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Key deadlines

Conference starts:

2014-07-15

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Conference Description

The Madrid Symposium will focus on "The Promotion of World Peace through Interfaith Dialogue & Global Political Discourse" and will highlight the importance of inter-faith dialogue and global political discourse as vehicles for World Peace. The potential role religion and politics play in the promotion of peace building 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 reconciliation between divergent factions; through the analysis and promotion of inter-faith dialogue, the Symposium will illustrate the key role inter-faith dialogue and global political discourse plays and can play in facilitating mutual understanding. In addition, inter-ethnic dialogue and the issue of tolerance of varying spiritual affiliations within a country or region will be analyzed. The overall objective of the Symposium will be to demonstrate how inter-faith dialogue and global political discourse can be used as effective tools in promoting global peace and reconciliation, and the power of religion and global political discourse to bring varying groups together in order to establish and maintain constructive channels of communication and sustainable collaboration.

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:

• Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, 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

Symposium Locations

Based in Madrid, 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.

Summit Participation

Participation in the conference is open to governmental & diplomatic officials, academics, artists, journalists, civil society practitioners, private sector representatives, young professionals and students as well as other interested individuals from across the world.

Participant Papers »
The Conference Committee encourages academic research and analysis of issues related to the goals of the Conference. The Conference Committee would therefore like to welcome the participants of the conference to submit a paper they would like to be considered for presentation at the conference as well as being included in the proposal document that will be issued following the conference and will be sent to all governments and leaders of the international community worldwide.