The World Social Forum in India : Explorations and Reflections

Struggles for Social Justice in India Today : How Relevant is the World Social Forum ?

Proposed Programme

9:00 am Registration

9:30-11:30 Session One : Overview on Struggles for Social Justice in India Today and the Relevance of the World Social Forum (Chair : Jai Sen)

Welcome and Introductions
Presentation of the 2007-8 CACIM Forum Fellows
Announcement of 2008-9 CACIM Forum Fellows
Presentation and discussion of CACIM Theme Note
Keynote presentation/s (Gabriele Dietrich, Vinod Raina)
Discussant’s comments (Uma Chakravarty)

Open discussion

11:30-12:00 Coffee

12:00-1:00 Session 2: Presentation of CFF Research Papers, Part 1 (Chair: Lysa John)

Mamata Dash – ‘WSF through the eyes of Peoples’ Movement Groups in India’
Discussant’s comments (C R Bijoy)

Open discussion

1:00-1:45 Lunch

1:45-3:45 Session 3 : CFF Research Papers, Part 2 (Chair : Lata P M)

Mayur Chetia – ‘World Social Forum and the Reaction from the Indian Left’
Discussant’s comments (Sumanta Banerjee)

Open discussion

Susana Barria – ‘Main debates around the WSF 2004 in Mumbai’
Discussant’s comments (Ashok Chowdhury)

Open discussion

3:45-4:15 Tea

4:15-6:00 Session 4 / Concluding discussion : (Chair : Madhuresh Kumar)

Issues across papers and Preliminary Workshop on the Relevance of the WSF to Struggles for Social Justice in India : Processes and Events

Presentations by invited speakers (Alf Nilsen, Lata P M, Vijay Pratap)

Open discussion : Presentations and interventions by other participants at the Symposium

6:00-6:30 Concluding session : Looking ahead

Looking ahead to a second Symposium to be held in November 2008, among other things critically reflecting on the experience of the WSF in India

CACIM

www.cacim.net

A3 Defence Colony, New Delhi, 110024 India

Ph / Fax +91-11-4155 1521