Programme
(always under construction)
The overview of the streams and sessions is available in Acrobat Reader
format (.pdf file)
- session 1
- session 2
- session 3
- session 4
- session 5
The abstracts of the plenary speakers is available in Acrobat Reader format (.pdf file)
| Wednesday 13.09 | |
| 18.30 | Registration |
| 19.00 | Opening Session (City Hall of Antwerp) |
| 19.15 | Welcome by Patrick Janssens (Mayor of Antwerp) and Chantal Pauwels (Alderman for emancipation, diversity, sports and government information, City of Antwerp) |
| 19.30 | Interludum |
| 19.40 | Welcome by Josse Van Steenberge (Policy Research Center on Equal Opportunities) |
| 19.45 | Lecture by Prof.dr.Philippe Van Parijs (Harvard University, Catholic University of Louvain) "Equal Opportunities, too much or not enough?' You can find more information about Prof. dr. Philippe van Parijs on his personal website. |
| 20.45 | Interludum |
| 20.55 | Speech by Kathleen Van Brempt, the Flemish Minister of Equal Opportunities |
| 21.10 | Concluding remarks by Josse Van Steenberge |
| Reception | |
| Thursday 14.09 | |
| 08.00 | Registration |
| 09.30 | Welcome by Chris Timmerman (Cemis, University of Antwerp) |
| 09.45 | Plenary speech by Prof. dr. Philomena Essed (Professor
of Critical Race, Gender & Leadership Studies,Antioch University,
USA). "About normativity and cultural cloning" (translation
English-Dutch) You can find more information about Prof. dr. Philomena Essed on her personal website. |
| 10.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.00 | Paper sessions (1) |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 14.30 | Paper sessions (2) |
| 16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.30 | Paper sessions (3) |
| 18.30 | Drinks |
| 20.30 | Social event |
| Friday 15.09 | |
| 08.00 | Registration |
| 09.00 | Welcome by Mieke Van Haegendoren (Policy Research Center on Equal Opportunities) |
| 09.15 | Plenary speaker by Prof.dr.Anne Phillips (London School of Economics and Political Science and director of the LSE Gender Institute). "If meritocracy is bad, how can equality of opportunity be good?" (translaten English-Dutch) You can find more information about Prof. dr. Anne Phillips on her personal website. |
| 10.00 | Coffee break |
| 10.30 | Paper sessions (4) |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Paper sessions (5) |
| 15.45 | Interludum |
| 15.50 | Plenary debate "Equal Opportunities for all?" with Ms.Joke Swiebel (Former Member of the European Parliament), Ms. An Van Lancker (Member of the European Parliament), Prof. dr. Barbara Bagilhole (Loughborough University) and Mr.Jozef De Witte (Director Belgian Centre for equal opportunities and opposition to racism) |
| 17.20 | Interludum |
| 17.35 | Closing of the conference |
| 17.45 | Reception |
