Participants
Ann Nei/2012/Bidor-Malaysia
Our present list of participants is given below.
Participation in the conference is strictly by invitation. We expect to invite no more than 110 persons from all over the world. We are aiming to bring persons with diverse expertise, experiences and concerns to ensure rich and productive conversations and dialogue sessions.
Because of some critical challenges, we will continue to invite or approve those interested in participating in the conference only after March 2013. Please write to us after March 2013. Thank you.
Note on Symbols:
The Chinese Dragon's "benevolence signifies greatness, goodness and blessings...[It] symbolizes power and excellence, valiancy and boldness, heroism and perseverance, nobility and divinity. A dragon overcomes obstacles until success. [Representing 'Yang', he] is energetic, decisive, optimistic, intelligent and ambitious."
Dr. Anwar Fazal
Aletrnative Nobel Prize Winner
Director, Right Livelihood College,
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM),
Penang, Malaysia
Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa
Alternative Nobel Prize Winner
Social critic, teacher, scholar, publisher, and activist
Bangkok, Thailand
Manish Jain
Shikshantar: The Peoples' Institute for Rethinking Education and Development,
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Dr. Sohail Inayatullah
Political Scientist & Futurist
Fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation
Professor at Tamkang University (Graduate Institute of Futures Studies)
Taipei , Taiwan
Visiting Academic/Research Associate at Queensland University of Technology (Centre for Social Change Research), Australia
Khoo Salma Nasution
Author
Asian Public Intellectual (API) Fellow
President, Penang Heritage Trust
Director and Partner , Areca Books
Director and Partner, Lestari Heritage Network
Penang, Malaysia
Dr. Dicky Sufjan
Core Doctoral Faculty
Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies
Yogjakarta, Indonesia
Sashi Kumar
Media Thinker & Entrepreneur
Chairman (of the not for profit public trust):
Media Development Foundation (which runs the Asian College of Journalism)
Chennai, India
Dr. David Haley
Senior Research Fellow
Director: EIP [Ecology In Practice]
MA (Art As Environment) Programme Leader
MIRIAD
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, UK
Charles Santiago
Parliamentarian & Social Activist
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Somboon Chungprampree
Executive Secretary,
International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) &
International Director of Spirit in Education Movement (SEM)
Bangkok, Thailand
Yazdi Jehangir Bankwala
Co-founder, Centre for Promoting Human Values, Singapore
Consultant, Arpitha Associates (Kuala Lumpur/Singapore)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Augustine Loorthusamy
President
Signis World (World Catholic Association for Communication)
Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Joe D'Mesa
Lay Theologian
Professor of Applied Systematic Theology and a University Fellow
De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
Rash Behari Battacharjee
Associate Editor
Edge Communications
Malaysia
Fr. Jerry Martinson, SJ
Vice President
Kuangchi Program Service
Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. G.V.C Naidu
Professor & Chairman
Centre For South, Central, Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific Studies,
School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
New Delhi, India
Fr. Niphot Thianvihan
Director
Research and Training Center for Religio-Cultural Community (RTRC)
Chiangmai, Thailand
Lawrence John Sinniah
President, Signis Asia
Director, CahayaSuara Communication Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Creative Consultant, Public Media Agency (PMA), Malaysia
Prof. Shigekasu Kusune
President, Japanese-German Society, Ishikawa
Vice President, Ishikawa EU Association
Guest Professor, Open University of Japan
Professor Emeritus, University of Kanazawa, Japan
Dr. Ajay Darshan Behera
Reader, Academy of Third World Studies
Coordinator, Pakistan Studies Programme
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi, India
Dr. Ram Kumar
Punarnava Ayurveda Trust
Founder, Vaidyagramma (Sustainable Ayurvedic Healing Village)
Coimbatore, India
Aletrnative Nobel Prize Winner
Director, Right Livelihood College,
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM),
Penang, Malaysia
Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa
Alternative Nobel Prize Winner
Social critic, teacher, scholar, publisher, and activist
Bangkok, Thailand
Manish Jain
Shikshantar: The Peoples' Institute for Rethinking Education and Development,
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Dr. Sohail Inayatullah
Political Scientist & Futurist
Fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation
Professor at Tamkang University (Graduate Institute of Futures Studies)
Taipei , Taiwan
Visiting Academic/Research Associate at Queensland University of Technology (Centre for Social Change Research), Australia
Khoo Salma Nasution
Author
Asian Public Intellectual (API) Fellow
President, Penang Heritage Trust
Director and Partner , Areca Books
Director and Partner, Lestari Heritage Network
Penang, Malaysia
Dr. Dicky Sufjan
Core Doctoral Faculty
Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies
Yogjakarta, Indonesia
Sashi Kumar
Media Thinker & Entrepreneur
Chairman (of the not for profit public trust):
Media Development Foundation (which runs the Asian College of Journalism)
Chennai, India
Dr. David Haley
Senior Research Fellow
Director: EIP [Ecology In Practice]
MA (Art As Environment) Programme Leader
MIRIAD
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester, UK
Charles Santiago
Parliamentarian & Social Activist
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Somboon Chungprampree
Executive Secretary,
International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) &
International Director of Spirit in Education Movement (SEM)
Bangkok, Thailand
Yazdi Jehangir Bankwala
Co-founder, Centre for Promoting Human Values, Singapore
Consultant, Arpitha Associates (Kuala Lumpur/Singapore)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Augustine Loorthusamy
President
Signis World (World Catholic Association for Communication)
Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Joe D'Mesa
Lay Theologian
Professor of Applied Systematic Theology and a University Fellow
De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
Rash Behari Battacharjee
Associate Editor
Edge Communications
Malaysia
Fr. Jerry Martinson, SJ
Vice President
Kuangchi Program Service
Taipei, Taiwan
Dr. G.V.C Naidu
Professor & Chairman
Centre For South, Central, Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific Studies,
School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
New Delhi, India
Fr. Niphot Thianvihan
Director
Research and Training Center for Religio-Cultural Community (RTRC)
Chiangmai, Thailand
Lawrence John Sinniah
President, Signis Asia
Director, CahayaSuara Communication Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Creative Consultant, Public Media Agency (PMA), Malaysia
Prof. Shigekasu Kusune
President, Japanese-German Society, Ishikawa
Vice President, Ishikawa EU Association
Guest Professor, Open University of Japan
Professor Emeritus, University of Kanazawa, Japan
Dr. Ajay Darshan Behera
Reader, Academy of Third World Studies
Coordinator, Pakistan Studies Programme
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi, India
Dr. Ram Kumar
Punarnava Ayurveda Trust
Founder, Vaidyagramma (Sustainable Ayurvedic Healing Village)
Coimbatore, India
