Forum

                                          OCTOBER 9, WEDNESDAY                                         

08.00-09.00

Registration of participants of the Forum of Young Religious Leaders

Venue: The Palace of Independence, 1st floor, lobby

09.00-10.00

Visiting the interactive exhibition of the Forum (Art-zone, Book-zone, Info-zone, Fair-zone)

Venue: The Palace of Independence, 1st floor

* before the start of the Forum, the video Faith in an era of Change is shown on the screens in the background

10.00

Opening of the Forum of Young Religious Leaders

Moderator: Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions – Vice Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kanat Iskakov

10.00-11.40

Plenary session of the Forum

Welcoming speeches of participants and honored guests of the Forum of Young Religious Leaders.

* Davos format

Time limit 7 min.

1.  Maulen Ashimbayev – Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.

2.  Khaled Akasheh - Bureau Chief for Islam of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See, Monsignor (Vatican).

3.  Afra Mohamed Alsaabri - Director General of the Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence of UAE (UAE).

4.  Mohamed Abdelsalam - Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Elders (UAE).

5.  Jo Bailey Wells - Deputy Secretary General of the Anglican
Communion, Bishop for Episcopal Ministry of the Anglican Communion
(Great Britain).

6.  Deepika Singh - Deputy Secretary General of the NGO Religions for Peace (USA).

7.  Emmanuel Ganse - President of the Tonafa Institute (Benin).

8.  Yershat Ongar – Vice Rector of «Nur-Mubarak» University (Kazakhstan).

11.40-11.50

Group photo

Venue: The Palace of Independence, 1st floor

12.00-13.00

Section №1: «The role of young leaders in the sustainable development of the world»

Discussion on the topic of the section. An open microphone.

* Note:

Format of the work of the sections – Davos

Time limit for speakers: 7 min

Moderator:

1. Rostislav Novgorodov – Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan (Switzerland).

Speakers:

1. Nazym Zhangazinova - Member of the National Commission on Women Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan).

2. Shen Zhen - Deputy Secretary-General of the Buddhist Association of China (China).

3. Sergiy Nesterov - Deacon of the Secretariat for Interreligious Relations of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate (Russia).

4. Bagyzhan Kuzekbay - Head of the Youth Sector of Spiritual Board of Muslims of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan).

5. Yahia Jahangiri - Hojjat al-Islam, representative of the Shiite school of thought (Iran).

6. Dmitriy Baidek – Keymaster of the Assumption Cathedral in Astana (Kazakhstan).

7. Rabiga Tolebaykyzy - Hafeez. The owner of the "izhaz" level in the Koran. PhD of the Al-Azhar University (Kazakhstan).

14.30-15.30

Section №2: «Spiritual values in the age of digitalization and artificial intelligence: challenges and opportunities»

Discussion on the topic of the section. An open microphone.

Format of the work of the sections – Davos

Time limit for speakers: 7 min

Moderator:

1. Deepika Singh - Deputy Secretary General of the NGO Religions for Peace (USA).

Speakers:

1. Song Huaishan - President of the Zhoukou Taoism Association of Henan Province (China).

2. Abdelrahman Moussa - Head of the Sheikh Al-Azhar Office, Ambassador (Egypt).

3. Rudraksha Sakrikar – Professor of the Somaiya Vidyavihar University (India).

4. Margarita Levina - Executive Secretary of the Youth Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member States (RF)

5. Steven Aiello - Founder and Co-director of the «Debate for Peace» (Israel).

6. Alisher Bektash – CEO of «AiMap» IT Holding «Kazdream», Member of the Board of Directors (Kazakhstan).

7. Akbota Turymbetova - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), winner of the State Youth Award ‘Daryn’, Vice-Rector of KazNUА (Kazakhstan).

15.45-16.45

Section №3 «The role of young leaders in the dialogue of cultures and religions»

Discussion on the topic of the section. An open microphone.

Format of the work of the sections – Davos

Time limit for speakers: 7 min

Moderator:

1. Makpal Zhumabay - Director of the national scientific and practical center «Til-Kazyna» named after Sh.Shayakhmetov (Kazakhstan). (Kazakhstan).

Speakers:

1. Shinsaku Mitsui - Director of the External Relations Department of the Jinja Honcho Association (Japan).

2. Peter Pytlovany - Press Secretary of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Central Asia (Kazakhstan).

3. Alinur Sabit - Secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan).

4. Khalifa Khaled Yousef Ali Yousef - Project Manager of the Muslim Council of Elders (UAE).

5. Sherzod Pulatov - Chairman of the Council of Ethnomeditation of the APK (Kazakhstan).

6. Jenni Crewes - Vicar of St. Hilda's Church Warley Woods (Great Britain).

7. Jeyhun Rustamov - Member of the Council of Cadis of the Caucasus Muslim Board, Imam of the Juma Mosque in Baku (Azerbaijan).

17.00-17.15

Announcement of the final document of the Forum of Young Religious Leaders.

Closing remarks Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions M.S.Ashimbayev