From Tragedy to Unity
A Celebration of the Human Spirit
A Multidisciplinary Symposium Commemorating the Anniversary of September 11
Program
9:45 a.m.
Welcoming Address and Opening Remarks
Philippe de Montebello - Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed - Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
10:00-11:15 a.m.
Panel Discussion: Arts & Culture
Maxwell L. Anderson - Director, Whitney Museum of American Art
Vishakha N. Desai - Senior Vice President and Director, Museum and Cultural Programs, Asia Society
Lourdes Lopez - Executive Director, The George Balanchine Foundation
Glenn D. Lowry - Director, The Museum of Modern Art
Greil Marcus - Author and Music Critic; Former Music Editor, Rolling Stone and Creem
John Rockwell - Senior Cultural Correspondent, The New York Times
11:15-11:30 a.m.
Morning Break
11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Science & Spirituality
Dr. Praveen Chaudhari - Director of Research, IBM
Professor Larry Hench - Co-Director, Tissue Engineering Center, Imperial College, U.K.
Dr. William T. Newsome - Professor of Neurobiology, Stanford University
Dr. Joan LaRovere - Associate Director, Pediatric Intensive Care, Royal Brompton Hospital, U.K.
Kenneth L. Woodward - Religion and Culture Editor, Newsweek
12:45-2:15 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:15-2:30 p.m.
Afternoon Session Opening Remarks
Shashi Tharoor - Under-Secretary-General, Communications and Public Information, United Nations
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Business & Finance
Alison Bernstein - Vice-President, Education, Media, Arts & Culture Program, Ford Foundation
Cathleen P. Black - President, Hearst Magazines
Gordon R. Conway - President, Rockefeller Foundation
Donald Marron - Chairman, UBS America; Vice Chairman of Board of Trustees, MoMA
Lynn S. Paine - John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
John C. Whitehead - Director, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
3:30-3:45 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:45-4:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Media & Politics
Richard Falk - Professor of Constitutional Law, Princeton University
Former New York State Senator Roy M. Goodman - President and CEO, U.N. Development Corporation
Ambassador William Luers - Director, United Nations Association of the United States of America
Ambassador Nicholas Platt - President, Asia Society
Dr. Peter Weiss - Vice-President, Center for Constitutional Rights
Michael Wolff - Award-Winning Author and Columnist, New York Magazine
4:45-5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Michael Bloomberg - Mayor, New York City (via webcast)
Jim Fowler - Host, Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
Dr. Jones Kyazze - Director, UNESCO New York
Marisa Berenson - Actress; Goodwill Ambassador, UNESCO
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Musical Performance
Sponsored by UNESCO's "Cultural Diversity through Music: United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage"
Soheil Nasseri, Classical Concert Pianist
Laudanova Ensemble
September 11, 2002
9:45 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
