Programme

“One of the main aims of the congress will be to raise our awareness to the fact that our bodies and minds depend on the kind of environment we live in: The air we breathe in is our source of life energy, just as the earth we use to grow our food, the water we use to drink, and the clean air, are all raw materials from which we take all our energy. Environmental degradation is damaging our own life, our own source of energy and nutrition” - T.Y.S. Lama Gangchen

     Friday the 3rd of June    

     16h00 Opening Ceremony    

Presentation of United Nations Member States national flags
Welcoming address by the authorities and inaugural prayers for world peace and in celebration of this year’s Vesak by representatives of different world spiritual and religious traditions with a particular dedication to the indelible memory of H.H. Pope John Paul II

     18h00 Keynote & Special Guest Speakers    

     19h00 Cocktail and musical entertainment    

     Saturday the 4th of June    

     09h00 "EDUCATION" ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR HEALTH    

T.Y.S. Lama Gangchen - Italy    

Keynote & Special Guest Speakers

Chairpersons:
     Prof. Silvia Magistrini   &   Prof. Charles Mercieca    

Eng. Luigi Airoldi - Italy    
Preserving our surrounding environment to save the future
of our communities

Dr. Nina Lynn Meyerhof - USA    
Youth and the Environment

Marie-Josè Manidi - Switzerland    
The constructivist attitude

Joaquín Leguia - Peru    
Children’s lands: a path to sustainable wellbeing

Dr. Josef de Ubaldo - Philippines    
"Woundology" - healing the wounds within

Jacqueline Ripstein - Mexico    
The arts, science, creativity and vibrations

     11h30 "MEDIA" ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR HEALTH    

T.Y.S. Lama Gangchen - Italy    

Keynote & Special Guest Speakers

Chairpersons:
     Dr. Antonella Di Leo   &   Dr. Claudio Zella    

Marco Columbro - Italy    

Dana Iujoki - Australia    
Creating our New Reality

Freddy Ehlers - Ecuador    
The silent revolution: The need of silence to obtain harmony with mother Nature

Felix S. T. Chen - Taiwan    

Sunny Kuo - USA    

 

     15h00 "SCIENCE" ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR HEALTH    

T.Y.S. Lama Gangchen - Italy    

Keynote & Special Guest Speakers

Chairpersons:
     Prof. P.R. Trivedi - India (Special Guest)    

     Prof. Luigi Zanzi   &   Dr. Patrizia Tursini    

Prof. Charles Mercieca - USA    
Good Health Through Environmental Protection

Dr. Tiziano Pera - Italy    
The intimate mystery of the world

Dr. Ruedi Schneider – Switzerland    
Environment my Love! Without environment I do not exist –
there is no reference to existing…

Dr. Rogier Hoenders - The Netherlands    
Inner and Outer Environment in relation to Psychiatry

Etta Sara Kantor - USA    
Vegie Car, a Vehicle to Environmental Sanity

Dr. Patricia Rife - USA    
Einstein’s views on World Peace

Dr. Marco Del Grande - Italy    
The Human Antenna

Dr. Giuseppe Spinetti - Italy    
Sustainable Development, mind ecology, environmental ecology: a technological and scientific development in harmony with living beings and the environment

Dr. Emilio Padoa-Schioppa - Italy    
Landscape Ecology: a ‘local’ strategy for the wardship of environmental integrity

     Sunday the 5th of June – United Nations International Environment Day    

     09h00 "ECONOMY" ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR HEALTH    

T.Y.S. Lama Gangchen - Italy    

Keynote & Special Guest Speakers

Chairperson:
     Prof. Alfredo Sfeir Younis    

Lana Yang - USA    
Peace Environment is the Best Investment of Our Future Generations

Dr. Marika Spezia - Italy    
Local Agenda 21 Forum of Verbania - Sustainable Development

Dr. Mauro Croce - Italy    

Dr. Franco Ceccarelli - Italy    

Sesto Giovanni Castagnoli - Switzerland    
Spiritual Bank: Towards a powerful spiritual community

Claudia Martinez - Colombia    
Economics, Environment and Ethics

Pascal Liu - France    
Reconciling agricultural production and the environment:
overview of the development of organic farming in the world
- with the tecnical support of FAO

     11h00 "SPIRITUALITY" ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR HEALTH    

Guest of Honour - Venerable Phrabhavanaviriyakhun Dattajeevo Bhikkhu

T.Y.S. Lama Gangchen - Italy    

Keynote & Special Guest Speakers

Chairpersons:
     Lama Michel   &   Marco Columbro    

Fermin Gomez - Guatemala    
Ancient Maya tradition: its influence on Sustainable Development

José Sebastián Jansasoy - Colombia    
Indigenous People – A Wisdom that is Becoming Extinct

Claudia Sobrevila - Venezuela    
The importance of preserving sacred sites for the well being of human beings

Fernanda Tosco - Italy    
Non-violence: an ecological and anthropological necessity

Javier Helou - Argentina    
The contribution of Saint Francis of Assisi
to the environmental problem

Dott. Luciano Zambotti - Italy    
Shamanic cultures between spirituality and nature

     15h00 Conclusions    

Reading and signaturing of the “Verbania 2005” Declaration

Closing: United Nations Member States flags Ceremony dedicated to environmental and world peace.

 

     Workshops and exhibits during Congress time    

Micotti, Prof. Valeria - Italy

Nguyen Tat, Mathias & Roulleau, Florence - France

Ripstein, Jacqueline - Mexico

Vogt, Anne A. - Switzerland

     Simultaneous Translation - English - Italian - Chinese    

 

Inner Peace Environment - Outer Peace Environment
For your health now and forever
With the attention of all Human Beings
With the blessings of all Holy Beings

T.Y.S. Lama Gangchen

 

A request for teachers’ exemption from instruction has been made to the Ministry of Education to cover the congress days. A participation certificate will be issued.