"I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions." - Václav Havel, Speech of October 1989
Tomorrow begins the 18th Forum 2000 Conference in Prague which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the end of Communism in Eastern Europe and the brutal crackdown in China that killed scores of nonviolent demonstrators. Therefore it should come as no surprise that the title of this conference is "Democracy and Its Discontents A Quarter-Century After the Iron Curtain and Tiananmen."
Having physically been present at Forum 2000 as a presenter in 2009 and later as an attendee in 2013 I can affirm that it is a gathering and program worth attending and supporting. In addition to engaging in the great exchange of ideas there are also opportunities for activists to obtain support for causes from the international dignitaries in attendance. At the same time when not able to travel to Prague following it over the internet on a live video stream has also been incredibly worthwhile and highly recommend it to others.
Please consider becoming a friend of Forum 2000 with concrete and regular support by following Forum 2000 on Twitter, watching the Forum 2000 events between October 12th through the 15th, and letting others know about this treasure trove of accumulated wisdom. Forum 2000 is one of the many positive legacies of Václav Havel and Oldřich Černý.
Below is the video program for 2014 of Forum 2000 reproduced from their web page.
Watch the Forum 2000 Conference, “Democracy and Its Discontents,” Live Online
We invite you to watch the live video broadcast of the panel discussions held during this year’s Forum 2000 Conference, “Democracy and Its Discontents: A Quarter-Century After the Iron Curtain and Tiananmen,” which takes place October 12–15, 2014 in Prague and 12 other Central European cities.
On Monday, October 13 and Tuesday, October 14 you can follow the live broadcast of the sessions held in the main hall of Žofín Palace (Forum Hall). Speakers include Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Belarusian writer and activist Ales Bialiatski, Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay, Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq Falah Mustafa Bakir, Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, and former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar.
You can watch these proceedings in the Video section of our website. Recordings of these discussions as well as other events will be posted there shortly after the conference. The live broadcast will be held in English.
More information about the conference and its program can be found here.
19.00–21.00
09.30–11.00
11.15–12.45
14.00–15.30
15.45–17.15
17.30–19.00
10.00–11.30
Tomorrow begins the 18th Forum 2000 Conference in Prague which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the end of Communism in Eastern Europe and the brutal crackdown in China that killed scores of nonviolent demonstrators. Therefore it should come as no surprise that the title of this conference is "Democracy and Its Discontents A Quarter-Century After the Iron Curtain and Tiananmen."
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| Delegates meet Forum 2000 co-founders Oldřich Černý and Václav Havel in 2009 |
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| Forum 2000 delegates in Prague in 2013 at H.H. Dalai Lama event |
Below is the video program for 2014 of Forum 2000 reproduced from their web page.
Watch the Forum 2000 Conference, “Democracy and Its Discontents,” Live Online
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| Venezuelan prisoner of conscience Leopoldo Lopez at Forum 2000 |
On Sunday, October 12 you can watch a live stream of the Opening
Ceremony at Prague Crossroads with the keynote speech by Russian
businessman and former prisoner of conscience Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
On Monday, October 13 and Tuesday, October 14 you can follow the live broadcast of the sessions held in the main hall of Žofín Palace (Forum Hall). Speakers include Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Belarusian writer and activist Ales Bialiatski, Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay, Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq Falah Mustafa Bakir, Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, and former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar.
You can watch these proceedings in the Video section of our website. Recordings of these discussions as well as other events will be posted there shortly after the conference. The live broadcast will be held in English.
Online reporting from the entire conference can be followed on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ via #Forum2000.
More information about the conference and its program can be found here.
Broadcast Program
Sunday, October 12
19.00–21.00
Opening Ceremony
Jakub Klepal, Ivan M. Havel, Jürgen Hoffmeister, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Igor Blaževič
Monday, October 13
09.30–11.00
Democracy and Its Discontents
Jacques Rupnik, Iveta Radičová, Karel Schwarzenberg, Zhang Qianfan, Ramin Jahanbegloo, Michael Novak
11.15–12.45
The Significance of Václav Havel’s Value Based Foreign Policy
John Shattuck, Lobsang Sangay, Carl Gershman, Ales Bialiatski, Andrew Schapiro, Yoani Sánchez
14.00–15.30
Is Democracy in Decline? Reflections from the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the Euromaidan
Christopher Walker, Marc Plattner, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Tarek Osman, Yoani Sánchez, Yevhen Hlibovytsky
15.45–17.15
Russia: A Non-Democratic Power on the World Stage?
Petr Kolář, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vytautas Landsbergis, Andrey Zubov, Daniel Baer
17.30–19.00
Systemic Change, Economic Reforms, and Democracy: What Have We Learned? What Lessons for the Future?
Danilo Türk, Jan Švejnar, Grigory Yavlinsky, Ivan Mikloš, Mauricio Pozo
Tuesday, October 14
10.00–11.30
3 Years After Arab Spring: Middle East at a Crossroads
Shlomo Avineri, Salam Fayyad, Falah Mustafa Bakir, Tarek Osman, Youssef Amrani, Gilles Kepel
11.45–13.15
Priorities and Aspirations for Democracy in the 21st Century
Jiří Schneider, José María Aznar, Yogendra Yadav, Murong Xuecun, Juan Requesens, Šimon Pánek
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