Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture and National Geographic jointly organise the 4th Dialogue of Civilizations from 8th to 15th October 2017.
- The theme of the Conference is "Technology and Civilization".
- Scholars like Barbara Helwing, Li Liu, Renee Friedman, Asl?han Yener, Anabel Ford, Augusta McMahon, Xinwei Li, Monica Smith, Chase Harrison, Yukinori Kawae, Thomas E. Levy and Francisco Estrada-Belli are participating in the event.
Background of Dialogue of Civilizations
- National Geographic Society initiated a five-year annual conference called The Dialogue of Civilizations in 2013.
- Its mission is to encourage scholarly and public discourse about the five ancient, literate civilizations of the world
- The five civilisations are i.e., Egypt, Mesopotamia, South Asia, China, and Mesoamerica.
- The first conference of this series was inaugurated in Guatemala in 2013
- The second conference was held in Turkey in 2014 and third in China in 2015.
- The fourth dialogue in this series was scheduled to be held in October 2016. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the event was shifted to October 2017.
