{"id":712,"date":"2015-05-29T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T08:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/?page_id=712"},"modified":"2015-06-01T08:36:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T07:36:46","slug":"konference-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/?page_id=712","title":{"rendered":"Konference 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"color: #993300;\">International Conference in Copenhagen, March 14, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Panel-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Panel-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Panel-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panel debate from transform 2015. All photos on this page: Bettina Gram<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In March 2015 Transform!Danmark, for the fourth year in a row, hosted an international Transform conference in Copenhagen. The\u00a0purpose\u00a0of the conference was to\u00a0continue the debate\u00a0on the ecological and equitable alternatives\u00a0to mainstream economy\u00a0and thinking.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Speakers at the conference<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_724\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linn-Stalsberg.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-724\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-724 \" alt=\"Linn-Stalsberg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linn-Stalsberg.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linn-Stalsberg.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linn-Stalsberg-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Linn-Stalsberg-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linn Stalsberg<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_720\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tadzio-Muller.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-720\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-720\" alt=\"Tadzio-Muller\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tadzio-Muller-200x300.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tadzio-Muller-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tadzio-Muller-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tadzio M\u00fcller<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_721\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sukhgerel-Dugersuren.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-721\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-721 \" alt=\"Sukhgerel-Dugersuren\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sukhgerel-Dugersuren.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sukhgerel-Dugersuren.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sukhgerel-Dugersuren-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sukhgerel-Dugersuren-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sukhgerel Dugersuren<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_722\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Richard-Seymour.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-722\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-722 \" alt=\"Richard-Seymour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Richard-Seymour.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Richard-Seymour.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Richard-Seymour-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Richard-Seymour-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Seymour<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_723\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pablo-Solon.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-723\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-723 \" alt=\"Pablo-Solon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pablo-Solon.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pablo-Solon.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pablo-Solon-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pablo-Solon-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pablo Solon<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_725\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andreas-Karitzis.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-725\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-725 \" alt=\"Andreas-Karitzis\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andreas-Karitzis.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andreas-Karitzis.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andreas-Karitzis-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andreas-Karitzis-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andreas Karitzis<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_726\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Boaventura-de-Sousa-Santos.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-726 \" alt=\"Boaventura-de-Sousa-Santos\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Boaventura-de-Sousa-Santos.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Boaventura-de-Sousa-Santos.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Boaventura-de-Sousa-Santos-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Boaventura-de-Sousa-Santos-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boaventura de Sousa Santos<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_727\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jennifer-Franco.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-727\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-727 \" alt=\"Jennifer-Franco\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jennifer-Franco.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jennifer-Franco.jpg 2362w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jennifer-Franco-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jennifer-Franco-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Franco<\/p><\/div>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Presentations<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-style: normal;\"><strong>Pablo Solon<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Bolivia, Executive Director of Focus on the Global South<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-style: normal;\">Richard Seymour,<\/strong>\u00a0Great Britain, Marxist writer and broadcaster, political activist (<a style=\"font-style: normal;\" title=\"Presentation Richard Seymour\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Richard-Seymour-Anti-austerity-talk.pdf\">read presentation<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-style: normal;\">Tadzio M\u00fcller<\/strong>, Germany, Political Scientist, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation climate justice activist (<a style=\"font-style: normal;\" title=\"Presentation Tadzio M\u00fcller\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tadzio-m\u00fcller-Climate-Justice-and-Degrowth-a-tale-of-two-movements.pdf\">read presentation<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-style: normal;\">Sukhgerel Dugersuren<\/strong>, Mongolia, Executive Director of Oyu Tolgoi Watch, human rights and environmental defender (<a style=\"font-style: normal;\" title=\"PPP - Sukhgerel Dugersuren\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sukhgerel-Dugersuren-Impact-of-foreign-direct-investment-on-nomadic-culture-in-Mongolia.pdf\">see powerpoint<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-style: normal;\">Jennifer Franco<\/strong>, the Netherlands, Transnational Institute, Co-coordinator of TNI\u2019s Agrarian Justice work (<a style=\"font-style: normal;\" title=\"PPP Jennifer Franco\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jennifer-Franco-Building-the-land-and-water-pillar-of-food-sovereignty.pdf\">see powerpoint<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-style: normal;\">Boaventura de Sousa Santos<\/strong>,\u00a0Portugal, Professor of Sociology, University of Coimbra.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-style: normal;\">Andreas Karitzis,<\/strong>\u00a0Greece, Ph.D (Philosophy), Nicos Poulantzas Institute (<a style=\"font-style: normal;\" title=\"Presentation Andreas Karitzis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andreas-Karitzis-On-developing-alternatives-to-EU-neo-liberalism-and-austerity.pdf\">read presentation<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-style: normal;\">Linn Stalsberg<\/strong>, Norway, sociologist and writer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Programme<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-729 alignright\" alt=\"Key-Note-Speakers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Key-Note-Speakers-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Key-Note-Speakers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Key-Note-Speakers-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.transformdanmark.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Key-Note-Speakers-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>09:30-10:00 \u00a0 Registration and coffee\/tea \u00a0etc.<\/p>\n<p>10:00-10:15 \u00a0 Welcome<\/p>\n<p>10:15-11:00 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Pablo Solon<\/strong>, Bolivia, Executive Director of Focus on the Global South.<br \/>\n<strong>Confronting the Root Causes of Climate Change.<\/strong>\u00a0Why we need to build a global movement to confront capitalism, anthropocentrism and reclaim real democracy to guarantee the rights of humans and Mother Earth.<\/p>\n<p>11:00-11:45 \u00a0<strong>Richard Seymour,<\/strong>\u00a0Great Britain, Marxist writer and broadcaster, political activist.<br \/>\n<strong>From austerity to zero growth.<\/strong>\u00a0Since austerity appears to be an anti-growth policy, the left respond is by bringing to power pro-growth governments. This is a trap.\u00a0 Austerity is a short-term shock; growth remains the religion of capitalism.<\/p>\n<p>11:45-12:00 \u00a0 Coffee break<br \/>\n12:00-13:00 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Questions and debate.<\/strong><br \/>\n13:00-14:00 \u00a0 Lunch<\/p>\n<p>14:00-17:00 \u00a0Parallel seminars (including small coffee break 15:45-16:00 and questions and debate 16:00-17:00)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seminar 1: \u00a0\u00a0 Global environment and climate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tadzio M\u00fcller<\/strong>, Germany, Political Scientist, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation climate justice activist.<br \/>\nThe climate justice- and degrowth-movements are, on many levels, natural allies, seeing as that one has, what the other lacks: a set of strategic targets on the one hand, a social base in the global North on the other. Might their common focus be the fight against fossilistic capitalism?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sukhgerel Dugersuren<\/strong>, Mongolia, Executive Director of Oyu Tolgoi Watch, human rights and environmental defender.<br \/>\nOn how change in the natural environment due to human activity and resulting climate change can have devastating impact on those dependent; on natural resources and generally large segments of population in poor countries losing access to land and pure water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jennifer Franco<\/strong>, the Netherlands, Transnational Institute, Co-coordinator of TNI\u2019s Agrarian Justice work.<br \/>\nOn\u00a0food sovereignty and agrarian justice versus global land and water grabbing.<\/p>\n<p>15:45-16:00 \u00a0 Coffee break<br \/>\n16:00-17:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Questions and debate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seminar 2: Economic, social, and political developments and alternatives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boaventura de Sousa Santos<\/strong><b>,\u00a0<\/b>Portugal, Professor of Sociology, University of Coimbra.<br \/>\nLearning from the Anti-Imperial South: From Alternative Development to Alternatives to Development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andreas Karitzis,<\/strong>\u00a0Greece, Ph.D (Philosophy), Nicos Poulantzas Institute.<br \/>\nOn developing alternatives to EU neo liberalism and austerity, as seen from the perspective and experience of SYRIZA, the Greek radical left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Linn Stalsberg<\/strong>, Norway, sociologist and writer.<br \/>\nWomens liberation in a neo-liberal age. Are we free now?<\/p>\n<p>Did capitalism seduce feminism into a dominant relationship?<\/p>\n<p>15:45-16:00 \u00a0 Coffee break<br \/>\n16:00-17:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Questions and debate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>17:00-18:00 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>Concluding debate in plenary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moderators during the day: Asger Hougaard, Toke Haunstrup Christensen and Susanne Langer<\/p>\n<p>Organizer:\u00a0Transform!Danmark in coorporation with transform!europe<br \/>\nCo-organizers: \u00a0Afrika Kontakt, Enhedslisten\/the Red\u2010Green Alliance, Grobund (left educational association), NOAH \u2013 Friends of the Earth Denmark and the leftwing magazines Det Ny Clart\u00e9, Kritisk Debat \u00a0and Solidaritet.<\/p>\n<p><b>18:30 \u2013 19:30:\u00a0<\/b><strong>Book reception (organised by Solidaritet)\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nBooks by two of the speakers will be launched in Danish translations:<br \/>\nLinn Stalsberg: \u201cEr jeg fri nu?\u201d (translated from \u201cEr jeg fri n\u00e5?\u201d)<br \/>\nRichard Seymour: \u201cDeres krise \u2013 vores l\u00f8sninger\u201d (translated from \u201cAgainst Austerity\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>The Transform!Danmark network was founded in 2012 and this is the third international conference organised by\u00a0the\u00a0network.\u00a0Our\u00a0aim\u00a0is to\u00a0contribute to the Danish\u00a0debate\u00a0with\u00a0a critical and informed analysis of the society and create\u00a0and\u00a0participate\u00a0in\u00a0discussions\u00a0on\u00a0alternative\u00a0development\u00a0in Denmark\u00a0as\u00a0well\u00a0as\u00a0Europe\u00a0and\u00a0globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Conference in Copenhagen, March 14, 2015 In March 2015 Transform!Danmark, for the fourth year in a row, hosted an international Transform conference in Copenhagen. 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