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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:42:41 +0800
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Subject: International Conference on Alternatives to Globalization
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International Conference on Alternatives to Globalization
November 7-9, 1998
Development Academy of the Philippines
Tagaytay City, Philippines
Draft Program
November 6
Arrival/Registration
November 7
8:00 Registration
10:00 Welcome Address
10:15 Opening Address
10:45 Critique & Perspectives on Imperialist Crisis &
Globalization
11:30 Strategies in Confronting Globalization
12:15 Open Forum
12:30 Lunch
2:00 Global Financial Crisis and the IMF and Strategies in Resolving
the Crisis
2:45 Critique & Strategies Against Multilateral Agreement on
Investment (MAI) & World Trade Organization (WTO)
3:30 TNCs, the MAI and Corporate Rule
4:15 Coffee Break
4:30 Open Forum
5:00 Simultaneous Workshop A
1 Financial Crisis & the IMF
2 WTO and MAI
3 Transnational Corporations
6:30 Plenary of Workshop Results
7:30 Dinner
November 8
9:30 Strategies of Citizens' Movement In Industrialized Countries
Against Globalization
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 Third World People's Movement Against Globalization
11:15 Open Forum
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Globalization and the Struggle for the Environement
2:15 Impact of Globalization on Marginalized Societies and the
Strategies by Indigenous People
3:00 Strategies of the Women's Movement in Fighting
Globalization
3:45 Open Forum
4:15 Break
4:30 Simultaneous Workshop
1 Citizens' Movemnets in Industrialized Countries
2 Citizens' Movemnets in Third World Country
3 Indigenous People
4 Environement
6:00 Plenary of Workshop Results
November 9
8:30 Peasant Movements Confronting Imperialist Globalization
9:15 Workers' Movements Confronting Imperialist
Globalization
10:00 Coffee Break
10:15 Open Forum
10:45 Simultaneous Workshop C
1 Workers
2 Women
3 Peasants
11:15 Plenary Workshop Results
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Impact of Globalization on Marginalized Societies and
Strategies for Least Developed Countries
2:15 Liberation Movements as a Response to Imperialism
3:00 Global Perspectives in the Struggle Against Globalization
3:45 Open Forum
4:15 Coffee Break
4:30 Plenary
6:30 Dinner
8:00 Solidarity Night
November 10
Departure
Invited Speakers
Antonio Tujan Jr.
IBON Foundation Inc.
Philippines
Prof. Deepak Nayyar
J. Nehru University
India
Martin Khor
Third World Network
Malaysia
Tony Clarke
Polaris Institute
Canada
Agnes Bertrand
ECOROPA
France
Bamrung Kayopha
Assembly for the Poor
Thailand
Lori Wallach
Public Citizen
USA
Andrew Rowell
International Soceity for Ecology and Culture
United Kingdom
Jason Fox
Maori legal Service
New Zealand
Liza Masa
Gabriela
Philippines
Adelar Pizzeta
Movimiento dos Trabaljadores Rurais sem Terra (MST)
Brazil
Crispin Beltran
May First Movemnet (KMU)
Philippines
Yash Tandon
International South Group Network
Zimbabwe
Luis Jalandoni
National Democratic Front
Netherlands
Prof. James Petras
Binghamton University
USA
Deadline of registration is October 30, 1998. To receive registration
materials, please contact the secretariat.
Conference Secretariat
International Conference on Alternatives to Globaization
IBON Foundation Inc.
3/F SCC Bldg. 4427 Int. Old Sta. Mesa,
Manila 1008, Philippines
Tel (063-2) 713-2737 / 713-2729 Fax (063-2) 716-0108
http://www.info.com.ph/~ibon/conference.htm
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