“Dialogue Among Civilization” Panels

The Center on Democratic Performance sponsored two DAC Panels (Dialogue Among Civilizations) at the the 20th Annual Conference of Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP) and Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science (SSIPS) to take place at Binghamton University, October 26-28, 2001.

DAC Panel: “Defining Democracy ” , Sat, Oct 27, 9 am - 12 noon

Chair & Organizer:

• Edward McMahon (Binghamton University)

Panelists:

• H.E. Fatos Tarifa, Ambassador of Albania to the USA
• H.E. Mwelwa Musambachine, Ambassador of Zambia to the UN, and Moses S. Walubita, First Secretary of Zambia to the UN, "Democracy and Ethnic Diversity: the Case of Zambia"
• Daniel Osabu-Kle, Carleton University, Canada, "Compatible Cultural Democracy"
• H.E. Bakgybek Abdrisaev (Ambassador of Kyrgistan to the USA), "Revising the Silk Road in the Global Age - Multi-ethnic National Harmony, Regional Stability and Global Trade"

DAC Panel: “Democracy and Globalization” , Sat, Oct 27, 1-4 pm

Chair & Organizer:

• Edward McMahon (Binghamton University)

Panelists:

• Darko Trefunovic , First Secretary of Bosnia to the UN, "Conflict Resolution and Democracy: The Case of the Balkans"
• Ali Paya , Center for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminister, UK, "Democratization and the Global Age"
• Robert Ostergard , Binghamton University, "The AIDS Epidemic and Agenda of Democratization in Africa"
• H.E. Walid Nasr , Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cairo, Egypt, "Egypt and Dialogue Among Civilizations"

For more information about the Conference, please visit the conference webpage of The Global Publications at Binghamton University.