman of the World Bank's Inspection Panel
Martin Lees, Secretary General, Club of Rome
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| 17:30 – 18:30 |
Concluding Session
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Chair: Eberhard von Koerber, Co-President, Club of Rome
Concluding Remarks
Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General of the United Nations
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| 18:30 |
Close of Conference
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