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Festival of Thinkers
2007 Program
October 21 - 24 2007
Sunday October 21
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Conference Reception to the Thinkers
Emirates Palace Ballroom
6:30pm–7:30pm
Attended by the dignitaries and H.E. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates
Networking with local and international media, sponsors and institutional executives.
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Monday October 22
View Day 1 Summary (pdf 1.64MB)
Opening Ceremony of the Festival of Thinkers
Emirates Palace Auditorium
10:00am-11.40am
Opening address - Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan
Keynote address - 'Future challenges - protecting our environment'
Wangari Maathai, Peace Prize 2004, Kenya
Keynote address -'Cultures of Creativity'
Michael Sohlman, Executive Director, The Nobel Foundation
Panel discussion with Nobel Laureates, 'Fostering young thinkers & innovators: environmental ingredients'
Dr Werner Arber, Nobel Prize Medicine 1978, University of Basel, Switzerland
Dr Franklin Sherwood Rowland, Nobel Prize Chemistry 1995, US
Dr Ivar Giaever, Nobel Prize Physics 1973, Norway
Dr George Smoot, Nobel Prize – Physics, 2006, USA
Dr Robert Huber, Nobel Prize Chemistry, 1988, Germany
Dr Sheldon Glashow, Nobel Prize Physics 1979, USA, Boston
Dr Martinus Veltman, Nobel Prize Physics 1999, The Netherlands
Dr Edward de Bono, Creative Thinker, Chairman - World Centre for New Thinking
Dr Buzz Aldrin, Astronaut (2nd man to walk on the moon), USA
Moderated by David Ignatius, The Washington Post
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Festival of Thinkers
Emirates Palace Pre-function Area
Theme 1: Future Challenges- Protecting our Environment
12:00pm Session chair introductory remarks
Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute – Columbia University
Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson - Arghyam Trust, India
12:10pm-12:50pm Round table panels thinking through the sub-themes using de Bono's 6 thinking hats
(each table facilitated by a Thinker, 20 students/ table)
12:50pm-1:00pm Summarizing table discussions
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1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch
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Festival of Thinkers
Emirates Palace Pre-function Area
Theme 2: Future of the World: Water and Energy and Sustainable Development
2:00pm Session chair introductory remarks
Professor David G. Victor, Director of the program on energy and sustainable development, Stanford University, United States
2:00pm-2:20pm Presentation on the theme
Mario Molina, Nobel Prize Chemistry 1995, University of California, San Diego, and Center for Strategic Studies in Energy and Environment, Mexico
Frank Sherwood Rowland, Nobel Prize Chemistry 1995, US
2:20pm-3:00pm Round table panels thinking through the sub-themes using de Bono's 6 thinking hats
3:00pm-3:15pm Summarizing table discussions
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3:15pm -3:45pm Coffee Break
'Bio-Art, Bio-Science and Technology' display and exhibition
Presented by INSEAD HMI, featuring the works of international artist Eduardo Kac
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Festival of Thinkers (concurrent session)
Emirates Palace Pre-function Area
Theme 3: Future Changes: Globalization, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
3:45pm-4:45pm Panel discussion
Gerardus `t Hooft, Nobel Prize Physics 1999, The Netherlands
Carlo Rubbia, Nobel Prize Physics 1984, Italy
Charles H. Townes, Nobel Prize Physics 1964, United States
Discussion with the floor
Moderated by Dr Bertrand Piccard, Scientist and Adventurer, Switzerland and William Amelio, CEO, Lenovo
4:45pm Conference Chairman’s summary for the day
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Festival of Thinkers (concurrent session)
Emirates Palace Auditorium
Theme 4: Role of Media in Impacting Future Changes
3:45pm-4:45pm Panel discussion
Theodore C. Sorensen, Board of Trustees, Council on Foreign Relations, USA
Judith Hornok, Journalist, Austria
David Patrick Columbia, Editor in Chief, New York Social Diary, USA
Jamil K Mroue, Publisher/Editor in Chief, The Daily Star Newspaper, Lebanon
Bonnie Fuller, Executive Vice President & Chief Editorial Director, American Media, USA
Pranay Gupte, Columnist, Forbes Asia
Michael Goodwin, Columnist, New York Daily News; CNN Commentator, USA
David Ignatius, Columnist, The Washington Post, USA
Riz Khan, Al Jazeera English network
Devi Cherian , Columnist, The Pioneer, India
Jacqueline Leo, Editor in Chief, Reader's Digest, USA
Rana Sabbagh, Correspondent, The Times London, Jordan
Shirley Lord, Senior Editor, Vogue Magazine, USA
Discussion with the floor
Moderated by: Jack Rosenthal, President, New York Times Company Foundation, USA
4:45pm Conference Chairman’s summary for the day |
Gala Dinner
Emirates Palace outdoor area
7:30pm-10:30pm
Keynote address: Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan
Framing of the festival: 'Global development - future challenges and opportunities'
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute-Columbia University, President and Co-founder of Millennium Promise Alliance, Former Director of the UN Millennium Project
Master of Ceremony: Riz Khan, Al Jazeera English TV
Performances: Armenian traditional dance troupe 'Barekamutyun' ; GÖRGY LAKATOS and his orchestra from Budapest, Hungary; Brian Silas - pianist |
Tuesday October 23
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Opening of the Nobel Museum
Emirates Palace
9:30am-10:30am Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan accompanied by Michael Sohlman, Executive Director, The Nobel Foundation, Sweden and Professor Svante Lindqvist, Director, Nobel Museum, Stockholm
Opening of the Nobel Foundation's Centennial Exhibition 'Cultures of Creativity' traveling Exhibition |
Festival of Thinkers (concurrent session)
Abu Dhabi Women’s College
Theme 5 : Future Challenges- A Vision for Children and Women of the World
11:00am-11:20am Presentation on the theme
Dr Wangari Maathai, Nobel Prize Peace 2004, The Green Belt Movement, Kenya
11:20am-12:00pm Panel discussion
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Prize Peace 2004, The Green Belt Movement, Kenya
Rana Sabbagh, Correspondent, The Times London, Jordan
Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson - Arghyam Trust, India
Zelmira Koch, Director, Head of Global Division, Chartwell Education
Lynn Nesbit, Janklow and Nesbit Associates, United States
Dorothy Herman, Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Douglas Elliman, United States
Jamie Amelio, President, Caring for Cambodia
Linda G. Davila, Chair of Board of Trustees, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Devi Cherian, Journalist and Social Activist (Orphaned Children, AIDS relief), India
12:00pm-12:30pm Discussion with the floor
Moderated by Riz Khan, Al Jazeera English
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Festival of Thinkers (concurrent session)
Centre of Excellence for Research and Training
Life Sciences Auditorium
Theme 6 : Future Opportunities- Health and Wellness
11:00am-11:20am Presentation on the theme
Professor Richard Roberts, Nobel Prize Medicine 1993, UK
11:20am-12:00pm Panel discussion
Professor Werner Arber, Nobel Prize Medicine 1978, University of Basel, Switzerland
Professor Richard Roberts, Nobel Prize Medicine 1993, UK
Carl J. Schramm, President and CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, USA
Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health City, Bangalore, India
Joan H. Marks, Graduate Program in Human Genetics, Sarah Lawrence College, USA
Professor Rouben Aroutiounian, Head of Genetics, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Robert Butler, President, International Longevity Centre, USA
Professor Karl Dietrich Hepp, Medical professional and journalist, Germany
Dr Paul A. Marks, President-Emeritus, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital, USA
Professor Sten Orrenius, Professor of Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Debora Guthrie, Managing Partner Chief Executive Officer and Principal, Capitol Health, USA
12:00pm-12:30pm Discussion with the floor
Moderated by David Ignatius, The Washington Post
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12:30pm-2:00pm Lunch at Abu Dhabi Men's College
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Festival of Thinkers
Abu Dhabi Men’s College Auditorium
Theme 7: Rising from the Ashes – Japan special
2:00pm-2:40pm Presentation on the theme by panelists
Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Science Advisor to the Cabinet, Government of Japan
Yoko Ishikua, Former Vice President Science Council of Japan
Nassrine Azimi, Director, U.N Institute for Training and Research, Hiroshima
Moderated by Professor Monte Cassim, President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
2:40pm-3:30pm Round table panels thinking through the sub-themes using de Bono's 6 thinking hats
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3:30pm-4:00pm Tea break
Japanese Flower Arrangement – demonstration & exhibition
IKENOBO - Traditional Japanese Flower Artists Masafumi Ikenobo & Yasuto Sasaki
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Festival of Thinkers
Abu Dhabi Men’s College Auditorium
Theme 8: Moving beyond Conflicts
4:00pm--5:00pm Panel discussion on the theme
Dr Martinus Veltman, Nobel Prize Physics 1999, The Netherlands
Marion Wiesel – Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, USA
Dr Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, Scientific Advisor to the President , Cuba
Dr Ali Dashti, Chairman, KGL Holding, Kuwait
Ciaran O'Cathain, Director, Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland
Dr Abdul Hallab, Advisor to the President, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Professor Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Scientific Council for Medicine in the Armed Forces, Germany
Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Science Advisor to the Cabinet, Government of Japan
Dalia Salaam Rishani, Patron, Next Century Foundation, Jordan
Nassrine Azimi, Director, U.N Inst.for Training and Research, Hiroshima
Discussion with the floor
Moderated by Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News
5:00pm Chairman’s summary for the day
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Wednesday October 24
View Day 3 Summary (pdf 527KB)
Festival of Thinkers
Dubai Men’s College
Theme 9: Preparing Creative and Responsible Citizens: Role of Educators
10:00 am-10:30am Interview with Nobel Laureates by HCT students
Kurt Wüthrich, Nobel Prize Chemistry 2002, Switzerland
Murray Gell-Mann, Nobel Prize Physics 1969, USA
Kary Mullis, Nobel Prize Chemistry 1993, USA
10:30 am-11:20am Panel discussion on the theme
Dr Michael Benson, President, Southern Utah University, United States
Professor Monte Cassim, President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
Dr Edward Guiliano, President, New York Institute of Technology, United States
Dr Tayeb Kamali, Vice Chancellor, Higher Colleges of Technology
Dr George Campbell, President, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, USA
DrHassan B. Diab, Vice President for Regional External Programs, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Dr Kerry Romesburg , President, Jacksonville University, United States
Dr Thomas Rocco, Provost, Hellenic American University, Greece
Dr Michael Ortiz, President, California Polytechnic Pomona, United States
Jennifer Raab, President, Hunter College, United States
Tim Zak, Executive Director, Carnegie-Mellon University, H. John Heinz School of Public Policy & Management, USA
Richard Stephens, Senior Vice President, The Boeing Company and Member, U.S. Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education
Discussion with the floor
Moderated by Dr Allan E Goodman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute of International Education |
Festival of Thinkers
Dubai Men’s College
Theme 10: Future Opportunities: Entrepreneurship and Poverty Alleviation
11:20pm-11:30pm Presentation on the theme
Dr Carl J. Schramm, President and CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, USA
11:30pm-11:40pm Session chair introductory remarks
Haryono Suyono, University of Airlangga, Former Coordinating Minister, People's Welfare and Poverty Alleviation, Indonesia
Fields Wicker-Miurin, Co-founder and Partner, Leaders' Quest Ltd, United Kiingdom
11:40pm-12:30pm Round table panels thinking through the sub-themes using de Bono's 6 thinking hats
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Festival of Thinkers
Dubai Men’s College
What thinking will be needed in the future?
12:30pm-1:00pm Thinkers discuss the theme with Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan
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1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch
Festival of Thinkers Closing Ceremony
Dubai Men’s College
2:00pm-2:20pm Presentation 'Some remarks on getting creative ideas'
Murray Gell-Mann, Nobel Prize Physics 1969, USA
2:20pm-3:20pm Panel discussion 'Designing the Future Through Thinking'
All session chairs and Nobel Laureates
Moderated by Dr. Sheldon Glashow, Nobel Prize Physics 1979, USA, Boston University and Dr. Tayeb Kamali, Vice Chancellor, Higher Colleges of Technology
3:20pm Closing remarks from the Chairman
Dr. Tayeb Kamali, Vice Chancellor, Higher Colleges of Technology
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