Interfaith Conference on "Faith & Development"

The ISS Chaplaincy together with Islam & Dialogue organizes this year's national Interfaith Conference.

Contribution: € 5 including lunch, tea/coffee, for non students € 10

Programme:

10:00 - 10:15 registration, refreshments

10:15 - 10:30 Indonesian dance group

10:30 - 10:50 religious moment with words of inspiration from different religious traditions

10:50 - 10:55 word of welcome by the rector of the ISS

10:55 - 11:25 key note speech ‘Faith & Development - a mutual challenge' by Ton Groeneweg

11:25 - 11:50 discussion, Q & A

11:50 - 12:40 inter-religious panel with Ilyas Masih (Christian, lecturer UNESCO-IHE), Paul Wessels (Jewish, kabbalist), Umit Tas (Muslim, Islam&Dialogue), Pim Willems (Buddhist), Erika Spil (Fairtrade)

12:40 - 13:00 discussion

13:00 - 14:00 lunch

14:00 - 14:10 musical intermezzo (Indonesian choir)

14:15 - 15:30 workshops

1. From inner transformation to social transformation (Paul Wessels)

2. Gender, faith & development (Kisanet and Ayse Kupeli)

3. Sustainability, faith & development (Hendrik Jan Bakker, Green Muslims and Lisa, Oikos)

4. Human rights, faith & development (Maja Groff)

5. Peace, faith & development (Willemijn Lamberts, Peace Cicrles and Tjitte Dijkstra, Kairos document)

6. Trade, faith & development (Erika Spil)

15:30 - 16:00 tea break

16:00 - 16:30 sharing in the plenary the results of the workshops

16:30- 17:00 closing ceremony followed by Tibetan dance

Sign up by sending a mail to Andrea: 377302aj@remove-this.student.eur.nl