Opening Plenary
21 August, 2005
14.00 - 18.00
Assembly Hall

14.00-14.40 Block I. “Official” opening

 

Introduction: Music for the future

14.00

 Erzsebet Novaky, Professor, FSD, CUB
Welcome and opening speech on behalf of the Hosts
14.10 Christopher Jones, Secretary General, WFSF
WFSF welcome and opening speech
  Eleonora Masini, Professor Emeritus, Gregorian University, Rome
Welcome Message from Rome
14.20 Tamas Meszaros, Rector, CUB, Patron of the Conference
Welcome message on behalf of CUB
14.30 Tamas Gaspar, Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee, FSD, CUB
The Spirit of the Place

Coffee break 14.40-15.00

15.00-16.15 Block II. Launching presentations on ‘Futures generation on future generations'

15.00

Richard Slaughter, President, WFSF
Foresight in action and future generations

15.25

Vilmos Csányi, Academician, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Foresight and the deep structure of the society – an ethologist's aspect

15.50

Wendy Schultz, Director, Infinite Futures, Oxford
The Inner Action of Foresight: Creative Visualization

16.15 Public questions and remarks

Coffee break 16.45-17.15

17.15-18.00 Block III. Panel discussion on ‘Futures generation for future generations'

Panel members:
  • Cesar Villanueva, University of St. Lasalle
  • Réka Várnagy, FSD, CUB
  • Peter Mettler, Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences
  • Stuart Candy, University of Hawaii