UNYP 2010 Symposium

Name: UNYP 2010 Symposium
Tagline: Meeting Crisis with Wisdom: Charting our way forward in politics, business, finance, law & education
Date: October 8, 2010
Venue: NYU Conference Center (Male namesti 11, Richtruv dum, Prague 1 - Old Town)
Short Description: One day international interdisciplinary conference of scholars, professionals, and civic-minded people who will meet to share perspectives and lessons learned from past mistakes, and to identify principles and practices which can enable us to progress and do better in the decade just begun.

PROGRAM

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8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:15 – welcome and introductory remarks

Dr. Andreas Antonopoulos, UNYP Rector; Dr. Evelyn Wells, Empire State College

Event moderator: Dr. David Starr-Glass, Empire State College

9:15-10:30 – 1st panel: LAW
Rule of Law principles: applicable for improved practices in diverse fields/process drives results

Moderator: Anna Higgs, L.L.M, J.D. – University of New York in Prague

Dr. Max Hilaire, – Empire State College; Morgan State University
William Cohn, J.D. – University of New York in Prague
Zdeněk Kühn, Ph.D., LL.M., S.J.D. – NYU in Prague; Charles University Law School

10:45-12:00 – 2nd Panel: BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Rethinking economic theory and business practice: towards transparency, sustainability and ethical practices

Moderator: William Pattison – University of New York in Prague

Dr. Eric Zencey – Empire State College
David Muir – University of New York in Prague
Alex Raiman – UNYP Alumni; Impact o.s.
Radim Bureš – Transparency International

12:00-13:00 – lunch break

13:00-13:30 – Keynote address – Dr.Jiří Pehe, Director, New York University in Prague

13:30-14:45 – 3rd panel:  POLITICS
Towards accountability: rooting out corruption and expanding the public sphere

Moderator:John Strong – University of New York in Prague

Martin Jan Stránský – The New Presence and Přítomnost
Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová – NYU in Prague; YES for Europe
Benjamin Cunningham – The Prague Post
Robert Basch – Director, Open Society Institute

14:45-15:00 – coffee break

15:00-16:15 – 4th panel: EDUCATION
Imparting wisdom: teaching sound values and practices to build a culture that is knowledgeable, caring and sustainable

Moderator: Shaana Aljoe – University of New York in Prague

Dr. Charles Webel – University of New York in Prague
Tess Slavíčková – University of New York in Prague
Jan Felt – UNYP alumni; Mather Public Relations
Ph.D. Eva Janebova – Charles University

 16:15-17:00 – Q & A session

17:00-17:15 – Concluding remarks/summing-up – William Cohn; Dr. Jiří Pehe

17:15 – wine and cheese reception

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The symposium will be held in English.

Please RSVP if you are planning to attend: unyp [dot] symposium [at] gmail [dot] com

Partners:special thanks to New York University in Prague for its generous support, and to Empire State College, State University of New York (ESC). Thanks also to The New Presence and Přítomnost, and all participants and attendees, including the many students and faculty in the UNYP and ESC undergraduate and graduate programs who have given their time, energy and ideas, for their support of the UNYP 2010 Symposium.