Programme


Thursday, February 15, 2007

17.00 – 18.00 Welcome and registration
18.00 – 18.30 Opening
Drs. Johan Surkyn, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Prof. dr. Benjamin Van Camp, Rector Vrije Universiteit Brussel
18.30 – 19.00 Laudatio for Prof. dr. Ron Lesthaeghe
Prof. dr. Frans Willekens (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic
Institute and University Groningen)
19.00 – 19.30 Demographic Innovations and the Geography of Willingness
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Prof. dr. Ron Lesthaeghe
19.30 – 20.30 Drink and Press meeting


Friday, February 16, 2007

08.30 – 09.00 Coffee
09.00 Session opening
SESSION I
09.10 – 09.50 Keynote I - Inequality in health and mortality
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Prof. dr. Alberto Palloni (University of Wisconsin)
09.50 – 10.10 Discussion panel I
Dr. Vladimir Shkolnikov (Max Planck Institute of Demography,
Rostock)
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Prof. dr. Guillaume Wunsch (Université Catholique de Louvain)
10.10 – 10.30 Coffee break
SESSION II
10.30 – 11.10 Keynote II - Long term fertility trends
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Dr. Tomas Sobotka (Vienna Institute of Demography)
11.10 – 11.30 Discussion panel II
Prof. dr. Dick Van de Kaa (Netherlands Interdisciplinary
Demographic Institute)
Prof. dr. Jan Van Bavel (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
SESSION III
11.30 – 12.10 Keynote III - International migration: trends and perspectives
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Prof. dr. Michel Poulain (Université Catholique de Louvain)
12.10 – 12.30 Discussion panel III
Dr. Alphonse MacDonald (formerly United Nations Population Fund)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch break
SESSION IV
14.00 – 14.40 Keynote IV - Ideational change and demography in the 21st century
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Prof. dr. Aart Liefbroer (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demography
Institute and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
14.40 – 15.00 Discussion Panel IV
Prof. dr. Francesco Billari (Bocconi University, Milano)
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Prof. dr. Bruno Schoumaker (Université Catholique de Louvain)
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15.00 – 15.20 Coffee
SESSION V
15.20 – 16.00 Keynote V - Ageing Europe: 21st century implications
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Prof. dr. Emily Grundy (London School of Hygiene & Tropical
Medicine)
16.00 – 16.20 Discussion panel V
Prof. dr. Harry P. van Dalen (Netherlands Interdisciplinary
Demographic Institute)
Dr. Ronald Schoenmaeckers (Studiedienst van de Vlaamse Regering)
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16.20 – 16.45 Final conclusions
Prof. dr. John Hobcraft (University of York)
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17.00  Drink

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