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International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion 2014
"The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths"     
(Rome & Vatican City; March 31st - April 3rd, 2014)

Symposium Overview
The International Symposium on Religion & Cultural Diplomacy will focus on "The Promotion of World Peace through Interfaith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths" and highlight the importance of religious interchange as a vehicle for World Peace. The potential role religion plays in the promotion of global peace and stability will be outlined, with the aim to exemplify the positive and demonstrative effect it can bear in impacting society.

Religion can be used as a major force of unification between divergent factions; through the analysis and promotion of inter-faith dialogue, the Symposium will illustrate the key role religion plays in facilitating mutual understanding and tolerance of varying spiritual affiliations. The overall objective of the Symposium will be to demonstrate how inter-faith dialogue can be used as an effective tool in promoting global peace and reconciliation, and the power of religion to bring varying groups together in order to establish and maintain constructive channels of communication and sustainable collaboration.

Symposium Locations
Based in Rome & the Vatican City, the Symposium will be hosted at a number of important political, historic, and cultural locations across the city, and will consist of excursions to the country's top institutions and landmarks.

Symposium Speakers & Delegates »
Speakers and Delegates during the Symposium will include religious and spiritual leaders, leading politicians and diplomats, senior academics and other dignitaries from around the world. These speakers will include a large number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board, please click here :

http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/index.php?en_advisoryboard
http://www.ipahp.org/index.php?en_2014-iscd_srcd_speakers

Symposium Participants »
Participation in the Symposium is open to religious leaders, human rights activists, mediation specialists, academics, governmental & diplomatic officials, artists, journalists, civil society practitioners, private sector representatives, young professionals and students as well as other interested individuals from across the world.

If you would like to reserve a position and participate in the Symposium, please click on the link below and fill out the online application form:
Certificate of Attendance
All Symposium participants will be awarded an official Certificate of Attendance upon completion of the program, which will provide details of the high-profile speakers who took part in the event, and list the topics which were discussed. Each certificate will be signed by two members of the vast ICD Advisory Board.

APPLY
http://www.culturaldiplomacy.de/index.php?cccs-2013


Symposium Agenda
The Symposium will employ thorough examinations and in-depth analyses of past and present occurrences of conflict in order to propose solutions and explore the use and potential of inter-faith dialogue to promote discourse with the ultimate goal of world peace promotion. The Symposium will unite religious leaders together with politicians, diplomats, and academics in order to create cultural platforms for dialogue between nation states and leaders; the event will emphasize the necessity for such global players in joining together to commit to open inter-faith dialogue.

The Symposium will focus in particular on the following areas:

    Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the Global Community
    The Role of Inter-faith Dialogue in Peace Building & Reconciliation
    Challenges and Opportunities for World Leaders Promoting Inter-faith Dialogue
    The Application of Cultural Diplomacy in Promoting Inter-faith Dialogue

ULTERIORI INFO
http://www.ipahp.org/index.php?en_2014-iscd_srcd