IEF 11th Annual Conference photographs

The conference was held in Volunteer Place, a beautiful 80 year old hall in Ottawa, Canada, with chairs around round tables that encouraged discussion.

 Conference Hall  

There were several panels of distinguished speakers on the different themes of the conference.

Peter Adriance         Clive Doucet                     Jessica Lax                        Gordon Naylor

The diverse audience represented many countries, ages and backgrounds

There were many opportunities for discussions and networking.

There were also workshops for smaller group discussions.

Among the organizers were Duncan Hanks of the Canadian Baha'i Community and Sylvia Karlsson of the International Environment Forum (with the conference photographer).

Many volunteers helped with the video recording, website and summaries of the sessions for the e-conference.

Saturday evening there was a public event in a larger hall with music and educational theatre

       

 The Otesha youth theatre group performed

     

Faith and the Common Good presented awards to local religious organizations for environmental actions

     including the Ottawa Baha'i Centre

After the conference, some IEF members went for a walk in the woods 

More photographs are available on the 2007 IEF conference web page