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30Th Anniversary Conference of the Schiller Institute The Schiller Institute The New Silk Road and China’s Lunar Program: MANKIND IS THE ONLY CREATIVE SPECIES! 30th Anniversary Conference of the Schiller Institute OCTOBER 18-19, 2014 FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY SATURDAY, 18.10.2014 8:30 – 9:45 Registration 10:00 – 10:15 Musical offering PANEL I: The New Silk Road is Transforming the Planet 10:15 – 11:00 Keynote: A New Era of Mankind Helga Zepp-LaRouche, President of the Schiller Institute 11:00 – 11:20 Some Innovative Ideas Concerning the Mode of Cooperation along the Silk Road Prof. Shi Ze, China Institute of International Studies, Beijing, China 11:20 – 11:40 Iran’s Role in the New Silk Road Strategy in the Third Millennium Dr. Fatemeh Hashemi, President of WSA (Women’s Solidarity Association), Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran 11:40 – 12:00 BRICS and the New International World Order Jayshree Sengupta, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India 12:00 – 12:20 A Constructive Alternative to the Existing World Order, and Stability in Ukraine – Pathway to Saving Mankind Natalja Vitrenko, Economist, Chairwoman of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine 12:20 – 12:40 A Vision of the Future of Eurasia Ali Rastbeen, Founder and President of Paris Academy of Geopolitics, Paris, France Discussion 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch PANEL II: The Future of Europe – Transatlantic Collapse or Alliance of Sovereign Republics? 14:30 – 14:50 The Role of Steel in the New Silk Road Perspective Professor Dr. Dieter Ameling, President of the German Steel Federation (until 2008), Essen, Germany 15:20 – 15:40 Greece and the Silk Road Economic Belt Panos Kammenos, Chairman of the Independent Greeks, Member of Hellenic Parliament, Athens, Greece 15:40 – 16:00 Mediterranean Bridging Professor Enzo Siviero, Member of Italian National Council of Universities, Venice, Italy 16:00 – 16:20 Common Security Interests in Eurasia Col. (ret.) Alain Corvez, Former Advisor to the General-in-Command of UNIFIL, Paris, France 16:20 – 16:40 How Long Will the “Sovereign Republics” of Europe Keep Dancing to Washington’s Tune? Ray McGovern, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), USA Discussion 19:30 Classical Concert SUNDAY, 19.10.2014 PANEL III: The New Silk Road and the New Paradigm for Mankind 10:00 – 10:30 Europe’s Identity: The Advantage of the Other in the New Paradigm Jacques Cheminade, President of Solidarité et Progrès, Paris, France 10:30 – 10:50 World Against Violence and Extremism: Middle East in Transition Saeed Khatibzadeh, Institute of Political and International Studies (Iran), Head of IPIS Regional Office Berlin, Gremany 10:50 – 11:10 Enrico Mattei’s Policy as a Universal Model for North-South, East-West Relations Antonino Galloni, Economist, Statutory Auditor of Istituto Nazionale Previdenza Sociale (INPS), Rome, Italy 11:10 – 11:30 The Danube, Morava-Vardar-Axios-Aegean Waterway and the Silk Road Economic Belt Mr Dragan Duncic, Republic Agency for Spatial Planning, Belgrade, Serbia Asst. Prof. Milena Nikolic, Higher Education Institute for Applied Studies, Belgrade, Serbia 11:30 – 11:50 Greeting Address from the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation Pei Hua, Director of the Research Division, CSCLF, Beijing, China Chen Bo, Deputy Director of the International Division Department, CSCLF, Beijing, China 11:50 – 12:10 BRICS and Pan-Africanism: Operational Convergences Diogène Senny, Secretary General of the Association LP Umoja, Panafrican League, Paris, France Discussion 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch (Continuation Panel III: The New Silk Road and the New Paradigm for Mankind) 14:00 – 14:20 Which Way Australia? To Hell with London and Wall Street, or to the Heavens with the BRICS? Robert Barwick, Citizens Electoral Council CEC, Australia PANEL IV: Science Drivers for a New Economic Miracle and the Common Aims of Mankind 14:20 – 14:50 Mining of Helium 3 on the Moon for a Fusion Power Economy and Space Propulsion Jason Ross, LaRouche Science Team, Washington DC, USA 14:50 – 15:10 Future Perspectives of Nuclear Power in the New Era of the Silk Road Prof. Dr. Wangsuo Wu, Dean of the School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, China 15:10 – 15:30 Where Germany Should Be 50 years from Now Toni Kästner, Chairman of the Fusion Energy Foundation (FEF), Essen, Germany 15:30 – 15:50 Fighting Diseases and Pandemics Through a Policy of Global Development Dr. Wolfgang Lillge, Editor-in-chief of the Fusion Magazine, Berlin, Germany Panel discussion with the audience: The New Paradigm for Mankind End of conference ca. 18:00.
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