Sunday, September 29th, 2013
4:00 p.m. Welcome:
Dr Wilhelm Krull, Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation
From Hegemony to Partnership – Europe and the World
Chair: Professor Jürgen Osterhammel, University of Konstanz, Germany
4:15 p.m. Keynote:
Professor John Darwin, Nuffield College, Oxford University, United Kingdom
Statements and Discussion:
The Indian Perspective
Professor Gita Dharampal-Frick, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany
The African Perspective
Professor Kirsten Rüther, Department of African Studies, University of Vienna, Austria
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Public Lecture:
Professor Kenichi Mishima, Professor for Social and Contemporary Philosophy, Tokyo Keizai University
8:00 p.m. Get together
Monday, September 30th, 2013
The Global Economy – People and Money
9:30 a.m. Keynote:
Professor Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute, China
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. Statements and Discussion:
Dr Paul Fokam, Director and Founder, Afriland Development Bank
The Modern Market Economy: How does Europe stand?
Professor Richard Pomfret, Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
Negotiating Culture - Migration and Integration
Chair: Professor Dietmar Rothermund, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany
2:00 p.m. Keynote:
Professor Han Entzinger, Department of Sociology of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
3:00 p.m. Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. Statements and Discussion:
Tamar Jacoby, Writer, New York, USA
Professor Wei Shen, Associate Dean for China, ESSCA, Paris/Shanghai, France/China
5:30 p.m. Coffee Break
6:00 p.m. Keynote: A new vision of Europe
Professor Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Colégio S. Jerónimo, Coimbra, Portugal
7:00 p.m. Dinner
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
Concepts of Global Order and International Relations
Chair: Professor Paul Scheffer, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands
9:30 a.m. Keynote:
Professor Zaki Laїdi, Centre d'études européennes, SciencesPo, Paris, France
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. Statements and Discussion:
Professor Eva Erman, Political Philosopher, University of Stockholm
Professor Chun Ding, Director, Centre for European Studies, Shanghai Fudang University, China
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
Closing Keynote
1:30 p.m. Science in a Globalized World
Professor Kapil Raj, Centre Alexandre Koyré for the History of Science, Paris, France
2:15 p.m. Closing remarks
Dr Wilhelm Krull, Secretary General, Volkswagen Foundation, Germany
2:30 p.m. End of Conference