PROGRAM

In the Spirit of Schiller and Beethoven:
All Men, Become Brethren!

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Schiller Institute

Schiller Institute International Online Conference
December 7-8, 2024

Panel One

Saturday, December 7, 9 a.m. – 12 noon EST

The Strategic Crisis: New and Final World War,
or a New Paradigm of the One Humanity?

Moderator: Dennis Speed (U.S.), Schiller Institute

Keynote: Helga Zepp-LaRouche (Germany), Founder of the Schiller Institute

Dmitri Trenin (Russia), Professor, Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at the Higher School of Economics University (Moscow)

H.E. Donald Ramotar (Guyana), former President of Guyana

H.E. Ján Čarnogurský (Slovakia), former Prime Minister of Slovakia

Prof. Zhang Weiwei (China), Professor of International Relations, Fudan University, China

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (U.S.), former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1993-1994

Scott Ritter (U.S.), former UN Weapons Inspector in Iraq

Col. (ret.) Larry Wilkerson (U.S.), former Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of State

Ambassador Hossein Mousavian (Iran), former Ambassador of Iran to Germany

Question & Answer Session

Panel Two

Saturday, December 7, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. EST

The Great Projects To Overcome the Migrant Crisis; The New, Quality Productive Forces;
A New Just World Economic Order

Moderator: Stephan Ossenkopp (Germany), Schiller Institute

Keynote: Dennis Small (U.S.), Head of the Ibero-America Desk, Schiller Institute

Dr. Alexander K. Bobrov (Russia), Associate Professor in the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University, Moscow

H.E. Prof. Dr. Manuel Hassassian (Palestine), Palestinian Ambassador to Denmark

Chandra Muzaffar (Malaysia), Founder and President, International Movement for a Just World (JUST)

Michael Limburg (Germany), Master in Engineering, Vice President, European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE)

Prof. Glenn Diesen (Norway), Professor and author, The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order (2024)

Dr. Bedabrata Pain (India), Film director, former NASA Senior Research Scientist

Joe Maxwell (U.S.), Co-founder of Farm Action, former Lt. Governor of Missouri

Mike Callicrate (U.S.), Owner of Ranch Foods Direct and Callicrate Cattle Co.

Robert Baker (U.S.), Schiller Institute Agriculture Commission

Trailer for Dr. Pain’s film, Deja vu, Where Past Meets Future (2024)

Question & Answer Session

Panel 3

Sunday, December 8, 9 a.m. – 12 noon EST

The Science Drivers of Physical Economy Today

Moderator: Jason Ross (U.S.), Science Advisor to the Schiller Institute

Keynote: Jacques Cheminade (France), former Candidate for President of France, President of Solidarité et Progrès

H.E. Naledi Pandor (South Africa), former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa: “How Should the South Respond?”

Theodore Postol (U.S.), Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and National Security at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michele Geraci (Italy), former Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development

Sergey Pulinets (Russia), Principal Research Scientist, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Jürgen Schöttle (Germany), Master in Engineering, Power Plant Construction

Brian Harvey (Ireland), Space historian

Question & Answer Session

Panel 4

Sunday, December 8, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

The Beauty of the Cultures of the World:
A Dialogue Among Civilizations

Moderator: Harley Schlanger (U.S./Germany), Board Member, Schiller Institute

Keynote: Diane Sare (U.S.), former Candidate for U.S. Senate from New York; President, The LaRouche Organization

Helga Zepp-LaRouche (Germany), Founder, Schiller Institute

William Ferguson (U.S.), Schiller Institute

Paul Gallagher (U.S.), Schiller Institute

John Sigerson (U.S.), Musical Director, Schiller Institute

Liliana Gorini (Italy), Chairwoman, Movisol, and Sebastiano Brusco (Italy), Pianist

Nader Majd (Iran/U.S.), President and Director, Center for Persian Classical Music, Vienna, VA

Question & Answer Session