Saturday, September 20 - 2008:

Hour:

Starting

At 08.30

Transportation from hotels to Søauditoriet, University of Aarhus

At 09.00

Registration of participants. Conference language is English with translation into French.

Headsets for simultaneous translation available.

At 09.30

Welcome and candlelight ceremony by arranging club presidents: Vita Højberg and Marianne Berg.

Welcome by the President of the Danish Union Thea Dalsgaard

At 09.45

SI/E president Madame Mariet Verhoef-Cohen: ” Soroptimists now and up to 2020”

At 10.15

Prof. Elizabeth Ngugi, Faculty of Medicine, Nairobi University, Kenya:

“We build a tomorrow by doing the right things today for the less fortunate members of our society”

At 11.00

Break (coffee/tea)

At 11.20

Managing Director Birte Holst Jørgensen, Nordisk Energiforskning (Nodic Energy Research): “Ask not what the climate can do for you; ask what you can do for the climate”

At 12.05

A brief presentation of the painting decorating the ceilings of the Auditorium entry made by the Danish artist: Per Kirkeby

At 12.20

Lunch

At 13.05

Journalist Anders Mogensen: ”Future perspective: A laptop powered by solar energy for each pupil of the world at US$ 100, how is that turned into reality?”

At 13.35

Journalist Alina Radu, Moldova:”How is my daily life as a critical journalist in Moldova – a country which is still dominated by our Russian neighbours?”

At 14.05

Hanne Maintz, Consultant of social affairs at Centre against Human Trafficking: ”What is the actual status of the Danish government’s plan of action to stop human trafficing?”

At 14 20

Break (coffee/tea)

At 14.40

Prof. Boguslava Kalita, Business School of Zabrze, Poland: ”How did I experience the Transition Period in the nineties as a young and ambitious student and teacher?”

At 15.05

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At 15.10

Announcement of European Friendship Days 2010 inIzmir, Turkey by Remide Arkan, Turkey

Crazy humour with Miss Kofoed and Mrs Netterstrøm – two Danish stand-up comedians

At 15.45

Closing the conference

Please return headsets

At 16.15 Transport in busses back to hotels

18.30 – 18.45: Leaving hotels in busses

At 19.00 Gala dinner and entertainment. Dress code: formal dress

"A special event in candlelight in a former powerstation"

At 23.45 Going back to hotels in busses.

Presentation of key note speakers of the conference

Mariet Verhoef-Cohen

Official opening of the conference by SI/E President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen

Elizabeth Ngugi

Keynote speaker Elizabeth Ngugi from University of Nairobi, Kenya is Managing Director of Centre of Research and Prevention of HIV, one of today’s major threats against woman and children living in the slum. Elizabeth Ngugi is a fundraiser of micro credits enabling woman of the project to make a basis for making a living of their own. She has been appointed Woman of the Year by UN in Kenya, and she is known to be a charismatic woman of great courage.

Anders Mogensen

One Laptop Per Child – Can a laptop at $100 possibly save the world?
Anders Mogensen will tell about a fascinating project involving a robust laptop at only $100 meant for school children in developing countries. By means of such computers, children in third world countries proceed directly to the Internet – from writing with a stick in the sand. The Laptop turns upside down of the concept of learning, for what happens when a child in Africa is able to enter the web on her own and get access to more information than the teacher – who sees himself as the wiser? And what happens when poor people in an African country is given the opportunity to communicate their own culture worldwide? See for yourself Anders Mogensen’s film recordings from Nigeria where a small boy from a remote bush demonstrates his use of the laptop, plays games and makes film records of his grand mother. Anders Mogensen is co-founder of the company Seismonaut that has been participating in the initiative One Laptop Per Child in Nigeria.

Birte Holst Jørgensen

Since September 2005, Birte Holst Jørgensen is Managing Director of Nordic Energy Research, a 20 year old Nordic research funding institution under the Nordic Council of Ministers (www.nordicenergy.net). She holds a M.Sc. in Business Economics from CopenhagenBusinessSchool and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen. She is an acknowledged expert and reviewer at the EU Commission and several Nordic research councils and research funding institutions.

Prior to her affiliation at Nordic Energy Research, she was a senior scientist at the Systems Analysis Department at Risø National Laboratory in Denmark. Her research focused on science and innovation policies as well as R&D priority setting and evaluation, in particular in energy. Birte Holst Jørgensen have been a Soroptimist since 2000.

Journalist Alina Radu, Moldov

Alina is working for the newspaper ”Ziarul de Garda” and it is through her government critical writings that Alina Radu is working for a stronger democracy in Moldova – one of the poorest countries of Europe.

Boguslawa Kalita

Associate Professor Boguslawa Kalita teaches economy in Zabze, Poland. Boguslawa will tell about what is has been like as a modern woman to gain foothold under the last 20 years’ turmoil in the society of Poland. She will also share with us her experience of entering Soroptimist International and up to now - being a president of Union of Poland.

Kofoed & Netterstrøm

Stand-up comedy - crazy humor and provoking body language will change our prejudges.

If during the conference you have a problem or a question, please feel free to contact us on:

Phone during conference days on xxxx (Danish and English) and xxxx (danois et français). We are at your service for trouble shooting and assistance.

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