Global Buddhist Congregation 2011 - conference schedule

Location

New Delhi Ashok Hotel

India

Global Buddhist Congregation 2011

27-30 November 2011

New Delhi. INDIA

Programme Schedule*

Sunday, 27 November 2011:

Venue: Convention Hall, Ashok Hotel, http://www.theashok.com/

MORNING PROGRAMME
09:30--09:35 am	Prayer (Pali Tradition)
09:35--09:40 am	Prayer (Sanskrit Tradition)
09:40--12:30 am	Addresses by eminent guests

01:30--02:30 pm	Speaker luncheon meeting (The Park hotel)

AFTERNOON PROGRAMME
03:00--05:30 pm	Floral offerings at Rajghat, Memorial of Mahatma Gandhi

EVENING PROGRAMME
06:00--07:00 pm	Speaker meeting (Regency Hall, Lower Floor, Lalit Hotel)
07:30—9:30 pm	Dinner & Cultural Show

Monday, 28 November 2011:

Venue: Lalit Hotel, http://www.thelalit.com/the-lalit-new-delhi/overview

MORNING PROGRAMME: CRYSTAL BALLROOM, LALIT HOTEL	THEME
09:00--11:00 am	PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM (I)
LOWER FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
09:00--10:30 am	BUDDHISM & MENTAL HEALTH: Anxiety, Depression & Alienation
10:30--11:00 am	BUDDHISM & MENTAL HEALTH: Panel, Q & A
11.00--12:00 am	Break/Lunch for Theravada Sangha
CRYSTAL BALLROOM
12.00--01:30 pm	PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM (II)
01:30--02:30 pm	Lunch (General)

AFTERNOON PROGRAMME: CRYSTAL BALLROOM, LALIT HOTEL
02:30--04:00 pm	ETHICS & VALUES: Continuity & Context
04:00--04:30 pm	ETHICS & VALUES, Panel, Q & A
04:30--05:00 pm	Tea break
05:00 to 06:30 pm	PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM (III)
REGENCY HALL, LOWER FLOOR
04:30--06:00 pm	LIVELIHOOD & DEVELOPMENT: Buddhism in a Fast Changing World
06:00--06:30 pm	LIVELIHOOD & DEVELOPMENT: Panel, Q & A

EVENING PROGRAMME:
08:00—9:30 pm	Dinner at Asoka Mission, Mehrauli, South Delhi

ENVIRONMENT & THE NATURAL WORLD: A BUDDHIST RESPONSE

Venue: The Park Hotel, http://www.theparkhotels.com/new-delhi/the-park-new-delhi.html

MORNING PROGRAMME: MANTRA HALL, THE PARK HOTEL
09:30--11:00 am	Presentation session
11:00--11:30 am	Break
11:30--01:00 pm	Presentation session
01:00—02:00	Lunch

AFTERNOON PROGRAMME: MANTRA HALL, THE PARK HOTEL
02:00--04:20 pm	Presentation session
04:20--04:35 pm	Break
04:35--06:00 pm	PANEL, Q & A, Communique, Vote of Thanks

29 November 2011: Tuesday

Venue: Lalit Hotel, http://www.thelalit.com/the-lalit-new-delhi/overview

MORNING PROGRAMME:
09:00--11:00 am (Crystal Ballroom I)	COLLECTIVE WISDOM: Special Conclave to share conditions, opportunities and threats faced by dharma practitioners in respective countries and regions (by invitation only)
09:00--10:30 am (Crystal Ballroom II)	POLITICS & SOCIETY: Engaged Buddhism
10:30--11:00 am (Crystal Ballroom II)	POLITICS & SOCIETY, Panel, Q & A
11.00--12:00 am	Break/Lunch for Theravada Sangha
12.00--01:30 pm	CONFLICT & VIOLENCE (I): A Buddhist Response
01:30--02:30 pm	Lunch (General)

AFTERNOON PROGRAMME:
02:30--04:00 pm	CONFLICT & VIOLENCE (II): A Buddhist Response
04:00--04:30 pm	Break
04:30--05:30 pm	CONFLICT & VIOLENCE: Panel, Q & A
LOWER FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
04:30--06:00 pm	WOMEN & BUDDHISM, Panel Discussion, Q & A
06:00—06:30 pm	Break
CRYSTAL BALLROOM
05:30—06:30 pm	PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHISM, Panel, Q & A

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: A BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE

Venue: The Park Hotel

MORNING PROGRAMME:
10:30--11:10 am	Presentation session
11:10--11:30 am	Break
11:30--12:30 pm	Presentation session
12:30--12:45 pm	Break
12:45--02:00 pm	PANEL, Q & A, Communique, Vote of Thanks
02:00--03:00 pm	Lunch

30 November 2011: Wednesday

ALL-FAITH PRAYER MEET, DHAMMA YATRA MARCH & PLANTING OF BODHI TREE SAPLINGS

MORNING PROGRAMME:

09: 00 AM - 11:00 AM All-faith prayer meets at Gandhi Smriti

Representatives of all religions from India as well as all 800 delegates, observers and eminent invitees to the Global Buddhist Congregation (GBC) will participate in the all- faith prayer meet at Gandhi Smriti. Arrangements will be made for its live TV and Web broadcast.

11:00 AM Start of March from GANDHI SMRITI

12:00 PM Arrival at Nehru Park, Chankyapuri

(Total distance of march- 3 km)

12:00 to 1:00 PM Planting of Bodhi Tree saplings

Three Bodhi tree saplings from Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) Bodghaya and Sravasti will be taken in procession from Gandhi Smirti to Nehru Park and planted in the presence of supreme religious patriarchs and state leaders. The Dhamma Sangam will be a new landmark on the map of New Delhi.

It may be noted that in the mid 1960s a sapling from the Bodhi tree at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka was brought by the then Sri Lankan PM Sh. Bhandaranayaka. It was planted by the late PM of India, Sh. Lal Bahadur Shastrij, at Buddha Jayanti Park in New Delhi. This event would thus be the first of its kind in more than 50 years. It will symbolize the spirit of friendship, common heritage, and cultural bond and shared future, not only in the Indian sub-continent but throughout the entire Buddhist world.

AFTERNOON PROGRAMME:

03:30 onwards Valedictory and concluding session

*Program Schedule is subject to amendments