Please note most of the MatchPoints Seminar programme will be held in English.
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| Thursday May 24, 2018 | ||
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| 08.30 | Registration opens | |
| 08.30 | Conference bus for guests staying at CABINN. Guests will meet at the CABINN lobby at 08.30 sharp and walk to Scandic with a student helper. Bus departs at 08.55 from Scandic. | |
| 08.45 | Conference bus for guests staying at SCANDIC CITY - meeting time in the hotel lobby at 08.45 (bus departure from hotel at 08.55). A student helper will assist. | |
| 10.00 | Opening of the MatchPoints Seminar 2018 | |
| Venue: Lake Side Lecture Theatres, Room: Per Kirkeby | ||
| Welcome by Rector at Aarhus University Brian Bech Nielsen | ||
| Welcome by Chief Municipal Executive of the City of Aarhus Niels Højberg | ||
| Welcome by MatchPoints Convenor Professor Jørgen Elklit, Aarhus University | ||
| The Welfare State - Achievements and Challenges by Professor Carsten Jensen, Aarhus University | ||
| 10.55 | Keynote: Nobel Prize Laureate Professor James Heckman, University of Chicago | |
| Lifecycle Benefits of Early Childhood Investments – and Do Denmark’s Early Childhood Investments Close the Gap between Children of Low and High Educated Parents? | ||
| Please note the keynote speech from Professor Heckman will be videotaped | ||
| 11.45 | Transfer to lunch venue | |
| 12.00 | Lunch at Samfundsfagenes Kantine (building 1321) | |
| 13.00 | Transfer to workshop venue | |
| 13.15 | Workshops | |
| 14.45 | Coffee and networking | |
| 15.15 | Workshops | |
| 16.45 | End of 1st day programme | |
| 16.50 | Use public transportation (http://matchpoints.au.dk/practical-information/public-transport/) or have a walk back to the hotels and city centre (approx. 20-35 minuttes - a MatchPoints helper will lead the way) | |
| 19.00 | Evening programme with debate (IN DANISH) | |
| Friday May 25, 2018 | ||
| 08.00 | Conference bus for guests staying at CABINN - meeting time in the hotel lobby at 08.00 sharp and from there a short walk to the bus stop (bus departure from Train at 08.15). A student helper will assist. | |
| 08.10 | Conference bus for guests staying at SCANDIC CITY - meeting time in the hotel lobby at 08.10 (bus departure from hotel at 08.15). A student helper will assist. | |
| 08.30 | Registration opens | |
| 09.00 | Welcome and introduction to the Friday programme by Convenor Professor Jørgen Elklit | |
| 09.05 | Keynote speaker: Professor Guy Standing, SOAS University of London | |
| Rentier Capitalism and the Precariat: Arguments for Basic Income | ||
| Please note the keynote speech from Guy Standing will be videotaped | ||
| 09.50 | Coffee and networking | |
| 10.15 | Workshops | |
| 11.45 | Transfer to lunch venue | |
| 12.00 | Lunch at Samfundsfagenes Kantine (building 1321) | |
| 12.45 | Transfer to workshop venue | |
| 13.00 | Workshops | |
| 14.30 | Coffee and networking | |
| 15.00 | Workshops | |
| 16.30 | End of workshops Day 2 | |
| 16.40 | Bus transfer for The Concert Hall Aarhus, Thomas Jensens Allé, 8000 | |
| 17.00 | Reception at Concert Hall Aarhus (Foyer) | |
| 17.45 | Presentation by Nobel Prize Laureate Professor James Heckman, Chicago University and Senior Researcher Rasmus Landersø, The Rockwool Foundation | |
| Education, Inequality and the Welfare State | ||
| 18.30 | Panel debate about Education, Inequality and the Welfare State | |
| Read more about the evening and the panelists here | ||
| 20.00 | Dinner at Restaurant johan r at Concert Hall Aarhus (for registered participants only) | |
| Saturday May 26, 2018 | ||
| 7.50 | Pick up of guests at CABINN. A student helper will guide you to the bus at SCANDIC CITY. Meeting time in lobby 7.50. Departure by foot at 07.55 | |
| 08.10 | Conference bus for guests staying at CABINN and SCANDIC CITY - meeting time in the hotel lobby at 08.10 (bus departure from hotel at 08.15). A student helper will assist. | |
| 08.30 | Registration | |
| 09.00 | Welcome and introduction to the Saturday programme by Convenor Professor Jørgen Elklit | |
| 09.05 | Who is afraid of economic growth? Demystifying disruption | |
In 2017, the Danish government launched the Disruption Council in order to guide a maintenance check of the Scandinavian model. The Disruption Council will conclude its work in the autumn of 2018. What is at stake, where is the discussion moving forward, and where has it grinded to a halt? Against this backdrop, Professor Philipp Schröder will review the fundamental drivers of economic growth, the central interaction of technology and globalisation and the way that reallocation forces in the economy and labour market play out and strain existing structures and policy solutions. Hear a unique insider’s account of what is at stake and which policy responses are conceivable. The plenum session is held by Philipp Schröder, Professor of Economics at Aarhus University and member of the Danish Government's Disruption Council. | ||
| 09.50 | Coffee and networking | |
| 10.15 | Plenum workshop on Social Robotics: | |
| New Paths to Discovering What Matters in a Human Life | ||
| Part I: Raising the Issues: How to Develop Social Robotics Applications that Increase Human Welfare (read more about the workshop here) | ||
| 12.15 | Lunch and networking at the foyer at Lakeside Lecture Theatres | |
| 13.15 | A taste of the theatre performance ROBOT DREAMS | |
| Imagination along and across the boundaries between human and machine: a scene of Robot Dreams, performed by the ensemble Meinard-Krauss-Feigl. Online exploration of personal responses. Please note that a full performance of ROBOT DREAMS can be seen on Saturday 26 May at 20.00 at theatre Katapult. Tickets can be purchased at Katapult. | ||
| https://vimeo.com/252430983 | ||
| 14.00 | Coffee and networking | |
| 14.30 | Plenum workshop on Social Robotics: | |
| New Paths to Discovering What Matters in a Human Life | ||
Part II: | ||
| 15.50 | Conference close by Professor by Jørgen Elklit | |
| 16.00 | End of MatchPoints Seminar 2018 | |
| Goodbye and see you for the next MatchPoints Seminar in 2019! | ||
| 20.00 | ROBOT DREAMS performance at Katapult - for tickets go to https://katapult.dk/kalender/2017/2018/robot-dreams/ |
