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SPCL/SCL/ACBLPE 2004 Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

11-15 August 2004

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International Joint Conference for Creole Languages
including the SPCL-SCL-ACBLPE

World Trade Center, Curaçao, The Netherlands Antilles

Organized by the Foundation for Language Planning (FPI), in cooperation with the Netherlands Antilles National Commission of UNESCO and the Kolegio Erasmo Skol Humanista na Papiamentu, of Curaçao.

Tuesday 10 August

17:00 Arrival of Conference delegates

18:00-20:00 Welcome reception

20:00 - 21:30 Dinner for Executive Board members

Wednesday 11 August

8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast for delegates at Hotels
9:00 Registration open at the World Trade Center venue Secretariat

9:00 - 10:00 Main Auditorium
Opening of Conference by the Lt. Governor
Speakers: Minister for Culture and Education
FPI Director; UNESCO representative, Kolegio Erasmo
representative, President of the SPCL, President of the SCL,
President of ACBLPE
Cultural performance
(Local print/TV media invited)

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00 Session IA (meeting room A)

10:30 - 12:00 Session IB (meeting room B)

Three 20 min. papers per session -- Excl. discussion and questions at the end of each session (30 min. total)

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13.30 - 15.00 Session IIA (Meeting Room A)

13.30 - 15.00 Session IIB (Meeting Room B)

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:00 Session IIIA (Meeting Room A)

15:30 - 17:00 Session IIIB (Meeting Room B)

19:30 - 21:30 Cultural Event

Thursday 12 August

8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast for delegates at Hotels

9:00 - 10:00 Session IV (Main Auditorium)

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00 Session V (Main Auditorium)

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13.30 - 15.00 Session VIA (Meeting Room A)

13.30 - 15.00 Session VIB (Meeting Room B)

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:00 Session VIIA (Meeting Room A)

15:30 - 17:00 Session VIIB (Meeting Room B)

Friday 13 August

8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast for delegates at Hotels

9:00 - 10:00 Session VIIIA (Meeting Room A)

9:00 - 10:00 Session VIIIB (Meeting Room B)

9:00 - 10:00 Session VIIIC (Meeting Room C)

10:30 - 13:00 Field excursion to Kolegio Erasmo Papiamentu school, with boxed lunch provided

13.30 - 15.00 Session IXA (Meeting Room A)

13.30 - 15.00 Session IXB (Meeting Room B)

13:30 - 15:00 Session IXC (Meeting Room C)

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:00 Session XA (Main Auditorium)

15:30 - 17:00 Session XB (Meeting Room A)

19:00- 20:00 Cocktail Reception

20:00 - 22:00 Optional Banquet Dinner

Saturday 14 August

8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast for delegates at Hotels

9:00 - 12:00 Colloquium on Creole Literature (Main Auditorium)

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00 Session XIA (Meeting Room A)

10:30 - 12:00 Session XIB (Meeting Room B)

12:00 - 13: 30 Lunch

13:30 - 17:00 Colloquium on the Survival of Creole Languages (Main Auditorium) [this session with public participation invited]

17:00 - 17:30 Official Closing Ceremonies of the Conference

19:30 - 21:30 Closing Reception for SPCL-SCL-ACBLPE Delegates

Sunday 15 August
SPCL-SCL-ACBLPE

8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast for delegates at Hotels

8:45 - 12:00 Island Tour for SPCL-SCL-ACBLPE delegates (optional costs), visitation to UNESCO World Heritage Site of Willemstad, Western Curaçao countryside and Plantation houses.

Monday 16 August

8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast for delegates at Hotels

Departure of the delegates

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