The Ulysses Conference

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THE ULYSSES CONFERENCE

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT – BRUSSELS

12th -13th  November
PHS Building, P4 B001 [12^th] / P3 C050 [13^th]

PROGRAMME
Monday, 12th of November, PHS 4B001

14:15 Buffet lunch 15:00

I - Introduction - What is the Ulysses Project?

Rui Tavares, Member of the European Parliament, Portugal

II - 10 years of crisis - The cases of Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain 

Speakers:

• Savvas Rompolis, Director of the Labour Institute of the General Confederation of Greek workers, Greece
• Eugenia Pires, Economist, SOAS University of London, Portugal
• Pasqualina Napoletano, former MEP / Sinistra Ecologia Libertà, Italy
• Joaquin Nieto, Director of ILO Office, Spain

Debate 16:30 Coffee break 17:00 - 18:30 

III - 10 years to relaunch Europe

 1. Regional development in the Great Depression: the Tennessee Valley Authority        Rui Tavares, Member of the European Parliament, Portugal  2. A Green transition        Nikos Chrysogelos, Member of the European Parliament, Greece  3. Cohesion: EU’s lost pillar        Stuart Holland, University of Coimbra, UK Debate

Tuesday, 13th of November, PHS 3C050

09:00

IV - Working sessions

 1. Development, welfare, social cohesion, with:         Nikitas Kanakis, President of Medecins du Monde, Greece
        Sandro Mendonça, ISCTE, Portugal  2. Governance, transparency and justice         Pedro Bacelar de Vasconcelos, University of Minho, Portugal
        Grigoris Tsaltas, Dean of Panteion University, Greece 3. Democracy, civil society and participation         Eleni Takou, Hellenic League for human rights, Greece
        Joana Gomes Cardoso, Amnesty International, Portugal
        Giovanni Melogli, International Alliance of Journalists, Italy Debate 11:00 Coffee break 11:30

V - Ulysses Project: The Network, A development model, The Campaign

• Raul Romeva
• Nikos Chrysogelos
• Rui Tavares

Debate 13:00 Closing hour 13:15 Buffet Lunch