Winning student essays on the topic of "Creating Peace Across Boundaries" will be available, and guest lecturer Ruben L.F. Habito will speak on "Linking Inner Peace and Global Peace: Perspectives in Buddhist-Christian Dialogue." Habito is a professor of world religions and spirituality and current associate dean for academic affairs at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. A responding panel includes Roger Ames, University of Hawai'i-Manoa; Pierre Asselin, Chaminade University; and Tracey Wiltgen of the Mediation Center of the Pacific.

An author, scholar and educator on the history of Buddhism, Chappell died in December 2004. He was the founding editor of the academic journal Buddhist-Christian Studies.