Organiser:
Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation, Berlin
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn
Bruno Kreisky Archives Foundation, Vienna
Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, Vienna
Dr. Karl Renner Institute, Vienna

Location of Event:
Berlin House of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Hiroshimastrasse 17, Berlin-Tiergarten

Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:00 p.m.
Salutation by the Chairman of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Former Minister President Holger Boerner
Salutation by the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer
Salutation by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation
Wolfgang Thierse
President of the German Bundestag

I. The End of Bipolarity?
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Gregor Schoellgen, Germany
Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen
Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation
1:30 p.m.
“From a Bipolar to a Multipolar World”
Dr. Douglas Brinkley, USA
Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies, New Orleans
1:50 p.m.
“Overcoming the Atomic Nightmare – from ABM, SALT, INF to START”
Dr. Gloria Duffy, USA
Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Club of California
2:10 p.m.
“The CSCE Process – Stabilisation of Blocs through Cooperation?”
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Otto Czempiel, Germany
Peace Research Institute Frankfurt on the Main
2:30 till 3:30 p.m. Discussion

II. The North-South Conflict
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Ronald Pruessen, Canada
University of Toronto
4:00 p.m.
“The North-South Conflict as ‚Genuine‘ Global Conflict”
Prof. Dr. Franz Nuscheler, Germany
Director of the Institute for Development and Peace, Duisburg;
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue
4:20 p.m.
“The United Nations – Forum for ‚One World‘?”
Prof. Dr. Lothar Brock, Germany
University of Frankfort on the Main
4:40 p.m.
“Africa as Player and Plaything of the Major Powers”
Professor Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Kenya
Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Kenya
5:00 p.m.
“The Cancun Summit”
Dr. Oliver Rathkolb, Austria
Director of the Bruno Kreisky Archives Foundation, Vienna
Discussion starting at 5:20 p.m.

6:00 p.m. Keynote Lecture:
“Challenges to Global Political Management at the Onset of the 21st Century”
Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder

Opening of the Bruno Kreisky Exhibit of the Bruno Kreisky Archives Foundation by Former Federal Chancellor Dr. Franz Vranitzky

Reception

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Thursday, November 15, 2001

III. Economic and Ecological Challenges to Global Management
Moderator:
Harald Schumann, Germany
Journalist and Publicist
9:30 a.m.
“Concepts for Global Economic and Ecological Management”
Prof. Dr. Udo E. Simonis, Germany
Berlin Centre for Social Research
9:50 a.m.
“The Significance of the World Economic Summits”
Dr. Joseph P. Daniels, USA
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisc.
10:10 a.m.
“Transnational Enterprises and Global Management”
Prof. Dr. Ewald Nowotny, Austria
Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Discussion at 10:30 a.m.

IV. Pathways to a Global System of Laws and Values
Moderator:
Dr. Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl, Austria
Director at UNIDO, New York
1:00 p.m.
“Globalization as a Challenge for Political Decisions between Sovereignty and Interdependency”
N.N.
1:20 p.m.
“Human Rights as the Fundamental Orientation for a Value System of International Policy”
Prof. Dr. Peter Leuprecht, Austria
McGill University, Montreal
Special Envoy of the UN General Secretary for Cambodia
1:40 p.m.
"The ‚Global Civil Society‘ and the Role of the NGO’s”
Kate Gilmore, Great Britain
Executive Deputy Secretary General Amnesty international, London
Discussion starting at 2:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.
Concluding Public Lecture: “Global Management as an Instrument of Sustainable Development”
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation

End of Event, approximately 3:30 p.m.