Program

This is a Preliminary Program for this Meeting

Friday 29th, 2008

(Place: Mexico City: National Library),
UNAM: National Autonomous University of Mexico)

Welcome (Opening) 16:00-17-30 hrs

Science, Peace and Sustainability
- an introduction to the audience to INES and UNAM by
David Krieger

- INES president-

Invited: Rector of UNAM, Dr. José Narro Robles.

Public lecture

Steps to World Citizenship

Sir Harry Kroto,

(Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1996)

Florida St. University

. Challenges for inevitable global and regional changes in society due to peace, science and technology developments. Scientists, Researchers and Technology Developers need to acquire global ethical considerations towards their research activities and their applications. The concept of World Citizenship is needed to face the consequences of such applications on some key inevitable changes in the way of life of modern societies and the environmental resources in the global and regional scales.

Views of Responsible Science

Dra. Elena Álvarez Buylla

(UNAM-UCCS)

18:00 hrs

Transfer to IMSS-Oaxtepec
(1hr bus drive)

Dinner: World Café
(socializing event)

Saturday 1st March, 2008

1st Day of Working groups.

Wellcome

9:30 hrs

Speakers: Reiner Braun (INES)-, A. Salazar (INES, UNAM, Mex)

10:00-14:00 hrs


Lectures

• I. Challenges and Globalization of Science and the role of Scientists

Chair: Jean Paul Lainé,

Participants: Raúl Montenegro, M. Fortes, M. Perelló

Lunch

16:00-18:00 hrs

• II. Nuclear Weapons, Militarization and violence: The persistent Threats to Human Security
  

Chair: R Braun,

Participants: David Krieger, J Scheffran

Sunday 2nd March, 2008

10:00-12:00 hrs

• III. Environment, Global Warming and making of a more liveable World.

Participants: A. Martinez, O. Masera, E. Leff*

12:00-14:00 hrs

• IV. New ecological and economical strategies: Building the paradigm Sustainability.

Participants: R. García-Barrios, R. Montenegro,

16:00-18:00
Discussion session

Latin America: a continent of immense social and political change;

What impulse can give to world's change the social and political changes in Latin America? We will be discussing the rise of alternatives for a social and ecological development, in contrast with the neo-liberal economical trend.

Participants-. Heinz Dietrich.

Monday 3rd March 2008

Transfer to Mexico City

11:00 hrs.
Faculty of Sciences. This would be the closing of this INES-UNAM meeting,

A sustainable world of justice, without war:
a view from responsible scientists

Faculty of Sciences in the campus of the University, UNAM -Mexico City
Invited: Dr. Ramón Peralta-Fabi (Director of the Faculty of Sciences, UNAM)

This second public event will integrate the many ideas and discussions from the meetings in the previous days, and will set up a discourse, possibly a proposal coming from INES-UNAM community, or an announcement of a joint INES project in order to face some of the most crucial global changes.
It will be intended to address or engage some "policy makers", national and international media, and representatives of the society.

Speakers: Vìctor Toledo, David Krieger, Jean Paul Lainé, Marco Martínez, Reiner Braun

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