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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