List of participants for Buddhism & Australia 2012

• Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera (Bodhinyana Monastery, Australia)
  "A History of Buddhism in Western Australia"
   
• Prof. Emeritus Lewis Lancaster (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
  "Buddhism: A Portable Religion in Australia"
   
• Ven.Budi Utomo Ditthisampanno (Smaratungga Buddhist College)
  "History of Buddhism in Indonesia"
   
• Prof. Joshua Guilar (Royal Roads University, Canada)
  "Steve Jobs: A Practicing Buddhist, an Entrepreneur, and an Innovator"
   
• Ven. Sayadej Vongsopha (Sangha College in Vientiane)
  "The Role and Impact of Vessantara Jataka in the Lao PDR"
  
  
• Prof. Ravi Shankar Singh (Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Wardha, India)
  "The Teachings of Buddha and Good Governance in Modern India"
   
• Prof.Purushottam K. Singh (Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Deemed University, India)
  "Buddhist Psychology and Mind Sciences"
   
• Prof. Sharad K.Soni (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)
  "Buddhist Linkages between India and Mongolia: Implications for Austral-Asian Region"
   
• Ven. Piseth (Mahachula University, Cambodia)
  "Engaged Buddhism in Cambodia"
   
• Dr. Natalia Bolsokhoeva (Institute of Mongolian and Tibetan Studies, the Russian Academy of Sciences in Buriatya, Russia)
  "Medical Paintings of the Atsagat Manba Datsan"
   
• Ven.Dr.Ashin Ketu (State Pariyatti Sāsana University in Yangon, Myanmar)
  "Pāli and Sanskrit Studies in Myanmar"
   
• Ven.Dr.Wei Shan (Renmin University of China, China)
  "A Practise of The Four Apramāņas in the Sarvāstivāda School"
  
  
• Ven.Dr. Yuan Liu (The Buddhist Academy of China, China)
  "An Arhat’s Altruism Found in the Sarvastivadin Notion of Arana"
   
• Ms. Marika Laudere (Univerity of Latvia, Latvia)
  "Buddhism in the History of Latvia"
   
• His Eminent Tulku Tenzin Dhamchoe Rinpoche (Drepung Gomang monastery, India)
  "Buddhism in the 21th century"
  
  
• Dr. Natalia Yakhontova (Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
  "Buddhist terminology in Tibetan-Mongolian Dictionaries"
  
  
• Dr.Georgy Manzanov (Institute of Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhism, the Russian Academy of Sciences in Buryatia, Russia)
  "The Current State of Buddhism in Ethnical Buryatia"
  
  
• Ven.Dr.Tumeekhuu Bulgan (University of Mongolia, ABCP Mongolia)
  "Buddha and Peace"
  
  
• Dr. Hema Goonatilake (Royal Asiatic Society, Sri Lanka)
  "Buddhist Values and Globalization"
  
  
• Prof. Anand Singh (University of Lucknow, India)
  "Buddhism and Enviroment :Interpreting Eco-Consciousness in Theragatha & Therigatha”
  
  
• Ven.Dr.Bhikshuni Jampa Tsedroen (University of Hamburg, Germany)
  "Buddhism and Monastic Communities in Germany"
  
  
• Dr. Chagdyr Sandzhiev (Kalmyk Central Buddhist Monastery, Russia)
  "Current State of Buddhism in Kalmykia".
  
  
• Prof. Chimeg Oyun (National University of Mongolia, Mongolia)
  "Varieties of Meditation Process according to the"Grades on the Path to Bodhi” by Tsonkhapa and their Origin"
  
  
• Dr.Ian Cook (Murdoch University, Australia)
  "Buddhism as the Basis for an International Movement Promoting World Peace and Well-Being”
  
  
• Ajahn Sujato (Santi Forest Monastery, Australia)
  "Buddhist Traditions Transformations Through their Relation with Western Psychology."
  
  
• Ven.Dr. Shih Lien Hai (World Buddhist Development Association, China)
  "Contemporary Missions for Buddhist Youth”
  
  
• Ajahn Brahmali (Bodhinyana Monastery, Australia)
  "How the Monastic Vinaya has Adapted and Needs to Adapt to Australian Society."
  
  
• Dr. Dorzhi Tsybikodorzhiev (the Institute of Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhism, the Russian Academy of Social Sciences in Buryatia, Russia)
  "Origin and Symbolism of Buryat Buddhist Architecture"
  
  
• Ven.Freeman Trebilcock (Jamchen Buddhist Centre, Australia)
  "Past and Contemporary Non-Sectarian Approaches to Tibetan Buddhism"
  
  
• Prof.Bikiran Barua (University of Chittagong, Bangladesh)
  "Buddhist Approach to Overcome Environmental Crisis"
  
  
• Ven.Radnazhap Sodnomov (Ivolga Monastery in Buryatia, Russia)