Event Schedule
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Please Note: this schedule is subject to change.
Daily Overview
| 8:00 - 9:00am | Observances from diverse religious and spiritual traditions |
| 9:30 - 11:00am | Intrareligious Programs – speakers from a single religious tradition express their identities, discuss their challenges and showcase their messages |
| 11:30am -1:00pm | Interreligious Programs – speakers from two or more religious traditions engage with each other seeking greater understanding |
| 2:30 - 4:00pm | Engagement Programs – speakers from diverse religious traditions consider the challenges of our many crucial topics and the resources to meet them |
| 4:30 - 6:00pm | Open Space for informal discussions |
| 7:30 - 9:00pm | Evening Plenary – Keynote presentations, blessings and performances |
Evening Plenaries – Preliminary Overview
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Thursday |
Official ‘Welcome to Country’ from the Aboriginal community and key government and international speakers with special artistic performances. | |
| Communities Night | Friday 4th December 6:00pm onwards Around Melbourne |
Melbourne’s diverse religious and spiritual communities will host participants in churches, temples, synagogues, mosques etc. |
| International Plenary | Saturday 5th December 7:30–9:00pm MCEC Plenary Hall |
Presents the international interreligious movement and the UN Decade for Interreligious Dialogue by international major speakers, international artists and performers. |
| Sacred Music Concert | Sunday 6th December 7:30–10:00pm MCEC Plenary Hall |
Performances of the world’s sacred music and movement by world-class musicians from diverse religious and spiritual traditions. |
| Youth Plenary | Monday 7th December 7:30–9:00pm MCEC Plenary Hall |
Presentations and artistic performances by contemporary local and international artists, organised by multi-faith Australian youth leaders committee. |
| Melbourne Plenary | Tuesday 8th December 7:30–9:00pm MCEC Plenary Hall |
Presentations and performances celebrating Melbourne's religious and spiritual diversity and its vision for interfaith dialogue and cooperation. |
| Closing Plenary | Wednesday 9th December 2:00–4:30pm MCEC Plenary Hall |
Presentation of awards, artistic performances and major speakers including His Holiness the Dalai Lama. |
