Agenda

• 0930 Coffee and registration
• 1000 Introduction - David Powell, UK Ambassador and Simon Giverin, Director British Council Norway
  The societal context: the state of public debate on Islam today
• 1015 UK perspective – Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian
• 1045 Norway perspective – Oddbjørn Leirvik, University of Oslo
• 1115 Questions and Discussion
• 1200 Lunch
  The communication challenge: advancing the debate on Islam and society
• 1300 Talking about Islam to wider society in the UK – Q magazine contributing editor Fozia Bora
• 1345 Talking about Islam to wider society in Norway – Lawyer and Aftenposten commentator Abid Raja
• 1415 Talking "liberal values" to wider society in Norway- Blogger VamPus (Heidi Nordby Lunde)
• 1500 Coffee
• 1530 Panel discussion facilitated by Rebecca Walton, British Council. Speakers joined by Norwegian MP Saera Khan and Lisa Cooper, Directorate of Diversity and Integration
• 1630 Seminar closes
• 1700 Reception to mark the 60th anniversary of the British Council in Norway