Room: MA 648 Our Earth OurEarth Summit 2020 is a call for action to link Earth Repair Issues with Effective Solution Providers using Military Resources to accept and manage the role of working for the health of the whole planet. … Continue reading →
Room: H 3006 Youth Gathering Since early 2016 a youth gathering around the IPB World Congress is being organized and planned. One critical point in the preparations was the drafting of a declaration. Aim of this declaration is to give … Continue reading →
Room: H 3004 Working Group “Gender and Peace” of the Federation for Social Defense (BSV) and Women’s Network for Peace, Germany Interested in topics such as the various roles of men and women in peace processes, sexualized violence or militarized … Continue reading →
Room: MA 551 Belgium Humanist Party and International Humanist Party On August 6, 1945 the 1st atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Shocked world entered into the nuclear age. The production of electricity by nuclear power … Continue reading →
Room: H 3007 IG Metall, HDP/HDK Berlin (Halkların Demokratik Kongresi (HDK) – Peoples’ Democratic Congress / Halklarin Demokratik Partisi (HDP) – Peoples’ Democratic Party) Turkey is waging a brutal war against its own citizens by not only targeting Kurds, but … Continue reading →
Room: MA 645 Humanists for the Universal Basic Income 1-An introduction of what a universal basic income (UBI) should be and a brief explanation of the concepts implied in this idea of UBI. In this part, the different speakers will … Continue reading →
Room: H 3008 Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW) Biological weapons (BW) are classified as weapons of mass destruction. Development, production and storage of BW are prohibited by the Biological Weapons Convention. Conventional methods in microbiology were tedious and error-prone. Genetic engineering … Continue reading →
Room: H 3002 International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES) / World Future Council While humanity faces a range of interconnected transnational threats and crises in the 21st Century, climate change and the continued existence of nuclear … Continue reading →
Room: MA 648 Transnational Institute (TNI) Revenues from Homeland Security markets – police technology, counter-terrorism, surveillance, border control, crisis management etc. – continue to account for a larger and larger share of the revenues of many defense conglomerates. Their diversification … Continue reading →
Room: MA 742 Trees on Earth Development Foundation Moses Adedeji, Trees on Earth Development Foundation Surveyor Efik, Climate Change Network Nigeria … Continue reading →
Room: H 1028 International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW) and the Belgian Coalition for a ban on uranium weapons The workshop will deal with a fundamental topic linked to (any) war, or military conflict – the devastation of the … Continue reading →
Room: MA 744 Group for Research and Information on Peace and security (GRIP), Brussels “Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques”, or “ENMOD Convention”, is the only international instrument regulating technology and … Continue reading →
Room: MA 544 Movement for the Abolition of War (MAW), UK MAW Youth workshop will lay out how the military establishment is creeping into UK schools and universities and how a military culture is being introduced to us from a … Continue reading →
Room: H 0112 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Effective since the end of 2014, the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) seeks to stem the ever growing, uncontrolled and illegal trading of conventional weapons and munitions to achieve better controls and regulations. With stakeholders … Continue reading →
Room: H 1058 WUNRN-Women’s UN Report Network In the fifth year of a pervasive and protracted conflict, the objective of this landmark Syrian Women’s Rights Worksho is to give comprehensive updates on the situation in Syria through a gendered lens,. … Continue reading →
The North-South-Report of Willy Brandt is more current than ever before! Room: MA 848 Initiative Black&White In the 80ies the Nobel laureate and former German chancellor, Willy Brandt, led an independent north-south-committee to find solutions for the social gap between … Continue reading →
Room: H 2013 International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES) / NaturwissenschaftlerInnen-Initiative (NatWiss) Increasingly, military research is being conducted at public universities and science institutions. Not only the natural sciences but also social sciences utilize militarily under … Continue reading →
Room H 2032 The Green Association for the Protection of Life How can we in the best way use the military resources in order to save the environment? The UN study prepared for the Rio-conference form a platform for a … Continue reading →
Room MA 141 Coordination of African Mayors for peace and development (CAMPAD) Behind the scene and in various countries army units billions of dollars are been spent on military tools. World military expenditure totaled almost nearly $2 trillion in 2015, … Continue reading →
Room: MA 144 Centre Dela s d’Estudis per la Pau Military expenditure is the first step of the military economic cycle, which has also other components besides Milex, like military industry, arms trade and exports, Military research and development and … Continue reading →
Room H 2036 Pressenza We witness a terrifying rise of globalized violence resulting in thousands of civilian victims and millions of refugees. Western governments were forced to react but with no solution except rise of militarization, cooperation with dictators, etc. … Continue reading →
Room: H 3012 Transform Europe / Change4all and The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) The refugee policy crisis is not gender neutral. This WS will tackle women refugees in a broader context: women as political subjects who … Continue reading →
Room: MA 651 Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) An exploration of the importance of building (inter-)national campaigns aimed at highlighting the threat of foreign military bases to peace and security everywhere, including the human rights of people in the … Continue reading →
Room: MA 751 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Norway, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Finland and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Scotland The workshop focuses on the opposition to NATO through … Continue reading →
Room: H 2013 The focus of the panel will not be a detailed analysis of each of the listed peace processes. Though the origins and the development of the distinct conflicts certainly play an important role and may be shortly … Continue reading →
Room: 0111 Between terror and demonstrations For almost a year popular protests have been ongoing in Baghdad and most Iraqi cities, without much attention from the outside world – except for solidarity actions among diaspora Iraqis in the Western world. … Continue reading →
Musical Opening by Birgitte Grimstad “Peace Policy Requires Re-interpreting Darwin” Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Co-President of the Club of Rome, Germany “The Labour Movement and the Path to Peace” Philip Jennings, General Secretary of UNI Global Union, UK/based in Switzerland … Continue reading →
Musical Opening by Birgitte Grimstad Noam Chomsky (Video), Emeritus Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Author, USA “Trade Unions and Sustainable Development” Reiner Hoffmann, President of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Germany “From Game of Thrones to Trump … Continue reading →
8.30 pm – 10.00 pm Cultural Program: Music & Media Show
by Berlin Metropol Orchestra, Arja Saijonmaa, Birgitte Grimstad & PEN Germany
Opening: Heinrich Bleicher-Nagelsmann (ver.di)
Action Event in front of the University “Living Peace Sign”
Participatory action: Lets come together to make a “living peace sign”. With the slogan “Reconciliation is the only way to peace“, we will form a Peace Sign and the Sign of Nonviolence. The light from our mobile phones will make a strong impact and our hearts will create the right atmosphere. Join this common action!
“The Price of War and Peace” by James Galbraith (via video conference),
Chair of Economists for Peace and Security, USA
Musical Opening by Berlin Metropol Orchestra Jean Ziegler (Video), Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Switzerland “Frieden durch Arbeit und soziale Entwicklung” / “Peace through labor and development” Frank Bsirske, President of ver.di (Multi-service Trade Union), Germany will … Continue reading →
Musical Opening by Berlin Metropol Orchestra & Arja Saijonmaa Welcome from the Organizers by Ingeborg Breines and Reiner Braun, IPB Co-Presidents Welcome from the Technical University Berlin by Christian Thomsen, President of the Technical University Greetings from the City of … Continue reading →
Room: H 2032 International Network No to War – No to NATO The next NATO summit was announced to take place in 2017 in Brussels where a new headquarters is being built. Since 2009 there have been diverse actions of … Continue reading →
Room: Muslim Peace Fellowship Description of Panel: Islamophobia, or fear-mongering based on anti-Muslim hate, is a prevailing characteristic of American culture. Its impact is devastating as significant portions of the public are moved to embrace a fascist world rather than … Continue reading →
Room: Initiative Black & White To use our democratic rights and organize in the constituencies in forums. To organize majorities for fair international relations and world-inner-policy (global governance) and on this base occupy the parliaments with representatives, who stand for … Continue reading →
Room: Rete Italiana per il Disarmo (Italian Network on Disarmament) and European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT) Workshop will underline problems linked to the increasing military spending for weapons procurement. We will show how money devoted to Armies is a … Continue reading →
Room: Better World Links The internet is the most powerful tool humanity has ever known for connecting people and spreading ideas across the globe. Open communication, dialogue and discussion are fundamental pillars of any effective peace process, whilst global movements … Continue reading →
Room: Bund für Soziale Verteidigung (BSV) (Federation for Social Defence) It is a common assumption that only armed military or police can do the work of peacekeeping and protecting civilians in times of violent conflict. However unarmed civilians have been … Continue reading →
Room: CODEPINK Every transaction we make in our daily lives ultimately contributes toward building a peace or a war economy, a world of compassion and well-being, or a world of indifference and violence. The peace economy model encourages us to … Continue reading →
Room: International Peace Bureau (IPB) Exchange experiences and ideas for the further development of the Campaign. We shall address questions such as: How to develop a parliamentary network? How to build national coalitions? What can be done in the field … Continue reading →
Room: International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) Explore role of peace and disarmament education in the transformation of society toward a peaceful culture by being engaged in a process of reflection and discussion on: What has been learned during the … Continue reading →
Room: Silos Message Berlin It is not a conference or theoretical explanation venue. The workshop focuses on the connection between the personal attitude and its impact in the world. The workshop invites to experience and includes personal reflection and exchange. … Continue reading →
Room: International Peace Bureau (IPB) If the peace issues don’t get into the news, don’t get enough coverage, is it only the fault of journalists? Is it solely a matter of censorship? Shouldn’t we blame ourselves for not giving the … Continue reading →
Room: Independent and Peaceful Australia Network In few regions is the shift in geo-political power as evident as East Asia and the Western Pacific. The dominant feature is the rise of China and its challenge to US hegemony in the … Continue reading →
Room: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Germany Nuclear weapons producers are financed by more than 380 financial institutions worldwide. Many of us have bank accounts or insurance policies with these institutions, by this indirectly investing in nuclear weapons … Continue reading →
Room: Verband deutscher Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller (VS) und PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists) Medien berichten jeden Tag von Terror, Gewalt, Kriegen und von humanitären Katastrophen der Zivilbevölkerung infolge der kriegerischen Verbrechen. Die Sprache der Berichte spiegelt die Gewaltszenarien wider. … Continue reading →
Room: Vereinigung deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW) / Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung (FifF) More than 100 states worldwide have established cyberwar units and enacted cyberwar strategies that endanger civil society and infrastructure. The cyberwar policies of these states reach … Continue reading →
Room: International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) Jackie Cabasso, Western States legal Foundation USA Dieter Deiseroth, IALANA Germany Otto Jäckel, IALANA Germany … Continue reading →
Room: “Save Lee Seok-ki” ( Korean Committee to Save the victims of ‘Lawmaker Lee Seok-ki -Insurrection Conspiracy Case’) and European Left Party South Korea is home to most of the world’s currently imprisoned conscientious objectors. Workshop will deal with: the … Continue reading →