The following is an email from a member of the One Democratic State Yahoo Group

The conference proceedings will be posted on the website of Arabic Hour T.V. in Boston.(Great site with many videos)

DVD's & CD's of the proceedings will be available first week of May from Global Voices for Justice. Contact them at: info@gvfj.org attention Mansoor Sabbagh, tel 1-310-283-0885. Conference papers will be featured in a future publication. An announcement will be placed on the website of TARI at www.tari.org

Look at the line-up of wonderful speakers they had!

Conference Program Schedule/Speakers
Saturday March 28th, 2009 (Day 1)
9:00 -- 9:15 Welcome and Rationale of the Conference

Dr. Hani A. Faris, Conference Co-Chair and Acting Chairperson of TARI
Dr. Kevin Bowen, Director, William Joiner Center for the Study of War and its Social Consequences

9:15 -- 11:15 Panel I: Is the Two State Settlement Feasible?

Chair: Professor Duncan Kennedy
A. Land Confiscation, Settlements and the Feasibility of a Two State Solution
Speaker: Dr Meron Benvenisti
B. Quiet Transfer: Judaization of Jerusalem
Speaker: Professor Saree Makdisi
C. The Fragmentation of the Palestinian Body Politic
Speaker: Professor Karma Nabulsi
D. Challenging the Consensus Favoring the Two State Model
Speaker: Ali Abunimah
E. Is The Two State Settlement Still Viable? An Overall Assessment of the Present Situation.
Speaker: Professor Naseer Aruri

11:15 -- 11:30 Break

11:30 -- 1:15 Panel II: A Historic Settlement in Harmony with the Jewish and Palestinian Ethos

Chair: Mr. Howard Lenow
A. A Sense of Justice: World Jewry & the One State Solution
Speaker: Professor Oren Ben-Dor
B. Israel, Ethnic Particularism & Universalist Values
Speaker: Professor Marc Ellis
C. Jerusalem and the future Solution to the Conflict
Speaker: Dr Mahdi Abdul-Hadi
D. The Palestinian Right of Return in the Context of the One and Two State Solutions
Speaker: Professor Susan Akram

1:15 -- 2:00 Lunch Break

2:00 -- 3:45 Panel III: The Vision: One Country, One State

Chair: Dr Mark Solomon
A. The Geographic and Demographic Imperatives of a Single State
Speaker: Dr Salman Abu Sitta
B. The Contours of the One State: Shapes of Sovereignty
Speaker: Professor Michael Lynk
C. A New Arab / Jewish Narrative
Speaker: Professor Gabriel Piterberg
D. The Palestinian National Movement and the One State Vision
Speaker: Professor Nadim Rouhana

3:45 -- 4:00 Break

4:00 -- 6:00 Panel IV: Strategies for Building One Country

Chair: Dr Hani A. Faris
A. Popular Sovereignty and Justice
Speaker: Professor Karma Nabulsi
B. Charting a Diplomatic Course for Alternative Thinking: Arab, Western & Other Governments
Speaker: Dr Husam Zomlot
C. Mobilizing Palestinians
Speaker: Professor George Bisharat
D. Mobilizing World Jewry
Speaker: Professor Norton Mezvinsky
E. Awakening the American Conscience
Speaker: Professor Joel Kovel

Sunday March 29th, 2009 (Day 2)

9:00 -- 11:00 Panel V: Methods for Building One Country

Chair: Professor Seif Da'Na
A. Dealing with the International Organizations' Consensus on the Two State Solution
Speaker: Ms. Phyllis Bennis
B. The Palestinians in Israel and the One and Two State Solutions
Speaker: Professor As'ad Ghanem
C. Modes of Non Violent Activism to Achieve Palestinian Human Rights
Speaker: Ms. Nadia Hijab
D. Israeli Feminism and the One State Solution
Speaker: Professor Smadar Lavie
E. Grassroots Organizing in the U.S. of Palestinians, Labor and Students for the Right of Return & the One State Solution
Speaker: Mr. Monadel Herzallah

11:00 -- 11:15 Break

11:15-- 1:00 Panel VI: The Organization for Building One country

Chair: Professor Najib Saliba
A. Building An International Movement To Promote the One State Solution
Speaker: Dr Ghada Karmi
B. Building Movements for the One State Solution in Palestine & the Arab World
Speaker: Professor Leila Farsakh
C. Organizing for Self Determination, ethical De Zionization & Resisting Apartheid
Speaker: Omar Barghouti
D. Proposal For A New Israeli Political Organization: Building A Movement For The One State Solution
Speaker: Professor Ilan Pappe

1:00 -- 1:15 Break

1:15 -- 2:30 Panel VII: Israel's Strategies of Destruction and Debilitation: The Implications of the War on Gaza to Coexistence, Cohabitation & Future Statehood

Chair: Professor Michael C. Hudson
Speakers: Professor Ilan Pappe, Mr. Omar Barghouti, Dr. Nancy Murray

Summaries, Recommendations & General Discussion