1ST WORLD
OUTGAMES: A HIGH-LEVEL
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON
RIGHTS
The
1st World
Outgames are proud
to present the largest-ever international
conference on
gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgender rights.
The Right to Be Different
involves more than
2000 participants
from all over the
world. The
Conference will be
held in Montréal
on 26-29 July 2006,
just before the opening
of the 1st World
Outgames, at the
Palais des Congrès,
a vast, spacious
and modern convention
centre. There will
be lot of workshops,
as well as 5 plenary
sessions for all
participants, featuring
keynote speeches
by well known international
speakers involved
with GLBT issues.
CALL
FOR PROPOSALS:
DEADLINE IS
31 OCTOBER
2005!
The
purpose of the
Call for Proposals
by the International
Scientific Committee
that is organising
the content of
the Conference
is to solicit speakers
for the workshops
(3 or 4 speakers
per 90-minute workshop).
Proposals are welcome
from any person
who is interested
in the goal of
equality for LGBT
persons, regardless
of their sexual
orientation or
gender identity.
You
can download the Call
for Proposals here,
or request it by
e-mail at conference@montreal2006.org.
FAMOUS
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
The
Conference
« The Right
to Be Different
» recently
released the
list of the keynote
speakers who
have accepted
the invitation
from the Montreal
organisation.
More keynote
speakers will
be announced
by the scientific
Committee in
the upcoming
months.
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Chair
of session
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Ms.
Deborah
BATTS,
Judge,
United
States
District
Court for
the Southern
District
of New
York, Manhattan
(United
States) |
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Mr.
Edwin CAMERON,
Judge of
Appeal,
Supreme
Court of
Appeal
(South
Africa) |
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Mr.
Michael
KIRBY,
Justice,
High Court
of Australia
(Australia) |
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Ms.
Claire
L'HEUREUX-DUBÉ,
retired
Justice,
Supreme
Court of
Canada
(Canada) |
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Mr.
Eugenio
Raúl
ZAFFARONI,
Judge,
Supreme
Court of
Justice
of the
Nation
(Argentina) |
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Keynote
speakers: |
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Mr.
Waheed
ALI,
businessman
and member
of the
House of
Lords (United
Kingdom) |
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Ms.
Georgina
BEYER,
the world's
first transsexual
Member
of Parliament
(New Zealand) |
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Ms.
Epsy CAMPBELL
BARR,
Member
of the
Legislative
Assembly
(Costa
Rica) |
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Ms.
Mariela
CASTRO
ESPÍN,
Director,
Centro
Nacional
de Educación
Sexual
(CENESEX)
(Cuba) |
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Mr.
Alvaro
GIL-ROBLES,
Commissioner
for Human
Rights,
Council
of Europe,
Strasbourg
(Spain) |
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Ms.
Asma JAHANGIR,
Chairperson,
Human Rights
Commission
of Pakistan,
United
Nations
Special
Rapporteur
on Freedom
of Religion
or Belief
(Pakistan) |
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Ms.
Patria
JIMÉNEZ
FLORES,
substitute
Senator,
former
Member
of the
Chamber
of Deputies,
federal
Congress
(Mexico) |
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Ms.
LI Yin-He,
Head of
Sociology
of Marriage
and Family
Section,
Institute
of Sociology,
Chinese
Academy
of Social
Sciences
(China) |
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Mr.
Ashok ROW
KAVI,
HIV activist
and founder
of Bombay
Dost, India's
first registered
gay magazine
(India) |
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Mr.
Gérald
TREMBLAY,
Mayor of
Montréal
(Canada) |
Also, Ms.
Louise ARBOUR,
United Nations
High Commissioner
for Human Rights
(Canada) and Mr.
Vladimír
ŠPIDLA,
Commissioner for
Employment, Social
Affairs and Equal
Opportunities,
European Commission,
Brussels (Czech
Republic) have
both manifested
their interest
without being able
to confirm their
presence this early.
SPECIAL
OFFER (International
Conference)
11%
off
the
regular
price:
Benefit
from
an
amazing
volume
discount
from
the 15 September
2005
to
30
April
2006.
All
details about
this Special
Offer are available
here >>
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OTHER
CONFERENCES
OF INTEREST |
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|
ILGA-Europe,
from 26 to
30 October
2005 in Paris,
France. |
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|
10e Forum
International
de l’AWID,
from 27
to 30 October
2005 in
Bangkok,
Thailand |
| |
|
2005
Rainbow
Health
2005:
Developing
Capacity
to Address
our Health
&
Wellness Conference
of CHRC, from
3 to 5 November
2005 in Halifax,
Canada. |
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