Creating Intercultural Communities - Agenda
CONFERENCE AGENDA
08.30-09.30am: Registration tea/coffee
09.30-9.45am: Welcome and Opening : Marian Duffy, President, AONTAS
9.45-10am Sean Haughey, TD, Minister for Lifelong Learning
10.00-10.15am Philip Watt, Director NCCRI
10.15-11.15am Plenary Session
Chair:Berni Brady, Director/AONTAS
Theme: Interculturalism Needs Dialogue, Not a Monologue
Keynote speaker: Bashy Quraishy
ENAR (European Network against Racism) Advisory Council, Brussels
And Jewish Muslim Co-operation Platform, Brussels.
Followed by Open Forum
11.15-11.35am Tea/Coffee break
11.35-13.00pm Discussion Groups: Showcasing Practice
These discussion groups will explore different examples of adult learning and how they contribute to intercultural dialogue. The groups will be led by a facilitator with a brief input from an animator from an adult education group.
13.00-14.15pm LUNCH
14.15-14.45pm World Café : Linking Practice to Policy
Participants will return to their discussion groups and map emerging ideas and policy directions.
15.00-16.00pm Plenary Session
Chair: Kensika Monshengwo -NCCRI Training & Resource Officer
Theme: The Role of Adult Education in Promoting Intercultural Dialogue
Panel Contributors:
Salome Mbugua Henry,
Director, Akidwa, Board Member, the Equality Authority.
Bryan Mukandi,
Journalist and Social Commentator.
Dr Ronit Lentin,
Director of the MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Department of Sociology,Trinity College Dublin.
Zbyszek Zalinski,
RTE Journalist
16.00-16.15pm EAEA President - Setting the European context
16.15-16.30pm Close of Conference
