The Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness RETHINKING DEVELOPMENT Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada June 20 to June 24, 2005
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Thursday, June 23 am	Envisioning the Future
Siddiqur Osmani and Marilyn Waring
8:00 – 8:30 am	Dr. S.R. Osmani, UNDP and University of Ulster Toward a development strategy for Bhutan: Translating Philosophy into Action MacKay Room, Bloomfield Centre
Photo Essay:	Thursday Morning by Stella McNeil
8:30 – 10:30 am	Plenary: Report Back From Wednesday Groups & Response John Taylor Gatto, Dick and Pat Richardson, Allan Savory MacKay Room, Bloomfield Centre
Dick and Pat Richardson “Soil Bugs ” QuickTime Video Clip 17:49 (15.5 MB)
10:30 – 11:00 am	Nutrition Break
Photo Essay:	Teen Progam Finale by Stella McNeil
11:00 - 3:00 pm	Carrying The Spirit Forward: Next Steps For Action Facilitated by Rev. Bliss Browne, Isabelle LeVert Chiasson and Karen Fish These next four hours are the most important and dynamic part of this conference. It's where we take the most brilliant, powerful, inspiring, and practical lessons we have learned in the last three days, consolidate and integrate them, and turn them into concrete actions when we leave this place — actions that will definitely leave this world a better place for our children. The interactive techniques to be employed here have been tried and tested, and they work! 11:00 am – 1:30 pm Open space marketplace (all delegates) followed by small group discussions on key lessons learned and action steps. Boxed lunches provided in MacKay Room Lounge 1:30 – 3:00 pm Where do we go from here? All delegates reconvene and gather the collective wisdom MacKay Room, Bloomfield Centre
Khenpo Phuntsok Tashi
3:00 pm	Nutrition Break
3:30 pm	His Excellency John Ralston Saul Good governance as the Key to Gross National Happiness Keynote address open to the public.
Lyonpo Jigmi Thinley and John Ralston Saul	Photo courtesy: Andy Revkin, New York Times
	Ceremonial Closing Lyonpo Jigmi Thinley, Minister of Home and Cultural Affairs and former Prime Minister of Bhutan; Bill Gunn, Atlantic Regional Director, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); Richard Reoch and Mary Coyle (co-chairs)
5:00 pm	Dinner and Reception with His Excellency John Ralston Saul Morrison Hall Dining Room / Black Door Room
7:00 pm	Documentary Film Festival Films and discussions with film-makers or main characters. Being Caribou, Canada 2004 Travellers and Magicians, USA 2005 followed by Q&A with lead actor Tshewang Dendup The Ecological Footprint: Accounting for a Small Planet, USA 2004 followed by Q&A with Mathis Wackernagel
8:00 pm	Redefining Success: Ethical Marketplace Show 1, USA 2005 followed by Q&A with Mathis Wackernagel The Ecological Footprint: Accounting for a Small Planet, USA 2004 followed by Q&A with Frank Bracho and Mathis Wackernagel
8:00 – 9:30 pm	Classical Music Concert Emilía Rós Sigfúsdóttir (flute), and Frances Gray (piano). Immaculata Open to the public.
8:15 pm	Documentary Film Festival Peaceable Kingdom, USA 2004
9:00 pm	Another World is Possible, USA 2002
9:15 pm	Words of My Perfect Teacher, Canada 2003
9:30 pm	The Witness, USA 2000
10:00 pm	Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes, Canada 2003
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	Sealevel Photography courtesy Patch of Blue by Stella McNeil.