6th IFLAC PEACE CULTURE
CONFERENCE
Place: Meridian Hotel, Haifa (Not Final).
Time: Monday 16 , Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 March 2009.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
The
central theme of the Conference is:"Building Cultural Bridges for Conflict
Resolution through Communication and Dialogue". Local and International
Peace Organizations and NGOs as well as peace lover individuals, Researchers
of Conflict Resolution, Leaders of Women Movements, Internet and Media Experts,
TV and Film Directors, Writers, Poets and Artists, will jointly explore the
possibilities of promoting Israeli Palestinian Peace. We will also exmine the
role of culture, literature, poetry, and other means of artistic expression and
communication in guiding our societies towards a peaceful and harmonious Middle
East.
This innovative PEACE
CULTURE CONFERENCE will have Panels of Lectures, Dialogues and
Discussions, Roundtables and Workshops, with practical Peace Resolutions at the
end of the Conferece, that will be sent to Governments, Institutions, and to
the Israeli, Palestinian and the
International Media. The main goals are: to give voice to the Silent Majority
that crave for Peace, and to promote a harmonious and democratic Human Rights
Society in our region.
Day 1:
: Monday 16 March
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Arrival
and Registration at the Hotel .
9.00
- Informal Get Together,
Introductions and Making Friends.
-
Exhibition of Peace NGOs and Organizations, Peace Books, Posters, and Peace
Art.
Peace
Videos and Films.
10:00 - PRESIDENCY GREETINGS
Guest of Honor: Mr. Yona Yahav Mayor of Haifa
Prof.
Ada Aharoni - IFLAC Founder and International President, Conference Chair
Dr.
Dalia Steiner - WICO Founder and International President
Prof. Ernesto
Kahan IFLAC Vice President
Dr.
Hana Siniora Ceo IPCRI
Dr.
Gershon Baskin - Founder Ceo IPCRI
10:15
11:00 SESSION 1.
KEYNOTE LECTURE and
PRESENTATION
Prof.
Ada Aharoni :Goals of the Conference,
and Israeli Palestinian Conflict Resolution Through The Creation of Bridges
of Culture (Lecture and Power Point Presentation),
An Israeli - Palestinian Cultural Peace Road That Can Work.
Panel: Opening and
Moderator: Dr. Gershon Baskin.
Panel: MP Dr.Yossi Beilin, Dr. Hana Siniora, MPAmi
Ayalon.
12:30
14.00 SESSION 3
Peace Through the
Process of Education
Roundtable: Opening and Moderator
Dr. Sara Zamir
Prof. Gabriel Salomon,
Nimer Nimer, Sethu Kumanan, Mr. Arie Kizel.
14.00-15..30: Lunch
Break
15.30
17.30 SESSION 4
Peace Culture Workshops
Three
Workshops will be in English. One
of them will be on: The Founding of a Human - Rights Super-Committee
Moderated by Yigal Kahana and Dr. Dr.
Rassem Amash. Another one will be on: The Language of Peace, moderated by Eva
Ferrero. The third one, suggested and organized by Timothy Ogene, Operations
Officer for the Africa Peace and Conflict Network(APCN), is on: Young People
and the Culture of Peace.
Three
other workshops will be in Hebrew, one of them moderated by Atalya Rosenberg
and Israel Litman: The Paving of Peace through Cultural Bridges. The second:
moderated by Story Teller: Dalia Rahav on The Importance of Peace Stories.
The second, moderated by poet Adelina Klein, on Peace Poetry.
Please
Resolutions taken in the Workshops, to be presented, at the General Meeting, by one of the Participants, chosen as delegate,
in each Workshop.
17.30 18.00:
Coffee Break
20:30 22:30
Peace Feast : Suggested Singers Achinoam
Nini (Noah), And Amal Murkus.
Peace
Stories: The Carmel Group, Folkloric Presentations: Moad Arqouv Dance Troupe.
Peace Poetry Marathon:
Israeli and Palestinin poets will recite their poems and reveal the Peace Story
behind the Poem. Among them: Dr. Chelly Abraham, Nimer Nimer, Adelina Klein,
Mahmoud Zeidan, Dorit Zilberman, Erez Biton, Shelly El Kayam, Dalia Rahav, Ora
Assael.
Music:
Rony Segoly.
Participants are invited to bring their musical instruments and be
prepared to present music, songs and dances from their own culture.
Day 2: Tuesday 17 March
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09:30 10:30 SESSION 5
Peace
Through the Internet.
Presenter
and Panel Moderator: Arie Kizel
Michael
Holmboe, Neri Bar-On, Moniim.
Chosen
Panel.
10:30
11:45 SESSION 6
Women as Peacemakers
Moderator
and Opening: Prof. Ada Aharoni
Greetings
by the various International Peace Delegations: GATHER THE WOMEN.
Panel:, Donna Qawasmi,
Irit Halprin, Donia Massalha
11:30 12:30 SESSION 7
How Can TV and Film Directors, Writers and Poets, Contribute to the Promotion of a Peace Culture?
Moderator and Opening: Prof. Ernesto Kahan
Michael
Holmboe, Shlomo Ganor, Dr. Chelly
Avraham
12.30-14.00: Lunch Break
14.00-16.00
SESSION 8
Peace Culture Workshops:
Three
workshops in English, and three in Hebrew. One of the workshops in English will
finalize the Human Rights Super-Committee, moderated by Yigal Kahana, Esq.
and Dr. Rassem Amash. Another one, moderated by Neri Bar-On, will
be on: the basic 8 components of human culture based on Spiral Dynamics
Integral and basic review of how we can apply to the process of change within
Israel culture and within Palestine culture so we can achieve peace.
Please Prepare Feedback and Resolutions for the General Meeting in all
the Workshops.
16.00
16.30: Coffee Break
16.30 - 17.30 SESSION 9
Concluding General Meeting: Opening: Prof. Ada Aharoni
Feedback
and Resolutions from the representatives of the Workshops.
Approval
of suggested Resolution: Creation of A
Peaceful Palestinian State by the side of Israel.
Announcement
of the formation of the Palestinian - Israeli Human Rights
Organizational Network, by Yigal Kahana Esq. and Dr. Rassem Amash.
Approved Resolutions will be sent to major Institutions, Governments and Media.
20:30
23:00
Peace Feast 2 : Suggested Singing
Group Ha Kol Over Habibi, Georges Samaan.
Music,
Peace Poetry, Dancing and Folkloric Presentations. Performance of Peace Stories by the CARMEL GROUP.
Day 3: Wednesday 18 March
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9.00 Bus from the Hotel to the Haifa University.
10.00 17.00. PEACE CULTURE SEMINAR - Jewish Arab Center at Haifa University.
Moderated
by Prof. Faisal Azaiza,
Head of the Center, and Prof. Ada Aharoni, Head of IFLAC: The International
Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace.
Greeting:
Prof. Yossi Ben Artzi, Rector of Haifa University.
Suggested Guest Speaker: Minister of Welfare, Mr. Itshak Bouji
Herzog.
Panel
Moderated by Prof. Gabriel Solomon: Academic Research on Peace
Culture Relations between Israelis and
Palestinians. Can academic research have an influence on political leaders?
Prof.
Hagai Kupershmidt, Prof. Rachel Herz Lazarovitch, Amal Abu Zaidan.
Roundtable:
Moderator and Opening - Prof. Faisal Azaiza:
The Haifa Model of Peace Culture between differernt religions and
ethnic entities:
Whereas
in other places these different ethnic entities: Israeli, Palestinian, Jewish, Moslem,
Christian, Druze and Bahai, often have violent clashes among them, in Haifa
they all live in peace and harmony, and prosper together. What is the secret of
the Haifa Model? Can it become a Model for our region and for the whole of the
Middle East. What is the contribution of the Jewish Arab Center of Haifa
University in attaining this harmonious atmosphere in Haifa?
Prof. Ada Aharoni -Panel: The Refugees of the the Arab Israeli Conflict: The Palestinians and the Jews from Arab Countries.
Are
the Arab residents of Haifa and the North more aware that the Jews from Arab
Countries, like the Palestinians, were refugees too? Does this reduce the feeling
of victimization of the Palestinians, and the feeling of having been forgotten
by history of the Jews from Arab countries?
Can the IFLAC project for a PEACE CULTURE TV by Satellite, help to
resolve the
Refugees
Problem and promote peace in our region?
CONCLUSION
Suggested Guests
of Honor - Mr. Shimon Peres, President of Israel.
Mr. Abu Alla , Delegate of the Palestinian Authority.
17.00 20,00 PEACE CULTURE IFLAC and EL BAADIA FESTIVAL
Peace
Culture Happening at the Bedouin Tent of Peace in Ussfiya. Director: Amin
Kassem.
Suggested Guest Speaker: Welfare Minister - Bougi Herzog.
Peace
Through Art Exhibition by Palestinian and Israeli artists.
Palestinian
and Israeli Writers and Poets. A Visit to The Bedouin Museum. Refreshments.
20.00 CLOSING OF THE 6th IFLAC
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
Prof. Ada Aharoni, Amin Kassem, Prof. Ernesto Kahan.
IMPORTANT NOTES
The
language of the Conference is in English, and where needed , Hebrew and Arabic
translation will be provided.
1.
To the Moderators, and Participants in the various Panels and Roundtables:
Please
fill the Confirmation of Participation
Form below (on Page 8). Please send as a WORD File to: Prof. Ada Aharoni: Iflac@bezeqint.net and to: Dr. Dalia Steiner daliast@netvision.net.il . Only participants who have filled and sent
this Form before November 1, 2009, will be included in the Program of the
Conference.
2.
Call for Expert Moderators of the Peace Workshops. Please send
3 lines bio about yourself and your experience as Moderator, to Prof.
Ada Aharoni and to Dr. Steiner, to the above emails.
3. Each Panel and Roundtable is followed by 15
minutes for questions and discussion.
4. We do
not have the possibility to offer any grants. All participants will have to pay
their own travel expenses, and the Hotel.
The
Registration Fee for the 3 days (for participation only), is 150 $. Those who would like to book accomodations
and meals at the Hotel, will have to contact the Hotel directly. We will let
you know the phone number and email of the chosen Hotel as soon as we have
finalised it.
5. This Program is not final, and there may be
changes.
WE ARE KEENLY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR HELP IN MAKING THIS PROPOSED PEACE CULTURE CONFERENCE A GREAT SUCCESS!
Happy Jewish New Year
- Shana Tova, and Moslem - Eid Mubarek,
Prof. AdaAharoni Chair of the Conference, and IFLAC Founder
President.
Dr. Dalia Steiner Wico Founder and International President
Email: iflac@bezeqint.net
IFLAC:
The International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace ( Founded
1999).
NGO. Number: 58-035-275-5 Websites:
www.iflac.com www.iflac.com/ada
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Peace Conference. Your donations and your sponsoring are a contribution to
promote Peace in the Middle East and Peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Confirmation
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At
the 6th IFLAC PEACE CULTURE CONFERENCE
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emailing this document to the following, before November 1, 2009.
Emails:
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IFLAC PEACE CULTURE CONFERENCE that will take place on March 16, 17, 18, 2009,
in Haifa.
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