Conference Program
Warsaw, June 25-27, Reform Plaza, Aleje Jerozolimskie 121/123
Sunday, June 25
| 9:00-10:00 |
WELCOME COFFEE AND REGISTRATION |
| 10:00-10:30 |
COMMENCEMENT AND WELCOME |
| Remarks: |
Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland |
| Chairman: |
Aleksander Smolar, President, Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) |
| 10:30-12:00 |
OPENING PLENARY SESSION |
| Remarks: |
Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France
George Soros, Chairman, Open Society Institute and Soros Fund Management
Alejandro Toledo, President, Partido Peru Posible |
| Chairman: |
Bette Bao Lord, Chairman, Freedom House (United States) |
| 13:00-14:45 |
CONCURRENT PANELS |
Globalization and Democracy
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| Panelists: |
Francis Fukuyama, Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University (United States)
Benjamin Barber, Director, Walt Whitman Center, Rutgers University (United States)
Bolivar Lamounier, Research Director, Sao Paulo Institute of Economic, Social and Political Studies (Brazil)
Fred Van Leeuwen, General Secretary, Education International (Belgium) |
| Chairman: |
Werner Weidenfeld, Member of the Board, Bertelsmann Foundation (Germany) |
Opening Closed Societies
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| Panelists: |
Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace (Iran/United States)
Irena Lasota, President, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (United States)
Xiao Qiang, Executive Director, Human Rights in China (China) |
| Chairman: |
Genaro Arriagada, former Ambassador to the United States (Chile) |
Human Rights and the Right to Democracy in International Relations
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| Panelists: |
John Bolton, Senior Vice President, American Enterprise Institute (United States)
Sergei Kovalyov, State Duma Deputy, Russian Federation (Russia)
Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute (United States) |
| Chairman: |
Bi-Khim Hsiao, Director, Department of International Affairs, Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan) |
Political Parties: Catalysts or Obstacles to Democratic Reform
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| Panelists: |
Mary Harney, Leader, Progressive Democrats Party; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Ireland)
Maria Soledad Alvear Valenzuela, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Chile)
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, President, Liberal International; Minister of Finance, Budget, and External Relations (Belgium) |
| Chairman: |
Thomas Melia, Vice President for Programs, National Democratic Institute (United States) |
PLENARY SESSION
| 15:00-15:30 |
Bronislaw Geremek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland |
| 15:45-17:30 |
National Sovereignty, Humanitarian Intervention and Democracy |
| Panelists: |
Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (East Timor)
Veton Surroi, Publisher, Koha Ditore (Kosovo)
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, former Special Rapporteur to the Former Yugoslavia, United Nations Commission on Human Rights |
| Chairman: |
TBD |
| 20:00 |
Dinner for the Community of Democracies Ministerial Meeting hosted by Bronislaw Geremek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, with the participation of World Forum on Democracy guests (by invitation) |
Monday, June 26
PLENARY SESSIONS
| 9:30-11:15 |
Democracy and Dealing with an Authoritarian Past |
| Panelists: |
Raul Alfonsin, former President of Argentina (Argentina)
Adam Michnik, Editor, Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland)
Jusuf Wanandi, Chairman, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Indonesia) |
| Chairman: |
Janos Kis, Professor of Philosophy, Central European University (Hungary) |
| 11:30-12:30 |
Threats to Democracy and International Responses |
| Remarks: |
Alpha Oumar Konaré, President of the Republic of Mali* |
| Chairman: |
Michael Zantovsky, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, Defense and Security, Senate of the Czech Republic* |
| 13:30-14:00 |
Presentation of the WFD Declaration |
| 14:00-14:45 |
Democracy in the Era of Globalization |
| Remarks: |
Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State |
| Chairman: |
Henryka Bochniarz, President, Polish Confederation of Private Employers (Poland) |
| 15:00-16:45 |
CONCURRENT PANELS |
Culture and Democracy
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| Panelists: |
Kavi Chongkittavorn, Executive Editor, The Nation (Thailand)
Nasser Hadian, Director, Graduate Faculty of Law and Political Science, Tehran University (Iran)
Amos Oz, Nobel Literature Prize Laureate (Israel)
Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail, National Justice Party (Malaysia) |
| Chairman: |
Kenneth Adelman, Secretary of the Board, Freedom House (United States) |
Democracy and Corruption
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| Panelists: |
Antonio DiPietro, Member, Italian Senate (Italy)
Peter Eigen, Chairman, Transparency International (Germany)
Serhiy Holowaty, former Minister of Justice (Ukraine) |
| Chairman: |
Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, former Prime Minister (Poland) |
Supporting Democratic Change through National and International Foundations/Institutions
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| Panelists: |
Uwe Optenhögel, Director, Division of International Dialogue, Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Germany)
Eduardo Nolla, Vice-Rector, Universidad San Paulo (Spain)
Roland Rich, Director, Centre for Democratic Institution (Australia) |
| Chairman: |
Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy (United States) |
| 17:00-18:45 |
CONCURRENT PANELS |
Democracy, Freedom, and Development
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| Panelists: |
Wei Jingsheng, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University (China)
Ayo Obe, President, Civil Liberties Union (Nigeria)
Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University (United States) |
| Chairman: |
Frederick van Zyl Slabbert, Chairman, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (South Africa)* |
From Limited Democracy to Full Democracy
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| Panelists: |
Ghia Nodia, Director, Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (Republic of Georgia)
Pierre Rosanvallon, Centre de Recherches Politiques Raymond Aron (France)
Fareed Zakaria, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs (United States) |
| Chairman: |
Bengt Save-Soderbergh, Secretary General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (Sweden) |
Federalism, Multi-Ethnic Society and Democracy
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| Panelists: |
Judy Cavanagh, Deputy Minister, Government Priorities, Government of British Columbia (Canada)
Aaron Gana, Executive Director, African Centre for Democratic Governance (Nigeria)
Yogendra Yadav, Director, Director of the Institute for Comparative Democracy (India)
Mara Hernandez Estrada, Coordinator of Networking with Mexican Migrants, Campaign Committee of Vincente Fox, Presidential Candidate of the National Action Party (PAN) (Mexico) |
| Chairman: |
Ralph Lysyshyn, President, Forum of Federations (Canada) |
| 20:00 |
OPTIONAL DINNER AND CULTURAL EVENT |
Tuesday, June 27
PLENARY SESSION
| 9:30-10:30 |
WFD Declaration Signing and Coffee |
| 10:15-10:40 |
Report from the WFD to the Community of Democracies Ministerial Meeting |
| 10:30-12:00 |
Plenary Discussion: The Future of the WFD |
| 12:00-12:20 |
Visit by Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| Chairman: |
Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor (United States) |
| 12:30-13:30 |
Reflections from the Community of Democracies Ministerial Meeting |
| Remarks: |
Jan Kavan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic*
Joung-binn Lee, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea*
Jaswant Singh, Minister of External Affairs, India* |
| Chairman: |
Andrzej Olechowski, former Foreign Minister (Poland) |
| 13:30-14:30 |
CHAMPAGNE TOAST AND PRESS BRIEFING |
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