EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES & ART Der ehemalige Vizekanzler Deutschl<strong>and</strong>s machte auf die Bedeutung von Empfindungen und Ängsten als Auslöser für Intoleranz und sogar Krieg aufmerksam. "Der ,Vor-Krieg’ findet in den Herzen und Köpfen der Menschen statt. Dann, wenn sie im Anderssein eine Gefahr sehen, wenn sie Angst davor haben." Genscher plädierte für eine "Ausbildung in Toleranz", für ein gegenseitiges Kennenlernen der verschiedenen Kulturen. 76
ACTIVITIES <strong>2006</strong> MEETING OF THE STEERING GROUP ON LAW AND ETHICS IN THE GLOBALIZED ECONOMY OF DECEMBER 15, <strong>2006</strong> AT THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, COMPETITION AND TAX LAW, MUNICH* I. All the participants first introduced themselves: Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Kenneth Dam, former Deputy Secretary in the Department <strong>of</strong> Treasury <strong>and</strong> in the Department <strong>of</strong> State <strong>of</strong> the U.S. <strong>and</strong> former Assistant Director for National Security <strong>and</strong> International Policy <strong>of</strong> the Office <strong>of</strong> Management <strong>and</strong> Budget, formerly Provost <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong> Chicago, <strong>and</strong> Vice President at IBM Corporation, currently Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Emeritus <strong>of</strong> American & Foreign Law at the University <strong>of</strong> Chicago; Dr. Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General <strong>and</strong> the Legal Counsel <strong>of</strong> the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Alain Pompidou**, former Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Histology, Embryology <strong>and</strong> Cytogenetics in the medical faculty <strong>of</strong> the University <strong>of</strong> Paris, former Vice-President <strong>of</strong> the Ethics Committee <strong>of</strong> the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) <strong>and</strong> former President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>European</strong> Parliament's Scientific <strong>and</strong> Technological Options Assessment Office, currently President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>European</strong> Patent Office, Munich; Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Straus, Dean <strong>of</strong> the Class for Social, Legal <strong>and</strong> Economic <strong>Sciences</strong>, <strong>European</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Law <strong>and</strong> Director <strong>of</strong> the Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property Competition <strong>and</strong> Tax Law; Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Brigitte Tag**, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Criminal Law <strong>and</strong> Criminal Procedure, University <strong>of</strong> Zurich <strong>and</strong> Vice Dean <strong>of</strong> the Class for Social, Legal <strong>and</strong> Economic <strong>Sciences</strong>, <strong>European</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>; Dr. Reinhard Wieczorek, Deputy Mayor for Labour <strong>and</strong> Economic Affairs <strong>of</strong> the City <strong>of</strong> Munich. This time unable to attend the meeting were: Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Prabhu Guptara, Executive Director, Organisational Development, Wolfsberg; Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Andreas Heldrich**, former Rector <strong>of</strong> the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich; Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Klaus M. Leisinger**, President <strong>and</strong> CEO <strong>of</strong> the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development <strong>and</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor for Development Sociology at the University <strong>of</strong> Basel; Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Ernst Joachim Mestmäcker**, Director (emeritus) <strong>of</strong> the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private <strong>and</strong> International Private Law in Hamburg; <strong>and</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Matjaz Mulej, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Economics, University <strong>of</strong> Maribor. * All opinions expressed in this meeting by the participants are strictly personal. ** Member <strong>of</strong> the <strong>European</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Arts</strong>. 77