List of Confirmed Speakers
Meena Ahmadzai, Independent Marketing consultant, Chicago, USA
Dr. Payal Arora, Assistant Professor in International Communication and Media, Erasmus University, the Netherlands
Swami Shiva Atmatattwananda, Vedanta, Ramakrishna Order of India.
Laura Berry, Executive Director, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, New York, USA
Sukrita Boonjindasup, Member, Dharmakaya Temple Youth group
Dr. Peter G. Brown, Professor, McGill School of Environment McGill University, Canada
Dr. Joanildo A Burity, Director - Faith and Globalisation Programme, School of Government and International Affairs/Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, UK
Lisa Connell, PhD Candidate, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Philip Connell, Founder and Editor, Futuring Gardens, Los Angeles, USA
Michael Conniff, Director, Global Studies, College of Social science, San Jose State University, USA
Noor-Malika Chishti, Co-Vice Chair, Southern California Committee for a Parliament of the World’s Religions (SCCPWR), USA
Dr. K.T. Connor, Specialized in Organizational development, Axiologist and also the Vice-President for Applied Axiology for the Robert. S. Hartman Institute.
Dr. Peggy Cunningham, Acting Dean, Faculty of Management, School of Business Administration, Dalhousie University, Canada
Dr. Bahman Dadgostar, Director Hope Consulting Institute, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Jamshid Damooei – Professor of Economics, Co-chair for the Globalization for Common Good
Dr. Martine Durier-Copp, Public Administration Coordinator of the Training in Economic Management Project in Cuba, a project in its second phase funded by the Canadian International Development Agency, Canada
Roy Earnest, California Program Officer of US Corporation for National and Community Service, USA
Dr. R. Guy Erwin, Professor of Religion/Belgum Chair, Chair of Department of Languages, Member of Conference Executive Committee, California Lutheran University, USA
Honorable Dennis Gillette – Mayor of Thousand Oaks, California
Dr. Herbert. E. Gooch III, Professor of Political Science, California Lutheran University, California, USA
Doug Green, Steering Committee, Social Justice Fund for Ventura County
Geoff Green, Social Justice Fund for Ventura County
Dr. Linda Groff, Professor of Political Science & Future Studies, and Coordinator, Behavioral Science Undergraduate Program at California State University, Dominguez Hills; and Director, Global Options and Evolutionary Futures Consulting, USA
Marita Grudzen, Deputy Director, Stanford Geriatric Education Center, Stanford University Medical School, USA
Dr. Gerald Grudzen, Professor, Philosophy faculty, San Jose City College, USA
Dr. Keyvan Geula, MFCC, Executive Director of Center for Global Integrated Education, Inc.,
Ann L. Hallock, L.C.S.W, licensed clinical social worker in private practice, former professor of behavioral medicine at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A, and Associate of Hope Consulting Institute
Dr. Randa Ali Hamdy, Assistant Professor of Management and Strategy, Kairo, Egypt
Colins Imoh, Executive Director of Centre for Human Development and Social Transformation, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Dr. Richard Janda, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law McGill University, Canada
Dr. Yahya R. Kamalipour, Professor and Head, Department of Communication and Creative Arts, Director, Center for Global Studies, Purdue University Calumet, USA
Dr. Douglas Kellner, George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Dr. Chris Kimball, President, California Lutheran University, USA
Dr. Jena Khadem Khodadad, Emeritus Faculty, Rush Medical College, Rush University, Chicago
Dr. Hans Köchler, Professor, University of Innsbruck, and President,International Progress Organization (IPO), Vienna, Austria
Chris Kosovich, Founder and Chief web communication strategist, Kosovich Media Group LLC, USA
Dr. Michael Kuehlwein, Chair of Department of Economics, Pomona College, Claremont, USA
Richard Lehun, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law McGill University, Canada
Dr. Charles Maxey, Professor and Dean of School of Business, Co-Director of the Center for Leadership and Values, California Lutheran University, USA
Rev. Melissa Maxwell-Doherty, Campus Minister, Campus Ministry, Member of Conference Executive Committee, California Lutheran University, USA
Father William McIntire, former Secretary-General, Maryknoll Fathers, chaplain to Mother of Theresa's Sisters in India and Bangladesh for the past two decades, USA/Bangladesh
Kate McLean, Steering Committee, Social Justice Fund for Ventura county
Dr. Kamran Mofid – Founder, Globalisation for Common Good; Conference Co-chair
Enrique Molina, Chief Executive Officer, Ciudades Luz (For a Life with Dignity), Guatemala
Dr. Nina Meyerhof, Founder and Executive Director of Children of the Earth (COE), USA
Dr. James Mulherin, Research Associate, University of California, Santa Cruz, visiting professor at UCSC, SJCC, Monmouth University, Business classes for Golden Gate University, USA
Dr. Hassan M. Nejad, Moderator & Presenter, Dean, School of American and International Studies, Professor of Political Science and International Studies. Ramapo College Mahwah, New Jersey
Dr. Leanne Neilson – Provost and V.P Academic Affairs, California Lutheran University, USA
R. Gustav Niebuhr, Associate Professor in Religion and the Media, Syracuse University; former religion writer for The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; author of Beyond Tolerance: How People Across America are Building Bridges Between Faiths (2008)
Renee De Palma, Professional film Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, multi-media developer, university lecturer and award winning documentary filmmaker.
Dr. Joseph Prabhu, Professor of Philosophy and Religion at California State University, Los Angeles, USA
Heba El-Rafey, Director, Dialogue Forum, Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt
Kelly G. Ramer; WSYC Youth Action Coordinator. Pursuing Masters of Public Policy, with a concentration in International Peace building.
Dr. Alex Habib Riazati, MACP and Doctorate graduate student is Counseling psychology. Strategist and Scientist at Boeing Integrated Defense systems.
Dr. Philip Rosson, Professor Emeritus, School of Business Administration, Dalhousie University, Canada
Ruth Broyde Sharone, filmmaker and journalist, is also a community organizer, a motivational speaker, and teacher of interfaith peace building
Dr. Christoph Stückelberger, Professor of Ethics, Founder and Director of Globethics.net, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Nathan Tierney, Professor of Philosophy, Member of Conference Executive Committee, California Lutheran University, USA
Dr. Steve Szeghi, Professor of Economics, Wilmington College, Ohio
Dr. Jonathan Taplin, Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, USA
Dr. Peter Timmerman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
Dr. Marcos Vargas, Steering Committee, Social Justice Fund for Ventura County
Susanna Wolds, Travel Writer – Evolve magazine. B.A. in International Spanish for professions
Fred E Woods, Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA
Dr. Pipat Yodprudtikan, Director, Thaipat Institute, Committee of Mobilizing Sufficiency Economy, Thai Chamber of Commerce