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A Constructive Dialogue between Cultures -China and Greece 7 - 8 August 2013

Note: this intended conference was cancelled due to visa problems and only a small delegation came to Athens for consultation about prospects of a conference in Beijing.

Forum in Athens & Olympia

7 – 11 August 2013

 

Actions & Aims of the Forum

 

In September of 2011, NGO “Horizons-Actions” participated in a great forum in Beijing about the friendship between peoples.

Friendship is a valuable asset that shapes the relationships of our lifetime. Without friendship and respect about each other’s identity and views it is very hard to have good faith. Without good faith there can be no understanding. Without understanding there can be no communication and no agreement. Without agreement there can be no harmony and no effect.

During that forum in Beijing the Greek delegation made the proposal that great China with its enormous civilization along with small Greece with is colossal civilization should organize a joint forum about the “constructive dialogue between cultures”.

Our proposal was accepted by the Chinese and they expressed their desire to have a longstanding cooperation on several fields, given that they work together with sixty one organizations-members which operate in many cultural areas.

The forum was decided to be a uniform one but it would be held in two countries. We will begin in Greece in August of 2013 during the Word Congress of Philosophy, where specific issues and projects will be set and then we will continue in November of 2013 in Beijing.

The launch will take place on August 8, 2013 at the World Congress of Philosophy and will continue in three more places at the Foundation of the Hellenic World, the Benaki Museum and the International Olympic Academy in Olympia. We will discuss and address specific topics and create long-term programs, the continuity of which will be finalized and arranged in Beijing, on November 2013.

In China on 14th of November 2013 the discussion on “Constructive Dialogue between Cultures” will be broadened, based on the issues set in Athens. In this forum international celebrities from all over the world will participate too.

The Chinese institutions organizing the forum are: “Beijing NGO Association for International Exchanges” and the “Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries”.

From the Greek side the institutions participating are: the N.G.O. “Horizons-Actions” (acting as the coordinator) as well as the “Greece-China Association”, the Benaki Museum, the International Olympic Academy, the Hellenic World Foundation, the Department of Ancient Greek Philosophy of the University of Edinburgh, “Demokritos – National Center for Scientific Research”, the “Greek-Chinese Academy for Education”. In collaboration with the tourism organization “Argo Travel”, Nana Kazis and the Archeologist, Honorary Director of the Greek Ministry of Culture, Elizabeth Spathari.

In Athens and Beijing, along with the main theme “Constructive Dialogue between Cultures” five big programs that will take place by institutions of Greece and China are:

 

  1. Digital Library of Philosophy - A Dialogue between Confucius and Socrates

  2. Mathematical Thought - From ancient times until today

  3. Art and Museums

 

 

  1. The Olympic Idea

 

 

  1. Culture – Tourism

 

Program

 

Wednesday, 7th of August 2013

Arrival of the Chinese delegation in Athens

Thursday 8th of August 2013

8:20 Transfer to the venue of the 23rd World Congress of Philosophy,

University of Athens, School of Philosophy

 

9.00– 11.00: “A Constructive Cialogue between Cultures”

Greekspeakers:

Chinese speakers:

 

11.00 – 13.00: “Philosophical Digital Libraries”

Greek speakers:

• Theodoros Scaltsas, Professor, Head of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Edinburgh

• Costas Alexopoulos, Scientific Associate of the “Philosophical Digital Libraries” Project

Chinese speakers:

 

13.00: Transfer to the Hellenic World Foundation

Lunch

 

14.00 -15.30: Mathematical Thought

Greek speakers:

Chinese speakers:

                      

15.30 -17.00: Culture and Tourism

Greek speakers:

Chinese speakers:

Participation of the Chinese delegation

 

17.30: Arrival at the hotel

20:30: Dinner at the “Dionysos” restaurant

 

Friday, 9th of August 2013

07.30: Transfer to the Acropolis, guided tour

09.30: Museum of the Acropolis, guided tour

10.45 Transfer to the Benaki Museum

 

11.00 - 13.00: Art & Museums

Greek speakers:

Chinese speakers:
Participation of the Chinese delegation

 

13.30: Lunch at the Benaki Museum restaurant

15.00: Departure to Olympia

20.00: Dinner and overnight stay at the International Olympic Academy

 

 

Saturday, 10th of August 2013

 

9.00 – 11.00: Olympic Idea & Truce

Greekspeakers:

Chinesespeakers:

 

11.00: Museum of Olympia and Ancient Olympia – guided tour

13.30: Lunch

16.00: Departure to Athens

Arrival at the hotel

Dinner

 

Sunday, 11th of August 2013

Departure of the Chinese delegation

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