Date: 26 and 27 January, 2015
Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation


PROGRAM

January 26th, 2015, Monday

09.00 Opening speech by His Excellency the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of East- Timor, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão

09.45 Coffee break

Module 1 – Without Memory there is no Future
Moderation: Bendito Freitas, Minister of Education (Timor-Leste)

10.00 Aurélio Guterres (Timor-Leste), Principal of National University of East –Timor (UNTL)

10.30 Fernando Rosas (Portugal), Professor of History at the New University of
Lisbon. Former Deputy

11.15 Álvaro Dantas Tavares (Cabo Verde), Ex-PAIGC fighter, Former Ambassador of Cabo Verde, Former Head of the Civil House of the President of the Republic. Vice-President of the General Council of the Amilcar Cabral Foundation

12.00 Debate

13.00 Lunch Break

Module 2 – Collect and Value the Testimonies Fight
Moderator: Benjamin Corte-Real, President of the National Institute of Linguistics (Timor-Leste)

14.30 Paulo Barreto Lara (Angola), Coordinator of the project “Angola-On
Rails Independence” Documentation Tchiweka Association. Army General of
Angola

15.15 José Luís Guterres (Timor-Leste), Founding Member of ASDT / FRETILIN , Member of his Central Committee 1976- 2006 , FRETILIN representative in Maputo, Coordinator of External Delegation of FRETILIN 1978-1980 , Head of External Delegation 1994-1998, Former Vice-PM
IV Government RDTL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation V
Government RDTL

16.00 Coffee break

16.15 Abílio Araújo (Timor-Leste), Former Secretary General of FRETILIN 1981-1983, minister of the first government of RDTL. Participated in the London Reconciliation Meetings. Economist and President of the PNT Party

17.00 Debate

17.30 End of the first day


January 27th, 2015, Tuesday

Module 3 – The Archives of Memory
Moderator: Pedro Donaciano Gomes, Director of the National Institute of Defence (Timor-Leste)

09.00 Roque Rodrigues (Timor-Leste), Ex-Ambassador
of East Timor to Angola , Ex-Minister of Defense of the I Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , Advisor of President of the Republic

09.45 Coffee break

10.00 Audiovisual archives
Max Stahl (Timor-Leste) Television presenter and journalist. Author of documentaries about East Timor, in particular, the report on the Santa Cruz Massacre

10.45 The collection of archives within the population
José Agostinho Sequeira, “Somotxo” (Timor-Leste),
Former Collaborate of Chief of Staff of the FALINTIL, Former Secretary of Region IV, First Director of the Archive & Museum of East Timorese Resistance, Vice Minister of Interior 2006- 2007, President of the FALINTIL Veterans Foundation.
Diana Andringa (Portugal), Jornalist. Author of documentaries about East Timor

11.30 The Timorese Resistance Archive
Antoninho Baptista Alves “Hamar” (Timor-Leste), Former Political Assistant of Region IV, Director of Archive & Museum of East Timorese Resistance

Alfredo Caldeira (Portugal), Administrator of Archive & Library of Mário Soares Foundation

12.15 Debate

13.00 Lunch Break

Module 4 – Oral History and Protagonists
Moderation: Afonso Almeida- Coordinator of the National Centre for Scientific Research (Timor-Leste)

14.30 The Project History of Women in the Resistance
Merita Alves (Timor-Leste), President of OPMT (Popular Organization of Timorese Women)

15.15 Memories of Resistance: potential and challenges of Oral History Projects
Luciana Heymann (Brasil) PhD in Sociology. Coordinator of the Graduate
Program of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Former Coordinator of the
Oral History Program CPDOC at the same Foundation

16.00 Debate

16.45 Coffee break

17.00 Closure speech by His Excellency Mari Alkatiri (Timor-Leste), One of the founders and current Secretary General of FRETILIN. Former Prime Minister of
the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
PROGRAM

January 26th, 2015, Monday

09.00 Opening speech by His Excellency the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of East- Timor, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão

09.45 Coffee break

Module 1 – Without Memory there is no Future
Moderation: Bendito Freitas, Minister of Education (Timor-Leste)

10.00 Aurélio Guterres (Timor-Leste), Principal of National University of East –Timor (UNTL)

10.30 Fernando Rosas (Portugal), Professor of History at the New University of
Lisbon. Former Deputy

11.15 Álvaro Dantas Tavares (Cabo Verde), Ex-PAIGC fighter, Former Ambassador of Cabo Verde, Former Head of the Civil House of the President of the Republic. Vice-President of the General Council of the Amilcar Cabral Foundation

12.00 Debate

13.00 Lunch Break

Module 2 – Collect and Value the Testimonies Fight
Moderator: Benjamin Corte-Real, President of the National Institute of Linguistics (Timor-Leste)

14.30 Paulo Barreto Lara (Angola), Coordinator of the project “Angola-On
Rails Independence” Documentation Tchiweka Association. Army General of
Angola

15.15 José Luís Guterres (Timor-Leste), Founding Member of ASDT / FRETILIN , Member of his Central Committee 1976- 2006 , FRETILIN representative in Maputo, Coordinator of External Delegation of FRETILIN 1978-1980 , Head of External Delegation 1994-1998, Former Vice-PM
IV Government RDTL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation V
Government RDTL

16.00 Coffee break

16.15 Abílio Araújo (Timor-Leste), Former Secretary General of FRETILIN 1981-1983, minister of the first government of RDTL. Participated in the London Reconciliation Meetings. Economist and President of the PNT Party

17.00 Debate

17.30 End of the first day


January 27th, 2015, Tuesday

Module 3 – The Archives of Memory
Moderator: Pedro Donaciano Gomes, Director of the National Institute of Defence (Timor-Leste)

09.00 Roque Rodrigues (Timor-Leste), Ex-Ambassador
of East Timor to Angola , Ex-Minister of Defense of the I Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , Advisor of President of the Republic

09.45 Coffee break

10.00 Audiovisual archives
Max Stahl (Timor-Leste) Television presenter and journalist. Author of documentaries about East Timor, in particular, the report on the Santa Cruz Massacre

10.45 The collection of archives within the population
José Agostinho Sequeira, “Somotxo” (Timor-Leste),
Former Collaborate of Chief of Staff of the FALINTIL, Former Secretary of Region IV, First Director of the Archive & Museum of East Timorese Resistance, Vice Minister of Interior 2006- 2007, President of the FALINTIL Veterans Foundation.
Diana Andringa (Portugal), Jornalist. Author of documentaries about East Timor

11.30 The Timorese Resistance Archive
Antoninho Baptista Alves “Hamar” (Timor-Leste), Former Political Assistant of Region IV, Director of Archive & Museum of East Timorese Resistance

Alfredo Caldeira (Portugal), Administrator of Archive & Library of Mário Soares Foundation

12.15 Debate

13.00 Lunch Break

Module 4 – Oral History and Protagonists
Moderation: Afonso Almeida- Coordinator of the National Centre for Scientific Research (Timor-Leste)

14.30 The Project History of Women in the Resistance
Merita Alves (Timor-Leste), President of OPMT (Popular Organization of Timorese Women)

15.15 Memories of Resistance: potential and challenges of Oral History Projects
Luciana Heymann (Brasil) PhD in Sociology. Coordinator of the Graduate
Program of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Former Coordinator of the
Oral History Program CPDOC at the same Foundation

16.00 Debate

16.45 Coffee break

17.00 Closure speech by His Excellency Mari Alkatiri (Timor-Leste), One of the founders and current Secretary General of FRETILIN. Former Prime Minister of
the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste