Some­thing excit­ing is hap­pen­ing in Van­cou­ver on Sep­tem­ber 27th-29th 2009!!! Van­cou­ver is host­ing a Peace Sum­mit: Nobel Lau­re­ates in Dia­logue. The Peace Sum­mit will be hold­ing 5 ses­sions cen­tered around World Peace, Cre­ativ­ity, Well-being and Women & Peace-building.

The main speak­ers of the event would be World Peace through Per­sonal Peace @ UBC Chan Cen­tre:

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1) The Dalai Lama “When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us.”

2) Desmond Tutu …is a South African cleric and activi­tist who won a Nobel Peace Prize in his fight against apartheid. He also won the Albert Schweitzer prize for Human­i­tar­i­an­ism and the Gandhi Peace Price. Desmond Tutu cam­paigns for human rights, the oppressed, AIDS, homo­pho­bia, poverty and racism. Tutu is widely regarded as “South Africa’s moral con­science” and has been described by Nel­son Man­dela, as ” the voice of the voice­less.”

3)  Matthieu Ricard — http://www.matthieuricard.org/ …is a Bud­dhist monk, author and pho­tog­ra­pher in Nepal. Dubbed as “the hap­pi­est per­son in the world” by sci­en­tists, Ricard’s books mainly cen­ter around the mean­ing and ful­fill­ment of hap­pi­ness. He is also deeply engaged in the effect of mind train­ing of the brain at Prince­ton and Berke­ley. Ricard received the French National Order of Merit for his human­i­tar­ian work in the East.

4)  Eck­hart Tolle … is a Canadian-German spir­i­tual teacher, author and moti­va­tional speaker. He is most famous for his book “The Power of Now”, which empha­sizes not being caught up in thoughts of the past and future and being aware of the present moment. It has been a NY Time best­beller, and listed as one of Oprah’s favourite book. Since, he has pub­lished “A New Earth” explor­ing the struc­ture of the human ego and how it acts to dis­tract peo­ple from their present experiences.

Other notable speak­ers are:

Co-Recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize Mairead Maguire and Betty Williams for their work in Peace­ful res­o­lu­tions in North­ern Ire­land, Nobel Peace Prize Jody Williams for her work in ban­ning land­mines, Ken Robin­son (Cre­ativ­ity expert), Daniel Siegel, Kim Camp­bell and Ash­ley Judd.

Tick­ets start at $100 for the main event and $60 for the others.

The event can be viewed here. Tick­ets can be pur­chased here.

See YOU there!

Note: Bios of speak­ers and pic­tures are taken and para­phrased (bios) from Wikipedia