EUROPEAN REGIONAL DIALOGUE
Geneva, Switzerland, August 23-25, 2004

Monday, August 23

07:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome

Richard Wilkins
Managing Director
World Family Policy Center
Provo, Utah, USA

H.E. Mr. Abdullah Nasser M. Al-Khalifa
Secretary General
Supreme Council for Family Affairs
State of Qatar

H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations
New York, New York, USA

09:30 – 12:30   Session One: Family

Dr. Alban d’Entremont
Professor
University of Navarra
Navarra, Spain

Dr. Maria Sophia Aguirre
Associate Professor of Economics
Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C., USA

Dr. Allan Carlson
President
The Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mr. Radim Uchac
Pro-Life Movement
The Czech Republic

Mrs. Bonnie Parkin
Relief Society General President
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 18:00   Session Two: Marriage

Prof. Scott FitzGibbon
Professor of Law
Boston College, Law School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Ms. Samantha Callan
Senior Researcher
Care for the Family
United Kingdom

Mr. John Crouch, Esq.
Director
Americans for Divorce Reform
Arlington, Virginia, USA

Mrs. Maggie Gallagher
President
Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
Washington D.C., USA

Mr. Gionathan Curci Staffler
Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate Institute of International Studies
Geneva, Switzerland

Tuesday, August 24

08:00 – 08:30 Late Registration
08:30 – 12:30   Session Three: Human Dignity

Dr. Astrid Stuckelberger
Professor
University of Geneva, Medical School
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Jane Adolphe
Professor
Ave Maria Law School
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Dr. Anatoly Antonov
Dr. Victor Medkov
Professors
Moscow State University
Moscow, Russia

Dr. Montague Brown
Professor
Saint Anselm College
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Mrs. Michaela Freiova
The Czech Republic

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 18:00   Session Four: Parents and Children

Mr. Tom Beardshaw
Network Director
Fathers Direct
United Kingdom

Ms. Julia Anderson
Board Member
Former National President
Real Women of Canada
Toronto, Canada

Dr. Dean Byrd
Professor
University of Utah, Medical School
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Dr. Irina Vladimirovna Pronevskaya
Professor
Moscow State University
Moscow, Russia

Mr. Tuve Skanberg
Member of Parliament
Sweden

Wednesday, August 25

08:00 – 08:30 Late Registration
08:30 – 13:30   Session Five: Family Values

Dr. Manuel Carballo
Director of Health and Migration
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland

Mr. Bruce Abramson, Esq.
Human Rights Attorney/Consultant
Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Peter J. Colosi
Professor
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Austrian Program
Gaming, Austria

Revd. Frank Gelli
Lecturer, Writer, and Broadcaster on Interfaith Issues
Founder of the Arkadash Network for Muslim/Christian Dialogue
United Kingdom

Dr. Bryce Christensen
Professor
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, Utah, USA

11:50 – 12:00 Closing Remarks
12:00 – 14:00 Open Reception