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Sophia Antopolis 1999

World Values Survey Conference Sophia Antopolis, France, November 18th-21st, 1999.

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Participants Sophia Antipolis 1999 (105 kb)

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18th
18.00	Dinner at Hotel Novotel
	Welcome and preview of conference: Ron Inglehart, Bi Puranen, Thorleif Pettersson

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19th
08.30-09.00	Coffee
09.00-09.15	Welcome, Ahmet Aykaç, Director, Theseus Institute
09.15-09.30	Background and Goals of Conference - Thorleif Pettersson and Bi Puranen
09.30-09.45	Historical Background to the EVS and WVS-surveys - Jan Kerkhofs
09.45-10.30	Theme I: Modernization and Cultural Change: Does the World Values Survey show a Global Trend toward Cultural Modernization?
	Ronald Inglehart
10.30-10.45	Break
10.45-12.00	Culture and Democracy
	"The Decline of Deference" - Neil Nevitte "Cultural Change in Democratization" - Christian Welzel The Transition to Democracy in Eastern Europe: Report from a World Values Survey Working Group — Hans Dieter Klingemann and Olga Balakireva
12.00-14.00	Lunch
14.00-16.00	Theme II: Changing Gender Roles and Values in Islamic and African societies
	"Changing Gender Roles: Evidence from Pakistan" - Farooq Tanwir "Gender Issues in Africa" - Margaret Nwabuodafi "Modernizing Gender Roles in Iran" - Taghi Azadarmaki "Value systems of African Societies: Some Distinctive Aspects" - Kareem Tejumola "Developing an Islamic-oriented survey: a preliminary report" - Mansoor Moaddel, Taghi Azadarmaki, Tony Sabbagh, Saad Ibrahim and Fares al Braizat
16.00-16.15	Break
16.15-18.30	Theme III: Communicating the Findings from WVS research - Methodological and collaborative issues
	Demonstration and distribution of CD-ROM with data from first three waves Demonstration of new World Values Survey web site, Ron Web, films and templates, Bi Sampling guidelines Translation and comparability Documentation of fieldwork Collaborative analysis and publication strategies
18:30	Open time to discuss common interests with people from other countries and elaborate on possible joint research
20.00	Dinner
	Dinner at famous (two stars in Guide Michelin) Bastide Saint Antoine in Grasse

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20th
09.00-09.45	Theme IV: Social Change in Latin America
	Miguel Basanez, Marta Lagos and Catalina Romero
09.45-10.30	Theme V: Social Change in East Asia
	Soo Young Auh, Linda Guerrero and Seiko Yamazaki
10.30-11.00	Break
11.00-12.00	Theme VI: Environmental issues in the World Values Survey
	Alan Black
12.00-14.00	Lunch
14.00-16.00	Theme VII: Future Strategies
	Data sharing Steering Committee Financing Next Conference
16.00-16.15	Break
16.15	Alternative Events
	Bus departure for guided tour along this part of the Côte d'Azur at dusk; the Croisette in Cannes, the Old Town of Antibes including a visit to the Picasso Museum at Chateau Grimaldi and Cap d'Antibes     or Steering Committee Meeting at Theseus
20.00	Dinner
	Dinner at Plage Bijou, Juan-les-Pins

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 21st
	Departure

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