"Environmental Justice, Sustainable Development and Future Generations" International Conference Research Training Network "Applied Global Justice" Université catholique de Louvain Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) 24-25 February 2006
Convenors : Philippe Coppens, Centre de Philosophie du droit ([email protected]) Axel Gosseries, Chaire Hoover d'éthique économique et sociale ([email protected]) Website: http://www.worldrepublic.org This international conference will bring together philosophers and social scientists involved in research on theories of intergenerational justice. The working language will be English. Each of the papers will be introduced by the speaker during a period of max. 30 minutes, followed by a 30 minutes open discussion on the paper. Some of the papers will be pre-circulated via E-mail (authors are definitely encouraged to do so). The contributions will then be subject to a refereeing process and appear later in a volume to be published by Kluwer/Springer. Participation is free of charge. For those who neither present a paper, nor chair a session, prior inscription is compulsory. E-mails should be sent to Henri Culot at <[email protected]> with "Inscription Feb. Conference" as message title. Program Friday, February 24, 2006 Morning Session Chairperson : Prof. Dr. Urs Marti (University of Zurich) 9h00-9h15 : Profs. Dr. Philippe Coppens & Axel Gosseries (FNRS & Université catholique de Louvain) Introductory note 9h15-10h15 : Prof. Dr. Peter Koller (University of Graz, Austria). Natural resources, environmental justice, and the rights of future people 10h15-11h35 : Coffee Break 10h35-11h35 : Prof. Dr. Lukas Meyer (University of Bern, Switzerland). Not the Same. International and Intergenerational Justice 11h35-12h35: Dr. Speranta Dumitru (CERSES, Paris) Are Patents Good for (all) Grandparents' Health? 12h35-14h20 : Lunch Break at La Sablonnière Afternoon Session Chairperson : Prof. Dr. Paul Cobben (University of Tilburg, The Netherlands) 14h20-15h20: Paul-Marie Boulanger (IDD, Belgium). To what extent can indicators of sustainable development be used as indicators of intergenerational justice ? 15h20-15h40: Tea break 15h40-16h40 : Dr. Grégory Ponthière (FNRS & University of Liège (Crepp), Belgium) Measuring the environmental debt towards future generations: An assessment of the Ecological Footprint 16h40-17h40 : Prof. Dr. Alexander Cappelen (The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway) The Norwegian Petroleum Fund and intergenerational justice 17h40-18h30: Open debate 20h: Evening meal (free for network members only) Saturday, February 25, 2006 Morning Session Chairperson : Prof. Peter Burgess (PRIO, Norway) 9h15-10h15 : Dr. Daniel Butt (University of Oxford, UK) Title TBA 10h15-11h35 : Coffee Break 10h35-11h35 : Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Peña (CSIC/IFS, Madrid) On an Equal Share in the Right to Pollute 11h35-12h35: Prof. Dr. Philippe Coppens or Axel Gosseries (FNRS/University of Louvain) On natural intergenerational duties(PC) or The significance of generational overlap (AG) 12h35-14h20 : Lunch Break at La Sablonnière Afternoon Session Chairperson : Prof. Dr. Luc Foisneau (CNRS/University of Oxford) 14h20-15h20: Ass. Prof. Dr. Ludvig Beckman (Stockholm University, Sweden) Future generations and the problem of inclusion 15h20-15h40: Tea break 15h40-16h40 : Prof. Dr. Herman Van Erp (University of Tilburg, The Netherlands) The preservation of humankind as an object of moral concern. 16h40-17h40 : Dr. Daniel Schoch (University of Saarbrücken) Title TBA 17h40-18h20: Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Merle (Universities of Saarbrücken and Tours) Concluding comments Contact: Henri Culot Université catholique de Louvain Faculté de droit Place Montesquieu, 2 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium Email: [email protected] _________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org/ Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://agd.polylog.org/cal/
