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8:30 a.m.     Program Opening: Welcome, Setting the Context, Agenda Overview
                      Peter Adriance

8:45 a.m.     Spiritual Reflection I - an interactive exercise to foster spiritual resonance and set the tone for the seminar
                      Rick Johnson

9:45 a.m.    Orientation: Who is in the room; hopes for the seminar; integration and synthesis of 2004 Seminar and pre-reading; program objectives.
                     Elena Mustakova-Possardt

1:15 p.m.    Artistic and multi-media Devotions

1:30 p.m.    "Fishbowl": Citing examples from various parts of the world that highlight the challenges of sustainability, a diverse group of ESD practitioners explored the spiritual principles required to address these challenges, while participants listened in and observed.
                     Brad Pokorny (moderator)

2:45 p.m.    Break

3:15 p.m.    World Café - following up on the 'Fishbowl", all participants explored meaningful questions relating to ESD through a process designed to promote powerful conversations.
                     Valerie Davis and Peter Adriance

5:30 p.m.    Day I Closure
                     Peter Adriance

7:30 p.m.    Communities of Interest -a session of learning and sharing open to participants across all three Pre-Conference Seminars. The objective of this session was to explore the connections amongst ESD, Spiritual Ethics and Mediation, Consultation and Conflict Resolution.
                      Lloyd Brown and Valerie Davis

9:00 p.m.    Devotions

Thursday, December 15: Volition

8:30 a.m.    Spiritual Reflection II - an interactive exercise for spiritual resonance.
                     Rick Johnson

9:30 a.m.    Open Space - Under the theme, "Bahá'í responses to the UN Decade of Educations for Sustainable Development", participants engaged in a dynamic participatory process using "Open Space Technology". The opening session oriented all to the Open Space framework, engaged participants in creating the day's agenda, and opened the Marketplace of Ideas. The session was facilitated by Steve Cochran , Executive Director of the International Center for Leadership Results, and Interim Steward of the U.S. Partnership for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development www.uspartnership.org , who has lead similar processes for representatives of federal agencies, NGOs, educators and others.

10:15 a.m.   First wave, Open Space Sessions - 6 simultaneous sessions

11:15 a.m.   Second wave, Open Space Sessions - 6 simultaneous sessions

12:15 p.m.   Lunch Break (with concurrent open space sessions)

1:45 p.m.     Third wave, Open Space Sessions - 6 simultaneous sessions

2:45 p.m.     Circle of Integration -- an integration session to capture participants' closing insights and reflections

3:30 p.m.     Devotions and Closure
                       Lloyd Brown and Gwendolyn Watson

Friday, December 16: IEF Annual General Assembly

The 9th Annual General Assembly of the International Environment Forum was held Friday evening 16 December 2005. See separate report.

The seminar was followed by the 2005 Bahá'í Conference on Social and Economic Development (SED) in Orlando, Florida, USA, 15-18 December 2005. (http://www.rabbanitrust.org/bahai_sed_conference.htm)