The 8th Session – Gothenburg, Sweden, 11-13 December 2009
Theme: “Quality and Reflection in Culture and Media – Prerequisites for
European Democracy”
Venue: Gothenburg University – “Artisten”,
Fågelsången
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Friday 11 December
| 10.00 | Workshop organised by NUROPE, Nomadic University for Arts, Philosophy and Enterprise in Europe, together with “Nätverkstan Kultur i Väst” (Programme to be found in www.nurope.eu/goteborg.html) |
| 11.30 | Press Conference |
| Morning and afternoon | Arrival and hotel check in |
| About 17.00 | Gothenburg Christmas City event, Kungsportsavenyn |
| 18.00 | Registration |
| 18.30 | Opening of Session Speakers: Anneli Hulthén, Mayor of Gothenburg Lars Nordström, Chairman Cultural Board, Västra Götaland Margareta Wallin-Pettersson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Gothenburg |
| 19.15 | Musical Intermezzo – Katia Guerreiro(Portugal) |
| 19.30 | Welcome Reception offered by the City of Gothenburg |
| 20.30 | ECP Senate Meeting |
Saturday 12 December
| 08.30 | Further Registration |
| 09.00 | Keynote: Peter Hjörne, Chief Editor, Göteborgsposten: “Editorial Quality in the digital Age” |
| 09.30 | Keynote: Åsa Bernlo, Gothenburg Film Festival: “The Quality of being diverse” |
| 10.00 | Panel Discussion and General Debate on Quality and Reflection in Culture. Participants: Jasenko Selimovic (Sweden) – Theatre, moderator Andreas Richter (Germany) – Music Gaspar Miklos Tamas (Hungary) – Philosophy Yuriy Andrukhovic (Ukraine) – Literature Savina Tarsitano (Italy) – Visual Arts Lars Montag (Germany) - Film |
| 11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.15 | Thomas Hylland Eriksen (Norway): “Happiness, Quality and Reflection in a European Perspective”. Discussion |
| 11.30 | Musical Intermezzo – Miha Pogacnik (Slovenia) |
| 11.45 | New ECP-Members on the theme of the session: Jean-Marc Dreyfus (France) – History Nicoleta Esinencu (Moldavia) – Literature Ana Zuvela (Croatia) – Cultural Management Catharina Thörn (Sweden) – Urban sociology Ilmar Raag (Estonia) – Film Johan Öberg (Sweden) – Literature |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.45 | Workshop – NUROPE/Gothenburg/Västra Götaland Region and ECP: “Arts & Business – Culture as Growth factor”. Bengt Kristensson Uggla, Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, Kristian Berg, David Karlsson, Johan Öberg, Bert Mulder |
| 15.15 | Panel Discussion II and general debate on Quality and Reflection in Culture and Media. Participants: Ove Joanson (Sweden) – Media, moderator Laura Freixas (Spain) – Literature |
| 16.15 | Panel Discussion and General Debate, continued – Magda Carneci (Romania) – Moderator |
| 17.00 | Bus transfer to Backateatern |
| 17.30 | “Gangs of Gothenburg”, Theatre Performance, followed by reception and Workshop ECP/West Sweden/Gothenburg: “Culture as Integration Factor”. Mattias Andersson, Mikela Lundahl and others |
Sunday 13 December
| 08.30 | Santa Lucia |
| 08.45 | “ECP and Friends”: European Journalism Centre – Willy Ruetten, Maastricht Institute for Cultural Diplomacy – Mark Donfried, Berlin A Soul for Europe – Steve Austen, Amsterdam, Dejan Ubovic, Belgrade, Susana Marques, Guimaraes Meritis Foundation – Linda Bouws, Amsterdam Institute of Ideas – Claire Fox, London The Festival Berlin – Florian B. Mueck, Berlin “Youth ECP” – Jenny Garcia, London |
| 09.40 | Gunilla von Bahr, Gunnar Bjursell, Fredrik Ullén (Sweden): “Quality of Life” – Culture and Health |
| 10.30 | Coffee Break |
| 10.45 | New ECP-Members (cont.): Nikola Matisic (Sweden): “Music without Quality?” Discussion Mats Rosengren (Sweden) – Philosophy/Rhetoric |
| 11.10 | Egle Rakauskaite (Lithuania): “Impressions from Vilnius, European Capital of Culture 2009” |
| 11.30 | ECP Host City 2010! A presentation |
| 11.50 | Reports from workshops |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | Concluding discussion on Quality and Reflection in Culture and Media |
| 15.00 | End of Session |
Thanks to:
City of Gothenburg
Region Västra Götaland
Gothenburg & Co
University of Gothenburg