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Figure 1: View of The Palace of Westminster, seat of the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, with the Clock Tower. |
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Jim Knight MP, the UK Minister for Schools and Learning and Sir Roland Jackson, the Chief Executive of the British Association for the Advancement of Science will address invited delegates only at the ‘Muslim Heritage in our World: Social Cohesion' conference on the 15th October at the Hoare Memorial Hall, Church House, Westminster by the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation (FSTC).
The conference supports the "1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World" exhibition at UK Houses of Parliament from 13th -17th October.
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Figure 2: Timeline of progress in civilisation showing the contribution of classical Muslim civilisation together with other world civilisations. |
The conference Muslim Heritage in our World: Social Cohesion is intended to mark the 1001 inventions Exhibition at the House of Parliament: click here to see the announcement of the exhibition.
The programme of the conference includes the following hallmarks:
Wednesday 15th of October 2008
14.30 Registration (Strictly Invited only) |
15.00 - 16.00 First Session |
Bettany Hughes | When the Moors Ruled in Europe |
Prof. Jim Al-Khalili | Science and Rationalism in 9th Century Baghdad |
Prof. Roshdi Rashed | Promoting Science-Based Cultural Dialogue Among Civilizations |
Dr. Charles Savage | Standing Tall - Building upon our Common Heritages |
Prof. Steve Hutchings | Centre for Muslim Civilization in our World |
16.00 - 16.15 Coffee Break |
16.15 - 17.20 Second Session |
Prof. Salim Al-Hassani | 1000 years Amnesia and the Identity Crisis |
Michael H Morgan | Building Peace, by Recovering Lost History |
Paul Keeler | Golden Web: The Interaction of Civilisations |
Dr Suhair Qurashi | Muslim Women in Science |
Ian Fenn | Curriculum Enrichment and Social Cohesion |
Dr. Ian Griffin | The 1001 Inventions project as a vehicle to promote understanding and cohesion |
18.00 - 19.00 Reception and speeches |
Speeches from Jim Knight MP., the UK Minister for Schools and Learning and Sir Roland Jackson. |
Venue of the conference:
Hoare Memorial Hall, Church House
Dean's Yard,
Westminster, London
SW1P 3NZ
For the PDF version of the conference programme, please click here. FSTC has issued two press releases; they can be viewed here:
Please click here for Press Release 1
Please click here for Press Release 2
Announcements of the conference Muslim Heritage in our World: Social Cohesion and the 1001 Inventions Exhibition at the House of Parliament were published also on the website of 1001 Inventions Initiative: click here and here.
For Press enquiries, please contact:
Brian Ahearne,
1001 Inventions Press Office
Tel: 0207 609 1900
Email: 1001inventions@pwkpr.com
