17th Forum 2000 Conference entitled “Societies in Transition,” is held in Prague, September 15–17, 2013.
The conference aims to explore the challenges, opportunities, and risks in transitional processes from the post-Soviet region and the Arab World to Latin America and Asia.
Over 100 distinguished participants attend the discussions, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi,folk singer and activist Joan Baez, former President of the Republic of South Africa Frederik Willem de Klerk, former Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gareth Evans, Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, philosopher and political scientist Roger Scruton, and Chinese dissident Jianli Yang.
A live broadcast of the main conference panels and events available at www.forum2000.cz. More information about the conference can be found on the Forum 2000 website.
