The third Be The Change conference/gathering took place in London, at Friends House in Euston Road, from Thursday, May 11 to Saturday, May 13, 2006. There was also a special one-day symposium on the Sunday, May 14.
Once again, more than 500 active change-makers came together to discuss, celebrate and share some of the latest thinking and experience of whole systems change. The first day focused on the financial system and our planet. Day two looked at the nature of conflict and innovative approaches to conflict resolution, as well as how we heal through our consciousness. On the final day, we began with climate change, then heard from change makers in education and explored together what living and leading change might be. A good part of each day was deliberately speaker-less. This is when we worked together to evolve the ideas we had heard, contribute our own and move towards action.
Thursday, May 11 (9-6) - Finance and the Earth
(in collaboration with the new economics foundation)- John Whitmore - international business coach, co-founder of Be The Change
- John Duggan - chairman of Gazeley, taking sustainability into multinationals
- Bernard Lietaer - designer of the ecu, currency futurist
- Stewart Wallis - executive director of the UK's foremost 'new economics' think tank
- Stan Thekaekara - transforming the lives of India's poorest using new economic models
- Lindsay Levin - former CEO, now introducing executives to the wider realities of ngo's and the developing world
Thursday evening, a choice of workshops, from 7:30 - 9.30 pm: Ted Klontz on Learning Vital Skills for Making a Difference; Carl Johan Calleman on The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Consciousness; and Stan Thekaekara on Community Ownership of Trade
Friday, May 12 (9-6) - The Nature of Conflict and Healing
- Gill Hicks - seriously injured survivor of the London bombings
- Scilla Elworthy - tireless, inspired peace builder, founder of Oxford Research Group and Peace Direct
- Heskel Nathaniel and members of the 'Cultures in Conflict' team - a group of Muslims, Jews and Christians who have just completed a multicultural peacebuilding journey across the Sahara
- Zulfi Hussain - an award winning CEO and consultant, working across all sectors, especially with youth in his native Bradford
- Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev - Indian mystic, and a true visionary, working with prisons, with business and with leaders worldwide
Friday evening, 7:30 - 10.30 pm: A special concert, Fierce Wisdom, with Chloe Goodchild and musicians, leading into a party with Tim Hain's reggae-blues band.
Saturday, May 13 (9-6) - Education for a Sustainable Future
- Prof. Tim Flannery - professor of climate change, author of The Weather Makers
- Prof. David Orr - the leading exponent of ecological education
- James Dakin - creator of 'teaching freedom'
- Christer Lidzelius - international director of Kaos Pilots, Denmark's radical university
- Martin Rogers - 25-year-old Australian social entrepreneur, leading public and politicians towards new policies on water and energy
- Peter Merry - evolutionary leadership facilitator, based in the Netherlands
- Closing event - joined by Be The Change faculty past and present, including Elisabet Sahtouris