Programme

Internal meetings 9-10 October 2004

Monday, 11 October 2004

Venue: The House of Estates, Snellmaninkatu 9-11

08:30
 		 Registration
 		  
 
09:00
 		 Welcome Address
 		 Mr Markku Wilenius
Chair, Finnish Association for The Club of Rome
 
 
 		 Informed Humanity: Finland's Goals
 		 Ms Tuula Haatainen
Minister of Education and Science, Finland
 
 
 		 Opening Address
 		 Prince El Hassan bin Talal
President of The Club of Rome
 
 
 		 Freedom of Expression: A Deterrent to Violence
 		 Ms Mona Makram-Ebeid
Club of Rome
 
10:30
 		 Coffee Break
 		  
 
10:50
 		 Towards a New Balance of Informed Global Politics
 		 Mr Martti Ahtisaari
Former President, Finland
 
 
 		 Knowledge - a Tool for Development
 		 Mr Joseph Semboja
Professor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation
 
 
 		 The US - The Challenged Superpower - Politics in the Information Society
 		 Ms Roseann Runte
 
 
 		 Chair
 		 Mr Eberhard von Koerber
Vice-President of The Club of Rome
 
13:00
 		 Lunch
 		  
 

Venue: The House of Sciences and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6

14:00
 		 Workshops
 		  
 
17:30
 		 End of Workshops
 		  
 

Venue: Teliasonera Futurium, Elimäenkatu 10

19:00
 		 Welcome Words and Dinner Buffet
 		  
 
 
 		 Russia - On the Way to an Information Society?
 		 Mr Sergey Kapitza
The Club of Rome
Mr Kari Liuhto
Turku School of Economics
 
 
 		 Chair
 		 Mr Uwe Möller
Secretary General of the Club of Rome
 
 
 		 Introduction of the Futurium
 		  
 

Tuesday, 12 October, 2004

Venue: Helsinki University, Great Hall, Fabianinkatu 33

09:00
 		 Towards Informed Humanity
 		 Ms Tarja Halonen
President of Finland
 
09:30
 		 Reports from the Workshops
Discussion
 		  
 
 
 		 Chair
 		 Mr Esko Kalimo
The Club of Rome
 
10:45
 		 Coffee Break
 		  
 
11:00
 		 Panel Discussion
Beyond Ignorance: The Challenge of Informed Humanity		 Ms Mona Makram-Ebeid
The Club of Rome
Mr Ashok Khosla
Member of the Executive Committee of The Club of Rome
Ms Pauliina Arola
Executive Director, Crisis Management Initiative, tt30
Mr Ilari Rantakari
Ambassador, Helsinki Process
Mr Gunter Pauli
Director of ZERI
 
 
 		 Chair
 		 Mr Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner
Honorary President of The Club of Rome
 
12:30
 		 Final Statement
End of Conference
 		 Prince El Hassan bin Talal
President of The Club of Rome
 
13:00
 		 Press Conference
 		 Prince El Hassan bin Talal
President of the Club of Rome
Mr Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner
Honorary President of The Club of Rome
Mr Eberhard von Koerber
Vice-President of The Club of Rome
Mr Markku Wilenius
Chair, Finnish Association for The Club of Rome
 
13:00
 		 Opportunity for light lunch
 		  
 

 

Evening Session

Monday, 11 October 2004

The last session on Monday 11th October will take place in TeliaSonera Futurium.

Transportation

For the foreign guests, members of the Club of Rome and national associations, there will be buses from hotels Anna and Palace. The buses depart from each hotel at 6.30. p.m.

Our Finnish participants are kindly asked to use public transportation, for example buses 65A or 72 from the Railway Station Square.

For the returning to the city centre and hotels (app. at 10 p.m), a special tram transportation has been organised for the foreign guests, members of the Club of Rome and national associations.

Programme

The session starts at 7.00 p.m. with welcome words from our hosts – continuing with informal dinner buffet. The presentations of Mr Sergey Kapitza and Mr Kari Liuhto will follow. After the presentations and discussion participants will have an opportunity to look around and acquaint with communication solutions available in Futurium.

Dress code: Business casual