- +650 foreign delegates
- 89 Participating Countries
- Near twenty confirmed scientific events
- Keynote speakers from around the world
The VI International Conference FOR WORLD BALANCE «With all and for the good of all», dedicated to dialogue among civilizations and the culture of peace, will be held at the Havana Convention Center from January 28 to 31, 2025.
Access de call of the event in several languages here: https://n9.cl/equilibrioforo
Organized by the José Martí International Solidarity Project and with the support of UNESCO and other international platforms, the Conference is part of the Annual Commemoration «Facing the Sun», dedicated to the 130th Anniversary of the death in combat of José Martí: Apostle of Cuban Independence and continental and universal reference of humanism.
This event is aimed at all people of good will committed to social justice, solidarity and the desire to build a better future.
During the conference, there will be commissions, panels, workshops, round tables, symposia, specialized spaces and keynote lectures.
SPACES WITHIN THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
- Commission for Solidarity and Peace (Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, ICAP)
- International Meeting of José Martí Chairs (International Network of José Martí Chairs)
- Symposium «Open Science for Equity: Priorities and Challenges in the Current International Scenario» (Academy of Sciences of Cuba).
- First World Congress of Poets in Defense of Peace and Life on Earth (Cuba-Poetry Project)
- International Colloquium of Historians “History, Culture and National Sovereignty” (Union of Historians of Cuba).
- Youth Forum With everyone and for the good of all (UJC and the José Martí Youth Movement)
- Puerto Rico Panel: «The heroic anti-colonial resistance of the Puerto Rican people».
- Forum; «International Coalition for Humanity» (Eight Goals One Foundation of India, and Ecocivilization).
- Progressive International Workshop: «Action Plan for a New International Economic Order» (Executive Secretariat of the Progressive International).
- Forum for the affirmation of multilateralism of the National Associations of the United Nations (by the Cuban Association of the United Nations, ACNU).
- Session in tribute to Fidel. Round table «José Martí and Fidel Castro» (Moderator: René González Barrios Director of the Fidel Castro Ruz Center, Cuba).
- Regular meeting of the World Council of the José Martí Project of International Solidarity.
- Panel of the organization «World Beyond War».
- Parliamentary Forum for Peace and Democracy (Parliaments of various countries).
- José Martí Cultural Society´s Workshop: “Experiences of the José Martí Cultural Society in the Study and Promotion of the thoughtr of José Martí”.
- Commission on “Global Socio-Economic Risks and Their Challenges for Development” (Centre for Research on the World Economy, CIEM)
- Network Space in Defense of Humanity “The Fascist Threat in the Contemporary World.”
- Playback Theater Workshop (Coordinated by Susan Metz, Promoter of the PLAYBACK International Theater Network USA ).
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This is a plural forum, that will allow the participation of diverse voices and will have the support of important institutions, such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI), the Culture of Peace Foundation, Soka Gakkai International and the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), among other international and national organizations.
SOME OF OUR KEY SPEAKERS
- Frei Betto (BRAZIL) Brazilian friar, theologian and prestigious intellectual.
- Dr. Carlos Bojórquez Urzáiz (MEXICO) President of the Scientific Council of the José Martí University of Latin America, Campus, Mérida, Yucatán. President of the MORENA Executive Committee in Yucatán.
- Eberhard Schultz (GERMANY) Human rights lawyer. Member of the Board of Directors of the International League for Human Rights in Germany. Founder in 2011 and President of the Foundation for Social Human Rights and Participation in Berlin.
- Professor Dimitrios P. Petropoulo (GREECE) Professor of Agricultural Economics. Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food, University of Peloponnese, Greece.
- Atilio Borón (ARGENTINA) Professor at the National University of Avellaneda and Researcher at the Floreal Gorini Cultural Center for Cooperation .
- Dr. Ignacio Ramonet (SPAIN) Doctor of Social Sciences; Professor of Communication Theory at the University of Paris-VII (France); Doctor Honoris Causa by five international universities; Founder of the World Social Forum.
- Prof. Max Puig (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) » Executive Vice President of the National Council for Change and Clean Development Mechanism (CNCCMDL). Intellectual and politician, former Minister of Labor and of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic.»
- Dr. Miodrag Mihaljević (SERBIA) Research Professor. Deputy Director of the SASA Mathematical Institute. Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA).
- José Luis Centella Gómez (SPAIN) President of the Communist Party of Spain. Spanish teacher and politician.
- Dr. Leonel Fernández Reina (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) Former President of the Dominican Republic. President of the Funglobe Foundation .
- Yoshiyuki Nagaoka (JAPAN) Public Relations Director, Soka Gakkai.
- Dimitris Kaltsonis (GREECE) Professor of State and Legal Theory at the Pantheon University of Political and Social Sciences, Athens.
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This global forum will take place in a context where humanity is seeking new ways to organize the world system, in a civilizational transition that seeks to overcome the legacy of colonialism and unilateralism, and that places multilateralism and sustainable human development at the center.
Access de call of the event in several languages here: https://n9.cl/equilibrioforo
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