World Civilization Forum 2005
Toward A New Paradigm for the World
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World Civilization Forum 2005

* Date :space 21 - 22 July 2005
* Venue :space UN House (United Nations University)
* Co-organized by :space National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) , The Japan Foundation, United Nations University
* Supported by :space All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd., Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

[ Summary ]

July 21 9:00`16:45 Closed Session

July 22 10:15`18:30 Open Forum

Programme (for July 21 and 22)

* Opening Remarks :space Amartya SEN, Professor, Harvard University, India
* Welcome Addresses : Junichiro KOIZUMI, Prime Minister
Hans van GINKEL, Rector, United Nations University
Yotaro KOBAYASHI, Chairman, National Instutute for Research Advancement(NIRA)
* July 22 only
* Voice of the Youth : Report by Global Youth Exchange Programme participants
* July 22 only
* Session 1
space"Partnership for Justice, Fairness and Equity in the Globalizing World"
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Moderator
 : Makoto IOKIBE, Professor, Kobe University, Japan
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Panelists
 : Seyed Mohammad Ali ABTAHI, President of Institute for Interreligious Dialogue / Advisor to President Khatami , Iran / Francis FUKUYAMA, Professor, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, US / Olivier GISCARD d' ESTAING, Chairman of the European League for Economic Cooperation Fr./Chairman of the INSEAD Foundation, France / Sari NUSSEIBEH, President, Al-Quds University, Palestine / Shinya ONO, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan / Leonid Mikhailovich ROSHAL, Executive Director and Chief, Moscow Children's Clinical and Research Institute of Emergency Surgery and Trauma, Russia / Takashi SHIRAISHI, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan / Yozo YOKOTA, Special Adviser to the Rector, United Nations University, Japan
Session 1
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* Session 2
space"Development as Capability Expansion: Alternative Paths to Justice, Freedom and Well-being"
Moderator
 : Kotaro SUZUMURA, Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Panelists
 : Khalid bin Mohammed AL-GOSAIBI, Minister of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia / Motohisa FURUKAWA, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan / HAN Seung-soo, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Korea / Kenneth David KAUNDA, First President, Zambia / Amartya SEN, Professor, Harvard University, India / Rehman SOBHAN, Chairman, Center for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh / Masayuki YAMAUCHI, Professor, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Session 2
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* Session 3
space"The Arts in the Age of Globalization"
Moderator
 : Koichi KABAYAMA, Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Panelists
 : Jutta LIMBACH, President, the Goethe Institute, Germany / Ryosei KOKUBUN, Professor, Keio University, Japan / Susan NAPIER, Professor, the University of Texas of Austin, US / Kiyohiko TOYAMA, Member of the House of Councilors, Japan / Erzhan Abulkhairovich UTENBAEV, Head of the Senate Secretariat, Kazakhstan / YU Qiuyu, Writer, China
Session 3
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* Wrap-up Session

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