In this video from the first day of the congress you can watch Welcome to Norway by NHA President Åse Kleveland, President of the Norwegian Humanist Association welcome all the participants. Then the Oslo Camerata orchestra and the HUM Choir preforms "Til ungdommen" (“To the Youth”) by Nordahl Grieg. Short info by the Chair, Congress Program Committee Roar Johnsen.
Read opening speech by President Åse Kleveland
First speaker, Erik Assadourian, is Senior Fellow at the Worldwatch Institute and Director of the “State of the World 2010”. He talked about how we should create a peaceful future by transforming cultural patterns.
Watch an listen to the full version of "Til ungdommen" (“To the Youth”) by Nordahl Grieg preformed by Oslo Camerata orchestra and the HUM Choir.
P. Z. Myers, american biology professor at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM) and the author of the science blog Pharyngula. At the World Humanist Congress he talked about "Evolution, religion and conflict".
Vikas Gora, Rotary Peace Fellow, talks about peace and conflict resolutions in India.
Watch Heiner Bielefeldt, German professor of human rights and the current Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the UN Human Rights Council. Professor and UN Rapporteur.
Video from the discussion at the end of session 1, The role of supra-national organizations. In the panel: Linda Polman, journalist, Leo Igwe, IHEU, Heiner Bielefeldt, professor and David Pollock, EHF President. Part I.
Video from the discussion at the end of session 1, The role of supra-national organizations. Part II.
Silvana Uhlrich, the President of The International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation (IHEYO) shows us their workshop at the congress, called "Step by step and Peace by Piece".
Presentation of Germanys group work at IHEYOs workshop.
Presentation of group work at IHEYOs workshop, here by Sven Berg Ryen Singapore/Norway.
Author Taslima Nasrin: My struggle for equality. Part 1.
Author Taslima Nasrin: My struggle for equality. Part 2.
Author Taslima Nasrin: My struggle for equality. Part 3.
Author Taslima Nasrin: My struggle for equality. Part 4.
Interview with at young participant, Kristoffer Jonsson, talking about his meeting with the Islam Net, having a stand outside the Oslo Congress Center.
From the closing of the congress: “My own Country” by Olle Adolphsson. HUM Choir and Åse Kleveland (Lars Klevstrand)
From parallel session 1 Saturday: The role of supra-national organizations:
Sophie in 't Veld, MEP: The role of EU in conflict prevention (her talk published at her blogg D66blog)
From parallel session 3 Saturday: The role of ceremonies:
Naomi Phillips, British Humanist Association: Remembrance ceremonies: The need to include the non-religious (her talk published at humanism.org.uk)
Nyheter fra Fri tanke (in norwegian):
Bør humanister anerkjenne militærmakt? (14.08.11)
Konferansen er godt i gang (13.08.11)
– We are the hardliners (12.08.11)
Planlegger islam-stand utenfor humanistkongressen (11.08.11)
Alt klart for verdenskongress (10.08.11)
Pakistansk kvinneaktivist til verdenskongressen (24.06.11)
International news:
BHA's David Pollock receives prestigious international award BHA (13.08.11)
Eighteenth World Humanist Congress opens in Oslo, iheu.org (12.08.11)
Humanist World gathers in Oslo, iheu.org (12.08.11)
Relevant articles:
African Humanists and the search for African Peace, by Yemi Ademowo Johnson, Young Humanistas Network at Fri tanke (12.08.11)The BHA presents: PZ Myers and Richard Dawkins in conversation, at the Institute of Education in June 2011.