Congress Program

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  Sunday
May 10, 2009		 Monday
May 11, 2009		 Tuesday
May 12, 2009		 Wednesday
May 13, 2009		 Thursday
May 14, 2009
  Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition  
8:30 Parallel Activities - Educational Visits - Excursions Keynote Speakers Opening Thematic Niches (oral presentations, round tables, workshops)
Symposium
Political Forum
NGO Forum
CinEE		 Thematic Niches (oral presentations, round tables, workshops)
Symposium
NGO Forum
CinEE		 Parallel Activities - Educational Visits - Excursions

Association Meetings and Networking
10:00 Break Break
10:30 Break Thematic Niches (oral presentations, round tables, workshops)
Symposium
Political Forum
NGO Forum
CinEE		 Thematic Niches (oral presentations, round tables, workshops)
Symposium
Political Forum
NGO Forum
CinEE
11:00 Opening of Niche Plenary Sessions
12:00 Lunch Lunch
Association Meetings and Networking		 Lunch
Association Meetings and Networking
Keynote Speakers
13:30 Thematic Niches (oral presentations, workshops)
Symposium
CinEE		 Thematic Niches (oral presentations, round tables, workshops)
Symposium
Political Forum
NGO Forum
CinEE		 Wrap-up Plenaries:
Thematic Niches
NGO Forum
15:00 Break Break Break
15:30 Opening Session and Keynote Speaker Opening Session of NGO Forum Thematic Niches (oral presentations, round tables, workshops)
Symposium
CinEE		 Thematic Niches (oral presentations, round tables, workshops)
Symposium
Political Forum
NGO Forum
CinEE		 Closing session and congress wrap-up
17:00 Poster Session Symposium Poster Session Closing Event and Reception
17:30    
18:00 Welcome Reception
19:00 Association Meetings and Networking    
19:30   Eco-Show  
20:00 Festival of Environmental Storytelling Festival of Environmental Storytelling Festival of Environmental Storytelling
20:30   Festival of Environmental Storytelling
21:30

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Time | Session Number | Session Language | Thematic Niche
Subtheme
Moderator

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Presenter(s)/Organizer(s), Collaborator(s)

Sunday, May 10, 2009

8:30 - 15:30 | Parallel Activities - Educational Tours - Excursions

15:30 - 18:00 | Opening Session and Keynote Speaker

Opening Session and Keynote Speaker
Stephen Lewis

L'Arsenal's The Ark
After welcome words from Congress organizers and a vibrant and inspiring keynote address by Stephen Lewis, enjoy a feast of sight and sound with L'Arsenal's The Ark, a dance, acrobatics and multimedia show that focuses the spotlight on the fragile balance between humankind and nature in a hymn to biodiversity and to life! Through forms of expression that transcend language, this show stresses in powerful and symbolic terms the important responsibility incumbent upon each and every one of us to build a better world for tomorrow. Climb aboard The Ark to preserve, protect and celebrate the diversity of the world's species and its cultures!

18:00 - 20:30 | Welcome Reception