CACOR Proceedings May 2007

The new edition of the Proceedings is available from the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome (CACOR). It includes an article by Rennie Whitehead "Honoring the Past and Facing the Future", a speech on climate change by Matthias Hopfner, "Toward World Community" by Charles Beaubien, "Turning the Elephant Around" by Fred Thompson, "The Present Moment" by Jerzy Wojciechovski and information about William Hammond and Alexander King summarized by Buzz Nixon. The publication is available for download.

Eberhard von Koerber Discusses G8 Summit

Eberhard von Koerber

June 7th, 2007: Eberhard von Koerber, Vice-President of the Club of Rome, discussed on German TV ZDF the results of the G8 Summit. He questioned the composition of the Summit which does not include China and India, emphasized the role of Public Private Partnerships for development and criticized European trade barriers to agricultural goods from developing countries. Referring to “Limits to Growth” and to more recent positions of the Club of Rome von Koerber commented that non-binding declarations are not enough to stop climate change. The G8 compromise to consider the reduction of CO2 emissions by 50% by 2050 would be too little and too late, von Koerber criticised.

The video (in German language) is available via this external link. (Times for statements in the video are at 11.04:G8 composition, 27.37: PPP, 43.20: agriculture and 50.30: climate).

Brussels: 41st Aurelio Peccei Lecture by Florence Devouard

May 24th, 2007: "Wikipedia and the Educational Landscape" was the title of the presentation by the Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to encourage the growth, development and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to provide the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. Wikipedia is a project to build free encyclopaedias in all languages of the world.

The Video of the presentation can be viewed on the Website of Brussels-EU Chapter (please scroll down in order to find it).

Torino:
The New Welfare - The Counter-Ageing Society

Oct 8th, 2007: The international conference will discuss lengthening of life-cycle, employment, pensions and health. Among the organizers are Patrick M. Liedtke (Secretary General & Managing Director of The Geneva Association, Member of the ExCom of the Club of Rome) and Orio Giarini, (Honorary member of the Club of Rome). There will be Ivo Slaus (Active Member of the Club of Rome) and Gordon Wollgam (tt30). An outline of the sessions is available for download.

Vienna: Life in Cyberspace:
The Formation of Social Capital in Virtual Worlds

Life in Cyberspace

June 26th, 2007: The Austrian Chapter of the Club of Rome and the European Support Centre organize a symposium which will discuss the impact of our virtual contacts on real life. To what extent differ online and real life behaviour and how is social capital influenced? On the one hand, networking increases social capital, on the other hand, there are questions related to the quality of the virtual contacts, culture and ethics. Conference languange is German.

For detailed information and registration please visit the conference website.

Brussels: 43rd Aurelio Peccei Lecture by Jacques de Selliers, Guy Reinaud and Jacques de Gerlache

June, 20th, 2007: The lecture deals with the topic of biodiversity, which is one of the major challenges of our society and a substantial prerequisite for a sustainable planet. The results of the The Santo-Vanuatu Expedition in 2006, will illustrate the issue. The programme and a registration form can be downloaded.

The lecture will be preceded by the Annual General Assembly of the members of the Bussels-EU Chapter of the Club of Rome.

CACOR Luncheon with Nicole Schwartz-Morgan

June 4th, 2007: The presentation focused on the impact of globalization on human ecology, conceived not only as the bodies of human individuals but also as a social body including the state and other organizations.
Dr. Schwartz-Morgan is currently Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada here she has taught political philosophy in the Department of Politics and Economics since 2001.

Win 2 Conference

June 2nd, 2007: The Club of Rome International was among the partners of the Win 2 future conference in Vienna. Joerg Geier, Deputy Secretary-General, gave a speech which is available for download (German language).

European Network for Global Research Founded

Endre Kiss, President of the network

May 31st, 2007: Upon invitation by the Centre for Intercultural Studies, European scientists met in Fürstenfeld, Austria, and founded the European Network for Global Research. The members will deal with the evaluation of existing and with the creation of new theories on globalization. Both the composition and the working style of the group are interdisciplinary. The scientists presented their work and discussed how theory building on globalisation in Europe is expected to differ from work in other world regions. Prof. Endre Kiss, member of the Hungarian Association of the Club of Rome, was elected as President of the networking initiative for a period of three years.

Ambassador John W. McDonald receives Doctorate honoris causa

May 13th, 2007: USACOR member Ambassador John W. McDonald, lawyer, diplomat, was honoured by John's University, Minnesota, with its Doctorate of Laws honoris causa. Ambassador John W. McDonald, long-time international civil servant, development expert and peace builder, is co-founder and chairman of the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy in Washington, D. C., established in 1992.