Rebuilding the World in the BRICS Era
International Conference of the Schiller Institute
Paris, 13-14 June 2015
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updated July 17, 2015 1:26 PM GMT -0400 (U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time)
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SATURDAY JUNE 13
KEYNOTE
Helga Zepp-LaRouche, chairwoman of the Schiller Institute TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO
The speakers, who hold government or institutional positions, and some of whom have participated in the negotiation process leading to the BRICS, will all speak in a personal capacity.
PANEL I: The New Silk Road and the BRICS: A New Paradigm for Civilization
Musical Introduction: J.S. Bach - Toccata BWV 914 in e minor for piano, performed by Georges Bériachvili VIDEO
Moderator: Christine Bierre, journalist, Paris
- Leonid Kadyshev, Minister Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in France. VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT
- Prof. Shi Ze, Senior Research Fellow and Director of International Strategic Studies on Energy of the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), a think-tank of the Foreign Ministry, Beijing. TRANSCRIPT
- H.E. Ambassador H.H.S. Viswanathan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation. Coordinator of all activies connected with BRICS and IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa, New Delhi). VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT
- H.E. Ali Ahani, Ambassador of Iran in France. VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT
- Metin Apti, Founder and president of the Silk Road Association, Romania VIDEO
- Craig Isherwood, National secretary, Citizens Electoral Council, Melbourne, Australia VIDEO
- Questions and Answers VIDEO
PANEL II: Eradicating the Geopolitics of War by Pursuing the Common Aims of Mankind
Musical Introduction: Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo for piano op. 118 No. 2 played by Benjamin Lyllof, Schiller Institute member VIDEO
Moderator: Elke Fimmen, Schiller Institute, Germany TRANSCRIPT
- Denys Pluvinage, consultant to the French-Russian Dialogue, Paris. VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT
- Jean-François Di Meglio, President ASIA Centre, Paris. VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT
- Jayshree Sengupta, Economist, observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India. VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT
- Colonel (ret.) Alain Corvez, International Strategy Consultant. Former International Relations Consultant of the Defense and Interior Ministries, Paris. France Should Revivie Her Gaullist Legacy VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT
- Stélios Kouloglou, Journalist, Writer, and Member of European Parliament, Syriza, Greece. The Troika’s Silent Coup d’etat Against Greece TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO
- Tatiana Seliverstova, Head of the department of international cooperation and innovative activities of the Russian Union of Youth. Let’s Create a Youth Movement In Support OF the BRICS! VIDEO
PANEL III: Great Infrastructure Projects Are the Only Real Alternative
These experts have all been personally involved in the design, feasibility studies and development of international infrastructure programs.
Moderator: Rainer Apel, Executive Intelligence Review, Wiesbaden.
- Christine Bierre, Journalist, Paris. The Eurasian Land-Bridge of Leibniz TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO
- Jean-Pierre Gérard, Economist, Entrepreneur, former member of the Economic Council of the Bank of France, Paris. The Driving Role of the State, and the Failure of Administrative Economics TRANSCRIPT
- Hussein Askary, Middle East Director of the Schiller Institute, Stockholm. South West Asia Between Two Systems VIDEO TRANSCRIPT (scroll to page 5 of PDF document)
- Prof. Safieeldin Mohamed Metwally, The National Center for Desert Research, Ciaro, Egypt. Rebuilding Egypt VIDEO TRANSCRIPT (scroll to page 8 of PDF document)
- Acheikh Ibn-Oumar, former Foreign Minister of Chad, Reims. Revitalizing Lake Chad, A Great Challenge for the BRICS VIDEO TRANSCRIPT (Summary only; scroll to page 10 of PDF document)
MUSICAL EVENING
SUNDAY, JUNE 14
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS:
Jacques Cheminade, President of Solidarite é Progrès, Paris. TRANSCRIPT
PANEL IV: Public Credit and Debt Cancellation, The Political Challenge for Europe
The speakers are aware that European nations must join the BRICS dynamic, bringing with them the best of their respective cultures and historical achievements to expand the scope. The crucial issue is to put the end to monetarism and establish a public credit system both nationally and internationally to finance great infrastructure projects.
Moderator: Karel Vereycken, Journalist, Paris.
Musical Introduction: J.S.Bach - The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No.17 in A flat Major, Performed by Jean Trébuchet. VIDEO
- Karel Vereycken, Journalist, Paris. The Precedent of the 1953 London Debt Conference TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO VIDEO
- Dean Andromidas, Executive Intelligence Review, Wiesbaden. The Fight As Seen From Greece VIDEO
- Diogène Senny, Secretary General of the Pan-African League-UMOJA, Toulouse. Fatal Debts or the Illusion of African Independence VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT
- Prof. Mohamed Ali Ibrahim, Dean of the Transport and Logistics Institute, Chairman of the Arab League Academy of Science and Technology, Port Said, Egypt. How the IMF and the World Bank Are Trying To Derail the New Suez Canal VIDEO
- Charles Paperon, Veteran Figher of the French Resistance, decorated of the Free France medal We Must Fight the Financial Oligarchy. VIDEO
MESSAGES TO THE CONFERENCE
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Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO
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Walter Jones, member of U.S. House of Representatives TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO
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Richard Black, member of Virginia State Senate TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO
PANEL V.
A New Scientific and Cultural Renaissance is the Key to Our Future
Countering the hypocrisy and the unrealistic vision of the Paris World Climate Summit (COP21), the speakers will develop the real reasons for climate change and how human society has to master the dynamics involved for their mutual benefit, starting from an overall solar and galactic perspective.
Musical Introduction: Wolfgang A. Mozart's Sonata for violin and piano K.454 in B-Major, 1st mvt, performed by Anika Telmanyi and Benjamin Lyllof. VIDEO
Moderator: Odile Mojon, Schiller Institute, Paris.
- Maëlle Mercier, Schiller Institute, Paris. Jean Jaurès: Nurturing Politics With Art and Science VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT
- Benjamin Deniston, LaRouche PAC Scientific Research Team, Washington. Water, an Unlimited Resrouce Provided We Understand Where It Comes From VIDEO
- Prof. François Gervais, Professor Emeritus of the François Rabelais University, Tours, Critical Rapporteur to the IPCC-ARS5 (International Panel on Climate Change), Tours. The Innocence of Carbon VIDEO
- Prof. Carl-Otto Weiss, Advisor to the European Institute for Climate and Energy; Former President of the National Metrology Institute of Germany, Braunschweig. Climate Change Is Due To Natural Cycles VIDEO
- Questions and Answers VIDEO
CONCLUDING REMARKS:
Creating a New Renaissance
Helga Zepp-LaRouche TRANSCRIPT. VIDEO