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DRAFT PROGRAMME – interpretation in English and Portuguese
Friday 20 October
21.15 Stand Up comedy Diogo Faro : Casa é um direito
21.30 Opening – Housing and Europe: the role of the Left
Simon Maljevac, Minister of Solidarity-based future, Slovenia
Marisa Matias, MEP The Left
David Madden, Associate Professor, London School of Economics
Luis Fazenda, EL Secretariat
Saturday 21 October
10.00 – 11.00 Financialisation of housing: facing the multi-headed monster
José Gusmão, MEP The Left
Ana Drago, CES Coimbra
Moderator: Madalena Figueira (TBC)
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 13.00 Revolutionising social movements towards a housing revolution
Vasco Barata, Chão das Lutas
João França, PAH Barcelona
Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen (TBC)
Cesare Ottolini, IAI
Pablo Pérez, Sindicato Inquilinas Madrid
Moderator: Raquel Lindner
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 15.30 Rent regulation in the 21st century’s crazy 20s
Rodrigo Martinez, University College London
Maria Manuel Rola, Coordinator EL Housing Network, Bloco de Esquerda
Moderator: Isabel Pires
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break
15.45 – 17.15 Youth and the right to housing: utopia or chimera
Daniel Céitinn, Dublin Councillor, Ogra Shinn Fein
Roman Čučela, EL Youth Network, KSČM (Czech Republic)
António Soares, Estudantes pela Habitação, Porto
Romana Xerez, ICSP (University of Lisboa)
Moderator: Mariana Rodrigues, Porta Adentro
Sunday 22 October
10.00 – 11.15 Housing local policies
Sérgio Aires, Porto Councillor, Bloco de Esquerda
Ian Brossat, Paris Councillor, PCF
Martha Kleedörfer, Spokesperson of Berlin Mitte, Die Linke
Mauro Sirotnjak, Zagreb Councillor, Možemo
Moderator: Carla Castelo
11.15 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30 Digital platforms: a black hole
Murray Cox, InsideAirbnb
Katalin Gennburg, Spokesperson for Urban Development, Berlin, Die Linke
Ricardo Lafuente, D3 – Associação pela Defesa dos Direitos Digitais
Moderator: João Bernardo, Bloco de Esquerda
12.30 – 13.30 Closing: a rent that people can pay
Mariana Mortágua, National Coordinator of Bloco de Esquerda
EL representative (TBC)
Associated Working Group:
Housing Network