19 October 2006 - Open sessions

9h. Welcome addresses
- Helena Estalella, Dean, Philosophy and Arts Faculty, UAB
- Antoni Tulla, Director, Department of Geography, UAB
- Àngels Pascual de Sans, Director, Migration Research Group, GRM, UAB

9:30h-11h: Session 1: Introductory conference
Presentation: Ricard Morén-Alegret, Coordinator, Migration Research Group, GRM, UAB
- Keith Halfacree, University of Wales (UK) Revisiting ‘counterurbanisation’: recognising the full picture

11h-11:15h: Coffee break

11:15h-12:45h: Session 2: North Western Europe perspectives
Chair: Gemma Cànoves, Departament de Geografia, UAB
Speakers:
- Knut Hiddle, Agder Forskning (Norway) Transgression and reproduction: On diversity, otherness and mobility in the
multicultural place/space
- Ben Rogaly, University of Sussex (UK) Intensification of work-place regimes in British agriculture - the role of migrant workers
- Petra Vergunst, Scottish Agricultural College (The Netherlands/UK) In-migration, power and community cohesion

12:45h-15h: Lunch break

15h-16:30h Session 3: Southern Europe perspectives
Chair: Andreu Domingo, CED, UAB
Speakers:
- Charalambos Kasimis, Agricultural University of Athens (Greece) The economic and social dimensions of the presence of migrants in the Greek rural regions: evidence from empirical research
- Maria Lucinda Fonseca, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal) New waves: immigration to small towns and rural areas in Portugal
- Ricard Morén-Alegret, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) International immigrants’ integration in small towns and rural areas in Spain

16:30h-16:45h. Coffee break

16:45h-17:30h. Closing session - Other experiences beyond Europe: the Australian case
Chair: Montserrat Pallarès, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, UAB
- Graeme Hugo, University of Adelaide (Australia) Immigrant settlement outside of Australia's major cities