Conference Schedule
Building a New World Conference
Date: May 22-25, 2008
Location: Radford, Virginia
Theme: Building a New World: Radical Visions
Thursday, May 22, 2008
9:00 am - 6:00 pm - Registration
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Get Acquainted Social
7:00 pm - Keynote Speech, followed by Speaker Introductions
Friday, May 23, 2008
9:00 - 11:00 am
Plenary session: End of Empire
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
IVAW Speak Out Against War, Torture, Genocide
Domestic Violence
Indigenous Peoples Speak Out
Homelessness and Surviving Economic Depresion
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Taking Back the Media
Monetary Policy
Immigrant Rights
Facing Fundamentalism
Workshop and Paper Presentations
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Economic Exploitation
Climate Change and Water Crisis
Palestine
Workshop and Paper Presentations
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Banquet
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Cultural Program
Saturday, May 24th
9:00 - 11:00 am
Right to Health Care
Undoing Racism
Fight for Economic Democracy
Trial and Indictment of Bush-Cheney
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Victims of Oppression Speak Out
Animal Rights
Venezuela: Bolivarian Revolution
Why Cooperatives? Localization
Election Fraud
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Resistance and Social Change
Katrina - the Epilogue
Secession and Sustainability
Ending Poverty the Henry George Way
Workshop and Paper Presentations
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights
Academic Freedom
No More Income Tax
Civilian Democratic Earth Federation
Workshop and Paper Presentations
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Banquet
8:00 - 10:00 pm
Cultural Program
Sunday, May 25th
9:00 am - Noon
Collective Brainstorming for Solutions Session
12:00 noon
Closing Ceremony
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Peace Walk to downtown Radford
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Dinner at Selu Conservancy
