WELCOME to the International
Foster Care Organisation
European Conference

8.-11. August 2002
Tampere Finland


Ifco 2002
theme and Speakers
Program
Youth
Registration
Accommodation

General Info
Social Program
Tour Program
Conference Tours
Pride meeting
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Program

IFCO European Conference Programme
Conference program in pdf-format (big file, 868 K)
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Paper presentations, workshops and mini courses
Timetable and locations

Thursday 8 Aug
14.00 - 22.00 Registration and Information desk open
19.00 - 22.30 Opening Ceremony and Get-Together Party at Tampere Hall

Friday 9 Aug Feeling at home during childhood
08.30 - 16.30 Registration and Information desk

09.00 - 10.30 Plenaries:
Mirjam Kalland: Risk and protective factors for children in foster care: a
systemic approach
Toril Havik: A child's voyage into foster-care - needs thoughts and feelings

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee/refreshments and Exhibition
11.00 - 12.30 Workshops
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch and Exhibition
13.30 - 16.00 Site visits
14.00 - 15.30 Workshops
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee/refreshments and Exhibition
15.45 - 17.00 IFCO General Assembly

18.00 - 19.30 City Reception
19.30 - 23.30 Finnish Evening in the Viikinsaari Island

Saturday 10 Aug Feeling at home within a family
08.30 - 16.30 Registration and Information desk

09.00 - 10.30 Plenaries (interpreted into Finnish):
Ingrid Höjer: What happens in the foster family?
Mitä tapahtuu sijaisperheessä?
Olga Zviaguina: The meaning of a family for children from care institutions
Both plenaries will be interpreted from English to Finnish.
Molemmat esitykset tulkataan englannista suomeksi.

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee/refreshments and Exhibition
11.00 - 12.30 Workshops
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch and Exhibition
13.30 - 15.00 Workshops
15.00 - 15.30 Coffee/refreshments and Exhibition
15.30 - 17.00 Workshops

19.00 - 23.30 Conference Dinner at the Särkänniemi Dolphinarium and
Näsinneula Restaurant (Observation Tower)

Sunday 11 Aug Feeling at home with your own life
09.30 - 14.00 Registration and Information desk

10.00 - 11.30 Plenaries:
Malcolm Hill:Young people in foster care: Laying the foundations for
adulthood
Melina Voipio: How to grow up to be a subject in your own life/
Oman elämänsä muukalaisesta oman elämänsä asukkaaksi – kasvu objektista
subjektiksi (interpreted into English)

11.30 - 12.00 Coffee and Silent Auction in the Exhibition Hall
12.00 - 13.00 Summary and Closing of the Conference
13.00 - 14.00 Closing Lunch

Exhibition Opening hours:
Friday –Saturday 08.30 –16.30, Sunday 10.30 –14.30
All lunch and coffee breaks will take place in the Exhibition Hall.

Further information:
IFCO 2002
Tampere Conference Service Ltd.
P.O.Box 630
FIN-33101 TAMPERE
FINLAND
tel. +358 3 3664400
fax +358 3 2226440

email ifco@tampereconference.fi
homepage www.tampereconference.fi

Hosted by:
Perhehoitoliitto ry

Kauppakatu 26 A 2
FIN-40100 Jyväskylä
FINLAND
tel. +358 (0)14 3344900
fax +358 (0)14 3344910
email toimisto@perhehoitoliitto.fi
homepage www.perhehoitoliitto.fi/phengl.htm

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