Gernika¥s 17th international convention on culture and peace
Programme

19, 20, 21 APRIL

13:00. Meeting of Experts, Project Imagine Peace, in the framework of Art and Peace.
Funded by the Lifelong Learning Program (Grundtvig 2) of the European Union with the participation of the following organisations:
Alapitvany az Emberi Jogok es a beke Oktatasert (Foundation for Human Rights and Peace Education), Budapest, Hungria; Gernika Gogoratuz, Gernika-Lumo, Basque Country; KONFLIKTKULTUR, Viena, Austria; Kulturkontakte e.V., Berlin, Alemania; Universität für angewandte Kunst, Viena, Austria; Wien Xtra, Viena, Austria.
Presentation: Alex Carrascosa y Ahmadul Haque, Gernika Gogoratuz.

23rd of APRIL, Monday

Venue: Elai-Alai Aretoa.

09:00-09:30. Inscription and provision of materials.
09:30-10:30. Inauguration of Gernika's 17th International Convention on Culture and Peace
Authorities of the Basque Government; Miguel Ángel Aranaz. Lord Mayor of Gernika-Lumo and President of the Gernika Gogoratuz Foundation; María Oianguren. Director of the Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Centre.
11:14. Peace Symbology
Santiago Alba Rico. Writer; Carmen Magallón. Director of the Seminario de InvestigaciÛn por la Paz Centro Pignatelli, Zaragoza; Vicent Martínez Guzmán. director of the UNESCO Chair of Peace Philosophy. Universitat Jaume I, Castellón.
Presentation: María Oianguren, Gernika Gogoratuz.
16:00-18:00. Victims and Collective Memory
Daniel Nina. Universidad Eugenio María de Hostos. Puerto Rico; Eduardo Pizarro, President of the National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation, Colombia; Jill Strauss, PhD student academy for iris cultural heritages, University of Ulster (USA).
Presentation: Dacia Viejo-Rose, Cambridge University.
19.00-20:00. ì"La Voz visualî. Una nueva y personal visión sobre el ser sobreviviente del bombardeo de Gernika en Gernika".
Premier of the documentary by Pia Kuhlmann (Germany) and filmed by Pedro Deltel (Mallorca).
Presentation: Karmele Soliño, Gernika Gogoratuz.

24th of APRIL, Tuesday

Venue: Elai-Alai Aretoa.

09.00-14:00. The Media and its Contribution to Peace
09.00-10:00. Conference "The Three Georges"
Nicholas Rankin, Freelance Journalist. England.
Presentation: Anna León, Gernika Gogoratuz.
10:30-12:00. Conference "Peace Journalism"
Iñaki Gabilondo, Channel Cuatro, Madrid.
Presentation: María Oianguren, Gernika Gogoratuz.
12.00-14:00. The Media and its contribution to Peace
Ingo Niebel, Historian and Writer. Gernika deutsch-baskischer kulturverein; Vicente Torrijos, Chair of Political Science in the University of Rosario de Bogot· and chief analysist of Internacional Political affairs for Radio Caracol. Colombia.
Presentation: Fernando Cruz, Gernika Gogoratuz.
16.00-18:30. The "Guernica" denunciation through art
Joan Campás, Senior lecturer of Digital Art and Hipertext. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Barcelona; Bill Kelly, Founder of the Humanist Art Archive. Australia; Marta Rodríguez, Doctor in Sociology. Sociology Department of the Universidad Pública de Navarra.
Presentation: Alex Carrascosa, Gernika Gogoratuz.
19.00-20:30. Art/Conflict x 2 Zones: Ireland and the Basque Country.
Premier of the documentary by Aisling Crudden (Ireland)
Presentation: Fiachra Mcdonagh, Gernika Gogoratuz.

25th of APRIL, Wednesday

Venue: Elai-Alai Aretoa.

09.00-10:00. Conference "The other Gernikas"
Carlos Taibo. Professor of Political Science in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Presentation: Jokin Alberdi, Gernika Gogoratuz.
11:00-14:00. The other conflicts. The forgotten conflicts
Mohamed Amezian, Researcher and Historian, Specialist on the Riff. Holland; Ian Mcduff, Director of the New Zealand Conflict Resolution Centre, Victoria University Wellington; Lewis Randa, director of the Peace Abbey. USA.
Presentation: Irune Ondarza, Gernika Gogoratuz.
16.00-18:30. Peace building from the community
Davin Bremner, Director of Research and Analysis. KREDDHA. Holland; Najma Ahmed Abdi, Chair of the Somali Youth Leadership Forum. Somalia.
Presentation: Iñaki Goitia. Gernika Gogoratuz.
19.00-20:00. Annual meeting of the Gernika Network. Venue: Kultur Etxea.

26th of APRIL, Thursday

70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Gernika

16.30-18:00. Floral offering for the victims of the Bombing of Gernika in the Cemetery of Gernika.
19:00-20:30. Gernika peace and Reconciliation Awards - 3rd Edition in the Lizeo Antzokia.
Collective of the surviving witnesses of the Bombing of Gernika; Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 1980.
Presentation of the "Courage of Conscience Award" from the Peace Abbey (USA) to the collective of surviving witnesses of the Bombing of Gernika. Concert Orchestra "S¸dwestdeutsches Kammerorchester" from Pforzheim.
21:00. "El Bombardeo de Gernika - Gernika Story"
World Premier of the Film "The Gernika Story - El bombardeo de Gernika". IDEM Productions.
Venue: Frontón Jai Alai.

27th of APRIL, Friday

09.00-10:30. Conference ìGernika and its symbolic contributionsî.
Joseba Zulaika, University of Nevada Reno. Centre of Basque Studies (USA).
Presentation: María Oianguren, Gernika Gogoratuz.
11:00-13:00. Local Participation and Global Development
Berhane Ras Work, Executive Director of the Inter African Committee on Traditional Practices that affect the Health of Women and Children (Geneva); Alfonso Dubois, Phd in Economics, UPV-EHU, University of Basque Country. ÝPresident of the Hegoa Institute.
Presentation: Irantzu Mendia, Researcher for the Hegoa Institute. UPV/EHU.
15.00-18:00. Workshop by Batzart. Creative and participative initiative to support the Peace process
(Artamugarriak, Bidea Helburu, Gernika Gogoratuz, Parte Hartuz) Patxi Aldunate, Iñaki Arzoz, Alex Carrascosa, Izaro Gorostidi, Zesar Martínez, Mikel Mendibil, Alfredo Murillo, María Oianguren, Joseba Osa, Ainara Riveras, Mireia Uranga.
Venue: Pasileku
18.00-18:30. Closing Ceremony of Gernika's 17th International Convention on Culture and Peace.
Jokin Alberdi Bidaguren, president of the Gernika Gogoratuz Association. UPV-EHU; Daniel Nina, Universidad Eugenio María de Hostos. Puerto Rico; Irune Ondarza, Vicepresident of the Gernika Gogoratuz Association.

29th of APRIL, Sunday

13:00. XI Meeting of the Survivors of the Bombing of Gernika.
Venue: Elai Alai Aretoa
13:00. Presentation of the book Asignatura pendiente: la Guerra Civil EspaÒola en los libros de texto. Edited by the Gernika Peace Museum. Iratxe Momoitio, director of the Gernika Peace Museum; Ana Teresa Núñez, in charge of the Bombing of Gernika documentation centre.
Project Historians: Josu Chueca, professor from the Universidad del País Vasco; Jesús Alonso Carballés, professor from the Universidad de Limoges; Francesc MartÌnez Gallego, professor from the Universidad de Valencia.
14:30. V Lunch of the Survivors of the Bombing of Gernika
Venue: Restaurante Zimela.
We will be accompanied by: Representatives of the three War Children Associations in Euskadi (Araba, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa); Representatives of the survivors of the Bombing of Otxandio; Representatives of the survivors of the Bombing of Durango; Ernst-Albrecht von Moreau, nephew of Rudolf von Moreau, officer of the Condor Legion, Germany.
Presentation: Anna León y Andreas Schaefter, Gernika Gogoratuz.