Conference Programm

Antigypsyism and Racism in Past and Present Europe, Conference in Brussels, 11 May 2010, organised by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Brussels Office

15.30 Registration

16:00 Welcome

16:10 Keynote Speech by Romani Rose, Head of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma

16:30 Opening of the Exhibition “Frankfurt Auschwitz” Moderated talk between Joachim Brenner (Roma e.V.), Bernd Rausch (artist), Ursula Rose, Maria Strauss and Patrizia Siwak (relatives of Nazi victims)

17:30 Coffee Break

18:00 Antigypsyism: an accepted form of racism in modern Europe? Debate with Dr. Udo Engbring-Romang (Society for the Research of Antigypsyism), María Fernández Molinero (European Commission, Unit Fundamental Rights, DG JLS) and Ivan Ivanov, Director of ERIO (European Roma Information Office)

19:20 Closing remarks by Dr. Cornelia Ernst, Member of the European Parliament, GUE/NGL Group

19:30 Reception