EUROPEAN CENTER FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE EST. BY THE UNITED NATIONS XI ECPD International Conference on FUTURE OF THE WORLD BETWEEN GLOBALIZATION AND REGIONALIZATION Belgrade (City Hall) 24-25 October, 2015 AGENDA Saturday, October 24, 2015 09:00 09:30 Registration of the participants 09:30-10:30 OPENING CEREMONY CHAIRMAN’S OPENING ADDRESS Prof. Dr. Akio Kawato, President of the ECPD Council WELCOME ADDRESS Sir James Mancham, Founding President of the Republic of Seychelles; President, Global Peace Council KEYNOTE SPEAKER Prof. Dr. Erhard Busek, Vice-Chancellor of Austria a.d. (Ad personam Jean Monnet Chair) 10.30–10:45 Discussion 10:45-12:00 FIRST PLENARY SESSION GLOBALIZATION THROUGH POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT Chairmen: Prof. Dr. Erhard Busek / Sir James Mancham Speakers: Prof. Dr. Akio Kawato, President of the ECPD Council “Salient Trends in the World as seen from Japan” Prof. Dr. Roberto Savio, President Emeritus, IPS, Italy “Global Challenge for our Transition Times” Prof. Dr. Horst Mahr, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Association, Munich, Germany “Europe in an increasingly complex World” Prof. Dr. Yoji Koyama, Niigata University Japan “Economic Integration, Competition and Cooperation at the Balkans” Prof. Dr. Jožef Kunič, Slovenian Association for International Relations “Facing Global Challenges through Regionalization” Prof. Dr. Marjan Svetličić, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia “Are Economic Integration and Political Disintegration Two Contrary Processes? “ Prof. Dr Raoul Weiler, Institute of Climate Change, Belgium “The Nature Integration and Disintegration is One of Basic Principles“ EUROPEAN CENTER FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE EST. BY THE UNITED NATIONS Prof. Dr. Bojana Berić, Long Island University, USA “Connecting the Balkans and the Global Society by Addressing the UN SDGs #17 and #5” Prof. Dr. Igor Kondrashin, World Philosophical Forum, Greece “Socialization of the Humanity through Uniform Civic Education” Prof. Dr. Christo Kaftandjiev, Professor, Sofia University, Bulgaria “Globalization Communicative Bridge. The Future of the World between Globalization and Regionalization (on the basis of Advertising)” Discussion 12:00-12:15 Coffee Break 12:15-14:00 SECOND PLENARY SESSION MACRO REGIONALIZATION IN THE WAY OF GLOBALIZATION AS A WORLD PROCESS Chairman: Prof. Dr. Don Wallace / Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wolte Speakers: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Priebe, Professor ECPD UPUN, Former Director for Balkans in DG Enlargement, European Commission “Regionalization within the European Union” Prof. Dr. Miodrag Vuković, President, Committee for International Relations and European Integrations, Parliament of Montenegro “Balkan (Montenegro) – The Challenges of Global Terrorism (ISIL)” Prof. Dr. Silvo Devetak, University of Maribor, Slovenia “The Role of OSCE in the Future Processes of Stabilization and Democratic Development in the European Space” Prof. Dr. Nikola Popovski, International Slavic University, Macedonia „Is Globalization Swallowing the Regionalism?” Prof. Dr. Vern Redekop, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada “Creating Conditions for Emergent Blessing in the Western Balkans: New Response to Complex Challenges” Prof. Dr. Jovan Manasijevski, Center for Security Studies, FRY of Macedonia “Rebalancing Bilateralism and Inter-Regionalism: Opportunity for Reframing the EU-Russia Relations” Prof. Dr. Nano Ružin, FON University, FRY of Macedonia “Balkan Stereotypes” Prof. Dr. Nikolay Tomov, Executive Director Slavyani Foundation, Bulgaria “Southeastern Europe: When does Regionalization Succumb to Globalization” Dr. Myrianne Coen, Counsellor of Swiss Embassy, Italy “Mass Migration as a Symptom: The Roots of Chaos” Dr. Toshko Angela Krastev, President, European Polytechnic University, Sofia “Problems and Possibilities for Cooperation in EuroAzia on Higher Education” Discussion 14:00-15:30 Break EUROPEAN CENTER FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE EST. BY THE UNITED NATIONS 15:30 - 17:30 THIRD PLENARY SESSION THE BALKANS AS A EUROPEAN SUBREGION Chairmen: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Priebe / Prof. Dr. Boris Shmelev Speakers: Academician, Prof. Dr. Vlado Kambovski, Macedonian Academy for Sciences and Arts “The Balkans as a European Subregion: Key Challenges of the Development and Integration” Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wolte, Austrian Society for European Policy, Vienna “Globalization, European Union and the Social Dimension” Prof. Dr. Arthur Lyon Dahl, Professor, UNEP University of Geneva, Switzerland “The Sustainable Development Goals and their Implications in the Western Balkans” Prof. Dr Dimitar Mirčev, Advisor to the President of Macedonia, Skopje “Does the Balkans have Capacity for Globalization” Prof. Dr. Nobuhiro Shiba, Josai Institute for Central European Studies, Japan “Comparing the Way of Reconciliation through History Education in the Western Bal- kans and East Asia: from the Viewpoint of Human Security Building” Prof. Dr. Tihomir Domazet, University of Zagreb, Croatia “Shift EU’s Balkanization – Building Modern Balkan’s Economies” Prof. Dr. Ezio Benedetti, University of Trieste, Italy “European Union Conditionality on Human Rights and Enlargement Process of the EU to the Western Balkans” Prof. Dr Jove Kekenovski, University “St.Kliment Ohridski” - Ohrid, FRY Macedonia “Macedonia against the Refugee Crisis and the Lack of Coordination, Lack of Principles and the Unpreparedness of the European Union” Prof. Dr. Alexander A. Kornilov, Institute of International Relations and World History Studies, University of Nizhny Novgorod, RF “Regionalization and Civilization Rifts in Contemporary World: Tests and new Solutions” Prof. Dr Pavle Bubanja, University of Niš, Serbia “Suffering and Killing Idea of Peace in the Process of Human History” Discussion 17:30 - 17:45 Break 17:45 - 19:00 FORTH PLENARY SESSION COMPARISONS IN THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN ASEAN AND THE BALKAN REGIONS Chairmen: Prof. Dr. Akio Kawato / Academician Prof. Dr. Vlado Kambovski Speakers: Prof. Dr. Akio Kawato, President ECPD Council “ASEAN’s Case - Loose Unity in Economy and Politics” Prof. Dr. Naohiro Kitano, Deputy Director, JICA Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan “ASEAN Economic Integration and JICA’s Role in it” EUROPEAN CENTER FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE EST. BY THE UNITED NATIONS Mr. Toshio Abe, Resident Representative, JICA Balkan Office “JICA Activities in the Balkans” Prof. Dr Ljubomir Kekenovski, St. Cyril and Methodius University, FRY Macedonia “Macedonia as Region between the Ottoman and EU Supra Structure-Economic Logic and National Confrontations” Prof. Dr. Tatyana Issyk, Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan “Tolerance as a Way for Development of a Country (Kazakhstan)” Discussion 19:00-19:30 Promotion of the book “Seychelles - The Saga of a Small Nation Navigating the Cross-Currents of a Big World” by Sir James Mancham Speakers: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wolte / Prof. Dr. Pasquale Baldocci 19:30 – 21:00 RECEPTION hosted by Prof. Dr. Akio Kawato, President of the ECPD Council Prof. Dr. Don Wallace, President of the ECPD Academic Council Prof. Dr. Negoslav Ostojić, ECPD Executive Director Concert by Ensemble RENAISSANCE Sunday, October 25, 2015 09:00 - 10:30 FIFTH PLENARY SESSION CONCLUDING SPEECH Prof. Dr. Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Director General UNESCO a.d. President of the ECPD International Board of Trustees A VIEW TO THE FUTURE AND RECOMMENDATIONS Chairman’s Conclusions 11:00 OPENING OF THE THIRD ECPD INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FORUM Speeches: are limited to 10 minutes, additional topics for discussions 3 to 5 minutes Working language: English and Serbian - simultaneous translation provided.