First EUROSEAS Conference Programme

Wednesday, 28 June

15.00 - 17.00:Board meeting at the KITLV

Thursday, 29 June

9.00 - 17.00
Registration in the central University facilities building (Cleveringaplaats No 1)

10.00
Welcoming of the participants in the reception room of the Great University Hall, Rapenburg No 73 (coffee)

11.00
Opening of the conference in the Great University Hall:
* Welcoming of the participants by Prof. Thommy Svensson, Chairman of the EUROSEAS Board and Director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies in Copenhagen. * Opening speech by keynote speaker Dr Ir W.M.M. Ritzen, Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Sciences.
* Addres by Prof. Peter Boomgaard, Secretary of the EUROSEAS Board and Director of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology (KITLV) in Leiden, giving details about the conference.

12.00 - 13.30
Lunch in the University restaurant (Kaiserstraat No 25)

14.00 - 17.00
First panel session with tea break

17.00 - 18.30
Reception in "Het Arsenaal" with gamelan music (Arsenaalstraat No 1)

Friday, 30 June

9.00 - 12.00
Panel session with coffee break

12.30 - 13.30
Lunch in University restaurant

14.00 - 17.00
Panel session with tea break

17.00 - 18.00
EUROSEAS General Meeting at Cleveringaplaats No 1

18.30 - ...
Conference dinner in "Het Arsenaal"

Saturday, 1st July

9.00 - 12.30
Panels closing session

A Book of Abstracts will be available at the registration desk. The panel convenors can give more details about the distribution of papers, deadlines and the panel sessions. If you have any other questions, contact Ageeth van der Veen at the Secretariat, telephone: +31-71-272295.