13:00 -> 14:00: registration and welcome participants symposium
14:00 -> 14:30: introduction by Lukas Pairon (initiator SIMM)
14:30 -> 15:30: presentation by Geoffrey Baker (UK): "El Sistema: Social (in)action through music”
15:30 -> 16:00: break
16:00 -> 17:00: presentation by Gilles Delebarre (France): “Démos, a cultural democratisation initiative oriented towards classical music"
17:00 -> 18:00: presentation by André De Quadros (India/USA): "Music and the Forgotten World - An Empowerment Model in the Violence of American Prisons"
18:00 -> 18:30: concert community orchestra Ledebirds (www.ledebirds.be / www.facebook.com/ledebirds)
(all presentations are given in English)
9:00: coffee and croissants
10:00 -> 11:00: presentation by François Matarasso (UK): "Music and social change - Intentions and outcomes"
11:00 -> 12:00: presentation of research proposals by participants to the SIMM-posium.
12:00 -> 12:30: Q & A
12:30 -> 13:30: lunchbreak
13:30 -> 14:30: presentation by Rachel Beckles Willson (UK): "Playing truth to Power"
14:30 ->
15:30: presentation by Gloria Patricia Zapata Restrepo (Colombia): "Music, resilience and social transformation"
15:30 -> 16:00: break
16:00 -> 17:00: presentation by Nabeel Aboud Ahskar Ahskar (Israel/Palestine): “Polyphony: bridging the divide between Arab and Jewish communities in Israel by creating a common ground through music"
17:00 -> 18:00: presentation by John Sloboda (UK): "What characteristics should music interventions have for effective social justice outcomes?"
19:45 -> 21:30: public debate around the subject of the symposium, open for general audience) - in collaboration with ‘wetenschapscafé’ (AUGent, Ghent University Association)
(all presentations are given in English)
10:00 -> 12:00: debate concerning research topics and methodology considered to be most important for the future research centre SIMM - (moderator: An De Bisschop)
12:00: end of first international SIMM-posium
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Location: Handelsbeurs, Kouter 29, 9000 Gent