6th PEACE CULTURE CONFERENCE
IFLAC, WICO

Place: Meridian Hotel, Haifa (Not Final).
Time: Monday 16 , Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 March 2009.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

The central theme of the Conference is "Building Cultural Bridges of Conflict Resolution through Communication and Dialogue". Local and International Peace Organizations and NGO’s as well as peace lover individuals, Researchers of Conflict Resolution, Leaders of Women Movements, Internet and Media Experts, Social Leaders, TV and Film Directors, Writers, Poets and Artists, will jointly explore the possibilities of promoting Israeli – Palestinian Peace. We will also exmine the role of culture, literature, poetry, and other means of artistic expression and communication in guiding our societies towards a peaceful and harmonious Middle East.

This innovative PEACE CULTURE CONFERENCE will have Panels of Lectures, Dialogues and Discussions, Roundtables and Workshops, with practical Peace Resolutions at the end of the Conferece, that will be sent to Governments, Institutions, and to the Israeli, Palestinian and the International Media. The main goals are: to give voice to the Silent Majority that crave for Peace, and to promote a harmonious and democratic “Human Rights Society” in our region.


Day 1: : Monday 16 March
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Arrival and Registration at the Hotel .

9.00 - Informal Get Together, Introductions and Making Friends.
- Exhibition of Peace NGO’s and Organizations, Peace Books, Posters, and Peace Art.

10:00 - PRESIDENCY GREETINGS
Suggested Opening Greeting: Guest of Honor - Mr. Shimon Peres, President of Israel.

Prof. Ada Aharoni - IFLAC Founder and International President, Conference Chair
Dr. Dalia Steiner - WICO Founder and International President
Prof. Ernesto Kahan – IFLAC Vice President
Dr. Hana Siniora – Ceo IPCRI
Dr. Gershon Baskin - Founder Ceo IPCRI
Mr. Yona Yahav – Mayor of Haifa: Host of Honor.

10:15 – 11:00
SESSION 1.
KEYNOTE LECTURE and PRESENTATION
Prof. Ada Aharoni :Goals of the Conference, and Israeli – Palestinian Conflict Resolution Through The Creation of Bridges of Culture (Lecture and Power Point Presentation),

11:00 – 12.15
SESSION 2.
An Israeli - Palestinian Cultural Peace Road That Can Work.
Panel: Opening and Moderator: Dr. Gershon Baskin.
Panel: Dr. Hana Siniora, MP Dr.Yossi Beilin, Prof. Eliezer Glaubach, MPAmi Ayalon.

12:15 – 13.30
SESSION 3
Peace Through the Process of Education
Roundtable: Opening and Moderator – Dr. Sara Zamir
Prof. Gabriel Salomon, Dr.Ghassan Abdullah, Prof. Ernesto Kahan, Arie Kizel.

13:30 – 15:00: Lunch Break

15.00-17..00
SESSION 4
Peace Culture Workshops
Two workshops will be in Hebrew, one of them moderated by Story Teller: Dalia Rahav – on Peace Stories. The second, moderated by poet Adelina Klein, on Peace Poetry..
The other three Workshops will be in English. One of them will be on: The Founding of a “Human - Rights Super-Committee” – Moderated by Yigal Kahana and Dr. Dr. Rassem Amash. Another one will be on: “The Language of Peace,” moderated by Eva Ferrero.
Please prepare Initiatives discussed and Resolutions taken in the Workshops, to be presented, at the General Meeting, by one of the Participants, chosen as delegate, in each Workshop.

17.00 – 17.30: Coffee Break

20:30 – 22:30
Peace Festival : Suggested Singers – Achinoam Nini (Noah), And Amal Murkus.
Peace Stories: The Carmel Group, Folkloric Presentations: Moad Arqouv Dance Troupe.
Peace Poetry Marathon: Israeli and Palestinin poets will recite their poems and reveal the Peace Story behind the Poem. Among them: Dr. Chelly Abraham, Nimer Nimer, Adelina Klein, Mahmoud Zeidan, Dorit Zilberman, Erez Biton, Shelly El Kayam, Dalia Rahav, Ora Assael.

Participants are invited to bring their musical instruments and be prepared to present music, songs and dances from their own culture.
Day 2: Tuesday 17 March
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09:30 – 10:30
SESSION 5
Peace Through the Internet.
Presenter and Panel Moderator: Arie Kizel
Donna Qawasmi, Rony Segoly, Neri Livne, Moni’im.
Chosen Panel.

10:30 – 11:30
SESSION 6
Women as Peacemakers
Moderator and Opening: Dr. Dalia Steiner, WICO Founder and International President.
Greetings by the various International Peace Delegations.
Suggested Guest of Honor: Queen Raina of Jordan.
Panel:, Donna Qawasmi - Jordanian Israeli relations supporting peace , Irit Halprin, Donia Massalha, Dorit Bat - Shalom

11:30 – 12:30
SESSION 7
How Can TV and Film Directors, Writers and Poets, Contribute to the Promotion of a Peace Culture?
Moderator and Opening: Prof. Ada Aharoni
Dr. Dalia Steiner, Michael Holmboe, Shlomo Ganor, Dr. Chelly Avraham, Nimer Nimer.

12.30-14.00: Lunch Break

14.00-16.00
SESSION 8
Peace Culture Workshops:
Three workshops in English, and two in Hebrew. One of the workshops will finalize the ‘Human Rights Super-Committee”, moderated by Yigal Kahana, Esq. and Dr. Rassem Amash.
Please Prepare Feedback and Resolutions for the General Meeting in all the Workshops.
16.00 – 16.30: Coffee Break

16.30 - 17.30 SESSION 9
Concluding General Meeting:
Opening: Prof. Ada Aharoni

Feedback and Resolutions from the representatives of the Workshops.
Announcement of the formation of the Palestinian - Israeli Human Rights Organizational Network, by Yigal Kahana Esq. and Dr. Rassem Amash.
Approved Resolutions will be sent to major Institutions, Governments and Media.

20:30 – 23:00
Peace Feast 2 : Suggested Singing Group – Ha Kol Over Habibi, Georges Samaan.
Music, Peace Poetry, Dancing and Folkloric Presentations.
Performance of Peace Stories by the CARMEL GROUP.


Day 3: Wednesday 18 March
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Time: 10.00 17.00.

PEACE CULTURE SEMINAR

Peace Culture Seminar at the Jewish – Arab Center at Haifa University.

Moderated by Prof. Faisal Azaiza, Head of the Center, and Prof. Ada Aharoni, Head of IFLAC: The International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace.

Greetings.

Suggested Guest Speaker: Minister of Culture, Science and Sport: Mr. Ghaleb Majadla.

Panels and Roundtables: Academic Research on Peace Culture Relations between Israelis and Palestinians. Can academic research have an influence on politicians and leaders?

Roundtable: Moderator and Opening - Prof. Faisal Azaiza:
The Haifa Model of Peace Culture between differernt religions and ethnic entities:

Whereas in other places these different ethnic entities: Israeli, Palestinian, Jewish, Moslem, Christian, Druze and Bahai, often have violent clashes among them, in Haifa they all live in peace and harmony, and prosper together. What is the secret of the Haifa Model? Can it become a Model for our region and for the whole of the Middle East. What is the contribution of the Jewish Arab Center of Haifa University in attaining this harmonious atmosphere in Haifa?

Panel: The Refugees of the the Arab – Israeli Conflict: The Palestinians and the Jews from Arab Countries.
Are the Arab residents of Haifa and the North more aware that the Jews from Arab Countries, like the Palestinians, were refugees too? Does this reduce the feeling of victimization of the Palestinians, and the feeling of having been forgotten by history of the Jews from Arab countries? Can the IFLAC project for a PEACE CULTURE TV by Satellite, help to resolve the
Refugees Problem and promote peace in our region?

Moderator and Opening - Prof. Ada Aharoni
Panel: Amal Abu Zeidan, Arie Kizel, Dalia Rahav, Liliane Abada, Atalya Rosenberg

Suggested Resolutions: Prof. Faisal Azaiza, Prof. Ada Aharoni, Amal Abu Zeidan.
17.00 – 20,00

PEACE CULTURE IFLAC and EL BAADIA FESTIVAL

Peace Culture Happening at the Bedouin Tent of Peace in Ussfiya. Director: Amin Kassem.

Suggested Guest Speaker: Welfare Minister - Bougi Herzog.

Peace Through Art Exhibition by Palestinian and Israeli artists.
Palestinian and Israeli Writers and Poets.
Performance by Dorit Bat Shalom and Ibtisam Mahameed – “The Tent of Peace.”
A Visit to The Bedouin Museum. Refreshments.

20.00
CLOSING OF THE 6th IFLAC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
Prof. Ada Aharoni, Dr. Dalia Steiner, Amin Kassem.

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IMPORTANT NOTES

The language of the Conference is in English, and where needed , Hebrew and Arabic translation will be provided.

1. To the Moderators, and Participants in the various Panels and Roundtables:
Please fill the Confirmation of Participation Form below (on Page 8). Please send as a WORD File to: Prof. Ada Aharoni: Iflac@bezeqint.net and to: Dr. Dalia Steiner daliast@netvision.net.il . Only participants who have filled and sent this Form before November 1, 2009, will be included in the Program of the Conference.

2. Call for Expert Moderators of the Peace Workshops. Please send 3 lines bio about yourself and your experience as Moderator, to Prof. Ada Aharoni and to Dr. Steiner, to the above emails.

3. Each Panel and Roundtable is followed by 15 minutes for questions and discussion.

4. We do not have the possibility to offer any grants. All participants will have to pay their own travel expenses, and the Hotel.

The Registration Fee for the 3 days (for participation only), is 150 $. Those who would like to book accomodations and meals at the Hotel, will have to contact the Hotel directly. We will let you know the phone number and email of the chosen Hotel as soon as we have finalised it.

5. This Program is not final, and there may be changes.

WE ARE KEENLY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR HELP IN MAKING THIS PROPOSED PEACE CULTURE CONFERENCE A GREAT SUCCESS!

Happy Jewish New Year - Shana Tova, and Moslem - Eid Mubarek,
Prof. AdaAharoni – Chair of the Conference, and IFLAC Founder – President.
Dr. Dalia Steiner – Wico Founder and International President

The organizing Bodies of this Peace Culture Conference:



Email: iflac@bezeqint.net

IFLAC: The International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace ( Founded 1999).
NGO. Number: 58-035-275-5 Websites: www.iflac.com www.iflac.com/ada




Email: daliast@netvision.net.il

WICO: “Women’s International Coalition for Culture of Peace, Non-Violence and Empowerment of Women” NGO . Number 580492445 (Founded 2003).
Websites: www.wicointernational,org www.wicohome.org
DONATIONS and SPONSORING:
Please donate generously, to enable an empowering and influential Peace Conference. Your donations and your sponsoring are a contribution to promote Peace in the Middle East and Peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Donators, Please fill the Form below and send it to us together with your donation, by post.


SUPPORT TO THE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN
PEACE CULTURE CONFERENCE

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WITH MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE

The PCC Committee

Address:

Prof. Ada Aharoni, PCC Chair
18 A. Amos Street, apt 77
Nesher 36700 Israel
www.iflac.com
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Tel. 972 77 3202818

PS. Please send this form to all your friends, who may also want to help us.


Confirmation of Participation of Panel Participants and Moderators
At the 6th IFLAC PEACE CULTURE CONFERENCE
Please confirm your participation by emailing this document to the following, before November 1, 2009.
Emails: iflac@bezeqint.net daliast@netvision.net.il
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