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With
only
7 days
left
before
the International
Conference
on LGBT
Human
Rights,
you’ll
have
to register
soon! There
are still
a few
spots
left.
Register
now! |
|
Day
passes
are equally
available
for those
wishing
to assist
one or
several
Conference
events.
More
details
here >> |
Presented
by the 1st World
Outgames Montréal
2006, the International
Conference on Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender (LGBT)
Human Rights will
take place at the
Palais des congrès
de Montréal
(Québec,
Canada) from 26
to 29 July 2006!
Close
to 40 internationally-renowned
keynote speakers
from all over the
world have confirmed
their participation,
including Louise
Arbour (United
Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights,
Martina Navratilova
(winner of 18 Grand
Slam titles in
Women’s Singles
Tennis), and Vladimir Špidla
(Commissioner for
Employment, Social
Affairs and Equal
Opportunities,
European Commission). For
a complete list
of speakers, as
well as the plenary
sessions during
which they will
present, click
here.
Almost
200 workshops will
be presented (40
simultaneously!)
during the five
workshops sessions
that will take
place Thursday,
27 July (AM-PM),
Friday, 28 July (AM-PM)
and Saturday, 29
July (AM). For
example:
TITLE
: Always
a Bridesmaid,
Never
a Groom,
a one
woman
comedy
show |
SCHEDULE:
Friday,
28 July, 14:00
- 15:30 |
ROOM:
516-B |
LANGUAGE:
English |
SPEAKER: Robin
Tyler, Gay
Comic (Canada)
|
TITLE
: Openly
LGBT
Politicians |
SCHEDULE:
Friday,
28 July, 11:00
- 12:30 |
ROOM:
516-B |
LANGUAGES:
English
and French |
SPEAKERS:
- Svend
Robinson,
First
openly
gay
Politician
in
Canada
(Canada)
- Agnès
Maltais, Deputy,
National
Assembly
of
Québec
(Québec,
Canada)
- Georgina
Beyer,
The
world's
first
transsexual
Member
of
Parliament
(New
Zealand)
- Epsy
Campbell,
Member,
Legislative
Assembly
(Costa
Rica)
- Ulrike
Lunacek,
Co-Spokesperson,
European
Green
Party
and
MP
(Austria)
- Volker
Beck,
Member,
German
Bundestag
(Germany)
- Oras
Tynkkynen, Member, Parliament
of
Finland (Finland)
|
*
The complete workshop
list with descriptions
will be available
online.
The
Conference will
also present, in
addition to the
plenary sessions
and regular workshops,
two sub-conferences
entitled Workers
Out! and Out for
Business, as well
as two series of
workshops, Out
in the Sport and
Out in the World.
Workers
Out!
Sixteen workshops
will be held within
this sub-conference.
For example:
| TITLE
: Twinning
between “First
World” and “Third
World” Trade
Unions
about LGBT
Policies |
SCHEDULE:
Thursday,
27 July,11:00
- 12:30 |
ROOM:
510-D |
LANGUAGES:
English,
French and Spanish |
SPEAKERS:
- Michael
Butler,
Canadian
Union
of
Public
Employees
(Canada)
- Michiel
Odijk,
ABVAKABO
(Netherlands)
- Jocelio
Drummond,
ISP
(Brazil)
|
*
For more information,
please consult
the «Workers
Out» section.
Out
for Business
Fifteen workshops
will be held within
this sub-conference.
For example::
TITLE
: Financing
Your
Business:
Challenges
and Solutions
for Developing
and Expanding
Your
Enterprise |
SCHEDULE:
Thursday,
27 July, 11:00
-12:30 |
ROOM:
511-D |
LANGUAGE:
English |
SPEAKER:
- Mark
Ng,
Diverse
Growth
Segments,
LGBT
Segment,
Wells
Fargoo
- Marielle
Dupéré,
President,
Canaztec,
CCGQ
Board
Member
(Québec,
Canada)
- Lord
Waheed
Alli, Businessman & Member
of
the
House
of
Lords
(United
Kingdom)
- Walter
Schubert,
CEO,
Gay
Financial
Network,
NYSE
Member,
NGLCC
Board
Member
(United
States)
|
*
For more information,
please consult
the «Out
for Business».
Out
In Sport
Ten workshops will
be held within this
series, Out in Sport.
For example:
TITLE
: In
Search
of Role
Models: How
to Eradicate
Homophobic
Barriers
in Pro
Sport |
SCHEDULE:
Friday,
28 July, 14:00
- 15:30 |
ROOM:
514-B |
LANGUAGE:
English |
SPEAKERS:
- Mac
Chinsomboon,
President,
Gay & Lesbian
Athletics
Foundation
(USA)
- Roger
G.
Le
Blanc, University
of
Otago
(New
Zealand)
- Tatjana
Eggeling, Institute
of
Cultural
Anthropology/European
Ethnology
(Germany)
- Tanja
Walther, Former
Soccer
Player
with
Turbine
Potsdam,
(Germany)
- Simon
Sermon,
Pro
Wrestler
(USA)
- Tyler
Hoffman,
Former
Professional
Umpire,
Gay & Lesbian
Athletes
Association
(Canada)
|
*
For workshop descriptions, click
here.
Out
in the World
Twenty workshops
will be presented
in the Out in the
World series of workshops.
For example:
TITLE: Engaging
Effectively
at the
UN: UN
Reform,
Strategies
and Entry-Points |
SCHEDULE:
Thursday,
27 July, 14:00
- 15:30 |
ROOM:
516-D |
LANGUAGES:
English
and French |
SPEAKERS:
- Philip
Dayle, International
Commission
of
Jurists
(Jamaica/Switzerland)
- Philipp
Braun,
Co-Secretary
General,
ILGA-World
(Germany)
- Chris
Sidoti,
Director,
International
Service
for
Human
Rights
(Switzerland)
- John
Fisher,
Co-Director,
ARC
International
(Switzerland)
- Gloria
Careaga, El
Closet
de
Sor
Juana (Mexico)
- Melinda
Ching-Simon,
Assistant
to
the
UN
Special
Representative
on
Human
Rights
Defenders
(Switzerland)
|
*
For a list of workshops,
click here. cliquer
ici.
In
addition, six films
will be presented
during two screenings
on Thursday,
27 July and Friday,
28 July at 7:00
PM.
The
Conference Team
eagerly awaits
you in Montréal! |
