International conference marking the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More's Utopia and the 25th anniversary of the Chaire Hoover, jointly organized by KU Leuven's Metaforum and the Hoover Chair.
THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER (Leuven)
Thematic session 1: The future of cities
Utopian proposals by:
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Hilde Heynen, architect, KU Leuven: 'Lutopia, an ecomodernist vision for Leuven'
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Philippe Samyn, architect of a.o. the new headquarters of the European Council (Brussels) and the Aula Magna (Louvain-la-Neuve): 'The vertical city'
Keynote by Paola Viganò, architect and urbanist, Ecole polytechnique de Lausanne & Università IUAV Venice
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Download the presentations of session 1
© the individual speakers, for Samyn’s presentation © Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS, architects & engineers
Thematic session 2: The future of the human body
Utopian proposals by:
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Rudy Lauwereins, engineer, imec / KU Leuven: 'Towards a world without illness'
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Joris Vermeesch, geneticist, KU Leuven: 'The brave new genetic world'
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Mylène Botbol-Baum, philosopher, UCLouvain: 'Should there be limits to enhancing our bodies through gene editing? Answering to John Harris’ utopian bio-politics'
Keynote by John Harris, philosopher, University of Manchester
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Download the presentations by Rudy Lauwereins and Mylène Botbol-Baum in session 2 – © the individual speakers
Thematic session 3: The future of democracy
Utopian proposals by:
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Pierre-Etienne Vandamme and Antoine Verret-Hamelin, UCLouvain: 'A randomly selected chamber'
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Dimitri Lemaire and Jonathan Piron, Particitiz: 'YourAgora'
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Katrín Oddsdóttir, lawyer and member of Iceland's 2011 Constitutional Council: 'For the people, by the people'
Keynote by Erik O. Wright, sociologist, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Download the presentations of session 3 – © the individual speakers
Debate with Paola Viganò, John Harris, Erik O. Wright, Blanche Ségrestin, Ravi Kanbur, Bea Cantillon (UA), Mark Waer (KU Leuven) and Philippe Van Parijs (UCLouvain)
https://www.kuleuven.be/metaforum/page.php?LAN=N&FILE=utopias-for-our-times