THE CONFERENCES

The GCG 2009 Chicago conference, hosted by Loyola University, is the 8^th in an annual series. (Oxford 2002; St Petersburg 2003, Dubai 2004, Kenya 2005, Honolulu 2006, Istanbul 2007, Melbourne 2008).

Each conference has been locally organized and funded – most often by regional organizations working in tandem with a university – in cooperation with Globalization for the Common Good (GCG), Dr. Kamran Mofid, and the GCG Board of Advisors (current list attached). For more information on the GCG Initiative, visit the web site: http://www.globalisationforthecommongood.info/

The 7^th Annual Conference of Globalization for the Common Good was held at Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Australia, July 5-9, 2008. Visit the web site: http://www.globalisationforthecommongood.info/conferences/australia-conference-2008

The Conference Series has gradually built up a strong core of devoted participants, including scholars, activists, NGO leaders, and religious leaders. The principal aim is to create networks, share “best practices”, generate regional and global attention to key issues, formulate vision, objectives, and strategies for the implementation of initiatives dedicated to globalization for the common good, and continue to develop the synergy of cooperative common action between secular scholarly and activist groups on the one hand and global and regional religious communities on the other. To get a good sense of the spirit of the work of GCG, read the Istanbul Conference Declaration (2007), available on this site, under "Conference Declarations".