Vancouver Peace Summit to bring six Nobel laureates to the city
With the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit: Nobel Laureates in Dialogue less than four months away, 
the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education is pleased to announce some of the distinguished speakers who will be attending this extraordinary event.
The public event, which begins September 27, 2009, will bring six Nobel laureates to Vancouver, including His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire, Betty Williams, Jody Williams and Murray Gell-Mann. The three-day event will provide an intimate forum for The Dalai Lama and other brilliant minds, including Maria Shriver, Jane Goodall and Eckhart Tolle, to consider issues of universal responsibility, education and compassion as a foundation for peace.
PROGRAM:
Special Event: Inaugural Fetzer Prize for Love and Forgiveness to be presented to His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
WHEN: Sunday, September 27, 2009 (MORNING)
WHERE: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, University of British Columbia
World Peace through Personal Peace
WHEN: Sunday, September 27, 2009 (MORNING)
WHERE: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, University of British Columbia
WHO: The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Eckhart Tolle and Matthieu Ricard.
Nobel Laureates in Dialogue: Connecting for Peace
WHEN: Sunday, September 27, 2009 (AFTERNOON)
WHERE: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, University of British Columbia
WHO: The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire, Betty Williams and Jody Williams. Moderator: Mary Robinson.
Educating the Heart
THE SESSION WILL INCLUDE TWO DIALOGUES: Creativity and Well-being and Heart-Mind Education.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 (MORNING)
WHERE: Orpheum Theatre, Downtown Vancouver
Creativity and Well-being: The Dalai Lama, Sir Ken Robinson, Daniel Siegel, the Blue Man Group, Eckhart Tolle, Murray Gell-Mann and Matthieu Ricard
Heart-Mind Education: The Dalai Lama, Clyde Hertzman, Kim Schonert-Reichl, Stephen Covey, Mairead Maguire, Adele Diamond
Women & Peace-building
WHEN: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 (AFTERNOON)
WHERE: Orpheum Theatre, Downtown Vancouver
WHO: The Dalai Lama, Maria Shriver, Kim Campbell, Jody Williams, Ashley Judd, Zainab Salbi, Fazle Hasan Abed, Swanee Hunt and Susan Davis
We Day
A JOINT INITIATIVE OF FREE THE CHILDREN AND THE DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR PEACE AND EDUCATION. With the participation of 16,000 student leaders.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
WHERE: General Motors Place, Downtown Vancouver
WHO: The Dalai Lama, Betty Williams, Jessica Biel, Jane Goodall, Mia Farrow, Marc and Craig Kielburger
All events and speakers are subject to change.
Tickets will go on sale soon. For more information, visit our website.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: We are appreciative of the volunteers who have committed to helping make this event successful but we regret that no further opportunities are available.
Also, watch the Dalai Lama Center website over the next few weeks. It will be undergoing a full redevelopment. Stay tuned for social media opportunities related to the Vancouver Peace Summit.
Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education
PO Box 3662 Station Terminal Vancouver BC V6B 3Y8 Canada
Tel: 604-215-2DLC (352) | E-mail: info@dalailamacenter.org
Web: www.dalailamacenter.org