Sunday 15 September

Opening Dinner hosted by the City of Tampere

Moderator:

• Sirpa Hertell, Steering Committee Member; Secretary General, National Council of Women in Finland

Opening Remarks:

• Ulla Liljeström, Chief Education Officer, Tampere City

• Kaarina Suonio, Member of the Board of Governors, ASEF; Managing Director of the Tampere Hall, Finland

• Päivi Varpasuo, President, the Coalition of Finnish Women's Associations for Joint Action

• Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange

Monday 16 September

Moderator:

• Mikko Lehtonen, Steering Committee Member; Professor of Media and Culture, University of Tampere, Finland

Speakers:

• Jorma Sipilä, Rector, University of Tampere

• Kaarina Dromberg, Finnish Minister of Culture

• Tan Sri Dato' Musa bin Hitam, Chairman, Human Rights Commission of Malaysia; Chairman, World Enterprise Institute; Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Conference Framework Presentation:

• Liz Bavidge, Chair of the Steering Committee; Principal Consultant, EM Associate, UK

Moderator:

• Lee In-ho, Steering Committee Member; President, the Korea Foundation

Presentation of Overview:

• Wilma Henderikse, Leader of the Study Group; Senior Partner, De Jong & Van Doorne-Huiskes, the Netherlands
and other study group members

Comments:

• Cielito F. Habito, Professor, Department of Economics; Director, Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development, Ateneo Manila University, the Philippines

• Jane Williams, Managing Director, SIA Group, Ireland

Moderator:

• Ernest D. Garilao, Steering Committee Member; Professor, Center for Development Management, Asian Institute of Management, the Philippines

Presentation of Overview:

• Azalina Othman, Leader of the Study Group; Head of Puteri, UMNO, Malaysia
and other study group members

Comments:

• Erna Witoelar, Co-Chair, the Partnership for Governance Reform, Indonesia

• Ana Gomes, Ambassador, Embassy of Portugal in Indonesia

Moderator:

• Sirpa Hertell, Steering Committee Member; Secretary General, National Council of Women in Finland

Remarks:

• Liz Bavidge, Chair of the Steering Committee; Principal Associate, EM Associate, UK

• Päivi Varpasuo, President, the Coalition of Finnish Women's Associations for Joint Action

• Tadashi Yamamoto

Tuesday 17 September

Moderator:

• Ines Alberdi, Steering Committee Member; Professor, Sociology Department, Madrid University, Spain

Rapporteurs:

• Thanh-Dam Truong, Senior Lecturer, Women/Gender Development Studies, Department of Human Resources, Local and Regional Development, Institute of Social Studies (the Netherlands), Veitnam

• Ella Antonio, Area Manager, Asia-Pacific Earth Council, the Philippines

Moderator:

• Yoriko Meguro, Steering Committee Member; Professor of Sociology, Sophia University, Japan

Concluding Remarks:

• Liz Bavidge

• Päivi Varpasuo

• Tadashi Yamamoto

Speaker:

• Harri Holkeri, President, the 55th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN); Former Prime Minister of Finland

Closing Remarks:

• Sirpa Hertell

Wednesday 18 September

Symposium

Panel Discussion followed by Discussion

Opening of the Symposium

• M.C.: Taina Riski, Secretary General, NYTKIS -The Coalition of Finnish Women's Associations for Joint Action Part I

General Presentation of the Gender Agenda Conference:

• Liz Bavidge

Presentation:

• Korea: In-ho Lee

• Spain: Ines Alberdi, Professor of Sociology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

• Philippines: Ernest D. Garilao, Professor, Center for Development Management, Asian Institute of Management

• Anita Kelles, Independent Consultant, Finland

Panel discussion by members of the Finnish Delegation in Johannesburg 2002

• Sirpa Hertell

• Eeva-Maria Vuorenmaa, President, UN Students and Youth Association of Finland; Secretary of the Finnish NGO Committee for UN World Conference on Women 2005

• Sami Kontola, Secretary for International Affairs, Finnish Youth Cooperation Allianssi