Writing hope : moving ahead in the midst of the unreal and the unknown

Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University
Jinhua DAI, Peking University
Ichiyo MUTO, People’s Plan Study Group
Anita RAMPAL, University of Delhi

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Reflection and transformation in dilemma

Xiaohui YAN, Lingnan University
Tiejun WEN, Southwest University
Aleksandr BUZGALIN, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Pedro PÁEZ PÉREZ, Former Minister of Economy. Independent Analyst

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The crisis of global capitalism and the nexus of domestic and international conflict

Tiejun WEN, Southwest University
Beverly SILVER, Arrighi Center for Global Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Gabriel E. MERINO, National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Ravi PALAT, Binghamton University

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

The end of western civilization?

Ping HUANG, Chinese Institute of Hong Kong
Michael HUDSON, Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends
Radhika DESAI, University of Manitoba

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

The end of neo-colonialism and the dawn of a new era

Xiaohui YAN, Lingnan University
Qiyuan LU, Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

IMF and the Global South

David BARKIN, Metropolitan Autonomous University
Prabhat PATNAIK, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Juan SANTARCANGELO, National University of Quilmes
Eric TOUSSAINT, Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt

9:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Ecological civilization and South-South Cooperation

Xiaoli SONG, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation
Jinfeng ZHOU, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation
Tiejun WEN, Southwest University
Hernán José VARGAS PÉREZ, Communes and Social Movements Ministry

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Launch of South South Youth Forum on Sustainability

Yuying SHU, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Modernization in East Asia : where from and where to?

Jung-Ok LEE, Catholic University of Daegu
Ichiyo MUTO, People’s Plan Study Group
Samuel LEE, Korea Dialogue Academy
Surichai WUNGAEO, Chulalongkorn University
Ge SUN, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Money : from the power of finance to the sovereignty of the peoples

Wim DIERCKXSENS, International Observatory of the Crisis
Remy HERRERA, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Paulo NAKATANI, Federal University of Espírito Santo
Walter FORMENTO, The University of Buenos Aires

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Doing good China research and building cultural soft power

Xiaohui YAN, Lingnan University
Tiejun WEN, Southwest University
Shuai YANG, Beijing Institute of Technology
Yiying ZHANG, Southwest University
Zhixiong HE, Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (Beijing)

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

African people’s struggles for liberation

Firoze MANJI, Daraja Press
Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University
Samar AL-BULUSHI, University of California
Brittany MACHE, Williams College

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Decolonizing knowledge to regenerate the earth and the future of humanity

Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University
Vandana SHIVA, NAVDANYA
Rebecca JOHNSON, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy
Song TIAN, Southern University of Science and Technology

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Stagflation threatens sustainable development

Tungyi KHO, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives
Kwame Sundaram JOMO, Khazanah Research Institute
C. P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Jawaharlal Nehru University

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The communal way into Venezuelan socialism : radical democracy, communal economy and community livelihood

Zhixiong HE, Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (Beijing)
Hernán José VARGAS PÉREZ, Communes and Social Movements Ministry
Rosy ZUNIGA, (Latin American and Caribbean Council for Popular Education

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Book Launch : Venezuela in struggles : colonial past, revolutionary legacy and community regeneration

Hernán José VARGAS PÉREZ, Communes and Social Movements Ministry
Carmen NAVAS, Simón Bolívar Institute
Jesús GARCÍA, Altos de Lidice Commune

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Our America current perspectives : democracy, integration, financialization and environmental crisis

Hernán José VARGAS PÉREZ, Communes and Social Movements Ministry
Laura CAPOTE, ALBA Movements
Llanisca LUGO, Memorial Centre of Martin Luther King Jr
Emiliano LÓPEZ, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Northern and Eastern Syria : stateless democracy in a critical time

John RESTAKIS, Synergia Institute
Leman HASENO, Civil Diplomacy Center
Muhammad HASSAN, Department of Foreign Affairs

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Against the grain : vegetable gardening in Hong Kong

Lai Seung AU YEUNG, Lingnan University
Sze Chong CHOW, Sangwoodgoon
Takemasa ANDO, Musashi University
Shun Hing CHAN, Partnership for Eco-Agriculture and the Conservation of Earth

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Worsening world food crises

Francis LOH, Persatuan Aliran Kesedaran Negara
Kwame Sundaram JOMO, Khazanah Research Institute
Vikas RAWAL, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Lyn OSSOME, University of the Witwatersrand

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Experiences with indigenous communities in Chiapas : cosmovision and sustainability

Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University
Javier VARGAS, Educating Transforms Us
Kathy SEIB, Educating Transforms Us

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Understanding the consequences of war in affected territories, rural communities, and the survivors in Southeast Asia : towards the geosymbiotic/ ecosophical revitalization for humanity

Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University
Nishimura YOUICHI, Citizen Researcher
Thu Ha TRAN, Setsunan University
Chayphet SAYARATH, Urban Planner
Odessa Kaye C. BULAHAN, University of San Carlos
Shiratori TAKESHI, Setsunan University/PP21

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Peacewomen in China (I) : ecology and community

Peiyun JIN, Lingnan University
Jianli YUN, Green Han River
Yuzhen YIN, National Model Worker on Desert Transformation
Yongchen WANG, Green Earth Volunteers

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Peacewomen in China (II) : agriculture and community

Lai Seung AU YEUNG, Lingnan University
Jiying XU, Tea Flowers Techno Company
Hailan YANG, Hailan Eco-agrarian Development Company
Shuxia WANG, Kangdali Cooperative
Hualian WANG, The All-China Women's Federation

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Loving home village project : collective production of village songs

Cuihuan LI, Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (Beijing)
Heng SUN, Loving Home-Village Songs Project
Li LÜ, Mukai Nur Township
Guojian PAN, No.4 High School
Qiulu SHAO, Ningxia University
Lingyan GUO, Southwest University
Haihong FU, Chongqing Technology and Business University
Jiaen PAN, Southwest University
Wei BU, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Fanon yesterday, today and tomorrow

Firoze MANJI, Daraja Press
Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University
Nigel C GIBSON, Boston and Rhodes University
Toussaint LOSIER, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Samah JABR, Palestinian Ministry of Health
Lou TURNER, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Every I is a We : the intellectual legacy of Gustavo Esteva

Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University
Jose Rafael ESCOBEDO, Brandeis University
Wendy JUÁREZ, Unitierra Oaxaca
Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University
David BARKIN, Metropolitan Autonomous University
Elias GONZALEZ, Jesuit University of Guadalajara

9:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Regenerating the social tissue of hope : walking with Gustavo Esteva

Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University
Elias GONZALEZ, Jesuit University of Guadalajara
Juan MAYORGA, Assembly of Unitierra Oaxaca
Guadalupe SANTAELLA, Unitierra Oaxaca
Catherine MARIELLE, Grupo de Estudios Ambientales
Mauricio del VILLAR, Assembly of Unitierra Oaxaca
Vasna RAMASAR, Global Tapestry of Alternatives
Franco AUGUSTO, Global Tapestry of Alternatives

9:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Technofeudalism, new financial architecture, food and debt crises

Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University
Tungyi KHO, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives
Pedro PÁEZ PÉREZ, Former Minister of Economy. Independent Analyst
Arindam BANERJEE, Dr B.R. Ambedkar University
Mauricio DE SOUZA SABADINI, Federal University of Espírito Santo

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Peace as concept and peace as thought

Yuk Ming Lisa LEUNG, Lingnan University
Ge SUN, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Anuradha CHENOY, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Margo OKAZAWA-REY, Fielding Graduate University

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Ongoing struggles for African liberation

Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University
Firoze MANJI, Daraja Press
Michael NEOCOSMOS, Rhodes University

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

How China’s farming wisdom informs and inspires the world’s agricultural development

Zhixiong HE, Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (Beijing)
Xiaode ZHANG, Chinese Academy of Governance
Jorge ISHIZAWA, PRATEC
Chantana WUNGAEO, Chulalongkorn University

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The question of modernity : challenge to the self and to ecology

Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University
Ping HUANG, Chinese Institute of Hong Kong
Jung-Ok LEE, Catholic University of Daegu
Jinhua DAI, Peking University
Manoranjan MOHANTY, Council for Social Development

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Steps forward for the south : solidarity, non-alignment, and a new international

Jinhua DAI, Peking University
Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University
Hui WANG, Tsinghua University
Marco FERNANDES, The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research
Mikaela Nhondo ERSKOG, The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research

8:00 PM - 10:30 PM