Monday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Washington, DC
Georgetown University
10:00 a.m. Opening Plenary Session
• Welcome
• Overview of Conference
• Explanation of UNESCO and National Commissions
Topic Areas:
• A View of Natural Sciences and Engineering
• A View of Education and Humanities
• A View of Bioethics
• A View of Culture and Arts
• A View of the Digital World Library
Afternoon Session
2:00 p.m. Breakout Discussion Panels (5)
Education
Panel speakers to address:
• Literacy
• Higher Education and Exchanges
• Education For All (EFA)
• Education research
Natural Sciences and Engineering
Panel speakers to address:
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC and Early Warning)
• UNESCO Science Program
• International Hydrological Program (IHP)
• Science Education and Capacity Building
• Man and the Biosphere (MAB)
Social and Human Sciences
Panel speakers to address:
• Bioethics
• International Human Rights
• Civic Education and the U.S. Government
• Civic Education and NGOs
Culture
Panel speakers to address:
• Cultural Removable Property and UNESCO Capacity Building Program
• International Cultural Property Protections
• World Heritage Committee
• World Heritage
• Draft Convention on the Protection of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions
• Cultural Diversity and NGOs
Communications and Information
Panel speakers to address:
• World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
• Technology and Democracy
• Effectiveness of International Information and Media Programs and Information Technology
• A View of Press Freedoms Worldwide
Day One Concludes following breakout session conclusion
08:45 a.m. Committee Breakout Discussion (5)
• Education
• Culture
• Natural Sciences and Engineering
• Social and Human Sciences
• Communications and Information
10:15 a.m. Concluding Plenary
• Keynote address
• Plenary Presentations by Committees and Open Public Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Session
1:00 p.m. Business Session and Concluding Administrative Items
2:00 p.m. Conference Concludes
For more information about the first annual conference of the re-established U.S. National Commission for UNESCO or to inquire about attending the conference, please contact its Executive Secretariat office at 202-663-0026 or DCUNESCO@state.gov.
