Conference Program
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July 23 - 24 2009
09.00 - 21.00 Conference registration at the Information Center, HC Andersen Slottet
Saturday, July 25 2009
09.00 - 21.00 Conference registration at the Information Center, HC Andersen Slottet
15.00 - 19.00 Opening of the Outcities Scenes:
Melbourne, Aarhus, Telv Aviv, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City and Antwerp
21.00 - 23.00 World Outgames Opening at the Town Hall Square
23.00 - 05.00 Grand Opening Party, Halvandet
Sunday, July 26 2009
09.00 - 21.00 Conference registration at the Information Center, HC Andersen Slottet
11.00 - 18.00 Run for Love, Amager Strandpark
Monday, July 27, 2009
07.00 - 09.00 Conference registration, Danish Radio Broadcasting Corporation's Concert Centre (DR)
09.00 - 10.30 Official Conference Opening Ceremony, DR Studio 1
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Rebeca Sevilla and Svend Robinson, Conference co-presidents
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Julia Applegate, Co-President of GLISA
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Uffe Elbaek, CEO World Outgames 2009
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Ritt Bjerregaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
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Axel Axgil, “Celebrating 20th Anniversary of Registered partnership act 1989”
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Keynote Speakers
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Virginia Apuzzo (US): Feminist, Activist and Politician, “Stonewall 40 years”
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John Amaechi (UK), Retired NBA player, Author and Amnesty International Ambassador, “Sport and LGBT”
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Regina Orozco (Mexico), Mexican mega star and diva celebrity |
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break, DR Foyer
11.00 - 12.30 Workshop session: Block 1, ITU & DR
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch, DR Foyer
13.30 - 15.00 Plenary 1: LGBT Activism: The Global Perspective, DR Studio 1
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Linda Freimane (Latvia), Conference Advisory Board Member, President of Mozaika and Board Member of ILGA Europe |
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Cleve Jones (US), Activist, advisor to Harvey Milk and founder of The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt
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Parvez Sharma (India/US), Director of the documentary "Jihad for Love" about LGBT and Islam
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Kemone Brown (Jamaica), young, lesbian activist
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Suk Hong (South Korea), Openly gay actor and comedian |
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break, DR Foyer
15.30 - 17.00 Workshop session: Block 2, ITU & DR
19.30 -21.30 Reception af Copenhagen City Hall
Tuesday, July 28 2009
09.00 - 10.30 Plenary 2: Making a Real Political Change: Out LGBT Politicians and our allies, DR Studion 1
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Svend Robinson (Canada), Conference Co-President
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Sunil Babu Pant (Nepal), Director of the Blue Diamond Society and the first openly gay member of Nepal’s Parliament
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Georgina Beyer (New Zealand), The first transsexual in the world to be elected Mayor and Member of Parliament
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Rogerio Sottili (Brazil), Deputy Minister and representative for Brazil’s Special Secretariat for Human Rights
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Belinda Pyke (UK/Belgium), Director of Equality between Men and Women, Action against Discrimination and Civil Society at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities |
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break, DR Foyer
11.00 - 12.30 Workshop session: Block 3, ITU & DR
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch, DR Foyer
13.30 - 15.00 Plenary 3: Our Rights, Our Differences: The Global and Diverse LGBT Community, DR Studio 1
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Robyn Ochs (US), Bisexual writer, activist and educator. Editor of "Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World" |
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Lawrence M. Mute (Kenya), Commissioner with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
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Rasha Moumneh (Lebanon/US), Researcher on the Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch
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Amaranta Gómez Regalado (Mexico), Muxhe indigenous zapoteca (transgender)
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Michelle Douglas (Canada), Human Rights activist |
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break, DR Foyer
15.30 - 17.00 Workshop session: Block 4, DR & ITU
17.30 - 19.00 “Workers Out” Reception at the Danish Confederation of Unions (LO), Islands Brygge 32D, 2300 Copenhagen S
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
09.00 - 10.30 Plenary 4: National, regional and international LGBT Human Rights: Our goals and how to get there, DR Studio 1
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Gloria Careaga (Mexico), Co-Secretary General for the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) |
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Marcela Sánchez Buitrago (Colombia), Director of Colombia Diversa
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Xu Bin (China), Director Common Language
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Morten Kjaerum (Denmark), Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
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Pascal Lépine (Canada), Secretary General of the International Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce |
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break, DR Foyer
11.00 - 12.30 Workshop session: Block 5, ITU & DR
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch, DR Foyer
13.30 - 15.00 Workshop session: Block 6, ITU & DR
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee break, DR Foyer
15.30 - 17.00 Closing Plenary: International LGBT Human Rights: Challenges ahead, DR Studio 1
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Paula Ettelbrick (US), Former Executive Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) |
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Marcia Kran, Director, Research and Right to Development Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Thomas Hammarberg (Sweden), Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe
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Vitit Muntarbhorn (Thailand), United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and co-chair The Yogyakarta Principles
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Fikile Vilakazi (South Africa), Director of Coalition of African Lesbians |
17.00 - 17.30 Copenhagen Catalogue of Good Practices - Launch by the Danish Institute for Human Rights
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Jonas Christoffersen, The Danish Institute for Human Rights |
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20.00 - 05.00 Conference Party: Fairy Ferry, Halvandet
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