CONFERENCE: THE AGE OF REASON OR THE ANNIHILATION OF HUMANITY?

Panel 1 — Saturday, February 4, 10am EDT, 4pm CET
How Nuclear World War III Can Be Avoided

Moderator: Dennis Speed, The Schiller Institute 

· Helga Zepp-LaRouche (Germany), Founder, The Schiller Institute: “How to Avoid Nuclear War: The Nature of Man” 

· H. E. Donald Ramotar (Guyana), former President of Guyana: “Russia/Ukraine and its Importance for the Global South” 
· Ray McGovern (United
States), former senior analyst, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA);
founding member, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS): ”
Know Where You Stand, And Stand There!” 
· Jack Gilroy (United
States), Organizer, Pax Christi, NY State/ Pax Christi International;
Board Member, New York Veterans for Peace: “In Support of Pope Francis’
Initiative for Peace”
· Amb. Chas Freeman (United
States), former Ambassador  to Saudi Arabia, former Deputy Chief of
Mission to China: “We Must Change America to Avert War” 
· Dr. Jur. Wolfgang Bittner (Germany), Jurist, Author: “We Are in War Mode” 
· Sam Pitroda (U.S./India), Telecom and IT Innovator; “Potential for Peace in a Hyperconnected World” 
· Diane Sare (United States), candidate for U.S. Senate (New York); Nick Brana (United States), National Chair, People’s Party; Angela McArdle (United States), Chair, Libertarian National Committee: “Can Americans Put Aside Their Divisions to Stop Nuclear War?” 
· Pastor Robert Smith, Pastor, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit, MI, Chair, Foreign Mission Board, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; Rev. Kinzer Pointer, Pastor, Agape Fellowship Baptist Church, Buffalo, NY; Rev. Dr. Ernest Johnson,
Professor, Southern University Law Center, Pastor, Windows of Heaven
Ministry, Baton Rouge, LA  (United States): “We are Obligated to Speak
and Act for Peace,” American clergy support the Pope’s initiative for
“negotiations without preconditions” to prevent World War III 

Question and Answer Session 

Panel 2 — 2pm EDT, 8pm CET
The Name of Peace: A New Security and Economic Development Architecture

Moderator: Dennis Small, The Schiller Institute and Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) 

· Jacques Cheminade (France), President of Solidarité et Progrès party, former Presidential candidate: “LaRouche’s Design for the New Paradigm” 

· Celeste Sáenz de Miera (Mexico), Secretary General, Mexico Journalists Club “Reflections on Helga Zepp-LaRouche’s Ten Principles for a New Paradigm” 
· Prof. Liu Haifang
(China), Associate Professor, School of International Studies,
Director, Center for African Studies, Beijing University: “China and
Trilateral Cooperation for International Development Assistance:
Perceptions and Actions” 
· Elison Karuhanga (Uganda), Partner, Kampala Associated Advocates: “Uganda’s Oil Project and Energy Independence”
· Prof. Yoro Diallo,
(Mali/China), Executive Director, Center for Francophone Studies,
Director, African Museum, Institute of African Studies, Zhejiang Normal
University, China: “Sino-Africa Cooperation: Building a Community of
Peace and Shared Development” 
· Dr. Fred M’membe
(Zambia), President of the Socialist Party of Zambia; former editor,
Zambia Post; former Presidential candidate: “The Age of Colonialism Must
Be Replaced by Win-Win Cooperation” 
· Shakeel Ahmad Ramay
(Pakistan), CEO, Asian Institute of Eco-Civilization Research and
Development: “Sustainable Peace through Inclusive Development: A Case
Study of GDI and GSI” 
· Marcelo Muñoz (Spain), Founder and President Emeritus of Cátedra China think tank, “If Europe Decouples from China, It Will Sink into Poverty” 
· Julio De Vido (Argentina), former Minister of Economics and Public Works, former member of Congress: “BRICS-Plus: Bringing the Belt and Road Initiative into the Americas” 
· Pedro Augusto Pinho (Brazil),
President, Association of Petrobras Engineers (AEPET): “The Collapse of
the Financial System Raises the Danger of Nuclear Conflict”  
· Amb. John Lander
(Australia), former Ambassador to Iran, former Deputy Chief of Mission
to China, former Director, China Section, Dept. of Foreign Affairs: “Why
the West Should Work with China on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
as the Alternative to War.” 

Question and Answer Session