Time

Name and Affiliation

Title of presentation

09.00 – 09.10

Prof. dr. Reinier Salverda

Director,

Fryske Akademy

Welcome speech

09.10 – 09.20

István Kenesei

Director,

Research Institute of Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Opening Address

09.20 – 09.40

Dieter W. Halwachs

Professor,

Graz University

Plurilingualism, Minorities, and the National State "

09.40 – 10.00

István Horváth

Docent,

University Babes-Bolyai & National Institute for Minority Research

"Minority language policies and their effectiveness in Romania 1990-2008

10.00 – 10.20

Gizella Szabómihály

Chair,

Gramma Language Office

Slovakia from an international perspective

10.20 – 10.40

Neasa Ní Chinnéide

President,

EBLUL

A 19th century law for a 21st century Slovakia

10.40 – 11.00

Questions

11.00 – 11.20

Coffee break

11.20 – 11.40

Tomasz Wicherkiewicz

Professor,

University Poznan

Language situation and language policy in Poland - recent developments

11.40 – 12.00

Sabine Kirchmeier-Anderson

Director,

Danish Language Council

Legislation and language – recent trends in the Nordic countries

12.00 – 12.20

Alex Riemersma

Researcher,

Mercator Research Centre

"Development of Language Policies in the EU, the case of Friesland"

12.20 – 12.40

Balázs Vizi

Research Fellow,

Institute for National & Ethnic Minorities, HAS

Linguistic diversity and/or protection of minority languages in Council of Europe instruments

12.40 – 13.00

Questions

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 – 16.00

Roundtable discussion

Moderator: Sabine Kirchmeier-Anderson

16.00 – 16.30

Conclusions, recommendations and closure

16.30 – 17.30

Informal getting together with drinks