[CivilSoc] International Peace Conference--St. Petersburg, Russia, May 2002

Sat, 6 Oct 2001 12:18:13 -0700 (PDT)

Dear Colleagues,
Enclosed is a notice on the 10th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
CONFLICT RESOLUTION (ICR) held May 9-19, 2002 in St. Petersburg,
Russia (formal conference May 10-15).  We also invite you to visit
our Home page at <A
HREF="http://ahpweb.org/cbi/home.html">http://ahpweb.org/cbi/home.html</A>
AT A TIME OF HEIGHTENED UNCERTAINTY AND FEAR, there is a critical
need for new thinking, new vision, new understanding, and new ways of
relating with each other in an increasingly interdependent global
community.
SUPPORT: The Annual ICR Conference has been supported by Former
President Clinton, Former President Yeltsin, St. Petersburg Governor
Jakovlev, and is endorsed by over 60 organizations and universities
internationally. It is listed in numerous international directories
and included as part of the Hague Appeal for Peace Civil Society
Calendar.
PARTICIPANTS have come from over 55 countries and all continents,
providing excellent opportunities for important networking contacts
with representatives of many organizations. This event attracts
hundreds of individuals in key positions in their respective
societies who can model and teach skills to many others for practical
application in their personal and professional lives.
We invite your participation and APPRECIATE YOUR SHARING THIS
INFORMATION with colleagues and relevant organizations to assist in
raising awareness of this important event.
The 2002 PROGRAM is currently being developed and we continue to
receive presentation proposals. In addition to the variety of topics
being addressed are an increased emphasis on the dynamics of
terrorism and "The Other"  throughout the world, and on issues in the
Middle East.
Presentation samples will be posted in the near future, and the full
version will be available prior to the conference date.  In the
meantime, the previous conference program, a full list of endorsing
and sponsoring organizations, registration and proposal forms, costs,
and logistical details are available through our web site.  The
previous program can provide insight into the content and format of
the conference. Our web site also offers Information on other efforts
of CBI, including the "Catastrophic Trauma Recovery Project" being
established to provide trauma treatment training to local relief
workers in the Balkans and Middle East.
** A longer, full conference announcement, as well as a list of
endorsers, forms, and logistics are available by separate e-mail,
fax, or land mail upon request.
The program has a broad context and FOCUSES on ALL ASPECTS AND LEVELS
OF CONFLICT from a relational perspective - from the intrapersonal -
to the interpersonal - to relationships between groups,
organizations, cultures, religious traditions, and societies - and
ultimately between us and other species. The experiential nature of
the Conference is viewed as one of it's most important qualities. The
formation of a CROSS-CULTURAL INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY is a living
laboratory of sorts that is essential for engaging and integrating
formal learning from workshops.
A strength lies in the blending and interfacing of DIVERSE
APPROACHES, PERSPECTIVES, and CONTEXTS, which allows for further
development and creative application in ones own work.
Presentations offer a wide range, including well-defined curriculums
and training programs, creative exploratory research, and in-process
experiences. In addition, the MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, MULTI-CULTURAL OPEN
FORUM provides a rich intellectual environment for dynamic dialogues
that examine new ways of conceptualizing and perceiving conflicts,
differences, and issues of personal/global security, as well as
managing them. It is designed as both a teaching and learning
experience for presenters and participants alike.
There are invaluable opportunities during and after the conference
for NETWORKING and meeting with colleagues and relevant organizations
from around the world. Each year dynamic collaborations and
associations, whether concrete action-oriented, education and
training, or research in nature, have come out of the contacts at
this conference. Some of these activities directly involve the
conference sponsors, but many are the initiative and work of those
who simply meet there. CBI continues support of these efforts through
linking them and providing resources and training materials via our
web site.
The OFFICIAL PROGRAM LANGUAGES are English and Russian. Interpreters
are assigned to each presentation and event, and are also available
in the general conference milieu. The conference is held just outside
St. Petersburg at a Russian resort hotel located on the Finnish gulf.
Historically, the ICR Conference has been funded solely by
registrations.  All participants - including presenters - pay their
own expenses for attending.  By design, hard-currency registrations
are used to help subsidize costs of low income participants from
economically impoverished societies.  This formula has allowed us to
produce now 10 successful, truly cross-cultural, annual events.
Members of endorsing organizations receive a $100 discount on full
hard-currency registrations. Shorter or longer stays are also
available (see registration form re: this and other discounts).
After reading through this material we encourage you to contact us
directly at our e-mail, fax, or phone numbers with any questions or
requests for more details and background information.
Thank you in advance for your help in sharing this information. The
Annual ICR Conference continues to grow significantly in impact and
global participation.  We are always appreciative of the many
individuals and organizations internationally who assist in it's
success by publicizing this event throughout the year, and to our
expanding list of official endorsers.
IN THE MIDST OF RISING TERRORISM AND STRUGGLING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS on
the formal governmental level, the world faces a historic choice
between old, failing paradigms of separateness and "the other," or
recognition of our common, elemental interdependence as human beings.
We invite you and your colleagues to join us this May in St.
Petersburg for the 2002 10th Annual International Conference on
Conflict Resolution to endorse the power of nonviolence in creating a
universal culture of peace, and share effective methods to achieve
it.
Sincerely,
Steve Olweean, Director
Conference Co-coordinator
Common Bond Institute
12170  S. Pine Ayr Drive, Climax, Michigan  49034  USA
Ph/Fax: 616-665-9393    [email protected]
Home web page:            http://ahpweb.org/cbi/home.html
Annual ICR Conference:  http://ahpweb.org/cbi/icr.html
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10th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION
"Sharing Tools for Personal/Global Harmony"
AT A TIME OF PROFOUND CRISIS - a time that calls for new thinking,
new vision, new understanding, and new ways of relating in an
increasingly interdependent global community.
May 9 - 19, 2002            St. Petersburg, Russia
            (Formal conference program May 10-15)
Sponsored by Common Bond Institute (USA) & HARMONY Institute
(RUSSIA), in cooperation with Association for Humanistic Psychology
~ Continuing Education Credits available ~
A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY / MULTI-CULTURAL conference that has received
support from Former US President Clinton, Former Russian President
Yeltsin, St.  Petersburg Governor Jakovlev, and is endorsed by over
60 leading-edge organizations and universities internationally - open
to any individuals interested in developing and practicing personal /
professional skills in conflict resolution and promoting a culture of
peace in the world. Part of the Hague Appeal for Peace Civil Society
Calendar.
This joint US/Russian sponsored event FOCUSES ON all aspects of
conflict resolution and transformation, from the intrapersonal - to
the interpersonal - to relationships between groups, organizations,
cultures, spiritual traditions, and societies - and ultimately
between us and other species.
PRESENTATIONS explore conflict resolution within diverse contexts,
including:  Arts/Creativity, Cross-cultural/Ethnic,
Ecology/Environmental, Economics/Business, Education, Gender,
Global/Regional Conflict, Health/Healing arts, Human Rights,
Organizational/Community, Psychotherapy, and Transpersonal/Spiritual.
PRESENTERS REPRESENT DIVERSE DISCIPLINES AS WELL AS CULTURES,
including psychology, education, ecology & environmental sciences,
peace activism, social work, sociology, medical & healing arts,
organizational and community development, civil service,
spirituality, philosophy, diplomacy, government, journalism, business
& economics, law, the physical sciences, and the arts.
MANY OPPORTUNITIES are offered for hands-on practical skills
training, sharing of programs and curriculums, intensive dialogues on
theory and perceptions of conflict and resolution, networking and
collaboration, and a powerful intentional community experience.
Participants have come from over 55 countries and all continents,
providing excellent opportunities for important networking contacts
with representatives of many organizations. The program attracts
hundreds of individuals in key positions in their respective
societies who can model and teach these skills to many others.
6 DAYS of all-day institutes, workshops, roundtables, and community
meetings.
55 day-program sessions, and a full slate of evening sessions and
social / cultural events.
4 DAYS of pre- and post-conference cultural events, tours, and
professional visits and meetings, in St. Petersburg.
NOW MORE THAN EVER, we invite you to join us in endorsing
non-violence in the world and sharing the methods to achieve it.
~ CALL  FOR  PRESENTATION  PROPOSALS ~
Submissions requested by: 3-1-2002
(Early submission is recommended for best choice of sessions.
Submissions after this date are considered� for evening or replacement
sessions as space permits)
For information, proposal and registration forms, CONTACT:
COMMON BOND INSTITUTE (USA),
Steve Olweean, Co-coordinator
12170  S. Pine Ayr Drive, Climax, Michigan  49034
Ph/Fax: 616-665-9393     E-mail: [email protected]
Full details available at WEB SITE: <A HREF="http://ahpweb.org/cbi/home.html">
http://ahpweb.org/cbi/home.html</A>