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3rd Baku International Humanitarian Forum to kick off in Azerbaijanâ€™s capital tomorrow

30 October 2013 11:42 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports that officials, well-known scientists, culture figures, Nobel Prize winners from more than 100 countries are expected to attend the forum.

The participants will discuss prospects and challenges of the 21st century, urgent humanitarian problems taking into account the realities of the globalizing world.

The roundtables will be organized on 8 directions within the two-day forum: "The convergence of technologies and contours of the future", "The main challenges of the 21st century", "Humanitarian aspects of economic development", "Scientific innovation and their transfer to educational environment", "Multiculturalism and originality: in the search of value consensus in the society," "National self-consciousness in the postmodern period", "Sustainable development and ecological civilization", "Molecular biology and biotechnology achievements: from theory to practice", "Actual problems of media in the globalizing information space."

Guests are expected to visit a number of Azerbaijani regions.