19-21 sept 2006,
Uppsala, Sweden
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Thank you!
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Thank you all for making the forum such a wonderful event!
You may also want to look at some  photos.
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Programme
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Tuesday 19 September
From What Now? to What Next?
Challenges and Visions for Another Development.
A stirring opening with panels, music and food.
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Registration at Uppsala Castle |
| 18.00 |
Welcome and refreshments/light buffet |
18.45
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From What Now to What Next
Short presentations, music and a few surprises
An exposé of the work for alternatives over three decades.
New challenges and ways forward: What's ahead, What if, How next? Highlights from the What Next project.
Launching of the first What Next publications
Göran Hydén, Olle Nordberg, Niclas Hällström, Pat Mooney, Susan George, Joanna Kerr, Larry Lohmann, Praful Bidwai, Otto Cars and others... |
20.30-
21.00 |
What Music? Concert More info here |
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Wednesday 20 September
What’s ahead? – Parallel sessions
Participants can choose from sessions from three overarching themes that will run in parallel. More sessions and names will be added as they are ready to be announced. The time slot for each session may be altered as the programme evolves.
All sessions will allow for discussions and questions/comments from the audience. Building further on this, any participant can then suggest topics for continued, in-depth discussions on forward-looking topics in the open space workshops the following day.
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| 9.00 |
Plenary session |
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Coffee break |
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Parallel sessions (Morning) |
| 12.00 |
Lunch |
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Parallel sessions (Afternoon I) |
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Coffee break |
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Parallel sessions (Afternoon II) |
17.15-
19.30
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Drinks and light refreshments at the Dag Hammarskjöld Centre (Geijersgården, down the hill from the castle) |
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Thursday 21 September
‘What If?’ and ‘How Next?’
Searching for alternative futures and strategies for social change.
An Open Space meeting
It is very important that participants are on time!
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| 9.00 |
What if and How Next?
Reflections on the search for new strategies and ways forward. Instruction for Open Space group discussions. |
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Coffee available the whole time. Session groups decide on coffe breaks individually. |
10.30
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Parallel discussions (Session I) |
11.15-
14.15 |
Flexible Lunch time |
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Parallel discussions (Session II) |
| 14.30 |
Parallel discussions (Session III) |
16.30
17.00
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Plenary session: summing up...
What Music: Concluding performance |
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End of the Forum |
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The third day will be dedicated to a collective search for new visions and strategies. We want to give all participants the opportunity to engage in discussion on topics they feel particularly interesting and relevant, drawing on the unique, diverse, and experienced mix of participants that will be present. We want to collect and feed as many new ideas and perspectives into the What Next process as possible. And we want all participants to be engaged and active.
For this, we have chosen the format of Open Space, which is a surprisingly powerful and simple meeting form to engage a large group in an effective, stimulating and creative discussion around themes in need of collective action.
In an Open Space meeting participants, with the assistance of facilitators, create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around one central theme of strategic importance (see above). The Open Space meeting will give you the freedom to discuss, debate, choose, decide, and take action on those themes that are most important to you and to make new contacts for your networks around the issues which most engage you.
From every parallel session, there will be a written report describing the topic covered, attendees, findings, and recommendations. The reports will be written by the participants themselves and then photocopied and distributed to all at the end. Read more about Open Space
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Download programme
folder for the forum. |
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Download "Carbon trading – A critical conversation on climate change, privatisation and power". |
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Download the What Next Volume I: Setting the Context! (4.8 mb) |
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Critical reflections on development
