Download 8th Global Conference on Buddhism

8th Global Conference
on Buddhism
DAY 1 (8.30am – 5.30pm)
DAY 2 (8.30am – 5.30pm)
Registration
Dedication Chanting Ceremony
Welcome Ceremony
Session IV – Death and Beyond
Welcome Address
• Why Are We Dying To Stay Alive – Ven Ajahn Brahm
Session I – Buddhism in the World of Rapid Change
• Dying and Bereavement – Ven Thubten Chodron (Webcast)
• Challenges to Buddhism: Taking the Buddha Seriously
– Prof Richard Gombrich
• A Practical Approach to Saying Goodbye
– Ms Angie Chew Monskfield
• Early Buddhism and its Consequences – Ven Ajahn Brahmali
Q&A
• Evolution of Buddhism in Buddhist Countries
– Ven K. Rathanasara Thero
BREAK
• Response to the Global Challenge to Buddhism
– Dr Datuk Victor Wee
6th & 7th July 2013 (Sat & Sun)
8.30am – 5.30pm (lunch & tea break included)
@ Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery
88 Bright Hill Road (Level 4), Singapore 574117
Session V – Meaningful Ageing
Spiritual Guest of Honor
Ven Kwang Sheng
• Living a Happy Life at Old Age – Dr Ang Beng Choo
• Ageing and Quality of Life – Dr Wong Yin Onn
Q&A
In the World of Rapid Change
• Caring for our Elders as a Dhamma Practice – Dr Ng Wai Chong
LUNCH
Q&A
Session II – Mindful Living
• Search Inside Yourself – Mr Tan Chade-Meng
• Success & Failures in Marriages – Ms Foo Siew Fong PBM
• Mindfulness Is Not Enough – Ven Ajahn Brahm
LUNCH
Session VI – Health & Medicine
• Buddhist Bioethics in Medicine & Research – Dr Ho Eu Chin
•Mindfulness Approaches in Mental Health Care
Q&A
– Dr Tan Bhing Leet
BREAK
Session III – Compassion & Charity
• Building Sustainable Compassion – Mr Keek Seng Bee
• Case Study: The Nalanda Story - A Journey of Transformation
– Dr Tan Ho Soon
• Case Study: Brahm Centre – A Charity to Promote
Happy & Healthy Living – Ms Angie Chew Monksfield
• Together, We Light Up The World! – Dr Ng Yee Kong
Q&A
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• Medical Education & Buddhism - How we can use Buddhist
Principles to Teach our Future Generation – Dr Phua Dong Haur
Q&A
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Session VII – Way Forward
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Panelists: – Ven Ajahn Brahm
– Ven K. Ratanasara Thero
– Prof Richard Gombrich
– Presidents of Buddhist Organisations
Closing Ceremony
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Ven Ajahn Brahm is a witty and humourous speaker
with great insights and wisdom. A Theoretical
Physics graduate from Cambridge University, he
has spent almost 40 years in the forest practising
meditation. He is the Abbot of Bodhinyana
Monastery in Western Australia with 22 monks under his training.
He is also the Spiritual Patron of the Buddhist Fellowship.
Ven Thubten Chodron was ordained as a Buddhist
nun by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India,
and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination
in Taiwan. She founded Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist
monastic community in Washington State, USA,
and is currently the Abbess there.
Ven Ajahn Brahmali was ordained as a bhikkhu with
Ajahn Brahm as his preceptor. Apart from being
responsible for the building work at Bodhinyana
Monastery, Ajahn Brahmali teaches the monastic
rules and gives Pali classes. He teaches regularly
at BSWA and in Singapore. Ajahn Brahmali has also published a
number of articles on important points of the Dhamma.
Ven K. Rathanasara Thero was born in southeastern Sri Lankan village of Bibile, he became a
novice monk at the age of 12 in 1984 and received
his higher ordination (Upasampada) in 1998 at the
Malwatu Maha Viharaya in Kandy, Sri Lanka. He is
also a Spiritual Patron of the Buddhist Fellowship.
Prof Richard Gombrich born in 1937, is an
Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit, Pali, and
Buddhist Studies. He was the Boden Professor
of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford from 1976
to 2004. He is currently Founder-President of the
Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. He is a past President of
the Pali Text Society (1994–2002) and General Editor Emeritus
of the Clay Sanskrit Library.
Dr Wong Yin Onn graduated with distinction
from the University of Malaya. He joined Monash
University in February 2007 to form the pioneer
faculty of the new Clinical School in Johor Bahru.
Dr Wong has been active in teaching medical
students, and doctors sitting for Post Graduate examinations
since settling in private practice as a Consultant Physician in
Johor Bahru in 1990.
Mr Tan Chade Meng is a Google pioneer; a New
York Times bestselling author; a thought leader; and
a philanthropist. He is the Founder and President
of the Tan Teo Charitable Foundation; Founder and
Chairman of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership
Institute (SIYLI) and Founding Patron of Stanford University’s
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.
Dr Ang Beng Choo was a school teacher, a school
inspector, a curriculum and textbook developer, a
teachers’ trainer, a university lecturer and a Director at
the Ministry of Education. She has been actively involved
in education and social work for almost 50 years. She is
a marriage solemniser and a Patron of the Buddhist Fellowship.
Ms Angie Chew Monksfield is the President of
the Buddhist Fellowship, Founder and Chairperson
of Brahm Centre Ltd, a charity dedicated to
Happy & Healthy Living, and founding member
of the Buddhist Council of Singapore. She served
as Vice President in the Singapore Computer Society for
6 years, Advisor to WINGS and a member of MICA’s Arts
Consultative Panel.
Ms Foo Siew Fong PBM, heads the Family and
Matrimonial Law Practice Group and the Private
Client and Wealth Management Practice Group. In
2002, she was named as one of Singapore’s preeminent family law practitioners in their Legal Who’s
Who by the Asian Legal Business. In 2011, she was awarded the
Outstanding Volunteer of the Year in the Advocate and Solicitor
Category by the Family and Juvenile Justice Division.
Datuk Dr Victor Wee is President of Buddhist Gem
Fellowship and Chairman of Sakyamuni Buddha
Foundation. He was given the Nalanda Award by
Nalanda Institute, Bodhi Award by Yayasan Bodhi
Malaysia, Young Missioners Award by Buddhist
Missionary Society Malaysia and Outstanding Young
Malaysian Award by JAYCEE. He is Chairman of Malaysia Tourism
Promotion Board and Chairman for the Programme Committee of
the UN World Tourism Organisation based in Madrid.
Dr Ho Eu Chin is an Otolaryngology Consultant
at Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore. His main
clinical and research interest is in the management
of ear diseases. He enjoys reading, traveling and
contemplating on how Buddhist philosophy can be
applied to the many challenges of our modern lives.
Mr Keek Seng Bee started his career as a social
worker and later joined a HR consulting group.
He is now a Partner of DPI Strategic Consultants
Sdn Bhd. He has spent more than 20 years in the
areas of Leadership Assessment, Development
& Coaching and Competency-based Human
Resource Strategies.
Dr Ng Wai Chong is the Medical Director of Hua
Mei Centre for Successful Aging and also the
Assistant Director of Hua Mei Mobile Clinic. He
is currently a member of MSF-Adult Protection
Team and the physician-in-charge of Hua Mei
EPICC, an innovative community-based health and social day
care service. He is also on the Medical Advisory Board for the
Agency for Integrated Care in Singapore.
Dr Ng Yee Kong is the President of Firefly
Mission and an Associate Professor at the Yong
Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of
Singapore. He started leading humanitarian
efforts to Sri Lanka and Myanmar since 2001 when
he was a committee member in the Buddhist Fellowship.
Dr Phua Dong Haur works as an Emergency
Physician at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and is also
trained in Clinical Toxicology. He is also actively
involved in undergraduate and post-graduate
medical teaching.
Dr Tan Bhing Leet is the Head of Occupational
Therapy Department, Institute of Mental Health
(IMH). She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons)
in Occupational Therapy from the University
of Exeter, UK; a PhD in Psychiatry, University of
Queensland, Australia and a MSc in Mental Health, Kings
College London, UK. In 2011, she received a National Day
Award Commendation Medal.
Dr Tan Ho Soon graduated with an MBA, a PhD
in Business and a Bachelor degree in Buddhist &
Pali University of Sri Lanka. Dr Tan is the Founding
Director of Nalanda Institute, Malaysia. He also
founded the Nalanda Buddhist Society in 2003
and set up the Nalanda Dharma School for teenagers in 2005.