TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 2016

12:30 P.M. Registration

1:30 P.M. Words of Welcome
Wilhelm Krull, Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation (Germany)
Wolfram Weiße, Academy of World Religions, University Hamburg (Germany)

1:45 P.M. Introductory Speech (Chair: Wolfram Weiße, Academy of World Religions, University Hamburg (Germany))
Aydan Özoguz, Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor and Federal Gov-ernment Commissioner for Migrants, Refugees and Integration (Germany): The Role of Religion for Living Together in a Diverse Society

2:15 P.M. Religion and Dialogue in Different Contexts (Chair: Wolfram Weiße, Academy of World Religions, University Hamburg (Germany))
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa (Canada): Global Migration, Religious Diversity and Dialogue

3:00 P.M. Lightning Talks of Young Scholars in Their Research pt. 1 (Chairs: Anorthe Kremers, VolkswagenStiftung (Germany), and Anna Körs, Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg (Germany))

3:30 P.M. Coffee Break

4:00 P.M. Religion and Dialogue in Different Contexts (cont.) (Chair: Katajun Amirpur, Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg (Germany))
Jean Paul Willaime, Sorbonne, École pratique des hautes études (France): Integration, Laïcité and Religion in France
Jörg Stolz, University of Lausanne (Switzerland): Religious Diversity, Social Integration and Dialogue in Switzerland

5:45 P.M. Coffee Break and Poster Session

6:15 Lecture with Plenary Discussion (Chair: Wilhelm Krull, Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation (Germany))
Peter Berger, Boston University (USA): Toward a New Paradigm for Religion in a Pluralist Age

8:00 P.M. Dinner

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5th, 2016

9:00 A.M. Community Building and Policymaking in European Perspectives (Chair: Nikola Tietze, Stiftung zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Kultur (Germany))
Matthias Koenig, University of Göttingen and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Germany): Governance of Religious Diversity – Socio-Legal Dynamics in Europe
Alexander-Kenneth Nagel, University of Göttingen (Germany): Interreligious Initiatives and the Governance of Religious Diversity

10:30 A.M. Coffee Break and Poster Session

11:00 A.M. Community Building and Policymaking in European Perspectives (cont.) (Chair: Silke Steets, Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany))
Mar Griera, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain): Governance of Religious Diversity in Spain
Anna Körs, Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg (Germany): Governance of Religious Diversity in Local Context – the Case Study of Hamburg

12:00 A.M. Lightning Talks of Young Scholars in Their Research pt. 2

12:30 P.M. Lunch

1:30 P.M. Contribution of Religious Education to Dialogue and Integration (Chair: Wolfram Weiße, Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg (Germany))
Robert Jackson, University of Warwick (UK), Stockholm University (Sweden): Contribution of Religious Education to a Better Living Together in Europe
Gunther Dietz, Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico): Intercultural Education as Part of Interreligious Education
Thorsten Knauth, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany): Religious Education in Contextual Perspective
Dörthe Vieregge, Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg (Germany)

3:30 P.M. Lightning Talks of Young Scholars in Their Research pt. 3

4:00 P.M. Coffee Break and Poster Session

4:30 P.M. The Relevance of Interreligious Dialogue in the Public Sphere (Chair: Reinhold Bernhardt, University of Basel (Germany))
Handan Aksünger, Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg (Germany)
Anantanand Rambachan, Saint Olaf College, Minnesota (USA)
Markus Weingardt, Stiftung Weltethos (Tübingen, Germany)
Perry Schmidt-Leukel, University of Münster (Germany)

6:00 P.M. Forum on Dialogical Theology - Statements and Panel Discussion (Chair: Michael von Brück, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany))
Carola Roloff, Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg (Germany)
Ephraim Meir, Bar-Ilan-University Ramat Gan (Israel)
Sallie King, Madison University (USA)
Abdulkarim Soroush (USA)
Paul Knitter, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York (USA)

7:30 P.M. Dinner

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6th, 2016

9:00 A.M. Interreligious Communication and the Role of Media (Chair: Katajun Amirpur, Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg (Germany))
Gert Pickel, University of Leipzig (Germany): Perception and Political Meaning of Religious Plurality and the Role of Media
N.N.: The Role of Media for Interreligious Dialogue in Modern Society

Statements:
Elisabeth von Thadden, DIE ZEIT (Germany)
Uwe Justus Wenzel, Neue Züricher Zeitung (Switzerland)

10:30 A.M. Coffee Break

11:00 P.M. Interreligious Communication and the Role of Media (cont.)
Manuela Kalsky, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands): Multimedia, Multiple Religious Identity and Interreligious Dialogue
Gritt Klinkhammer, University of Bremen (Germany): Interreligious Communication and Identity Formation in Times of Religious Plurality

12:30 P.M. Perspectives of Further Research in the Field of Interreligious Dynamics (Chair: Wilhelm Krull)
Volkhard Krech, Bochum University and Hamburger Kolleg "Dynamics in the History of Religions" (Germany)
Ratna Omidvar, Global Diversity Exchange (Canada)
Kimon H. Sargeant, John Templeton Foundation (USA)
Edith Franke, University of Marburg and German Research Foundation (DFG) Fachkollegium 106 (Germany)

1:15 P.M. Final Remarks

1:30 P.M. Lunch and End of Conference

2:30 P.M. Afternoon Session with Some of the Speakers and the Group of Young Academics
Theme: The Conference and Priorities of Research in Universities of Different Countries

5:00 P.M. End of Afternoon Session