About+the+Facilitator

==== "At this critical juncture of the evolutionary process of humanity, there cannot be conscious evolution without the capacity to explicate through dialogue the wisdom of the people in the Agoras of the 21st Century Global Village." - Alexander Christakis ====

Aleco Christakis has 35 years experience in developing and testing methods for engaging stakeholders in productive and authentic dialogue for the practice of participative democracy.

He is the author of over 100 papers on stakeholder participation, most recently the book //How People Harness their Collective Wisdom and Power to Create the Future// (2006). He recently published another book titled //The Talking Point: Creating an Environment for Exploring Complex Meaning:// []

He is a co-founder of the Club of Rome, and past President (2002) of the International Society for the Systems Sciences ([|www.ISSS.org]).

He has served as CEO of CWA Ltd ([|www.CWALtd.wetpaint.com]) for twenty years, and is the Founder of the Insitutute for 21st Century Agoras ([|www.globalagoras.org]).

He is member of the Board of the Americans for Indian Opportunity ([|www.AIO.org]), and an Advisor to AIO's Ambassadors leadership program dedicated to training and engaging tribal indigenous leaders from the USA and internationally.

He is also a member of the Board of the Futures World Center ([]) in Cyprus. He earned a PhD in theoretical nuclear physics from Princeton and Yale Universities.