Program & Location

Thursday, 12 March 2009
Hendrik Conscience building of the Flemish Community

09.00	Reception and registration of participants
10.00	Welcome by the Flemish Minister of Work, Education and Formation and the conference chairman Jean-Pierre Rondas
10.30	Keynote 1: Keeping Up With the Old: Culture and Cultural Education Now– Aidan Chambers
11.15	Break
11.45	Keynote 2: A presentation of the study of EURYDICE 'Arts and Cultural Education at school in Europe' – Caroline Sharp
12.30	Lunch
14.00	Subsessions: 1. Youth policy, youth culture and cultural education 2. Innovation in education and cultural education 3. Citizenship and cultural education 4. Educational role of teachers and educators
17:00	Closing of 1st conference day
19:30	Evening programme at the Centre for Fine Arts (Palais des Beaux-Arts - Paleis voor Schone Kunsten) with a contribution from Ján Figel, Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Training, Culture and Youth

09.30	Reception
10.00	Opening, summary of day 1 and introduction to day 2 by conference chairman Jean-Pierre Rondas
10.15	Keynote 3: Creativity at the center of education: between brain and interaction - Peter Adriaenssens
11.00	Break
11.30	Keynote 4: Youth, aesthetics, and visual cultural education - Kevin Tavin
12.15	Lunch
13.30	Subsessions: 5. Youth policy, youth culture and cultural education 6. Innovation in education and cultural education 7. Citizenship and cultural education 8. Educational role of teachers and educators
16.15	Reaction from some EU officials and members of the 'Open Method of Coordination in EU Cultural Policy' (OMC), Working Group on synergies between culture and education of the European Commission.
17.00	Closing of conference by conference chairman and concluding remarks by the Dutch Minister Ronald Plasterk
17.30	Closing reception