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Conference Announcement "Ethics in Democracy" International Conference Centre de Recherche en Éthique, Université de Montréal Embassy of Canada in Riga Latvian Centre for Human Rights Riga (Latvia) 5-6 November 2007 __________________________________________________ Reval Latvija Hotel, Elizabetes 55, LV-1010 Riga, Latvia This event will gather participants from Latvia and Central and Eastern Europe, Canada, Belgium and France to discuss about the importance of ethics for a lively democracy. A large range of subjects will be covered: deliberative democracy, the role of the judge, diversity, citizenship, corporate social responsibility... The conference will take place in Latvian and English. A simultaneous translation will be provided. Participants Romans Apsitis (Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia) [Latvia] Catherine Audard (London School of Economics) [France/UK] Miroslav Beblavy (Director of the Slovak Governance Institute) [Slovakia] Liga Biksiniece (Head of Discrimination department of the Ombudsman Office) Martin Blanchard (Assistant Director of the Centre de Recherche en Éthique de l'Université de Montréal) [Canada] Pavel Bratinka (Euroffice Praha-Brusel A.S.) [Czech Republic] Chris MacDonald (Saint Mary's University) [Canada] Marija Golubeva (Providus - Centre for Public Policy) [Latvia] Axel Gosseries (Université Catholique de Louvain) [Belgium] Robert Gould (Carleton University, Associate Director of the Centre for European Studies) [Canada] Rasma Karklins (University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Latvia) [USA/Latvia] Anita Kova?evska (Head of the Human Rights Department of the Office of Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia) [Latvia] Sergeï Kruk (Riga Stradins University) [Latvia] Diana Kurpniece (Head of Division of Public Relations and Education of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau KNAB) [Latvia] Huguette Labelle (Director of Transparency International) [Canada] Xavier Landes (University of Montreal) [Canada] Skaidrite Lasmane (Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics/University of Latvia) [Latvia] Lauris Liepa (Liepa Skopina Borenius/Riga Graduate School of Law) [Latvia] Claire Poulin (Ambassador of Canada for the Baltic States) [Canada] Liesma Ose (Human Rights and Social Cohesion program director, Soros Foundation Latvia) [Latvia] Ilvija Puce (Latvian Centre for Human Rights) [Latvia] Juris Rozenvalds (University of Latvia) [Latvia] Wil Waluchow (MacMaster University) [Canada] Daniel Weinstock (Director of the Centre en Éthique de l'Université de Montréal/Université de Montréal) [Canada] Atis Zakatistovs (Partners in Ideas Foundation) [Latvia/Canada] Conceptor Xavier Landes Coordinator Gaston Lacombe (Embassy of Canada for the Baltic States) Organizers Embassy of Canada for the Baltic States Latvian Centre for Human Rights Centre de Recherche en Éthique de lUniversité de Montréal (CRÉUM) Partners Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Centre Culturel Français Ombudsman Office for Human Rights of the Republic of Latvia Soros Foundation-Latvia Krajbanka Webpage for further information (Programme, booklet of abstracts and registration): http://www.creum.umontreal.ca/spip.php?article548 Please note that the registration is free but compulsory. Contacts: Gaston Lacombe (Embassy of Canada, Riga) Email: [email protected] Xavier Landes (Université de Montréal) Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
