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EUROPEAN ART AND CULTURE BETWEEN FREE TRADE AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
A DELICATE DIALOGUE?
Date: 15 -16 December 2006
Venues: High Tech Centre, Helsinki, Tammasaarenkatu 1-7
           Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1
Draft Programme
FRIDAY 15th December 2006
Venue: High Tech Centre, Helsinki, Tammasaarenkatu 1-7
 
9h30   Registration    
 
10h30 Opening Session
          European Art and Culture Between Free Trade and Cultural Diversity, What      Is at Stake?
        
         Kimmo Aulake, Special Government Adviser, Ministry of Education and Culture,         Finland;
         Chair of the Steering Committee for Culture, Council of Europe
        
         Xavier Troussard, Head of Unit, Directorate General for Education and Culture, European
         Commission (tbc.)
 
         Hannu Takkula, MEP, Member of Committee on Culture and Education,           European
         Parliament (tbc.)
 
         Welcome Speeches by the Organisers
         CIRCLE, Boekman, Cupore
                    
11h15 Session I - REGULATIONS AND LAWS
         Chair Kimmo Aulake, Special Government Adviser, Ministry of Education and  Culture
 
         WTO, Free Trade and Culture
         Peter van den Bossche, Professor of International Trade Law, Maastricht       University
 
        Global Cultural Contract     
         Christophe Germann, Attorney-at-law, Institute of European Economic Law of         the    
         University of Bern
         Why Do We Need a Convention on Cultural Diversity
         Jukka Liedes, Director of Culture and Media Policy Division, Ministry of Education and Culture,
         Finland
 
         Discussion
 
14h00 Lunch at Cable Factory
           
16h00 Session II - AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
         Chair Kirill Razlogov, Director of the Russian Institute for Cultural Research
 
         Creative Industries and Regulations
         John Howkins, Deputy Chairman, BSAC (tbc.) 
         European Audiovisual Policy Making
           Jan Loisen, Researcher, Free University of Brussels
         Karen Donders, Scientific Researcher, Institute for European Studies, Brussels
        
         Panel discussion
           John Howkins, Deputy Chairman, BSAC (tbc.)
         Jan Loisen, Free University of Brussels
         Karen Donders, Scientific Researcher, Institute for European Studies, Brussels
         Verena Wiedemann, Secretary General, German Public Broadcasting Company          (ARD),
         Berlin
 
20h00 Christmas Dinner at Cable Factory
 
SATURDAY 16th December 2006
Venues: High Tech Centre, Helsinki, Tammasaarenkatu 1-7,
           Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1
           
09h30 Session III - ARTS, HERITAGE, TOURISM AND FREE TRADE
         Moderatedby Christopher Gordon, Board member of CIRCLE     
        
         Introductory speeches by: 
 
         Joost Smiers, Professor of Political Science of the Arts, Utrecht School of the Arts
 
         Nina Obuljen, Research Fellow, Department for Culture and Communication,    University of Zagreb
        
         Ferdinand Richard, Director of AMI (Aide aux Musiques Innovatrices),  Marseille
 
         Discussion

11h30 Break    
 
11h45 Closing Session - CONCLUSIONS OF THE ROUND TABLE AND THE FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR CULTURAL POLICY RESEARCH
        
         Discussion moderated by Dorota Ilczuk, President of CIRCLE and Rod Fisher,  Director, International Intelligence on Culture
 
12h45 Lunch    
 

14h00 CIRCLE Annual General Meeting at Cable Factory