EXPO 2000 HANNOVER | Global Dialogue

Global Dialogue EXPO 2000


	Sharing Knowledge-Shaping the Future At the beginning of the new millennium many people are asking how to best ensure a rewarding and fulfilling future for all. Following the motto 'Humankind-Nature-Technology. A new world arising', EXPO 2000 therefore aims to be a 'workshop for the life of tomorrow'. EXPO 2000 is the first World Exposition that explicitly asks how to reconcile our lifestyles of today with the options of tomorrow. Its own contribution to the discussion about sustainability is a thematic 'Triad for the Future'. Eleven large-scale exhibitions in the Thematic Area will permit the visitors to experience the visions regarding central aspects of society. 767 selected Projects Around the World in 124 countries showcase the commitment to sustainable development and the practical knowledge of many people all over the globe, each of them providing innovative solutions to global challenges. On the following pages we would like to introduce you to the third component of the thematic triad-the Global Dialogue. This programme aims at the development of joint strategies for our common future, taking the visions and the knowledge displayed in the other two thematic components as points of reference. The Global Dialogue is the latest EXPO programme and a further innovation within the context of World Expositions. 'Sharing Knowledge-Shaping the Future' is the motto for ten three-day Global Dialogue events that will run through EXPO 2000 like a thematic pulse every fourteen days. Over 60 leading institutions from different countries are directly involved in the planning and the realisation of the Global Dialogue. Over a total of 30 days the programme brings together academics, decision-makers from international politics and business as well as representatives from non-governmental organisations and other social groups. The Global Dialogue intends to involve young people in particular, for they are the decision-makers of tomorrow. The search for new forms of meaningful participation in different fields- such as health, environment, work-is the unifying theme that runs through the programme. At the end of the Dialogue series there will be a programme for global partnership, inviting active involvement and personal commitment. It will be devised by distinguished young women and men from around the world in dialogue with prominent personalities from international public life. The newly founded Global Partnership Hannover Association will further the worldwide discussion of the programme in the period following EXPO 2000, with the next big World Exposition in Aichi in 2005 in particular view.