Welcome & introduction

Palm-leaf Manuscripts: Examination, Preservation and Access

Palm-leaf Manuscripts: The Legacy of Traditional Preservation and Conservation

Manifesting the Buddha Dharma in a Secular Age

Dialogue or Communion? What Buddhists and Christians Can Contribute in Responding to the Crisis of Humankind

Otherness as a Challenge to Buddhism

The Arts of Buddhist-Christian-Encounter

Philosophical Positions, Identity Formations, and Responses to Religions Diversity in the East Asian Traditions of Mahāyāna Buddhism

Panel 1 Discussion

Experience & Epistemology of the Present Moment: The Early Buddhist Perspective

Buddhist Contributions to Contemporary Moral Reflection: Selflessness and Moral Responsiveness

Words Like Gold: Traditional Buddhism in Dialogue with Contemporary Societies

Panel 2 Discussion

Cross-cultural Communication Conflicts Between Traditional Buddhism in Asia and Modern Western Buddhism (Buddhist Cross-cultural Communications and Conflicts)

Designing Sustainable Economic Systems—a Contribution from Buddhism

Restoring a Spirit of Radical Empiricism in Science and Religion: A Buddhist View

The End of Violence is the Path of the Bodhisattvas Potential Contributions of Mahayana Buddhism to Modern Politics

Panel 3 Discussion

Reimagining Zen in a Secular Age: Zen Buddhism in Charles Taylor’s Immanent Frame

Cultivating Good Habits (śīla) and Resetting the Mindset (śamatha, vipaśyanā) in this Era of Disruptions: the Mind-life (āśraya) & Environment (ālambana) Curriculum in Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts

How to Study Buddhism: Content, Scope and Function of the Study of Buddhism at Universities in Europe

Social Dharma: How Buddhist Principles Radically Alter our Understanding of Self and Society

Panel 4 Discussion

Chinese Buddhism in Contemporary Society: Revitalization and Innovation

The art of not taking yourself too serious

All Conditioned Things are Impermanent, Except for Buddhism?

Matching Concepts, Transgressing Boundaries: Buddhist Transmission Strategies in the International Buddhist Women's Movement

Panel 5 Discussion

Questions from the audience and conclusions