Program
As in previous events of the Colloquium, there will be presentations of papers selected by a Special Committee and panels presented by invited participants. We advise the authors to present the works in no more than 30 minutes. Questions will be presented by the audience not by the specific debaters. Each plenary session has a chairperson. The same occurs with the panels.
| May 19 – Tuesday | |
| Arrival of participants. Welcoming and reception to be held at the home of Professor Nagan and the reception will start at 6:30 p.m.. The address is 8966 SW 44th Lane, Haile Plantation, Gainesville, FL 32608. Participants may wish to take a taxi to Nagan’s residence. Alternatively, Professor Nagan will be providing transportation with the assistance of his students for those who request it. Please email Professor Nagan (nagan@law.ufl.edu) to indicate whether you intend to come to the reception. | |
| May 20 – Wednesday | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Opening session: Professor Winston P. Nagan (President of the Organizing Committee, University of Florida), Professor Heitor Gurgulino de Souza (President of the WAAS), Professor Joanilio R. Teixeira (Honorary Member of the Organizing Committee, University of Brasilia). |
| 09:30 – 10:50 | Plenary session: Heitor Gurgulino de Souza, Chairperson Paper 1: Winston P. Nagan (Univ. of Florida/USA), Gadija Kahn ( Former acting Supreme Court Justice/ South Africa) and Craig Hammer (World Bank/USA). Title: “Towards a Theory of Sustainable Development: Drawing on Insights from Development in Modern Legal Theory” Paper 2: Garry Jacobs (Editor of Cadmus Journal/India). Title: “Contours of New Economic Theory” |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:10 – 12:30 | Plenary session: Jorge Thompson Araujo, Chairperson Paper 3: Amitava Dutt (Notre Dame University/USA). Title: “The division of labor in knowledge and action: Some general issues and the case of consumption.” |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:40 | Plenary session: Michael Marien, Chairperson Paper 4: Joanilio R. Teixeira (University of Brasilia/Brazil), Danielle Sandi Pinheiro (University of Brasilia/Brazil) and Anna Eloyr Vilasboas (University of Brasilia/Brazil). Title: “Socioeconomic and Environmental Performance: A Composite Index Approach and Comparative Application to the USA and China in the New Millennium” Paper 5: Emilson Silva (University of Alberta/Canada) and Chikara Yamaguchi (Hiroshima Shado University/Japan). Title: “Overlapping International Green R&D Agreement” |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Plenary session: Antonio Mendonça. Chairperson Paper 6: Maria de Lourdes R. Mollo (University of Brasilia/Brazil). Title: “Changing the Dominant Paradigm in Economics: How to Understand and Confront Critical Aspects of Economic Globalization” |
| 16:20 – 16:50 | Chairperson Joanilio Teixeira, presentor Gus Speth [topic to be announced] |
| 16:50 – 17:40 | Panel A: Heitor Gurgulino de Souza (Chairperson/ Brazil). Title: “Politics of the Solar Age: 34 Years Later”. Hazel Henderson (WAAS Fellow/USA) and Michael Marien (WAAS/USA). |
| May 21, Thursday | |
| 09:00 – 10:40 | Plenary session: Chandana Chakrabarti, Chairperson Paper 7: Neantro Saavedra Rivano (University of Tsukuba/Japan). Title: “Towards an Understanding of Global Crisis.” Paper 8: Miguel R. Fonseca (University of Porto/ Portugal), Antônio Mendonça (University of Lisbon/Portugal) and José Passos (University of Lisbon/ Portugal). Title: “Outward FDI and Sustainable Trade Balance: Evidence from Portuguese Economy, 1996-2011”. |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 11:50 | Plenary session: Robert J. Berg, ChairpersonPaper 9: Michael Marien (Fellow of WAAS/USA). Title: “Sustainability Past and Future: Ten Propositions on the Emerging Organizational Macro-System.” |
| 11:50 – 12:40 | Panel B: Garry Jacobs (Chairperson/ India), Amitava Dutt (Notre Dame University/USA), Louis-Philippe Rochon (Co-Editor, Review of Keynesian Economics/Canada). Title: “Converting Crises into Opportunities.” |
| 12:40 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:40 | Plenary session: Emilson Silva, Chairperson Paper 10: Robert J. Berg (Board of Trustees, WAAS/USA). Title: “Is a Real Global Agreement on Sustainability Possible.” Paper 11: Maria Rosa Borges. (University of Lisbon/ Portugal). Title: “Financial System and Economic Growth.” |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 16:50 | Plenary session: Joanilio R. Teixeira, Chairperson Paper 12: Leopoldo Costa (Ministry of Planning/Brazil), Fernando Soares (Ministry of Planning/Brazil), Alexandre Souza (Central Bank/Brazil) and Edson Toledo (Ministry of Finance)/Brazil). Title: “Ethics and Sustainability: An Alternative Approach to Evaluate the Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Brazil.” |
| 16:50 – 17:30 | Plenary session: Winston Nagan, Chairperson Paper 13: Chandana Chakrabarti (WAAS Board of Trustees/ India). Title: “Poverty, Agriculture and Sustainable Development in India.” Paper 14: Pierre-Antoine Barraille & Philip Koenig, Title (tentative): “Multi-National Corporate Business and the Crisis of Sustainability.” |
| 17:40 – 18:30 | Plenary session: Bob Berg, Board of Trustees Yehuda Kahane (President and Co-Founder, YK Center) Title of presentation to be announced |
| May 22, Friday | |
| 09:00 – 10:40 | Special Sessions Panel C: Jon Mills (Chairperson, University of Florida/USA), Jorge Thompson Araujo (World Bank/USA) and Craig Hammer (World Bank/USA). Title: “Institutional Frameworks Supporting Government Programes.” Panel D: Garry Jacobs (Chairperson/Moderator). Title: “Public Debate on Sustainable Development and New Human Centered Paradigm” (Michael Marien (Fellow of WAAS/USA) and Hazel Henderson (WAAS Fellow/USA). |
| 10:40– 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:50 | Closing session (Members to be indicated) |