Opening Day of the Congress was widely covered in both print and visual media. The speakers were (from left to right) Dr. Yersu Kim, Director, Philosophy and Ethics Division, UNESCO, Dr. F. Miro Quesada, then-President of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (FISP), Dr. Robert C. Neville, Dean of the Boston University School of Theology, the Honorable A. Paul Cellucci, Governor of Massachusetts, Dr. John R. Silber, Chancellor of Boston University, and the Honorable Kevin White, former Mayor of Boston.