10.00-15.00 Working Group
7.00-8.00 Steering Committee (In hotel)
Chair: Denton Lotz
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Carol E Rasmussen
10.00-13.00 Registration
15.00-18.00 Registration
07.30-08.30 Steering Committee
Chair: Denton Lotz
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Carol E Rasmussen
09:00-09:30 Session 1: Opening
Chair: Denton Lotz
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Orientation - John Graz and Donald E Robinson
9.30-10.30 IRLA President Welcome: Denton Lotz (2 min)
South African National Anthem and Flag (3 min) - Busi Khumalo
Prayer: Israel Leito (3 min)
IRLA Regional President Welcome: Paul Ratsara (5 min)
Introduction of delegates: John Graz (5 min)
IRLA Secretary General Report: John Graz (7 min)
Reading of messages: James Standish (3 min)
IRLA President Message: Denton Lotz (15-20 min)
Paul S Ratsara (3 min)
Introduction of President Mbeki or Vice President (3 min)
President's Message: President Mbeki (20 min)
Thanks and gift: Denton Lotz and John Graz (5 min)
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-12.30 Session 2: Combating Religious Hatred
Chair: Geoffrey Mbwana (2 min)
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Speakers:
Rik Torfs: Combating Religious Hatred the European Way (25 min)
Anatoly Krasikov: The Russian Reaction to Religious Hatred (25 min)
Tad Stahnke: United States Government Efforts to Advance Freedom of Religion or Belief (25 min)
Questions: James Standish (10 min)
12.30-14.00 Lunch Break
14.00-15.30 Session 3: Racial and Religious Hatred and Reconciliation-The South African Experience
Chair: Rajmund Dabrowski (5 min)
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Panel:
" John R W Oliver - Christian
" Warren Goldstein - Head of Jewish Community in South Africa
" Nokuzola Mndende - African Traditional Religion
" Aslam Fataaz - Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa
" Ela Ghandi - Ela Ghandi Trust
15.30-16.00 Special Insight
Speaker: W Cole Durham - Will Religious Freedom Restrictions be a Factor of Peace? (25 min)
16.00-16.30 Break
16.30-17.30 Session 4: Combating Religious Hatred through Governments and International Organizations
Chair: Laurie Evans (5 min)
Secretary General: John Graz
Speakers:
Emmerson Graham: The Caribbean Experience in Combating Religious Hatred (25 min)
Jonathan Gallagher: How Does the United Nations Answer Religious Hatred? (20 min)
Questions: James Standish (10 min)
17:30-19.00 Session 5: IRLA in Action around the World
Chair: Mary Ang'Awa (3 min)
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Coordinator: James Standish
Participants: Reports (10 min each) from IRLA Regional Secretary Generals from:
" Euro-Asia - Victor Vitko
" North America - Halvard Thomsen
" South Pacific - Raymond Coombe
" Europe and North Africa - Karel Novak
" East-Central Africa - Mutuku Mutinga
" West-Central Africa - Japheth Agboka
" South America - Edson Rosa
" Northern Asia-Pacific - Glenn Mitchell
07.30-08.30 Steering Committee
Chair: Denton Lotz
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Carol E Rasmussen
09.00-9.30 Session 6: Does Religious Freedom Provide an Environment for Religious Hatred?
Chair: Israel Leito (3 min)
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Prayer: Heather Tredoux (2 min)
Introduction of Premier: [who?] (3 min)
Welcome from the Honorable Ibrahim Razool (15 min)
9.30-10.30 Introduction of Speaker: John Graz (3 min)
Speaker: Ambassador Robert Seiple (35 min): Religious Freedom: Supporting the Separation of Church and Hate
Questions from Experts: Rik Torfs, Mutuku Mutinga, W Cole Durham, Denton Lotz, Rosa Maria Martinez de Codes (40 min)
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-12.30 Session 7 - Breakout Groups
1. Plenary Room: Religious Contribution to Religious Freedom
Chair: Rik Torfs
Secretary: Woman
Panel (15 min each): Bert B Beach, Pardon Mwansa, Israel Leito, Robert Seiple, Matthew Liebenberg
Questions: G Edward Reid
2. Room 1-2: Combating Religious Hatred
Chair: Mitchell A Tyner
Secretary: Clive Dottin
Panel: Rik Torfs, Anatoly Krasikov, Emmerson Graham, Vaughn James, Gerald Chipeur
Questions: Donald McFarland
3. Room 3: Religious Symbols in the Public Square (French)
Chair: Paul S Ratsara
Panel: Gilbert Wari, Guy Roger, Jean-Paul Barquon
4. Room 4: Is Church-State Separation Threatened in North America?
Chair: James Standish
Panel: Tad Stahnke, Vaughn James, Nicholas Miller, Gregory Hamilton, Barry Bussey, Lincoln Steed, Bill Knott
5. Room 1.92: Congress Statement Committee
Chair: Eugene Hsu
Secretary: Jonathan Gallagher
Members: Mutuku Mutinga, Luka T Daniel, G Hendrik Koning, Geoffrey Mbwana, Kenneth Vogel, Raymond Coombe
12.30-14.00 Lunch Break
14.00-14.30 Session 8: Special Insight
Chair: Harald Wollan
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Introduction [first name?] Stofile, Government Minister, Republic of South Africa: ??
Message of [first name?] Stofile
(Alternate: Bert B Beach)
14:30-16.00 Session 9 - Breakout Groups
1. Plenary Room: NGO Reports on Religious Freedom
Chair: (division presidents or woman)
Secretary: Woman
Coordinator: Roberto Herrera
Participants:
Public Defender of Georgia - Sozar Subari
Liberty Magazine - Lincoln Steed
North Pacific Religious Liberty Association - Gregory Hamilton
AIDLR (France) - Jean-Paul Barquon
International Institute of Religious Freedom
Kinderbaum Foundation - Gerald Chipeur
Mexican Religious Liberty Association - Jose Hayasaka
NARLA - James Standish
Middle East Concern - Andrea Shugart
Norwegian Religious Liberty Association - Lars Stolen
2. Room 1: Liberty Magazine Report
Chair: Halvard Thomsen
Secretary: Melissa Reid
Panel: Lincoln Steed, Barry Bussey
3. Room 2: Religious Day of Rest in Schools and Public Institutions
Chair: Laurie Evans
Secretary: Woman
Panel: Mitchell A Tyner, Samuel A Larmie, John L Wani, Mary Ang'awa, Jose Hayasaka
5. Room 4: Religious Freedom in Latin America (Spanish)
Chair: Jaime Contreras
Panel: Jose Camilio Cardoso, Rosa Maria Martinez de Codes, Jose Hayasaka, Alcides Coimbra
Questions: Jose Lizardo
6. Room 4: Religious Liberty in Africa and Middle East: New Challenges
Chair: Paul S Ratsara
Secretary: Japheth Agboka
Panel: Geoffrey Mbwana, Mutuku Mutinga, Paul Ananaba, Harald Wollan, Andrea Shugart
16.00-16.30 Break
16.30-18.00 Session 10
Chair: Robert Seiple (5 min)
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Speakers:
Bert B Beach - Religious Freedom or Religious Fundamentalism?
(25 min)
Alcides Coimbra - Progress on Religious Freedom in Brazil to Maintain Peace (25 min)
Eugene Hsu - China's Harmonious Society: For or Against Religious freedom? (25 min)
Questions: James Standish (10 min)
18.00-19.00 Session 11: Reports, Commissions, and Working Groups
1. Plenary: How to Work with the United Nations, International Organizations, and Governments
Chair: Jonathan Gallagher
Secretary: Deborah Knott
Panel: Robert Seiple, Rosa Maria Martinez de Codes, Rik Torfs, Sozar Subari
2. Room 1: Religious Freedom in Portuguese-speaking Africa*
Chair: Benjamin Fausto Paiva
Secretary: Edson Rosa
Panel: Teodoro Elias, Lisboa Santos, Candida Narciso, Teodoro Ricardo
3. Room 2: Organization of IRLA in Africa
Chair: Chuma Himonga
Secretary: Japheth Agboka
Panel: Gilbert Wari, Paul S Ratsara, Hensley Morooven, Guy Roger, Paul Ananaba
4. Room 3: Meeting of Public Affairs and Government Employees
Chair: Eugene Hsu
Secretary: James Standish
5. Room 4: Hearing for the World Report 2006-2007
Chair: Nicholas Miller
Secretary: Daisy Orion
Panel: Andrea Shugart, Karel Nowak, Anatoly Krasikov, Luka T Daniel, Jose Hayasaka, Lars Stolen
07.30-08.30 Steering Committee
Chair: Rajmund Dabrowski
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Carol E Rasmussen
09.00-10.30 Session 12
Religious Freedom-A Realistic Answer to Religious Hatred
Chair: Robert Kyte
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Special Address: Religious Freedom and Freedom of the Other
" James Cochrane (title) (25 min)
" Maulana Ihsaan Hendricks (title) (25 min)
" Mitchell A Tyner (title) (25 min)
Questions: James Standish (10 min)
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-12.30 Session 13
Chair: Lincoln Steed (5 min)
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Participants:
" Maulvi Wahab Adam: The Answer of Ahmaddiyya to Religious Hatred (25 min)
" Vaughn James: From Intolerance to Freedom, From Hate Speech to Love (25 min)
" Rosa Maria Martinez de Codes: The Spanish Answer to Religious Intolerance (25 min)
Questions: James Standish (10 min)
12.30-14.00 Lunch Break
14.00-15.00 Session 14
Chair: Halvard Thomsen
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Coordinator: James Standish
IRLA Secretary General Reports (10 min each):
" Europe and Middle East - Harald Wollan
" Inter-America - Roberto Herrera
" Southern Asia-Pacific - Johnny Lubis (?)
" India - Gordon Christo
" Southern Africa - Hensley Moorooven
15.00-15.30 Session 15: Special Insight
Chair: Rosa Maria Martinez de Codes
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Speaker: Bert B Beach or Jaime Contreras
15:30-16:30 Closing
Chair: Eugene Hsu (3 min)
Secretary General: John Graz
Recording Secretary: Todd McFarland
Introduction of Cape Town Mayor:
Speaker: Cape Town Mayor Mrs Helen Zille (10 min)
Secretary General: Thanks and Future of IRLA (10 min)
Prayer:
16.30-17.00 Free Time (pick up banquet/tour tickets)
19.00-21.30 Banquet
Chair: Robert Seiple
Co-Chair: John Graz
Coordinator: Hensley Moorooven
MC: Ray Msengana
A few words from Mayor Helen Zille
Speaker: Jody Narandran Kollapen (15 min)
Awards: John Graz (15 min)
Musicians: (40 min)
09.00-16.00 Tour and Shopping
Coordinator: Donald E Robinson
Departure