ABRIDGED PROGRAMME
(Venue: headquarters of UAL and the headquarters of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)
16 November (Wednesday) - Headquarters of Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
14h30: Registration of Delegates
15h00: Conference opening
15h30-18h00: four parallel sessions
18h00: Cocktail
17 November (Thursday) - Headquarters of the Gulbenkian Foundation
9h00: Registration of Delegates (continuation)
9h30: Conference Inaugural Session
• Welcome address – Rui Vilar (Chairman of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)
• The 25 years of Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa and Conference aims – Luís Moita
(Director of OBSERVARE and Conference Coordinator).
10h00-10h30: Conference 1 – New trends in globalisation: the good and the bad – Paul Kennedy
(University of Yale, USA)
10h30-11h00: Debate
11h00-11h30: Coffee break
11h30-12h00: Conference 2 – Employment dynamics and world changes – Christoph Scherrer
(University of Kassel, Germany)
12h00-12h30: Debate
12h30-14h00: Lunch
Afternoon session – Plenary – New developments in international current affairs
14h00-14h30: Conference 3 – Emerging countries – Mónica Hirst
(Universidade Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
14h30-15h00: Conference 4 – Trends in the areas of peace, conflicts and conflict resolution –
Kristian Berg Harpviken (Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway)
15h00-15h30: Debate
15h30-16h00: Coffee break
16h00-18h00: Meetings of the 3 sections running in parallel
Section A – Geopolitics and security
Section B – Economy and ecology
Section C – Transnational social issues
20h00: Dinner for delegates
18 November 2011 (Friday) - Headquarters of the Gulbenkian Foundation
9h30-11h00: Meetings of the 3 sections running in parallel
11h00-11h30: Coffee break
11h30-13h00: Meetings of the 3 sections running in parallel
13h00-14h30: Lunch
Plenary session – International trends and Portugal's place in the world
14h30-15h30: Presentation of the conclusions reached at each section by the corresponding rapporteur
15h30-16h00: Conference: New directions in Portugal's geopolitical position in the world – Luís Tomé
(Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa)
16h00-16h30: Conference: Portugal: economic diplomacy and external role – Miguel Santos Neves
(Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa)
16h30-16h45: Coffee break
Closing session
16h45-17h15: Presentation
Some trends and perspectives on globalization, economic growth, equality and development –
Giuseppe Ammendola (New York University)
17h15-17h30: Debate
17h30-18h00: Conference final overview and conclusions – Luís Moita (Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa)