NFU Conference 2009

Conference Program

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TENTATIVE PROGRAM

SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER (OPTIONAL)

19:00-21:00 RECEPTION Hotel Norge, Kristiansand

MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER

08:30-9:00 Registration and coffee/tea

09:00-09:45OPENING CEREMONY

Welcome by Rector Torunn Lauvdal, University of Agder

Opening remarks by Håkon Fottland, Chairperson, Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU)

Opening remarks by Professor Arne Olav Øyhus, University of Agder

09:45-11:45PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Olav Stokke, Senior Researcher, NUPI

09:45-10:30Keynote Speech by Johan Galtung, Professor, peace researcher and Director of TRANSCEND.

Development: A sketch of the Buddhist, Islamic, Chinese, Japanese models and why the Western capitalist and socialist models do not work.

10:30-10:45 Coffee/Tea

10:45-11.30Keynote Speech by Professor Mirjam de Bruijn, University of Leiden,

The Information and Communication Technology Revolution: Are We Facing a New Development Era For and In Africa?

Discussion

12:00-13:00LUNCH

13:15-15:15 PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSION

15:15-15:30 Coffee/tea/refreshment

15:30-16:30PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Christian Webersik, Associate professor, Centre for Development Studies University of Agder

15.30-16:15 Keynote Speech by Professor Nils Petter Gleditsch, PRIO

Discussion

16:30-18:30 PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSION

18:45 Transportation to Hotel Norge

18.45-19:30 NFU Annual Assembly

19:45 Transportation to Festingen

20:00Conference dinner, Festingen

TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER

08:30-10:15PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Smita Mishra Panda, Human Development Foundation, Orissa, India.

08:30-09:15Keynote Speech by Professor Paul Collier, University of Oxford, UK

09:15-10:00 Keynote Speech by Professor Uma Kothari, University of Manchester, UK

'The time of development: enduring poverty amidst rapid change"

Discussion

10:15-10:30 Coffee/tea

10:30-12:30 PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSION

12:30-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-14:30 PLENARY SESSION

Chair: Jonathan baker, Professor, Centre for Development Studies, University of Agder

13:30-14:15 Keynote Speech by Professor Mohamed Salih, University of Leiden, Netherland.

Climate Change: A developmental paradigm error

Discussion

14:30-16:30 PARALLEL WORKSHOP SESSION

14:30-16:30ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE:

"Development challenges and the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)"

Chair: Jon P. Knudsen, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Social Science, University of Agder.

Coordinator: Karen Landmark, Advisor Dale Bang

16.45-17:15 Closing Session

Closing remarks by the new Chairperson, Norwegian Association for Development Research (NFU)

17:15 END OF CONFERENCE