Program
23 July – Day 1
16:00 – 16:30
Welcome words
Miquel Roselló, President of the Fòrum Soberanista.
Xabier Macías, President of the Coppieters Foundation.
Ana Pontón, BNG National Spokesperson.
16:20 – 16:40
Brief historical-political contextualisation of Galicia and its national movement by Ruben Cela, President of the Galiza Sempre Foundation.
16:40 – 18:00
Energy sovereignty today
“The Mexican experience of energy sovereignty” by Citlalli Hernández. Secretary General of MORENA, Senator for the state of Mexico and co-author of the Mexican Energy Reform Law.
“For a just energy transition” by Fernando Branco, former employee of ENDESA and former member of the Galician parliament for BNG. Member of the Vidán group of energetic studies.
Moderation by Floren Aoitz, Iratzar Fundazioa.
18:00 – 19:00
Workshop & Working groups
18:00 to 19:00 – Workshop
19:00 to 19:30 – Presentation of the findings of the working groups
19:30 – 20:00 – Break
20:00 – 21:30
Lecture “Old Unresolved National Conflicts in a New World Order”
Nithya Nagarajan. Activist and representative of the Union of the Unemployed of Palestine.
Fatma Mehdi. Minister of Cooperation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Feleknas Uca. Deputy Secretary of the HDP, Member of Parliament and representative to the Council of Europe.
Moderation by Marta Cid, Fundació Josep Irla.
21:30
Dinner
Place: Comedor del Colexio Maior Rodríguez Cadarso
24 July – Day 2
09:30 – 11:00
Lecture “Debate on Digitalisation”
“The consequences of digitalisation in the job market” by Paulo Carril. Secretary General of the CIG.
“Ethical implications and social control of new technologies” by Iratxe Esnaola (PhD in Computer Engineering, lecturer at the University of Deusto and ICT specialist.
“From fake news to mass espionage. New technologies and attacks on democracy” by Tania Díaz. Journalist, member of the National Assembly of Venezuela and lecturer at the International University of Communications LAIUCOM.
Moderation by Ester Rocabeyla, Intersindical -CSC.
Session will be followed by a debate and Q&A.
Place: Campus Sur da USC
11:00
Workshop and working groups
12:15
Coffee Break
12:45
Keynote speech: A world in transformation
Andres Piqueras. Sociology and antropology professor at Universitat Jaume I.
Moderation by Sandra Llano, Alternatiba Foundation.
14:30
Lunch
Place: Comedor del Colexio Maior Rodríguez Cadarso
18:00
SIDE ACTIVITY / Homage to Castelao and Rosalía De Castro
Place: San Domingos de Bonaval
22:00
SIDE ACTIVITY / “Festigal” concerts
Place: Campus Sur da USC
Performances: Bratzantifa / A Banda da Loba / Tanxugueiras / Familia Caamagno
25 July – Day 3
11:00
Group picture
Place: Estatua de Rosalía de Castro (Alameda de Santiago)
12:00 – 14:00
SIDE ACTIVITY / Demonstration for the Galician National Day
Departure from Praza da Quintana (end of the demonstration to the Festigal).
15:00
Lunch
Place: Carpa Carballeira de Santa Susana
16:30 – 18:30
The extreme right and democracy
“The advance of the extreme right in Europe” by Idoia Arreaza. Political scientist at the University of Valencia, specialised in the advance of fascism in Southern Europe.
Ángeles Diez. PhD in Political Science and Sociology from the Complutense University. Member of the Frente Antimperialista Internacionalista FAI.
Joana Mortágua. Member of the National Secretariat of Bloco de Esquerda and member of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic.
Moderation by Xosé Lois Rivera, Moncho Reboiras Foundation.
18:30
Towards a Europe of the Peoples
Ana Miranda, Head of International Relations of the BNG and Spokesperson in Brussels.
Sinn Fein representative (TBC)
Stephen Gethins, Professor of Practice at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews of Scotland.
Mertxe Aizpurua. Member of the Spanish congress for EH-Bildu.
Moderation by Rubén Cela, Galiza Sempre Foundation.
Practicalities:
When: 23, 24 and 25 July 2022
Where: Santiago de Compostela
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