Agenda

Nordica Hotel, Reykjavík

Sunday, 28 August 2005

10.00-16.00

Excursion (for those who arrive on Saturday)

18.00-20.00

Welcome reception at Museum Ásmundarsafn

Monday, 29 August 2005

08.30-9.00

Coffee and Registration

09.00-9.15

Welcome - Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister of Education, Science and Culture

09.15-9.30

Opening remarks - Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland 1980-1996

09.30-9.40

Message from UNESCO: Role of Women in Cultural Understanding - Katérina Stenou, Director, Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue

09.40-9.50 Entertainment

09.50-10.10

Women’s Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap, World Economic Forum - Cherie Booth QC

10.10-10.30

Coffee Break

10.30-11.00

Brief interventions from Ministers

11.00-12.00

Discussion

12.00-13.30

Lunch

13.30-13.40

Entertainment

13.40-14.00

Women’s Cultural Rights Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development and Peace

14.00-15.10

Discussion

15.10-15.30

Coffee Break

15.30-16.45

Discussion

16.45-17.00

Discussion summary

19.30

Dinner at Perlan Restaurant, hosted by the Prime Minister of Iceland, Halldór Ásgrímsson

Tuesday, 30 August

09.00-9.20

Gender, Globalisation and Tourism Cultures - Dr. Annette Pritchard, Director of the Welsh Centre of Tourism Research, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff

09.20-10.50

Discussion

10.50-11.10

Coffee Break

11.10-11.30

Networking – Laura Liswood, Secretary General, Council of Women World Leaders

11.30-11.45

Final comment, summary and remarks; Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdottir, Minister of Education, Science and Culture

11.45-14.00

Visit and lunch at the National Museum of Iceland