�?nbsp;Saturday (12 December, 2009)
14:00 - 14:20: Opening Ceremony  
            Location: Yin Dong lecture Hall
            Host: Geng YANG (Beijing Normal University, China)
            Welcome address: Zhen HAN (Vice President of
            Beijing Normal University, Director of Research Center for Value and Culture)
 
14:20-15:30  Plenary session: Toward Cross-Culture Dialogue and  Communication 

Location: Ying Dong lecture hall
            Chair: Dikun XIE (Chinese Academy of Social Science)  
              Toward the True World-culture: the Multiple Universalities in the Era of Globalization   
                        10 minutes discussion

15:30-15:50  Photo session: in front of the main building

15:50-17:40  Plenary session: Cultural Diversity and the Contemporary World
            Location: Ying Dong lecture hall
                        20 minutes discussion

17:40       Dinner

�?nbsp;Sunday (13 December, 2009) Group Symposia
Group one: Science, belief, value and their dialogue
8:30-10:00   

            Location: B807 main building
           10:00-10:15   Break

10:15-12:00   (10-15 minutes for each speaker)
Location: Main Building B807

12:00  Lunch

Group Two: Modern life in the perspective of philosophy and ethics
8:30-10:00  (10-15 minutes for each speaker)
           Location: A809
        10:00-10:15  Break

10:15-12:00  (10-15 minutes for each speaker)
           

        Group Three: Marx and the present age
8:30-10:00   (10-15minutes for each speaker)
            Location: 700A, Main building
            10:00-10:15  Break

10:15-12:00  (10-15 minutes for each speaker)
            Location: 700A, main building
           12:00       Lunch

Group Four: Interpretation of Confucianism and its contemporary value
8:30-10:00   (10-15 minutes for each speaker)
            Location: 700C
          10:00-10:15  Break

10:15-12:00  (10-15 minutes for each speaker)
            Location: 700C, main building
           12:00        Lunch

13:30-15:00  Plenary session: Contemporary social order and political philosophy
            Location B807, Main Building
            15:00-15:15  Break

15:15-17:00  Plenary session: Culture Dialogue - Its Possibilities and Methods
            Location: B807, main building
          17:00-17:15  Break

17:15-17:40  Closing ceremony
            Location: B807, Main building
            Host: He LI (Chinese Academy of Social Science)
            Conclusion Speech by William McBride
(Purdue University, USA)
                       Conclusion Speech by the Dean of School of Philosophy and Sociology,
            Beijing Normal University, Shuguang ZHANG