PROGRAMME

Wednesday 7 May

• Evening Debate: ‘Do We Need Stereotypes?’

• 19:30 > doors | 20:00 > start | 22:00 > reception
• Opening and welcome by Paul Van Cauwenberge, Rector Ghent University
• Moderator: Siegfried Bracke
• Invited Speakers:
  • Jozef De Witte, Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism
  • Jasdev Singh Rai, Sikh Human Rights Group
  • S.N. Balagangadhara, Ghent University
  • Sami Zemni, Ghent University

Thursday 8 May

• Stereotypes and the South Asian Culture
• Focus on Education and Politics

• 09:30 | Opening and welcome by Freddy Mortier, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Ghent University and B.S. Sherigara, Vice-Chancellor Kuvempu University

• 10:00 | General introduction on the Asia-Link team's hypothesis on stereotypes by S.N. Balagangadhara

• 10:30 | Presentations
• Invited Speakers:
  • Kristof Leue, Producer W@=D@
  • Syed Bari, Kuvempu University
  • Purushothama Bilimale, American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Martin Fárek, University of Pardubice
  • Aleš Prázný, University of Pardubice
  • Tomáš Bubík, University of Pardubice

• 14:00 | Recommendations on stereotypes for the educational sector and for Belgian, European and South Asian politics: plenary discussion and parallel working sessions

Friday 9 May

• Stereotypes and the South Asian Culture
• Focus on Business
• With support of the Belgo-Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry

• 09:30 | Opening and welcome by Uday Kumar, Registrar Kuvempu University

• 10:00 | Presentations
• Invited Speakers:
  • Subrahmanya B.K., Pearlite Liners Pvt. Ltd.
  • Deva Rangarajan, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
  • Franky Van Doren, ECU-Line
  • Nele De Gersem, EC Asia-Link Project Manager

• 14:00 | Recommendations on stereotypes for the business
  sector: plenary discussion and parallel working sessions

• 17:00 > doors | 17:30 > debate | 19:00 > reception
• ‘Corruption: What is the problem?’
• Moderator: Bart Haeck, De Tijd
• Invited Speakers:
  • Sri Kaushik Mukherjee, Government of Karnataka
  • S.N. Balagangadhara, Ghent University
  • Marc De Clercq, Ghent University
  • Raj Mehta, Rosy Blue Group

Saturday 10 May

• Stereotypes and the South Asian Culture
• Focus on Development and Conflict Resolution
• Jointly organised with the Conflict Research Group, Ghent University

• 09:30 | Opening and welcome

• 10:00 | Presentations
• Invited Speakers:
  • Gie Goris, Chief Editor MO* Magazine
  • Dunkin Jalki, EC Asia-Link DEVHAS researcher
  • Shanmukha Armugam, EC Asia-Link DEVHAS researcher
  • Boris Iarochevitch, European Commission - EuropeAid Co-operation Office
  • Koen Vlassenroot, Ghent University

• 14:00 | Recommendations on stereotypes for the development and conflict resolution sector: plenary discussion and parallel working sessions

• 17:00 | Closing reception