Eco-feminist philosophy for life and peace

Vandana SHIVA, NAVDANYA, India
Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University, China
Jinhua DAI, Peking University, China

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Buen vivir : philosophy and practice

Virgelina CHARA, Association for the Comprehensive Development of Women, Youth and Childhood and Work, Colombia
Jose MANUYAMA, Committee for the Defense of Water, Peru
Shaji THOMAS, Federal University of Pará, Brazil
Laura COLLINS, Agroecology as A Way of Life Network, AFOVI, Mexico
Claudia ALVAREZ, Universidad del Buen Vivir

9:00 PM - 11:59 PM

The insurgency of the peoples

Jorge ISHIZAWA, Proyecto Andino de Tecnologías Campesinas, PRATEC, Peru
Jorge SANTIAGO, Former Director of Desarrollo Económico y Social de los Mexicanos Indígenas, DESMI, Mexico
Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University, China

9:00 PM - 11:59 PM

Against health for all : 30 years of health financialization

Marco ANGELO, Working Group on Medical Development Cooperation, WEMOS, Netherlands
Maria José ROMERO, European Network on Debt and Development, EURODAD, Belgium
Sarah HUGHES-MCLURE, Cambridge University, UK
Felix STEIN, Centre for Development and the Environment, Oslo University, Norway
Nicoletta DENTICO, Global Health Justice Program, Society for International Development, SID, Italy

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Cultural heritage and ecological architecture

Cristina ENGEL DE ALVAREZ, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Aibin YAN, East China University of Science and Technology, China
Eka SWADIANSA, Office of Strategic Architecture, Indonesia
Huizhong BIN, Shanghai University, China

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Brazil under Lula’s renewed presidency

Rosa Maria MARQUES, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil
Victor Leonardo FIGUEIREDO CARVALHO DE ARAÚJO, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
Allan Kardec DUAILIBE BARROS FILHO, Federal University of Maranhão and Maranhense Gas Company, Brazil
Rogério NAQUES FALEIROS, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Feminist vision of genuine security and a culture of life

Suzuyo TAKAZATO, Okinawa Women Act against Military Violence, Japan
Alma BULAWAN, Buklod Women's Empowerment Center, Philippines
Jeong Ae AHN-KIM, Solidarity for USFIK Camptown Comfort Women's Human Rights, South Korea
Monaeka/Naek FLORES, queer CHamoru artist and organizer, Guåhan
Sam IKEHARA, Women’s Voices, Women Speak, Hawai'i
Margo OKAZAWA-REY, San Francisco State University, USA

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Rural regeneration in East Asia (I)

Kazuoki ONO, Agricultural Journalist, Japan
Mitsuko HIKITA, Yamagata Farmers Group, Japan
Hyung No JOO, Hongseong Environment Agricultural Education Center, South Korea
Xiaohui YAN, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China
Jung-Ok LEE, Catholic University of Daegu, South Korea

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Rural regeneration in East Asia (II)

Ja In GU, Community ILSO GONGDO, South Korea
Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University, China
Andrew AERIA, Research Consultant, Non-Timber Forests Products Exchange Programme, Malaysia

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Spirit and philosophy in permaculture and community building in Asia

Jon JANDAI, Pun Pun Farm, Thailand
Iskandar WAWORUNTU, Bumi Langit Institute, Indonesia
Pallavi VARMA PATIL, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, India
Ananeza ABAN, University of the Philippines, the Philippines
Sze Chung CHOW, Sangwoodgoon, Hong Kong, China
Yuk Ming Lisa LEUNG, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The mission of rural education in the era of ecological civilization : life education for rebuilding the human-nature connection

Xiaode ZHANG, Chinese Academy of Governance, China
Zhixiong HE, Green Ground Eco-Tech Centre (Beijing), China

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Critique of modernity and major challenges of a century

Qiyuan LU, World International Consulting Limited, Hong Kong, China
Xiaohui YAN, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Rural regeneration in China Today : 20th anniversary of James Yen Rural Reconstruction Institute

Cynthia YUEN, Former Assistant of Dean, James Yen Rural Reconstruction Institute

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Global crises, wars and conflicts

Tiejun WEN, Southwest University, China
Xiaohui YAN, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Geopolitics and political economy : looming war against China

Michael HUDSON, Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends, USA
Radhika DESAI, University of Manitoba, Canada
Pepe ESCOBAR, Editor-at-large, Asia Times
Ashley DAYMAN, Editor and Solicitor, Australia

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

De-linking in theory and practice : commemorating Samir Amin

Tiejun WEN, Southwest University, China
Ping HUANG, Chinese Institute of Hong Kong, China
Dac Loi TRAN, Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation, Vietnam
Jayati GHOSH, University of Massachusetts, USA
Firoze MANJI, Daraja Press, Canada/Kenya
John Bellamy FOSTER, University of Oregon; Monthly Review, USA
Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University, China
Ebrima SALL, Trust Africa, Senegal

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Solidarity economy and community currencies

Heloisa PRIMAVERA, Latin American Network of Solidarity Economy, Argentina
Nelsa Inês Fabian NESPOLO, President of Univens Cooperative and Justa Trama Central Cooperative, Vice President of Unisol Brazil
Yhali LOMBERA, Kual Kan Time bank, Mexico
Claudia YADIRA, Multitrueke Mixiuhca Exchange Community, Mexico

10:00 PM - 11:59 PM

Gandhian Marxism and local governance

M. P. PARAMESWARAN, All India Peoples Science Network, India
K K KRISHNA KUMAR, Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad, India
Anita RAMPAL, University of Delhi, India
Manoranjan MOHANTY, Council for Social Development, India
Tsui Jade Margaret SIT, Southwest University, China

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

People’s agency and movement zone

Ichiyo MUTO, People’s Plan Study Group, Japan
Surichai WUN’GAEO, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Melani BUDIANTA, University of Indonesia
Francis LOH, Persatuan Aliran Kesedaran Negara, Malaysia
Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University, China

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Legacy of a century and the future for humanity

Jinhua DAI, Peking University, China
Hui WANG, Tsinghua University, China
Kin Chi LAU, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China

8:00 PM - 10:30 PM