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Call For Papers And Participation
SECOND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON
THE EVOLUTION OF WORLD ORDER:
GLOBAL AND LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR A
JUST AND SUSTAINABLE CIVILIZATION
June 3 - 6, 1999, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The World seems to be changing at a dizzying pace, and many of
the novelties offer a serious threat to the environment and to the
human well-being. This conference aims at assessing the
shortcomings in today's existing world order and at proposing new
social structures and processes which are more meaningful for the
present and desirable for the future. The challenge of participants
lies in establishing a holistic view of the environment and of
humankind entangled in global, national and local conflicts, and
using this vision, to offer concrete alternative paths forward.
Are the non-renewable, toxic fuels necessary to sustain our
technology based civilization? Does happiness really depend on
consumerism and on growth of population and of the economy?
Can big and multinational corporations be redirected to serve all
people and the environment? Can satisfying global living standards
only be achieved by homogenizing the world's cultures? How many
people can live a good life on a healthy planet? Is humankind
able to self-organize in a way such that international law and
customs will render wars and mass destruction obsolete and
unthinkable?
All organizations and individuals are invited to present a
comprehensive vision of world affairs including global, national and
local implications. Governments, civil organizations, corporations,
unions, professions and citizen are invited to share their
perceptions on what 'is', and on what 'ought to be', and to work
together to produce useful proposals for actions required to
improve justice and sustainability of our civilization. The
conference offers an opportunity for communication between
various kinds of social organizations, and for communication
among organizations of the same level and among individuals.
We call for contributions to panels, lectures, posters, and exhibits
to be presented at the Toronto conference. We invite contributions
to a global electronic conference on the same issues and actions.
These will be presented on our internet list, and collected on our web
page before, during, and after the meeting. A selection of the papers
will be published in conference proceedings.
The conference will have ten 1.5 h plenary sessions, and several sessions
with parallel presentations, and posters. We hope to cover the urgent
problems facing humankind today:
1. Environmental Imperatives for a Sustainable World
2. The Potential of Science and Technology
3. The Search for Universal Values as a Foundation of World Order
4. The Role of Religion, Spirituality, and Ethics
5. Global Governance or Chaos and World Disorder
6. The UN Today and What It Might Be in Future
7. International Organizations: IMF and World Bank; Transnational
Corporations; Trade Unions; NGOs; Professional Societies; Secret
Societies.
8. Domains of Sovereignty for Nations, Provinces, and Municipalities
9. International Political Economy: NAFTA-WTO-MAI-etc. and Alternatives
10. The Earth Charter: Challenge for Individuals, Educators and the Media
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Anatol Rapoport (honorary conference chair), - Helmut Burkhardt
(conference co-chair), - Walter Dorn, - Cheshmak Farhoumand, -
Shirley Farlinger, - Eric Fawcett, - Terry Gardner, - Michael
Greenspoon (conference co-chair), - Lynn Holden, - Helen Izumi,
Mickey Masuda, - Julia Morton-Marr, - Ross Wilcock, - David Woolfson.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
- Science for Peace (SfP), - The International Society for the
Systems Sciences (ISSS), Canadian Division, - Physicians for
Global Survival (PGS) - The International Network of Engineers
and Scientists for Social Responsibility (INES) - McLuhan Program
in Culture and Technology, University of Toronto, - Soka Gakkai
International (SGI) Canada, Caledon Centre for Culture and
Education, - Voice of Women for Peace , - Ryerson Polytechnic
University, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.
PARTIAL LIST OF OTHER SUPPORTERS:
- United Nations Association in Canada,- Pugwash Canada, - Jesuit
Centre for Social Justice, - World Federalists of Canada, - Peace
Magazine.
REGISTRATION, DONATIONS:
Conference registration is limited to 120. Registration fees are
CDN$ 190. Internet discussions are open to all at no fee. Donations
to the World Order Conference are welcome. The conference is an
independent, self-supporting activity.
ABSTRACTS, PROCEEDINGS:
Please submit a one page abstract of a proposed presentation,
poster, exhibit or internet presentation. Mail or facsimile copies
should be accompanied by a computer disk in MS Word,
WordPerfect or ASCII text file. Email copies in the same format
are acceptable. Send to H. Burkhardt, Co-chair, World Order
Conference. All accepted abstracts will be published on the WOC
discussion list, and the WOC home page. Those submitted before
March 31, 1999 will be printed in the Conference Book of
Abstracts and available in print at the conference. Partial proceedings
will be published containing a seletion of the papers presented.
MAILING AND ELECTRONIC ADDRESSES:
H. Burkhardt, Co-chair, World Order Conference,
Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science,
Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 2K3
Tel: 416-979-5000, ext. 7246
Fax: 416-979-5064
Email: woc@acs.ryerson.ca
Internet discussion list: woc-l@pgs.ca
Web page: http://www.pgs.ca/woc/
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