Greetings from the Organising Committee – Sergei Lukashevsky, director of the Andrei Sakharov Museum and Public Center, head of the Conference Organising Committee; Opening remarks by co-chairs of the conference Sergei Kovalev and Thomas Hammarberg  

Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, environmental challenges, poverty reduction and energy safety… Who’s role is to deal with these issues in ‘mono-polar’ or multi-polar or non-polar world? How do current international relations affect humanitarian challenges? In what ways does the credit crunch influence them?

Andrei Sakharov’s ideas in the modern human rights context; Human rights’ evolution since 1948 and their place in contemporary world and politics; The future of human rights. Has the international institutions’ potential been exhausted?

Reception and speeches by Sakharov’s colleagues and friends. Tatiana Yankelevich, Frantisek Janouch, Pavel Litvinov, Vladimir Tolz, Boris Altshuler, Yuri Rost , etc.

Presenter – Alexey Simonov, Chair of the Glasnost Defence Foundation, and Yuri Rost

What are the current vulnerabilities in terms of intellectual freedom in 21st century? Intelligentsia and intellectuals… What’s their role in a society – provision of ‘intellectual services’ or rather maintaining ‘a world of independent thought’? Should intellectuals feel responsible for society’s progress and development? Speakers: Ivan Krastev, Chair of Board of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia; Andrei Piontkovski, writer, Senior Fellow of the Institute of Systemic Analysis, Russian Academy of Science. Commentators: Gasan Gusejnov, Professor of Classical Philology, Moscow State University; Wolfgang Eichwede, Professor of Modern History, University of Bremen. Discussion.  Moderator – Alexander Arkhangelsky, TV anchor

Final remarks. Closing by the Organising Committee