Conference

“New Perspectives of Intercultural Dialogue in Europe” (November 17, 18 and 19, 2008, Centre Georges Pompidou – Paris)
Programme

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH

OPENING SESSION 2:00 – 6:00 PM

WELCOME 2:20 PM
Alain SEBAN, President of the Centre Georges Pompidou, France.

OFFICIAL SPEECHES 2:30-3:30 PM
Jean-Pierre JOUYET, Secretary of State for European Affairs
Ján FIGEL, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, European Commission.
Representative of the European Parliament (to be confirmed);

OPENING CONFERENCES 3:30-5:30 PM
François JULLIEN, Professor of Philosophy at University Paris 7, France : “On universality, uniformity, commonality and dialogue between cultures”
Heinz WISMANN Director of Studies at the Higher School of Social Sciences, Philosophy and Philology, Germany : “The grammars of recognition”
Open discussion.

PRESENTATION OF ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE 5:30 – 5:45 PM
Christiane VERICEL, Director of the company Image Aiguë, author and and director, France.
Artistic performance by the company Image Aiguë, France.

PRESENTATION OF THE ARTS FESTIVALS’ DECLARATION ON INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
In the presence of Mr Ján Figel’, European Commissionner, 30 directors of major European Festivals

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH

OPENING SPEECHES 9.00-9.50 AM (LARGE ROOM)
Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGNI, Director General of Education, Culture, Heritage, Youth and Sport, Council of Europe.
Fanny DURVILLE, Expert in education, Education and Youth Unit, Anna Lindh Foundation, Netherlands.
Sabine FRANK, Coordinator of the Platform for Intercultural Europe, Deputy Secretary General of Culture Action Europe, Belgium.
Michael PRIVOT, Member of the steering committee of the Platform for Intercultural Europe and of the European Network Against Racism, Belgium.

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 10:00-12:30 AM (LARGE ROOM) : IMPLEMENTATION OF EYID : PUBLIC STRATEGIES – NATIONAL AND LOCAL – FOR INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
10:00 am Introduction
Odile CHENAL, Deputy Director of the European Cultural Foundation, Netherlands.
Luca DAL POZZOLO, Researcher, vice-president of the Fitzcarraldo Foundation in Turin and director of the Piemont Cultural Observatory, Italy.
10:10 am National strategies
Andreas WIESAND, Executive Director of the European Institute for Comparative Cultural Research (ERICarts), Germany.
Calin RUS, Director of the Timisoara Intercultural Institute, Romania.
Monika GOODENOUGH-HOFMANN, Head of EU-Coordination Department, Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Austria.
Philip WATT, Director of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism, coordinator of the EYID team, Ireland.
Helena GELPI, Coordinator of the EYID team, Portugal.
10:45 am Open discussion
11:05 am Break (lobby) – artistic performance by the company Image Aiguë, France.
11:30 am Local strategies
Irena GUIDIKOVA, Director of the Intercultural Cities programme, Council of Europe.
Kyril IORDANOV, Mayor of Varna, Bulgaria.
Jérôme BOUVIER, Director of Ivre d’Images Production-Clichy Sans Clichés, France.
Neil PETERSON, Head of International Relations and Director of Liverpool’s Intercultural Dialogue Programme, United Kingdom.
12:00 am Open discussion

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 10:00-12:30 AM (SMALL ROOM) : EUROPEAN IDENTITY/CULTURAL DIVERSITY: HOW DO THE MEDIA MAKE EUROPE ?
10:00 am Introduction
Anne-Marie AUTISSIER, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of European Studies at Paris 8, Director of the magazine Culture Europe International, France.
10:10 am Role of the media, intercultural dialogue and European integration
Jean REVEILLON, General Director of the European Broadcasting Union, Belgium.
Paco AUDIJE, Deputy Secretary General of the International Federation of Journalist, Spain.
Philippe CAYLA, Chairman of Euronews, France.
Gérard WORMSER, Director of the magazine Sens public, member of the network Eurozine, France.
10:40 am Open discussion
11:05 am Break (lobby) – artistic performance by the company Image Aiguë, France.
11:30 am The role of the media: present-day European identities, European integration and cultural globalization
Katherine WATSON, Director of Labforculture, European Cultural Foundation, Netherlands.
Reynald BLION, Officer in charge of Media and Diversity, Direction for Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sports, Council of Europe.
Ari ALEXANDER, Génération Dialogue association, France.
Nathalie GALESNE, Babelmed association, chief editor of electronic magazine on mediterranean cultures (www.babelmed.net) and of the website on interculturality in Europe (www.babelfestival.net), Italy.
12:00 pm Open discussion
12:15 pm Summary and closing by Adam MICHNIK, Historian, EYID Ambassador, Poland.

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 2:00 – 6:00 PM (LARGE ROOM) : DOES INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE PROMOTE SOCIAL COHESION ? INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS AND THE ISSUE OF NATIONAL AND LINGUISTIC MINORITIES
2:20 pm Introduction
Biserka CVJETICANIN, Director of the world research network on cultural policies Culturelink, director of the Institute for International Relations, Croatia.
Catherine DE WENDEN, Research Director at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), International Studies and Research Center (CERI), Sciences-Po Paris, president of the “Migrations” research committee of the International Sociology Association, France.
2:30 pm Communication “Intercultural dialogue as a category of public action” by Michel WIEVIORKA, Director of Studies at the School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), director of the Center for Sociological Analysis and Intervention (CADIS), president of the International Sociology Association, France.
2:45 pm Intercultural dialogue and immigrant integration policies
Irina VASILJEVA, Deputee head of department, Ministry of Social Integration, Latvia.
Barbara GIOVANNA BELLO, Independent trainer, Italy.
Luc GRUSON, Associated Professor at the University of Franche-Comté, Deputy General Manager of the Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, France.
3:15 pm Open discussion
3:45 pm Break (lobby) – artistic performance by the company Image Aiguë, France.
4:15 pm Intercultural dialogue and national and/or linguistic minorities
David Michael SINGLETON, Head of the Centre for Language and Communication Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Carina SILD LONROTH, Coordinator of the “Mentor Migration-COMENIUS” programme, Malmö University, Sweden.
Dan D. DAATLAND, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Education, Stavanger University, Norway.
4:35 pm Open discussion
5:00 pm Presentation of the conclusions of the Multilingualism Conference by Xavier NORTH, Delegate general to the French language and languages, Ministry of Culture and Communication, France.
5:30 pm Closing of the day by Jacques TOUBON, Chairman of the Orientation Board of the Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, France.

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 2:00-6:00 PM (SMALL ROOM) : EDUCATING IN INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE: WHAT OBJECTIVES, TOOLS AND LESSONS TO DRAW FROM EXPERIENCE?
2:20 pm Introduction
Lynne CHISHOLM, Professor, Director of the Innsbruck Institute of Education, Austria.
Christel HARTMANN-FRITSCH, Director of the cultural centre Schlesische 27, Berlin, Germany.
2:30 pm Communication “On the need to educate on diversity and otherness, as opposed to categories” by Martine ABDALLAH-PRETCEILLE, Professor at University Paris 8, Research Director at Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, France.
2:45 pm Informal education: educational objectives and methods for learning about intercultural dialogue
Marie-Claire HELLMANN, Director of the X-Dream youth centre at Eupen, Belgium.
Aline RUTILY, Trainer of primary school teachers in visual arts education, researcher at the Aesthetics and Art Sciences Laboratory at University Paris 1, France.
Driss ALAOUI, Senior Lecturer, Reunion University, France.
Barbara RINK, Researcher at the German Youth Institute, Germany.Maria Teresa HENRIQUES DA CUNHA MARTINS, Professor at the Higher School of Education of Coimbra, Portugal.
3:25 pm Open discussion
3:45 pm Break (lobby) – artistic performance by the company Image Aiguë, France.
4:10 pm Presentation of conclusions of European Council on intercultural competences by Sonja KRAJL BERVAR, Head of the Department of European Affairs and Cultural Development, Ministry of Culture, Slovenia.
4:25 pm Formal education: educational objectives and methods for learning about intercultural dialogue
Angela TESILEANU, Senior Counsellor, National Centre of Academic Programmes and Evaluation of Pre-University Education, Romania.
Barbara NEUNDLINGER, in charge of international and European projects management, KulturKontakt, Austria.
Karl BOUDJEMA, Head of the Vocational Training and University Exchanges Office of Frenco-German Youth Office.
Sandrine DICKEL, Head of Adult Education Department/Grundtvig programme, Europe Education Formation Agency, France.
5:05 pm Open discussion
5:30 pm Closing of the day by Jacques TOUBON, Chairman of the Orientation Board of the Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, France.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 9:30– 12:30 AM (LARGE ROOM) : THE ROLE OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE IN ART AND CULTURE AND VICE-VERSA
9:40 am Introduction
Vesna COPIC, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Joost SMIERS, Professor, Utrecht University of the Arts, Netherlands.
9:50 pm Communication “Arts, culture and intercultural dialogue” by Michael WIMMER, Director of EDUCULT, Austria.
10:05 am Cultural policies and intercultural dialogue
Judith NEISSE, Director of Mediana, Chairwoman of the Roberto Cimetta Fund, Belgium.
Stella CHRYSSOULAKI, Head of the Educational Programmes and Communication Section of the Museums, Exhibitions and Communications Department, Ministry of Culture, Greece.
David FOX, Documentary film director, Denmark.
Danièle FOUACHE, Conceptor and coordinator of the European project – Ten months of school and opera, Opéra de Paris, France.
Monika KONRAD, Coordinator of the European project – Ten months of school and opera in Hungary, Hungary.
10:40 am Open discussion
11:10 am Break (lobby) – artistic performance by the company Image Aiguë, France.
11:40 am Artists in intercultural dialogue
Abd AL MALIK, Singer and composer, EYID Ambassador, France.
Antonio PINTO RIBEIRO, Coordinator of the “Creativity and Artistic Creation” programme, general programmer of “Distance and Closeness” programme, Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal.
Dominique HERVIEU, Dancer and choreographer, Director of the Chaillot National Theatre, France.
Radu MIHAILEANU, Film director, EYID Ambassador, France.
12:15 pm Open discussion

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 9:30-12:30 AM (SMALL ROOM) : HOW DOES CIVIL SOCIETY MOBILIZE ITSELF AND HOW IS IT ACKNOWLEDGED IN EUROPEAN INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE ?
9:40 am Introduction
Jean-Pierre SAEZ, Director of the Observatory of Cultural Policies, France.
9:50 am Local player networks
Georges KEPENEKIAN, Councillor for Culture of Lyon, France.
Jordi MARTI, President of United Cities’ Committee on culture and Councillor for Culture of Barcelona, Spain.
10:20 am Civil society networks
Chahla CHAFIQ, Sociologist, writer, association Ni Putes Ni Soumises, France.
Fabrice RAFFIN, Sociologist, Research Director at S.E.A. Europe, France.
Chris TORCH, Art director of Intercult, member of the steering committee of the Platform for Intercultural Europe, Sweden.
10:50 am Open discussion
11:10 am Break (lobby) – artistic performance by the company Image Aiguë, France.
11:40 am Project sponsors
Marie WITTAMER, Coordinator of Eurocircle association, France.
Maruša ROSULNIK, Founder of Slovenia International Model United Nation, Slovenia.
Jean-Pierre DERU, Director of the Marcel Hicter Foundation, Belgium. Benjamin ZAGZAG, Representatives of the Diversity Crew project, France.
12:10 am Open discussion

CLOSING SESSION 2:00 – 5:30 PM
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 2:00 – 3:40 PM (LARGE ROOM) : EUROPE IN THE WORLD: THE ROLE OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THIRD-PARTY COUNTRIES.
2:20 pm Introduction
Ghislaine GLASSON DESCHAUMES, Director of the international magazine Transeuropéennes, head of the associate research team “Translate between cultures” at the International College of Philosophy, France.
2:30 pm Maria DONZELLI, Professor of the History of Philosophy at the Centre for Studies on Mediterranean Cultures, “l’Orientale” University of Naples, Italy.
Beral MADRA, Director of the BM Contemporary Art Centre of Istanbul, Turkey.
Ahmed EL ATTAR, Theatre director, translator and choreographer, EgyptAlexandr BUTSENKO, Director of Development Centre – Democracy through Culture, Ukraine.
Souleymane KOLY, Sociologist and theatre director, director of the Koteba Ensemble of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
3:20 pm Open discussion
3:40 pm Katérina STENOU, Director of the Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue, UNESCO.
3:50 pm Artistic performance by the company Image Aiguë, France.
4:10 pm Break
CLOSING SPEECHES 4:30-5:30 PM
Hans-Gert POTTERING, President of the European Parliament.
Odile QUINTIN, Director General of European Commission of DG Education and Culture, European Commission.
Christine ALBANEL, Minister of Culture and Communication, France

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