Conference on GLBT Rights: Montreal July 2006

damien

http://www.montreal2006.org/en_conference.html

This sounds pretty good.

1st World Outgames:
A High-Level International Conference on GLBT Rights:
"The Right to Be Different"

CALL FOR PROPOSALS IS NOW AVAILABLE

"The Right to Be Different", the largest ever international Conference on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, involving 2000 participants from around the world, will be held in Montreal on 26-29 July 2006, just before the 1st World Outgames. With the support of the Governments of Canada, Quebec and Montreal, the Quebec Human Rights Commission, and private sponsors and foundations, the conference will also be the best-funded to date. As for the venue, it is hard to imagine a better one than the spacious and ultra-modern facilities of the Palais des Congres, Montreal's convention centre.

The conference will include 7 plenary sessions (an opening dinner, a closing lunch, and 5 other plenary sessions in between), at each of which the 2000 participants will be addressed by invited keynote speakers (see http://www.montreal2006.org/en_conference.html, Preliminary Programme). There will also be 5 workshop sessions, during each of which participants will be able to choose from a list of up to 75 workshops (or a total of up to 375 workshops during the Conference).

The purpose of the Call for Proposals, by the International Scientific Committee that is organizing the content of the Conference, is to solicit proposals for the workshops. Allowing 3 or 4 speakers per 90-minute workshop, there should be somewhere between 1100 and 1500 speaking slots. Thus, it is expected that the majority of the 2000 participants will speak in a workshop. Proposals are welcome from any person who is interested in the goal of equality for GLBT persons, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

You can download the Call for Proposals from our web site, or request it by e-mail (conference@montreal2006.org), fax or airmail:

Deadline for receipt of proposals: 31 October 2005(but the earlier they are submitted the better)

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE:

Registration fee for Conference attendees includes :

- Attendance at Conference
- Participation at the Opening Ceremony
- Participant Information Kit which includes: city and transit maps, official Conference programme, souvenir poster and Montreal and Quebec tourist information brochures
- Rebate of $100 CAD for registration in first Sport or Cultural activity in the 1st World Outgames Montreal 2006
- 20% discount for the games' souvenir book
- 20% discount for the official parties

Conference Registration (1 February 2005 – 30 April 2006) $450 CAD
Conference Late Registration Fee (1 May 2006 – 1 July 2006) $525 CAD