EHP Congress 2019

!!REGISTRATIONS CLOSED!!

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International EHP Congress Bruges (4-6 October 2019)

‘Expressing humanist values in Education, Chaplaincy and Ceremonies’

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programme:

Friday October 4 

12h00 -13h45:

Registration and Lunch

 14h00 – 14h10:

Opening words by Prof.dr. Freddy Mortier (President deMens.nu)

 14h00 – 14h15u

Musical Intermezzo

  14h15 – 15h15:

The art of living together, a plea for pluralistic humanism (Prof.dr. Hans Alma)

15h15 – 15h30:

Coffee + music

15h30 – 16h30:

How can you use art to promote humanistic values in your field of work?

Every session is guided by an expert.

Chaplaincy:  NL: Bianca Lugten UVH

Ceremonies: UK: Isabel Russo:

Education: Flandres : Jan Van Vaek /Eline Ouwendijk

16h30 – 16h45:

Coffee – cake

16h50 – 18h15:

Methodologies for shaping humanist expression in your fields of work

18h15 – 19h00:

Walk to the Town hall met begeleiding Anne-Flor

20.00u:

Reception Town hall Reception Town hall

21h00:

Dinner

 

Saturday October 5

9h00 – 9h30:

Coffee – Foyer

Cultural diversity/ philosophy of life. How to deal with cultural diversity and life stance?

09h30-10h05:

Introduction + Film Aatos 

10h05-10h50:

Lecture by dr.  Christophe Busch (Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide )

10h50-11h20:

practical tools/solutions

11h20 – 11h40:

Coffee

11h40 – 15h30:

Inspiration festival – best practice part 1

Different Sessions – both general and specific focussing on relevant work domains

How do you introduce humanistic values (practice): Ted talks

 13h00- 14h00:

Lunch

14h00 – 15h30:

Inspiration festival- best practices  part 2

15h30:

Free time

19h00:

Dinner

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Sunday October 6

 10h00 – 11h00:

Visit to Groeninghe Museum   “Flemish Primitives art + questions of meaning

Museumbezoek Groeninghe ‘Vlaamse primitieven’

11h30 – 12h25:

Humanist values in a changing  world (Andrew Copson, president of the Humanists International

12h30 – 13h00:

Closing words

Neil Anderson, chair EHP

*Reception  *drink   *lunch

There will be an informal meeting at the venue for those arriving on Thursday 3 October (19h00 – …)

 

Acommodations info:

The venue of the conference  is not hotel based. The address is Hauwerstraat nr 3, 8000 Bruges. Very nearby is the train station, concert hall  and a location that is called ‘t Zand. Next door (!) is a medium priced NH Hotel, but booking sites will offer also cheaper and more luxury places in the vicinity of the congress venue, and of course there is always Airbnb.

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!!SPECIAL OFFER:

Attendees of the EHP congres can also join the conference ‘Entangled Humanism. Rethinking humanity in the face of social and ecological concerns’ (Brussels, 7-8 October) for FREE

All info and registrations at https://entangledhumanism.com