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• Opening Ceremony
• Science and Innovation as a Global Enterprise
• Investing in Future Generations
• Plenary Session II.
• The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Achievement of The Millennium Development Goal
• Investing in Knowledge for Peace IPSO (Israeli-Palestine Science Organisation) Panel
• Plenary Session III. - Panel: Reviews of Representatives of Global Fora
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability I. - The Best Science-Based Governance Initiatives
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability II. - Paradigm Change for Sustainability - Sine Qua Nons
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability III. - Science-Based Politics towards a Paradigm Change
• Investing in Knowledge for Sustainability IV. - Moral Imperatives for Europe and the World
• Special Session on "Investing in STI: Challenges and Opportunities for Parliaments" I.
• Special Session on "Investing in STI: Challenges and Opportunities for Parliaments" II.
• Plenary Session IV.
• Parliament Plenary Session and Closing Plenary Session

Dr Benedek Jávor

Adjunct Professor, Catholic University Budapest; Speaker, Protect the Future Society, Hungary

Dr Benedek Jávor was born in 1972. MSc in biology from ELTE University, Hungary. Studied cultural anthropology and human ecology from 1993 to 1997. Assistant professor of environmental sciences at the department of environmental law, Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Budapest. Founding member of the environmental NGO 'Védegylet – Protect the Future Society' in 2000; secretary of the society's 'Representation of Future Generations' (REFUGE) programme 2000-2002, spokesperson since 2003. Author of several aticles, including Environmental Crisis and the Democratic State (Liget, 2000), Greens in the Eagle's Nest – On the Political Representation of the Green Movement (Magyar Narancs, 2003), Institutional Protection of Succeeding Generations – Ombudsman for Future Generations in Hungary, (in: Generational Justice Handbook, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006), writer of the handbook Introduction to Environmental Ethics (manuscript, 2001), editor of numerous publications, for example Rights of Future Generations (Protect the Future!, 2001), Environment and Ethics (L'Harmattan, 2005), Do we owe them a future – the opportunities of a representation for future generations in Europe (Protect the Future!, 2006).