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International Conference WITH ALL AND FOR THE GOOD OF ALL

Palacio de Convenciones, La Habana, 24-26 October, 2005

CALLING

Background

The World Program in tribute of José Martí carried out throughout the planet on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of that extraordinary personality of universal thought –which was sponsored by UNESCO, the Organization of Spanish-American States for Education, Science and Culture, as well as by a large number of universities, cultural institutions and non-governmental and political organizations from all continents– opened huge possibilities and created favorable and new conditions to enable the identification, establishment of relations and open exchanges among many personalities from the academic, scientific, cultural and political sectors, among others that have shown concern in the face of international events and are sensitive to endeavours aimed at social and human improvement and at rescuing life in the planet.

The best example of it was the International Conference ON WORLD EQUILIBRIUM as culmination of that world program in tribute to José Martí, which was celebrated in La Habana in January 2003 and attended by more than 600 delegates from nearly 60 countries, including relevant personalities of international prestige.

Based on that experience and in order to stimulate and systematize world forums for the widest possible debate of ideas among persons of good will all over the world, in accordance with the unifying, profound and deeply humanist thought of José Martí and with the purpose of further contributing to the consolidation of ethics, justice and solidarity in the conscience of public opinion, UNESCO approved the José Martí World Solidarity Project.

The International Colloquium FOR A CULTURE OF NATURE held in October 2004 was part of that scheme and those purposes. We are now calling for the International Conference WITH ALL AND FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, one of the main activities of the José Martí World Solidarity Project of UNESCO. Both forums are the continuation of the International Conference ON WORLD EQUILIBRIUM.

This trilogy of events fully entwines with Martí’s thought and its current validity, particularly in those aspects related to the need of searching for an equilibrium in international relations, society and in the individual; the importance of consolidating an ethics in the construction of a new relation between society and nature; in the enforcement of the principle of unity in replacement of the reactionary practice of division; the aim at achieving social participation in the face of the conservative practice of exclusion and segregation for reasons of race or genre and other forms of segregation; of stimulating and acknowledging the usefulness of virtue, the far-reaching role of education and culture in the forming of human beings with values that allow them to work in favor of common welfare and of becoming sensitive toward the best causes.

Attendants’ profile

The International Conference WITH ALL AND FOR THE GOOD OF ALL has been designed to meet as a multi-disciplinary forum, in such a way that it will be possible to broach with rigor and a spirit of good will the great and complex problems faced by modern mankind. Thus, this event will have a space for philosophers, historians, economists, lawyers and other specialists of the Social Sciences, as well as doctors, engineers, investigators of top technologies and artists as long as they are united in the common interest of social and human improvement; from university professors in the different branches of knowledge to activists of non-governmental organizations and politicians committed with a better destiny for women, men, children and old persons. In short, the idea that guided José Martí’s practice of working “with all and for the good of all” will find in the October 2005 congress we are calling for with sponsorship from UNESCO and other international and regional organizations a fertile space for the open and plural debate of ideas and everything that unites those who, in different specialties, tribunes and places, seek a better, sustainable world for all where peace, social justice, equity and a policy of solidarity prevail.

MAIN TOPICS THAT WILL MAKE UP THE AGENDA OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “WITH ALL AND FOR THE GOOD OF ALL” (proposals coming up in the next months may be added to them)

1) Mankind in the face of the global dilemmas.
2) The project of a global modernization.
3) The role of speculative capital and the world economic crisis.
4) The environmental crisis and alternatives to face it and avoid its dramatic consequences.
5) Science and technology: Redeeming or enslaving forces?
6) The new information technologies at the service of the interests of the majority of mankind. The problem of the great press at the service of powerful economic groups. The alternative press.
7) The exclusion in the access to the new technologies and advanced science.
8) Migrations and the cultural encounter.
9) Nature and consequences of the hegemonic politics of the United States.
10) Identity conflicts in the face of homogenizing trends.
11) The role of education and culture as basic instruments to face the great problems of today’s world.
12) The attempts to spoil the aims of education in qualifying ideas and directing feelings. The leading role of the school and the teacher in society.
13) Artistic and literary creation as global industry. The logics of the market and maximized profits. The limits to creation.
14) Ethics and politics: link or divorce?
15) Toward a culture of peace and sustainable development.
16) Alternative development models: from environmental sustainability to true economic and social sustainability.
17) Transforming the world with all and for the good of all.
18) Civil participation in the construction of a better world: strategies and feasibility.
19) Women’s rights in contemporary society. The role of feminine organizations in social transformation.
20) Trade union movements under the new conditions created by the scientific-technical revolution and their role in the struggle for a better world.
21) The voice and action of youth as a sector called upon to promote favorable changes. The role of youth and student organizations and their insertion in the process of changes.
22) Religious organizations: the necessary dialogue, their possible contribution to peace and to the world on earth cherished by men of good will.
23) The limited and excluding practice of human rights. Restricted democracies and the unipolar world.
24) Social and personal human rights: an essential combination.
25) The problem of indigenous populations and ethnical minorities: either facing the problems and acting accordingly or behaving like the ostrich.
26) The respect to sexual preferences and human coexistence.
27) Political activism, social mobilization and the question of power.
28) The ethical imperative in the search of social equilibrium.
29) A balance of the meaning of solidarity and the need of it. Solidarity and epistemologies from Latin America and the Caribbean.
30) Justice as universal peace bulwark: the international community and the reform and democratization of its institutions. Will International Law survive or perish?
31) War and meddling actions and the lack of respect to the sovereignty of nations. The so-called humanitarian intervention.
32) Integration in the North and integration in the South: balances, feasibility and reality.
33) Links between economic, cultural and environmental problems, and the danger of the development of fascism under new forms.
34) Sensible forms of preventing all types of terrorism. Consensus and international unity in the face of unilateral and power actions.
35) Production, circulation and consumption of narcotics: in whose hands lies the solution of that earnest scourge? Its economic origin, its relation to politics, society and the family.
36) The ideas of José Martí and the best of Latin American and universal thought: essential sources for the elaboration of a project that truly guarantees a safe and better world for the present and future generations.

DATE AND PLACE OF CELEBRATION OF THE CONFERENCE

Palacio de las Convenciones of La Habana, Cuba, October 24 - 26, 2005

Information, details, registration and periodical updating in the following WEB site:

www.loseventos.cu/contodos

Work languages of the Conference

Spanish and English have been foreseen as work languages.

Participation forms

It is not required to present a paper in order to participate in the event. The design of this forum grants outstanding importance to the presence of persons who are interested in the topics in discussion and to their participation in the debates during the work sessions. In this respect, all participants are considered as delegates.

Registration or Pre-Registration

All those interested in participating in the International Conference “WITH ALL AND FOR THE GOOD OF ALL” must register or pre-register through the following web site:

www.loseventos.cu/contodos

or send the Pre-Registration form attached to the present Calling to the Organizing Committee by fax number 537- 833 9818 or e-mail address hpardo@ceniai.inf.cu This form indicates the participation form, which is essential for the preparation of the scientific program and the creation of adequate conditions at the venue.

Registration fee

The registration fees will be the following:

FEES ACCORDING TO DATES PARTICIPATION FORM
Delegate Accompanying person
Up to September 15, 2005 $ 120 $ 80
After September 15, 2005 $ 150 $ 100

The registration fees for delegates cover the participation in the opening and closing ceremonies, in all scientific activities during the three days of the event, in the farewell cocktail, in the cultural evening organized as a welcome to the participants and in the visits to those places of interest foreseen in the program; credentials, documentation, certificate of participation and the right to receive the Memories of the event once they are published. If they wish, they may likewise become a part of the network of persons in the world who work in favor of the goals of the forum.

The accompanying persons may participate –with their respective credentials– in the opening and closing activities, in the cultural evening, farewell cocktail and in the visits to places of interest foreseen in the program.

Optional tourist offers will be additionally presented for tours and other alternatives of cultural, historical or scientific interest.

At the request of youth organizations from Latin America, the Organizing Committee has foreseen the participation of student groups that, in case of interest, will receive lodging offers in student villas. The interested student groups, their institutions or persons in charge of the organization of their trip must previously contact the Organizing Committee, since the participation in this category, in the case of groups, will have a lower registration fee, as usual.

As students will be considered those persons who are carrying on pre-grade studies, and at the moment of their registration they must present a document that endorses this condition.

Payment of the registration fee

Registration in any of its forms may be made through the web site www.loseventos.cu/contodos using the registration option and making payment online through the accepted credit cards (VISA, EURO, JCB, Mastercard, SOLO, SWITCH, DELTA). Immediately after payment of the registration fee, the interested party will receive the corresponding receipt-invoice of said operation. If however, another official document endorsing this operation is required, the same may be requested from the e-mail address hpardo@ceniai.inf.cu or at the arrival to the venue of the event.

Payment of the registration fee may also be made directly at the venue of the event, upon arrival in Cuba, in which case the fee corresponding to the period after September 15, 2005 will be paid.

All the prices that appear in the portal are in CUCs (Cuban convertible peso). The CUC is equivalent 1 to 1 to the U.S.dollar. The CUC equals 1 to 1 the U.S. dollar.

Online payments on the web site using credit cards will be made at the equivalent dollar value according to the valid exchange rate of the currency of the country where the credit card was issued. For example: payment of a registration fee of 120 Cuban convertible pesos (CUCs) made with a VISA credit card issued in Mexico would equal the amount of Mexican pesos with regard to 120 U.S. dollars according to the international exchange rate of the day.

Those persons who do not make payment through the portal and prefer to do it at their arrival in Cuba will pay in CUCs, which may be obtained at the airport, banks, hotels, Convention Center or the exchange houses network.

This currency may be exchanged into Euros, Canadian dollars, sterling pounds or Swiss francs at the international exchange rate of the day with regard to the US dollar. Payment may also be made in US dollars, but in this case it will incur a 10% lien, according to the financial regulations in force in the country.

Presentation of papers

Those persons who wish to participate with a paper must attach an abstract of not more than one hundred words to their registration form at the moment they pre-register at the web site. That summary must contain the title of the work and the central idea it handles. Otherwise they must send the pre-registration model accompanied by said abstract to the e-mail address of the Organizing Committee: hpardo@ceniai.inf.cu or to fax number (537) 833 9818.

The Scientific Committee will determine the approval of the work and will schedule it in the scientific program of the event.

Stipulations for the presentation of papers or free themes

The full papers must be typed in letter format (8.5 x 11 in.), double space, with a 2,5 cm margin on each side. They should be sent to the Organizing Committee in Word format, in any of its PC versions, to the following e-mail address:: hpardo@ceniai.inf.cu with copy to rodolfo@gesi.desoft.cu in order to ensure their publication in the CD-ROM containing the Memories of the event.
The papers shall not exceed 20 pages, including annexes.
The speakers authorize the Organizing Committee to publish and dissemínate their works.
Each paper must include on the first page the title, name of the author or authors, name and address of the institution he represents (if that were the case) or where he works, as well as his contact data and country of residence.

Deadline for the receipt of abstracts and papers

Abstracts should be sent to the Scientific Committee before September 15, 2005. The full text of the papers will be admitted up to October 15, 2005.

Work program

The work program includes debates in commissions, round tables and panels, and special conferences in plenary sessions. Visits to places of interest are likewise foreseen.

Technical means

Several halls will be equipped with overhead projectors, PCs for presentations on data show and video beam. If a participant requires any of these means for his presentation, he should clearly indicate it in the Pre-Registration or Registration Form, in order to ensure the availability of such means.

Certificate of participation

All Conference participants will be entitled to intervene in the debates of the different work commissions and other forms foreseen for discussion and meditation. All participants will receive a Diploma or Certificate stating their participation in this important forum.

PRE-REGISTRATION OR REGISTRATION FORM:

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “WITH ALL AND FOR THE GOOD OF ALL”

Full name________________________________________________________
Postal address_____________________________________ Country_________________

E-Mail:____________ Fax___________ Telephone_________

Institution where you work or which you represent ___________________________________________

Your professional activity ________________________________________________________

Form in which you will participate: DELEGATE ( ) ACCOMPANYING PERSON ( )

If you will participate as a lecturer, please indicate which audiovisual equipment you will require and send back the title of your paper and corresponding abstract together with this form.

__________________________________________________________________

 

Facilities to travel to Cuba

For further facilities, interested parties may establish contact with the tourist agencies connected to HAVANATUR, which is the receptive agency.

Tourist packages in excellent hotels have been prepared as special offers for the participants of this forum, with different economic alternatives. There is also the possibility to meet the wishes of groups interested in lodging in hostels or villas, as well as to find other favorable alternatives to any request, particularly from student groups.

The HAVANATUR representatives will attend with special offers to requests of delegates who wish to extend their stay either before or after the Congress and thus combine their professional activities with tourist activities in Varadero, Viñales, Trinidad and other beautiful places of the Cuban archipelago.

If you wish to obtain information on the travel agencies all over the world that work with HAVANATUR and Palacio de Convenciones, as well as data on the basic tourist packages and other indications and ways of communicating directly, please consult the Conference website: www.loseventos.cu/contodos
or address the Organizing Committee and HAVANATUR expert Jorge L. Fando directly at the following e-mail address: fando@cimex.com.cu

TO KEEP UPDATED ON THE PREPARATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “WITH ALL AND FOR THE GOOD OF ALL” AND TO OBTAIN ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION YOU MAY VISIT THE EVENT’S OFFICIAL WEB SITE:
www.loseventos.cu/contodos

Interested parties may also address directly the
Organizing Committee of the International Conference
WITH ALL AND FOR THE GOOD OF ALL
Calzada No. 803 entre 2 y 4, El Vedado, La Habana, Cuba
EMAIL
hpardo@ceniai.inf.cu
jmarti@cubarte.cult.cu
FAX (537) 8339818

or

Lic. Mireya Mesa Tamayo
Professional Congress Organizer
Palacio de Convenciones de La Habana, Cuba
Calle 146 entre 11 y 13, Rpto. Cubanacán, Playa, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Tels. (537) 208 6176 y 202 6011 al 19 ext. 1512
Fax (537) 202 8382
E mail: mireya@palco.cu

For any explanation, information or detail required with regard to lodging facilities and tourist options in Cuba you may likewise address:

MSc. Jorge L. Fando Borrego
Trade Expert of HAVANATUR
Edificio Sierra Maestra, Calle 1ra. e/ 0 y 2,
Miramar, Playa, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Tel. (537) 203 9716
FAX: (537) 203 9130
E Mail: fando@cimex.com.cu

INVITATION

You are invited to promote in universities and, research centers this important forum that is being organized in 2005 and to strive to meet in La Habana on that occasion.

Cuban Organizing Committee

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