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As disclosed at the beginning of December 2013, the Presidency of the Republic decided to celebrate the 40th anniversary of April 25th 1974 with an International Conference which will have as its theme the Routes of April, focused upon the Spirit of Democracy, the Culture of Commitment and the Challenges of Development.
Held within the scope of the Routes to the Future initiative, launched in 2012 by the President of the Republic, this will be the third international conference intended to develop conceptual thoughts concerning the great challenges that are placed to Portuguese society. In 2014, and celebrating April in its 40th anniversary, the Portuguese will be asked to reflect on the new paths which are intended to be tread, in order to materialize the spirit that presided at the institution of democracy in Portugal.
The model of the conference will retain the recourse to the confrontation of perspectives of those who, from abroad, view Portugal and of those who, in the country, have developed innovative and prospective thought on the issues facing Portuguese society. As such, each panel will contain a foreign guest and a Portuguese guest, who will approach the three topical nuclei, identified here by the Routes of April: Democracy, Commitment and Development.
The International Conference “Portugal, Routes of April”, will be held on 9 and 10 May next, in the auditorium of the Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon.
Following is the Conference Programme:
PROGRAMME
9 May
15:00 - Opening session
Leonor Beleza, President of the Champalimaud Foundation
João Lobo Antunes, Commissioner of the Routes to the Future Conferences
Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of the Republic
15:20 – Opening Statement
António Ramalho Eanes, former President of the Republic
12:40 – DEMOCRACY: Towards a new citizenship
Chairman: António Vitorino, former European Commissioner
Yasemin Soysal, University of Essex
Marina Costa Lobo, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
17:00 – Interval
17:30 – COMMITMENT: Towards a new political culture
Chairman: Fátima Bonifácio, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
Manuel Braga da Cruz, Portuguese Catholic University
José Maria Magone, Berlin School of Economics and Law
19:00 - End of session
10 May
09:30 – DEVELOPMENT: Moderness and the knowledge society
Chairman: Maria da Graça Carvalho, Member of the European Parliament
Peter Wagner, ICREA-Instituició Catalan de Recerci i Estudis Avançats, Universitat de Barcelona
Eduardo Marçal Grilo, former Minister of Education
10:45 – Interval
11:15 – DEVELOPMENT: Innovation, sustainability and competitiveness
Chairman: Carlos Costa Governor of the Bank of Portugal
Dominique Foray, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Francisco Veloso, Portuguese Catholic University – Lisbon Catholic School of Business & Economics
12:15 – Closing Session
Aníbal Cavaco Silva, President of the Republic
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