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02-03 October, 2004, Istanbul, Turkey 

Topic(s): Civilization and Harmony: Values and Mechanisms of the Global Order

Organized by: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey

  PROGRAMME

1 OCTOBER 2004, FRIDAY

 

 

Arrival of participants

19:15

Departure to “Feriye Restaurant”

20:00

Dinner

Hosted by Ambassador Prof. Dr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey

(Feriye Restaurant-by invitation)

 

 

2 OCTOBER 2004, SATURDAY

 

09:00-10:30

Opening of the Symposium

(Conrad Hotel)

Welcome Speech by Ambassador Murat Bilhan, Chairman of the Centre for Strategic Research (SAM) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey

 

Opening Address by H.E. Mehmet Aydın, State Minister of the Republic of Turkey

 

H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Tallal

 

Mr. Alvaro de Vasconcelos

10:30-10:45

Coffee Break

10:45-12:30

Plenary Session

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Johann Galtung

 

Prof. Dr. Immanuel Wallerstein

Sheikh Dr. M.A. Zaki Badawi

Prof. Dr. Dominique Reynie

Ambassador Prof. Dr. Ahmet Davutoğlu

12:30-14:00

Luncheon

Hosted by Ambassador Murat Bilhan, Chairman of the Centre for Strategic Research (SAM) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey

(Conrad Hotel)

14:00-16:00

POLITICAL DIMENSION:

INCLUSIVE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE/POLICIES AND REFORMS

Session 1

 

Moderator: Dr. Mostafa Zahrani

 

Prof. Dr. Yvonne Haddad

“The Quest for a Common Future: Issues for the 21st Century”

 

Mr. Andrey Stepanov

“Globalization and the UN System”

 

Mr. Mir Jamilur Rahman

“International Political System”

 

Dr. Roberto Aliboni

“Democracy Promotion and Democracy”

 

Dr. Şükrü Elekdağ

“Problems of Muslim World’s Modernization Process”

 

CULTURAL DIMENSION:

ETHICS OF CO-EXISTENCE

Session 1

 

Moderator: Prof. Dr. John Esposito

 

Prof. Dr. Rexhep Meidani

“Fundamental Questions in Democratic Development: Cultural Dimension and Tolerance”

 

Dr. Anas Sheikh Ali

“The Dangers of Islamphobia”

 

Prof. Dr. Robert Picht

“Towards Active Tolerance: Inter-cultural Challenges for Global Responsibility”

 

Asst. Prof. İbrahim Kalın

“Ethics of Living with the ‘Other’ in a Shrinking World”

 

Prof. Dr. Ahmed Driss

“Needed: Common Ground for the Dialogue” 

16:00-16:15

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

16:15-18.15

POLITICAL DIMENSION:

INCLUSIVE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE/POLICIES AND REFORMS

Session 2

 

Moderator: Ambassador Adnan Omran

 

Mr. Oraib al-Rantawi

“Regional Conflicts and Reform Challenges in the Middle East

 

Dr. Volker Perthes

“Patterns of Reform in the Arab East”

 

Prof. Dr. Gema Martin Munoz

“Democracy and Islamist Parties in Muslim Countries”

 

Mr. Abdullah Saaf

“Transition Democratique et Partenariat Euro Mediterranean”

 

Ms. Dorothee Schmid

“Cooperation with the Palestinian Authority: A Test Case for the EMP’s Design”

CULTURAL DIMENSION:

THE ETHICS OF CO-EXISTENCE

Session 2

 

Moderator: Prof. Talat Halman

 

Prof. Dr. John Voll

“Global Dialogues and Clashes in the Post-Civilization Global Order”

 

Assist. Prof. Dr. Cemil Aydın

“Legitimacy and the Ethics of the Global World Order: Lessons from the Relationship between Europe and the Muslim World During the Long 19th Century”

 

 

Prof. Dr. Bojko Bujar

“Issues on the Rule of Law Within and Outside the EU”

 

Prof. Dr. Hilal Elver Falk

“Legal Orientalism:Transplantation of Law from West to the East”

 

Mr. Osama Heikal

“Conditions for Civilian Argument”

19:15

Departure to “Esma Sultan Lodge”

20.00

Dinner

Hosted by H.E. Mehmet Aydın, Minister of State of the Republic of Turkey

(Esma Sultan Lodge-by invitation)

 

 

3 OCTOBER 2004, SUNDAY

09:00-10:30

CULTURAL DIMENSION:

ETHICS OF CO-EXISTENCE

Session 3

 

Moderator:Prof. Dr. Cemal Kafadar

 

Prof. Dr. Amin Saikal

“The Ethics of Coexistence: Islam and the West”

 

Dr. Mohamed Mestiri

“Status of Islam in the West:From the Fiqh of Minorities to the Fiqh of Citizenship”

 

Dr. Marc Vuijlsteke

“Education, Integration and Beyond”

 

Mr. Seyfi Taşhan

“Interaction between Terror and Modern Culture”

 

ECONOMIC DIMENSION:

MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL INTERDEPENDENCE /INTERREGIONAL-TRANSREGIONAL COOPERATION

Session 1

 

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Andre Gunder Frank

“The 21st Century will be Asian”

 

Prof. Dr. Abdullah Ahsan

“Values and Good Governance: Areas for Cooperation between EU and OIC Countries”

 

Dr. Ömer Bolat

Turkey: The Pivotal Country in the Emerging Common Market of the Afro-Euroasian Region”

 

Mr. Davut Ökütçü

Turkey’s EU Membership: The Key to Enhancing EU-OIC Cooperation”

 

Prof. Dr. Şakir Ziya Öniş

“The Varieties and Crises of Neo-liberal Globalization: Argentina, Turkey and IMF Nexus”

10:30-10:45

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

10:45-12:15

POLITICAL DIMENSIONS:

INCLUSIVE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE/POLICIES AND REFORMS

Session 3

 

Moderator: Dr. Philip Robins

 

Prof. Dr. Dimitri Kitsikis

“A Common Destiny”

 

Dr. Jan Schoonenboom

“The European Union, Turkey and Islam”

 

Prof. Dr. Erwan Lannon

“The Role of Turkey as a Future Member State in the Implementation of the Emerging European Neighbourhood and Middle East Strategies”

 

Prof. Dr. Fuat Keyman

“Global Democratic Governance and the Role of Turkey in the Post-September 11 World”

 

POLITICAL DIMENSIONS:

INCLUSIVE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE/POLICIES AND REFORMS

Session 4

 

Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Bulent Aras

 

Dr. Veniamin Popov

“Russia and Dialogue of Civilisations”

 

Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi

“Shifting Sands in Palestine and Iraq”

 

Dr. Bahiya Aldishi

“Arab Women and Challenges of Change Participation in Global Dialogue”

 

Dr. Usman Bugaje

“Globalisation, Democracy, Cultural Diversity and the Challenge of Develpment in Africa”

 

Assoc. Prof. Eduard GOMBAR

“Democratic Reforms in the Middle East in the Light of East European Experience”

 

 

12:15-13:45

 

 

Luncheon

Hosted by Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Director General IRCICA and Secretary General

Elect OIC

Conrad Hotel

13:45-14:30

CLOSING SESSION

Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, Director General IRCICA and Secretary General Elect OIC

 

Prof. Dr. Immanuel Wallerstein

 

Mr. Alexander Adler

14:30-15:00

CLOSING CEREMONY

Address by H.E. Abdullah Gül, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey 

 

DINNER

 

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