The Opening Symposium "People's Voices to the World"
We will hold the Opening Symposium on 6th July, at Sapporo Convention Center. The agenda is as follows.
Yu can download the agenda(PDF) here.
Provisional Agenda
＊ Time&Date: 1:00PM ～ 5:00PM, 6th July, 2008
＊ Vennue : Conference Hall, Sapporo Convention Center
＊ Agenda :
1:00PM-1:20PM
・ Opening Ceremony: Pray by Indigenous People: Koji Yuki (Ainu Art Project), Rosalina Tuyuku)(Guatemala)
・ Opening Remark : Koji Akiyama, Co-Chair, Hokkaido People's Forum on the G8 Summit
1:20PM-5:00PM: People's Voices to the World
・ Facilitators: Taisuke Miyauchi (Japan), Co-Chair, Hokkaido People's Forum on the G8 Summit
1:20PM-3:00PM: Part 1 "To Make Poverty History"
・ Guest Speakers
Kumi Naidoo (G-CAP: Global Call to Action against Poverty, South Africa)
Sheikh Shaban Moubaje (Mufti of Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, Uganda)
Rose Cunnigham (Miskito Indigenious Organization, Nicaragua)
Noerine Kaleeba (The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), ActionAid International, Uganda)
3:00PM-3:15PM: Coffee Break
3:15PM-4:50PM: Part 2 "For Sustanable Global Society"
・Guest Speakers
Junko Edahiro (Journalist on Environmental Issues)
Jurgen Maiger (German NGO Forum on Environment and Development, Germany)
Minie Degawan (Indigenous People Network for Change, Philippines)
Walden Bello (Focus on the Global South, Philippines)
4:50PM-5:00PM: Closing Remark
・ Masako Hoshino, Chair, 2008 Japan G8 Summit NGO Forum
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