SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
IMPLICATIONS FOR
WORLD PEACE


LBJ School of Public Affairs
Bass Lecture Hall
March 27 - 29, 1996

PROGRAM


March 27, Wednesday

6:30 - 8:30 pm
Reception at Hotel


March 28, Thursday

8:00 am
Registration

8:30 - 9:00 am
Opening Ceremony

Dean of LBJ School
Authorities

9:00 - 10:00
Chairperson: Max Sherman,Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
Key Note Speaker: Henrique Brandão Cavalcanti, Chairman, United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development

10:00 - 12:00 am
Panel A

Theme: "Causes of Conflict, Peace, and Sustainable Development"

Chairperson: Elspeth Rostow, Stiles Professor Emeritus In American Studies, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

Dalmo A. Dalari, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Ronnie Lipschutz, University of California
Paul Lovejoy, Center for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada

General Discussion

12:00 - 2:00 pm
Lunch
LBJ Library, 8th Floor

2:00 - 3:30 pm
Session B

Theme: "Sustainable Development: From Theory to Practice"

Chairperson: Walt W. Rostow, Rex G. Baker, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, University of Texas at Austin

Featured Speaker: Lazlo Pinter, Internationall Sustainable Development Institute, Canada

Discussion

3:30 - 5:30 pm
Panel B

Theme: "Sustainable Development and Peace"

Chairperson: Antonio Benjamin, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Texas; Chair, Lawyers for a Green Planet, Brazil

Michael Conroy, Ford Foundation, Mexico
Philip Howard, Peace and Conflict Studies Program, University of Toronto,
Nikhil Sinha, Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Toyin Falola, Department of History

Discussion

7:30 pm
Banquet
Hosted by Dean Max Sherman
LBJ School


March 29, Friday

8:30 - 10:30 am
Session C

Theme: "Sustainable Development and Peace: Lessons from Selected Case Studies"

Chairperson: Richard W. Lariviere, Vice-President for International Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Featured Speaker: Ishrat Husain, Director, Poverty and Social Policy Department, World Bank

Discussion

Theme: "Sustainable Development and the Construction of Peace"

Session C

Featured Speaker: Andrew Steer, Director, Environment, World Bank

Discussion

10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Panel C

Theme: "Policy Implications"

Chairperson: Malcolm Gillis, President, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Stahis S. Panagides, Esquel Group Foundation (NGO) Washington, DC, and Latin America
Ray Marshall, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas
Sidney Weintraub,LBJ School of Public Affairs and Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC

Discussion

12:30 - 12:45
Wrap up: Summary and Conclusions

Antonio Magalhães , Tom Slick Professor of World Peace 1995-96, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

12:45 pm
Closing Ceremony

Adjournment


Sustainable Development Symposium