ECOPOLIS

ECOPOLIS presents a programme full of conversations, interviews and interactive formats. This edition, four central guests form the heart of the festival. Joyeeta Gupta works on a global constitution for social justice, ecological sustainability and global solidarity. Jens Meijen reflects on the impact of AI, and Kes Otter Lieffe teaches us queer forms of resistance and home making. Jonas Staal delves deeper into the role imagination can play in climate justice. Come and write, think, make art and take action with these fascinating guests and make a difference together. 

PROGRAMME 

Friday 28/11 

18h – 21h30 Workshop (Climate) Propaganda Training  
By Jonas Staal 
Kaaistudios ⎸ EN
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19h Workshop Writing from the Margins 
With Kes Otter Lieffe 
Muntpunt (Literair Salon) ⎸ in EN 

Satuday 29/11 

10h30 – 12h30 Openingspanel  
With Joyeeta Gupta, Jonas Staal, Kes Otter Lieffe, Jens Meijen 
Muntschouwburg ⎸ in EN 

13h30 – 15h Workshop Global Constitution Project 
With Joyeeta Gupta 
GC De Markten (Middenzolder) ⎸ in EN 

13h30 – 15h Conversation Towards comradeship between earth workers 
With Jonas Staal et Laura Herman 
Kaaistudios ⎸ in EN 

13h30 – 15h Conversation Queer Resistance: Building a Home Together in Times of Crisis 
With Kes Otter Lieffe 
Muntpunt (Tribune) ⎸ in EN 

13h30 – 15h Fishbowl conversation AI: Time for a Wake-up Call 
With Jens Meijen 
Muntpunt (Mallemunt)

13h30 – 15h Guided Tour Lobby Tour 
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13h30 – 15h Walk Sonoreille 
Met Forsiti’A 
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15h30 – 17h Conversation Climate justice and fair planetary boundaries 
Avec Joyeeta Gupta et David Van Reybrouck 
GC De Markten (Spiegelzaal) ⎸ en EN 

15h30 – 17h Conversation/film Beyond Attenborough: Who narrates our planet’s future? 
With Jonas Staal a.o.
Kaaistudios ⎸ in EN 

15h30 – 17h Reading group We are not a book club 
With Deno Vogelaers and Kes Otter Lieffe 
Muntpunt (Mallemunt) ⎸ in NL, EN, FR 

15h30 – 17h Conversation Can literature save the world? The power of fiction in times of climate change 
With Jens Meijen, Gry Ulstein and Emma Zuiderveen 
Muntpunt (Tribune)  

15h30 – 17h Guided Tour Lobby Tour 
Details to follow

15h30 – 17h Walk Sonoreille 
Met Forsiti’A 
Details to follow

17h30 – 18h30 Comedy Finissage 
With Cass J Hebron 
GC De Markten (spiegelzaal) ⎸ in EN