www.uni-jena.de

CLOSING CEREMONY INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING

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KEYNOTES Die Krise des Multilateralismus — Herausforderung

für Wissenschaft

Prof. Dr. Klaus Toepfer (Germany)

Co-Chair of an Independent Team of Advisors (ITA) to the UN

Secretary-General, former UNEP Executive Director & Federal

Minister of Environment

Global Understanding and Global Citizenship

Prof. Carlos Torres (U.S.A.)

UNESCO Chair ‘Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education’,

Distinguished Professor University of California at Los Angeles

(UCLA)

BREAK

15:45

PRESENTATIONS &

ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION

Arts & Global Understanding

Margalit Berriet (France)

IYGU Global Action Center for Arts in Paris

UNESCO and the Legacy of IYGU

John Crowley (United Kingdom)

Chief of Section ‘Research, Policy and Foresight’, UNESCO

Possible Futures of the IYGU

with the participation of Prof. Dr. Joos Droogleever Fortuijn

(International Geographical Union, The Netherlands),

Dr. Mathieu Denis (International Council of Science, Canada),

Prof. Dr. Carlos Torres (UNESCO Chair, UCLA, U.S.A.),

Prof. Dr. François Djindjian (International Council for Philosophy

and Human Sciences, Sorbonne, France),

Dr. Karl Donert (EUROGEO, United Kingdom).

CLOSING REMARKS & RECEPTION

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Closing Ceremony of the

International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU)

1 p.m., November 21, 2017

Aula, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Fürstengraben 11

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MASTER OF CEREMONIES Marie Kaiser (radioeinsrbb, Berlin)

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13:00 — 15:30

INTRODUCTION by Marie Kaiser & Benno Werlen

WELCOME ADDRESSES

Prof. Dr. Walter Rosenthal

President of the Friedrich Schiller University

Gordon McBean (Canada)

President of the International Council for Science (ICSU)

François Djindjian (France)

Vice-President of the International Council for Philosophy

and Human Sciences (CIPSH)

Mathieu Denis (Canada)

International Council of Science & International Social

Science Council (ISSC)

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Benno Werlen

IYGU’s Major Achievements