Conference on APPROACHING 20?? YEAR

MONTENEGRIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS
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| WORLD ACADEMY OF ART AND SCIENCE |
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS |
THE GLOBAL ROUND TABLE |
APPROACHING 20?? YEAR
Podgorica, May 16-18, 2019
The unprecedented speed and rate of change of globalization, technological development and dissemination and social evolution are raising fundamental questions and generating new types of challenges and complexities that express in terms of climate change, financial crises, skills gap, widening inequalities, immigration, increasing insecurity, and other fundamental doubts about the future. This conference will explore both the challenges and human responses to them and what needs to be done to moderate the consequences of rapid technological change, mitigate its disruptive impacts and maximize its positive potential derived from the increasing scientific, technological and organizational knowledge and capabilities we possess in the 21st century.
All these changes necessitate a rapid evolution of knowledge in the world along multiple dimensions: knowledge of the global impacts and effective means for global coordination; knowledge of the interconnectivity between different sectors of society and development of integrated concepts expressing their interrelationship; knowledge of the social process by which we translate ideas into effective action in society. Thus, this conference aimed to develop the comprehensive and inclusive knowledge required to transform rapid change into progressive global social evolution.
The conference explored听the topics below:
- Government accountability and transparency/corruption
- Limits to development
- Possible conflicts (geopolitical, religious, economic…)
- Technology and society
- Energy and society
- Population and Urbanization
- Economy and progress, lack of economic opportunity and unemployment
- Evolution of social media
- Restrictions of AI
- Safety / security / well-being, international Terrorism and Migration
- Climate change, poverty, hunger and lack of drinking water

MONTENEGRIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS
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| WORLD ACADEMY OF ART AND SCIENCE |
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS |
THE GLOBAL ROUND TABLE |
Agenda
15 May, Wednesday |
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| Arrival of participants to Podgorica (local transfer provided) Accommodation at the Hotel 鈥淩amada鈥, address: Blv. Save Kova膷evi膰a 74, Podgorica, web-site: Hotel costs (full board) are covered by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts. |
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| 19.30 | Welcome Cocktail / Hotel 鈥淩amada鈥 |
16 May, Thursday |
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| 08.40鈥08.45 | Transfer from the Hotel to the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA), address: Rista Stijovi膰a 5, Podgorica |
| 08.45鈥09.00 | Registration of participants |
| 09.00鈥09.30 | Opening of the Conference |
| 09.30鈥09.45 | Coffee break |
| 09.45鈥10.15 | Inviting speech |
| 10.15鈥12.45 | Session I (12.25鈥12.45 Discussion) |
| 12.45 | Transfer back to the Hotel / 尝耻苍肠丑听 |
| 14.45鈥15.00 | Transfer to MASA |
| 15.00鈥16.55 | Session II (16.40鈥16.55 Discussion) |
| 16.55鈥17.10 | Coffee break |
| 17.10鈥18.30 | Session III (18.15 鈥 18.30 Discussion) |
| 18.30 | Transfer to Hotel |
| 19.40 | Transfer from Hotel to Dinner venue |
| 20.00 | Conference Dinner |
17 May, Friday听 |
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| 08.30 鈥 08.45 | 听Transfer to MASA |
| 08.45鈥10.30 | Session IV (10.15鈥10.30 Discussion) |
| 10.30鈥10.45 | Coffee break |
| 10.45鈥12.45 | Session V (12.30鈥12.45 Discussion) |
| 12.45鈥13.00 | Transfer to Hotel / 尝耻苍肠丑听 |
| 14.45 鈥 15.00 | Transfer to MASA |
| 15.00鈥16.30 | Session VI (16.15鈥16.30 Discussion) |
| 16.30鈥16.45 | Coffee break |
| 16.45鈥17.30 | Closing session听 |
| 17.30 | Transfer to Hotel |
18 May, Saturday |
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| 9.00 | Optional – Montenegro tour / whole day (first come-first go, on the expense of MASA) |
| Departure of participants | |
19 May, Sunday听 |
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| Departure of participants | |

MONTENEGRIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS
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| WORLD ACADEMY OF ART AND SCIENCE |
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS |
THE GLOBAL ROUND TABLE |
15 May, Wednesday |
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| 19.30 | Welcome Cocktail / Hotel 鈥淩amada鈥 |
16 May, Thursday |
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| 08.40鈥08.45 | Transfer from the Hotel to the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA), address: Rista Stijovi膰a 5, Podgorica |
| 08.45鈥09.00 | Registration of participants |
| 09.00鈥09.30 | Opening of the Conference (chair: Momir 膼urovi膰) |
| Garry Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer, 被窝影视福利 of Art and Science (WAAS) | |
| Felix Unger, President, European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA) | |
| Gilbert Fayl, President, The Global Round Table (GRT) | |
| Dragan K. Vuk膷evi膰, President, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA) | |
| 09.30鈥09.45 | Coffee break |
| 09.45鈥10.15 | Inviting speech |
| Momir 膼urovi膰, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, WAAS Trustee The History has no Future |
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| 10.15鈥12.45 | Session I* |
| (chair: R. K. Pachauri, Annibale Mottana) | |
| Carlos Alvarez Pereira, Club of Rome, Innaxis Foundation From Blind Spots to the Emergence of a New Civilization: The Reframing of Science and Technology |
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| Miroslav Veskovi膰, Laurent Bontoux, Sara Rafael Almeida, Alberto Pistocchi, Maciej Krzysztofowicz, DG Joint Research Centre, EC Dealing with Uncertainty: Foresight for Policymaking |
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| Garry Jacobs, CEO, WAAS Beyond the Nation-State: Failed Strategies and Future Possibilities for Global Governance and Human Wellbeing听 |
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| Giuli Alasania, WAAS, University of Georgia Turning Points: In Search of a Post-Cold War Global Security Order |
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| Neboj拧a Ne拧kovi膰1, Vesna Vu膷ini膰2, 1WAAS, 2Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade On the Transdisciplinary and Transideological Character of the New Paradigm of Human Development |
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| Radislav Jovovi膰, Mediterranean University, Podgorica Future Risks and how to Avoid Next Crisis |
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| Rodolfo A. Fiorini, WAAS, Politecnico di Milano University Mastering what Transforms |
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| Zhang Daogen, Xue Anwei, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences China’s Reform and Opening-up and Urbanization Progress |
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| Csaba T枚r枚, Faculty of Law, Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest The Increasing Relevance of (trans) Regional Response by Collective Security Arrangements to Accumulating and Aggravating Local Conflicts in the Coming Decades of Global Risks and Challenges 听 |
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| Samuel N. C. Lieu, President, International Union of Academies / Union Acad茅mique Internationale (IUA/UAI) From Versailles (1919) to Brexit (2019) 鈥 A Century of Challenge for the Union Acad茅mique Internationale |
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| 12.25鈥12.45 | Discussion |
| 12.45 | Transfer back to the Hotel |
| 尝耻苍肠丑听 | |
| 14.45鈥15.00 | Transfer to MASA |
| 15.00鈥16.55 |
Session II |
| (chair: Saulo Casali Bahia, Shen Kaiyan) | |
| Loucas G. Christophorou, Academy of Athens Energy and Society |
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| Gill Ringland, WAAS, SAMI Consulting Emeritus Economy and Employment |
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| R. K. Pachauri, WAAS, President of World Sustainable Development Forum, Protect our Planet Movement Renewed Urgency and Fresh Imperatives on Climate Change |
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| Tomislav Pavlovi膰, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Ni拧 The Presence and Perspectives of the Development of Renewable Energy Sources in Serbia |
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| S茅bastien Balibar, Acad茅mie des Sciences, Paris Facing the Climate Change, What Should We Do?听 |
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| Dragoljub Mirjani膰, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Republic of Srpska Renewable Energy Sources and Society |
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| Agnieszka Klucznik-Toro, Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow Climate-change-related Activities of the Central European Countries with the Examples Based on Acceleration Programmes |
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| Patricia Lustig, Association of Professional Futurists Board Member Energy and Society |
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| 16.40鈥16.55 | Discussion |
| 16.55鈥17.10 | Coffee break |
| 17.10鈥18.30 |
Session III |
| 听(肠丑补颈谤: Erich Hoedl, Veselin Vukoti膰) | |
| Tibor T贸th, WAAS, Ambassador, Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization PC An Economic-Social-Security Super Bubble? The need for counter-cyclical tools and circuit-breakers听 |
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| Vaso Antunovi膰1, Uro拧 Babi膰2, 1Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade Health and Future |
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| Donato Kiniger-Passigli, ILO Global Coordinator Fragile States and Disaster Response Preventive Action in Fragile Context |
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| Du拧an G谩lik, Slovak Academy of Sciences Research and responsibility. Aurel Stodola and his legacy to students |
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| Katica 膯ulavkova, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Twitter and the rhetorics of tweets as a pop-elite genre |
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| Vesna Baltezarevi膰, EASA, Faculty of Culture and Media, Megatrend University, Belgrade The Secret Game: Media and Power听 |
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| 18.15 鈥 18.30 | Discussion |
| 18.30 | Transfer to Hotel |
| 19.40 | Transfer from Hotel to Dinner venue |
| 20.00 | Conference Dinner听 |
17 May, Friday |
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| 08.30鈥08.45 | Transfer to MASA |
| 08.45鈥10.30 |
Session IV |
| 听(肠丑补颈谤: Garry Jacobs, Wang Jian) | |
| Elif 脟epni, WAAS, Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University, New Economic Theory and Political Philosophy |
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| Lorenzo Gascon, Real Academia de Ciencias Economicas y Financieras, Barcelona Too many Cloudy Scenarios and few Statesmen |
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| Ilze Trapenciere,听 Latvian Academy of Sciences, University of Latvia Gains and Losses of Economic Migration: Financial and Social Perspective for Family Members Left behind |
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| Erich Hoedl, EASA, WAAS Preserving Economic Wealth through Re-integration of Capitals |
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| J眉ri Engelbrecht, Estonian Academy of Sciences, WAAS On Limits of Developments in Technology and Knowledge |
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| Shen Kaiyan, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Analysis of Global E-commerce Development Situations and Trends |
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| Veselin Vukoti膰, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, University of Donja Gorica, Podgorica Culture and Education and “the Belt and Road Initiative” |
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| Kadie Ward, WAAS, Build Strong Cities, International Development Projects, Government of Canada The Caring City: a New Economics of Progress |
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| Abdulmenaf Bexheti, South-East European University, Northern Macedonia Insufficient Impact of Public Debt on Economic Growth: Empirical Analyses for Western Balkan Countries |
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| 10.15鈥10.30 | Discussion |
| 10.30鈥10.45 | Coffee break |
| 10.45鈥12.45 |
Session V |
| 听(肠丑补颈谤: Gilbert Fayl, Vlado Kambovski) | |
| Wang Jian, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences China-Europe Cooperation in Anti-Terrorism: Challenges, Strategies and Methods听 |
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| Ahmet Nuri Yurdusev, Turkish Academy of Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara World Order: Reelpolitik versus Culture |
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| Vlado Kambovski, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Macedonia’s Friendship Agreements with Bulgaria and Greece: Anticipation of the overall Balkan Reconciliation and Integration |
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| Irena Ilieva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for the State and the Law The Reform of the Dublin System and the Bulgarian Regulation of Migration |
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| Zoran Laki膰1, Miroslav Doderovi膰2, 1Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2Faculty of Philosophy, University of Montenegro Migrations as a destiny and Montenegro within |
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| Oksana Sliusarenko, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, WAAS Posthumanism. A New Era of Humanity听 |
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| Fetah I. Podvorica, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Degradation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Water |
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| Annibale Mottana, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome A Comparison between Montenegro and Southern Italy across the Adriatic Sea |
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| 12.30鈥12.45 | Discussion |
| 12.45 | Transfer to Hotel |
| Lunch | |
| 14.45鈥15.00 | Transfer to MASA |
| 15.00鈥16.30 |
Session VI |
| (chair: Dragoljub Mirjani膰, Neboj拧a Ne拧kovi膰) | |
| Ivana Lazarovski, WAAS Approaching 2020听 |
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| Saulo Casali Bahia, WAAS, Federal Judge, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Restrictions on Artificial Intelligence |
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| Igor 膼urovi膰, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts Artificial Intelligence and Future of Wars |
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| Petar Bonchovski, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for the State and the Law AI and Administration of Justice |
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| Stevo Niki膰, University Adriatik, Bar, Montenegro Globalization, Internet and the Crisis Meaning |
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| Dan Dungaciu, Romanian Academy, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest “The tail wagging the dog”. Frozen conflicts – the precursors of trouble to come. The cases of Ukraine and Republic of Moldova |
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| Sergei A. Chizhik, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Challenges, Risks and Opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution听 |
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| 16.15鈥16.30 | Discussion |
| 16.30鈥16.45 | Coffee break |
| 16.45鈥17.30 |
Closing session |
| (chair: Momir 膼urovi膰) | |
| Ilber Ortayli, Turkish Academy of Sciences, Galatasaray University Emigrants in Turkey |
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| Neboj拧a Naki膰enovi膰, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) The World in 2050 and the Six Grand Transformations |
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| 17.30 | Transfer to the Hotel |
| Free evening | |
18 May, Saturday |
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| Optional | |
| 9.00 | Montenegro tour /whole day (first come – first go, on the expense of MASA) Departure of participants |
19 May, Sunday |
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| Departure of participants | |
| * Presentation of the papers -10 minutes. | |


