Global Congress of the World Association of Noonomy (WAN)
About the event
On September 16-19 this year, in Rome (Italy), an Annual Congress of the World Association of Noonomy will be held.
The World Association of Noonomy (WAN) was founded in 2026 and is a non-profit organization that unites scholars and representatives of scientific and educational organizations from 52 countries.
The program of the Congress includes the following: an international scientific conference on the topic "Theory of Noonomy: A New Paradigm of Civilizational Development"; Annual Assembly of the World Association of Noonomy.
Among key areas of the discussion in the Congress, there are the following: noonomy as a new paradigm of civilizational development; fundamental theoretical bases of noonomy; drivers for forming a noo-value core and mechanisms of noo-transition; trends of global transformations and structural shifts in the world economy; and the role of noonomy in resolving socio-economic issues of developing countries.
Leading scholars, experts, representatives of social institutions and educational communities, and public officials from 35 countries, including Italy, China, Russia, Mexico, Chile, Great Britain, the USA, Brazil, India, Greece, Laos, Uganda, Austria, Cuba, Georgia, Colombia, and Bolivia, take part in the Congress.
The Congress is aimed to consolidate the intellectual potential of scholars from different countries to deepen knowledge in the field of the theory of noonomy and look for solutions to actual socio-economic issues based on the noonomy.
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Programme
- 07:00-08:00Participant registration and distribution of Congress delegate materialsWelcome coffee
Farnese Hall
- 07:00-16:00Exhibition of publications of the World Association of Noonomy
- 08:00-08:30Opening of the Global Congress of the World Association of Noonomy and the International Scientific Conference "Theory of Noonomy: A New Paradigm of Civilizational Development"
- Sergey Bodrunov, President of the World Association of Noonomy (WAN), Director of the S.Y. Witte Institute for Noonomy and New Industrial Development, President of the Free Economic Society of Russia, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor (Russia).
Welcome Remarks by Officials:- Pedro Manuel Moreno, Deputy Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Acting Secretary-General of UNCTAD;
- Alexey Paramonov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Italian Republic;
- Francisco Rojas Aravena, Rector of the University for Peace (UPEACE);
- Roberto Savio, Director of the Rome Branch of the University for Peace in Italy;
- Vladimir Kuznetsov, Head of the Group of United Nations Agencies in Russia;
- Cheng Enfu, Chairman of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE);
- Giorgio Starace, Former Ambassador of Italy in Russia.
- 08:30-11:30Plenary Session of the International Scientific Conference Theme "Theory of Noonomy: A New Paradigm of Civilizational Development"Keynote Address
- Sergey Bodrunov, President of WAN, Director of the S.Y. Witte Institute for Noonomy and New Industrial Development, President of the Free Economic Society of Russia, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor
Plenary Speakers- Alan Freeman, Co-Director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba and University of Greenwich, Professor (United Kingdom).
TITLE: “MENTAL LABOUR AS A PRODUCTIVE FORCE: A NOONOMY”.
- Cheng Enfu, Chairman of WAPE; Academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor (People’s Republic of China).
TITLE: “DEEPENING THE HUMANISTIC VALUE OF NOONOMY TO JOINTLY PROMOTE A NEW PATTERN OF HIGH-QUALITY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT”.
- Yeidckol Polevnsky Gurwitz, Senator of the Republic of Mexico, President of the Commission on International Cooperation of the Asia-Pacific Region (United Mexican States).
TITLE: “THE ROLE OF THE THEORY OF NOONOMY FOR THE COUNTRIES OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH”.
- Svetlana Bodrunova, Director of the Center for International Media Studies at Saint Petersburg State University, Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Saint Petersburg State University, Deputy Director for Research at the S.Y. Witte Institute for Noonomy and New Industrial Development, Doctor of Political Science (Russia).
TITLE: “NIO.2 AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE EMANCIPATION OF SOCIALITY, DEEP MEDIATIZATION, AND NEW TYPES OF INEQUALITY”.
- Carlos Ruiz, Sociologist, Doctor of Latin American Studies, Director of the Department of Sociology, University of Chile (2014–2018) (Republic of Chile).
TITLE: “NOONOMY AND NEW FORMS OF OWNERSHIP IN PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE ERA OF CAPITALISM”.
- Vladimir Kvint, Head of the Department of Economic and Financial Strategy at the Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Member of the Board of the Free Economic Society of Russia, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor (Russia/USA);
TITLE: “STRATEGIZING GLOBAL, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL NOONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN STABLE AND EMERGENCY PERIODS”.
- Sergio Bellucci, Academic Director of the Rome Branch of the University for Peace (UPEACE), Professor (Italy).
TITLE: “ALGOCRACY AND NOOCIVILIZATION: THE TWO TRAJECTORIES OF THE TRANSITION AND THE CONDITIONS FOR GUIDING IT”.
- James K. Galbraith, Professor, the University of Texas at Austin (USA).
TITLE: “ENTROPY ECONOMICS AND ENERGY TRANSITIONS FROM THE GREAT CRASH TO THE AGE OF AI”.
- Euclides Mance, PhD in Philosophy, Member of the General Coordination of the Philosophy of Liberation Institute (Brazil).
TITLE: “DIALOGICAL REASON, NOOSPHERE, AND COMMUNAL LIBERATION”.
- 11:30-12:30Lunch
Colonna Hall, Hotel “Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel & SPA”
- 12:30-15:30Parallel Conference SessionsSession 1. "Nootransition: Global Transformation, Multipolarity, Integration Processes and Strategies for Socio-Economic Modernisation"
Orsini Conference Room
Speakers:- Srikanth Kondapalli, Professor, Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (India).
TITLE: “THE DEVELOPMENT AND STATUS OF AI IN INDIA AND CHINA”.
- Alexander Shirov, Director of the Institute for National Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Presidium of the Free Economic Society of Russia, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor (Russia).
TITLE: “STRUCTURAL SHIFTS AMID THE FRAGMENTATION OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY”. 20 PROGRAM
- Carlos Figueroa Ibarra, Full Professor, Alfonso Vélez Pliego Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico).
TITLE: “CAN TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT DISSOLVE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ESTABLISH A NEW SOCIAL ORDER?”
- Alexey Gromyko, Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor (Russia).
TITLE: “THE POLYCRISIS OF THE EUROPEAN WEST AMID THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS”.
- Irina Novikova, Deputy Director for Educational Programs at the S.Y. Witte Institute for Noonomy and New Industrial Development, Professor in the Department of Economic and Financial Strategy at the Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Doctor of Economics, Professor (Russia).
TITLE: “TALENT MANAGEMENT IN THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF NOONOMY”.
- Nikolai Dmitriev, Deputy Director for Scientific and Methodological Work at the S.Y. Witte Institute for Noonomy and New Industrial Development, Candidate of Economic Sciences (Russia).
TITLE: “TOWARDS NOONOMY THROUGH A NEW TECHNOLOGICAL PATH: KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE PRODUCTION IN THE EMERGING MULTIPOLAR WORLD”.
- Stavros Mavroudeas, Professor of Political Economy, Department of Social Policy, Panteion University (Greece).
TITLE: “IN AN ERA MARKED BY AI, IS THE MARXIST LABOUR THEORY OF VALUE STILL VALID?”
- Phouphet Kyophilavong, Professor and Vice President, Faculty of Economics and Business Management, National University of Laos (Lao PDR).
TITLE: “THE DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY, INEQUALITY, GLOBAL ECONOMIC POLICY UNCERTAINTY, AND GEOPOLITICAL RISK IN THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCS)”.
- Pierluigi Orati, Head of Risk Management, Enel Reinsurance (Italy).
TITLE: “RETHINKING PRODUCTION: BEYOND THE ‘LOGIC’ OF QUANTITY”.
- Francesco Toscano, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Visione TV, President of the Italian party Sovereign and Popular Democracy (Italy).
TITLE: “SOCIAL JUSTICE AND POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN THE NEW MULTIPOLAR WORLD”.
- Fosco Giannini, National Secretary of the Communist Party ‘Popular Unity’ (PCUP), Editor-in Chief of Cavallo di Fuoco (Italy).
TITLE: “NOOVALUE THINKING AS ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL ALTERNATIVE”.
SESSION 2. “FUNDAMENTAL THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NOONOMY”Farnese Hall
Speakers:- David Lane, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK).
TITLE: “CAN NOONOMY AND TRUMPISM COEXIST? CONVERGENCES AND CONTRADICTIONS”.
- Christos Papatheodorou, Professor of Social Policy, Department of Social Policy, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Greece).
TITLE: “PENSION SYSTEMS AND DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS: MACROECONOMIC AND DISTRIBUTIONAL CHALLENGES TO NOONOMY”.
- Edward Bbaale, PhD, Professor of Economics and Principal, College of Business and Management Sciences, Makerere University (Uganda);
- Peter Babyenda, PhD, Lecturer, School of Economics, Makerere University (Uganda).
TITLE: “THE ROLE OF NOONOMY IN ADDRESSING DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES IN EAST AFRICA”.
- Ousavanh Thiengthepvongsa, Director General of the Socio-Economic Policy Research Institute (SPRI) at the Lao Academy of Social and Economic Sciences (LASES), Senior Political Economist (Lao PDR).
TITLE: “TRANSLATING NOONOMY INTO STATE STRATEGIZING: A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR LDC GRADUATION AND STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN LAO PDR”
- Al Campbell, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Utah (retired) (USA).
TITLE: “NOONOMY AS A SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND AS A PARADIGM OF CIVILIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT”.
- Leo Gabriel, Director of the Institute for Intercultural Research and Cooperation in Vienna, Member of the International Council of the World Social Forum (Austria).
TITLE: “INTERCULTURAL AUTONOMIES IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD: NOONOMY AND THE REFORM OF THE NATION STATE”.
- Eduardo Correa, Senior Research Professor, Program of Human Rights and Political Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (Mexico).
TITLE: “EDUCATION AS A SECOND-ORDER PRODUCTIVE FORCE: A CONTRIBUTION FROM MARXIST POLITICAL ECONOMY TO THE THEORY OF NOONOMY IN THE FACE OF THE CIVILIZATIONAL CRISIS”.
- Faustino Cobarrubia Gómez, PhD in Economics, University of Havana, Researcher at the Center for World Economy Studies (CIEM) (Cuba).
TITLE: “NOONOMY AND MULTILATERALISM IN TIMES OF HEGEMONIC TRANSITION”.
- Alberto Lombardo, Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Italy, Professor at the Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo (Italy).
TITLE: “VALUE THEORY AND NOONOMY”.
SESSION 3. “CREATIVITY, EDUCATION AND CULTURE AS DRIVERS IN THE FORMATION OF THE NOOVALUE CORE”Ruspoli Conference Room
Speakers:- Kaysone Chansina, PhD in Economics, Standing Committee Member of the Council of Sciences, Director General of the Cabinet Office, National Academy of Politics and Public Administration (Lao PDR).
TITLE: “FUTURE OF LABOUR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN LAO PDR: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES”.
- Salvatore Izzo, Editor-in-Chief of Faro di Roma, Economist, Professor of Sociology (Italy).
TITLE: “TURISM AS A FLY-WHEEL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GROWTH”.
- Estefania Ciro Rodriguez, PhD in Political and Social Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Researcher at Centro de Pensamiento AlaOrillaDelRio (Colombia).
TITLE: “ACCUMULATION, VIOLENCE, AND TECHNOLOGIES IN LATIN AMERICA IN THE NEW ERA OF WAR”.
- Natalia Yakovleva, Leading Researcher at the Center for Institutions of Socio-Economic Development of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Board of the Free Economic Society of Russia, Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor (Russia).
TITLE: “THE ROLE OF THE SOCIALIZATION OF EDUCATION IN THE EMERGENCE OF NOONOMY”.
- Nadesdha Guevara Oropeza, Master in Constitutional Law and Human Rights; Specialist in Strategic Litigation in International Human Rights Law, Environmental Justice, and Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (Bolivia).
TITLE: “CIVILIZATIONAL CRISIS, NOONOMY AND LIVING WELL: A HISTORICAL ALTERNATIVE FROM COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMICS”.
- Giuseppe Lo Brutto, Director and Full Professor, Alfonso Vélez Pliego Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico).
TITLE: “CHINA AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LATIN AMERICA”.
- Savvas Matsas, MD, Professor of Communication and Mass Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece).
TITLE: “HOMO COMPUTANS OR HOMO CREATOR? NOONOMY AND HUMAN EMANCIPATION”.
- Tonny Mayambala, Research Associate collaborating with the College of Business and Management Sciences, Makerere University (Uganda).
TITLE: “NOONOMY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF LABOUR IN EAST AFRICA: FROM INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT TO KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE PRODUCTION”.
- Mehmet Adnan Akfirat, Chairman of Board, Belt and Road Initiative Quarterly (BRIQ) (Turkey).
TITLE: “NOONOMY AND 21ST-CENTURY PUBLICISM: THE POWER OF SOCIAL REASON”.
- Giuseppe Vaccarella, ICT Professor, AI expert, owner and CEO of many AI companies.
TITLE: “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HUMAN CREATIVITY IN THE NOO-TRANSITION: FROM LABOR REPLACEMENT TO THE FORMATION OF NOO-VALUES”.
- 15:30-16:00CLOSING PLENARY SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCETHEME: “THEORY OF NOONOMY: A NEW PARADIGM OF CIVILIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT”
Farnese Hall
Reports by the conference session moderators.
Summary of the conference proceedings.
Adoption of the Congress Resolution.
Closing Remarks: Sergey Bodrunov, President of WAN.
Group photograph of conference participants.