MAIN EVENTS
Monday, 19th of October
Schedule: 9:30 h to 17:30 h (CEST).
Location: Espai Francesca Bonnemaison. The sessions will be streamed live on YouTube in Catalan and English.
Languages: Catalan, English and Spanish. Simultaneous interpretation into Catalan and English will be available.
Moderator: Elena Busquets Segura. Journalist and Director of The New Barcelona Post, former Director of VIA Empresa, and regular commentator on RTVE.
9.30 h — 10.15 h. Institutional inauguration.
Institutional opening of the forum and recognition of the organizations that have organized parallel events during Time Use Week.
With the participation of:
- Eva Menor Cantador. Minister for Equality and Feminism of the Government of Catalonia.
- Raquel Gil Eiroá. Deputy Mayor for Social Rights, Economic Promotion, Employment, Feminisms and Democratic Memory at the Barcelona City Council.
- Alba Barnusell Ortuño. Deputy President of the Social Sustainability, Life Cycle and Community Area at the Barcelona Provincial Council.
- Olga Morales Segura. Executive Councillor for Social and Equality Policies at the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.
- Marta Junqué Surià. Director of the Time Use Initiative.
10.15 h — 10.45 h. Opening conversation: The effects of acceleration on our time.
Reflection on the reasons for and main effects of the social acceleration we are experiencing, from different perspectives.
With the participation of:
- Alexandra Laudo. Independent art curator specialising in the social construction of time and temporality.
- Judy Wajcman. Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
10.45 h — 11.15 h: Coffee break (included)
11.15 h — 12.30 h. How do we adapt to the reality of acceleration ?
Panel discussions to outline possible solutions and ideas for addressing the phenomenon of social acceleration through public policy and private initiatives in the areas of health, leisure, urban planning, care, and the economy.
11.15 h – 12.00 h. Panel 1:
- Pilar Conesa i Santamaria. Founder and President of Anteverti and curator of the Smart City Expo World Congress.
- Joan Costa-Font. Professor of Health Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Director of the Ageing and Health Incentives Lab (AHIL).
- Javier Creus. Founder of Ideas for Change, specialising in systemic innovation and institutional transformation.
12.00 h – 12.30 h. Panel 2:
- Sonia Rastogi. Senior Programme Officer at the Gates Foundation, specialising in gender and public health.
- Muigai Wainaina. Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Division in Kenya’s State Department for Economic Planning, specialising in the use of time-use data for public policy.
12.30 h — 13.00 h. Podcast: What can I do to slow down?
A brief reflection on habits and actions that helps us slowdown in our personal lives.
With the participation of:
- Azahara Alonso Gómez. Philosopher, poet and writer, author of the novel “Gozo”.
13.00 h — 13.05 h. Video screening.
13.05 h — 13.30 h. Testimonials: How to slow down and reduce screen time.
Accounts from different perspectives on the experience of social acceleration and screen use in daily life.
Information about the speakers will be available soon.
13.30 h — 15.00 h: Lunch (not included)
15.00h — 16.00h: The impact of social acceleration on working time.
Discussion on the impact of acceleration on paid working time and possible strategies to address it through public policy, collective bargaining, and labour organization.
With the participation of:
- Catarina Braga. Specialist in working time organization, labour standards and decent work at the International Labour Organization (ILO).
- Gabriel Ginebra. Professor at EU Business School, specialising in slow management, leadership and organisational culture.
16.00h — 16.30h: Testimonials. How to adopt slow management in companies.
Stories from companies that have adopted measures to improve work time organization and slow down.
With the participation of:
- Claire Laude. Marketing Innovation and Sales Director at Fundació Portolà.
Anna Villar Gil. Human Resources Director at Henkel.
16.30h — 17.30h: Parallel workshop sessions. Practical sessions for public administrations and companies on tools and strategies to improve time management.
Two parallel workshops are planned.
Workshop 1. Resources for implementing time-use policies in public administrations
Target audience: public sector staff
Workshop for public sector staff presenting existing resources for implementing time policies.
With the participation of:
- Laura de Caralt Casanova. Technical specialist at the Directorate of Feminism, Gender Mainstreaming and LGBTI Services at the Barcelona City Council.
- Laura Liñares Rivas. Technical Officer at the Directorate-General for Equity in Work and Co-responsibility at the Department of Equality and Feminism of the Government of Catalonia.
- Pedro Martín Cumplido. Equality and Time Policies Officer at the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.
- Gemma Parera Álvarez. Advisory Officer in the Social Sustainability, Life Cycle and Community Area at the Barcelona Provincial Council.
Workshop 2. How do you experience your time?
Target audience: companies
An experiential activity to become aware of how we experience our time and to decide how we want to organise it. A space to pause, observe our patterns and explore how we wish to inhabit our time in a context of constant acceleration and ever-increasing pace.
With the participation of:
- Pausa Conscient. Organisation that supports people and organisations by promoting pauses for self-care and more mindful activity.
How to get to the Espai Francesca Bonnemaison:
Tuesday, 20th of October
Annual Meeting of the Local and Regional Time Network
Schedule: 9.15 h – 16 h (CEST).
Language: English.
Audience: The annual meeting of the Local and Regional Time Network is the moment when its annual assembly is held, and the Network’s future strategies are outlined. It is also conceived as a space for the exchange of knowledge and the development of new resources and ideas to advance the implementation of time policies.
The events of the annual meeting are exclusively for member organizations of the Network.
Wednesday, 21st of October
9:30h–9:45h. Institutional Welcome.
Representative of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
9:45h – 10:45h. What do time-use data tell us about Catalonia?
Moderator: Sara Moreno Colom
Language: Catalan
Presentation of the main conclusions of the 2024 Time Use Survey data published by IDESCAT and reflection on its use by the public administrations.
Presentation of the Results of the Catalan Time Use Survey
With the participation of:
- Àlex Costa Sáenz de San Pedro. Director of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia (IDESCAT).
Sònia Guerra López. President of the Institut Català de les Dones and Secretary General of the Department of Equality and Feminism of the Government of Catalonia.
Round table: How are Catalan public administrations using, or planning to use, time-use data?
With the participation of:
- Mar Camarasa i Casals. Technical specialist at the Directorate of Feminism, Gender Mainstreaming and LGBTI Services of Barcelona City Council.
- Gemma Parera Álvarez. Advisory Officer in the Social Sustainability, Life Cycle and Community Area of the Barcelona Provincial Council.
- Elisabet Tejero Gil. Director of Social Policy and Equality Services at the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.Presentation of the Results of the Catalan Time Use Survey
10:45h – 11:30h. What do time-use data tell us about the world?
Moderator: Joan García Román
Language: English
Round table discussion presenting the current state and results of time use surveys at the international, European, and Spanish levels.
- Paola Andrea Castilla Gómez. Economist and consultant for UN Women in the Americas and the Caribbean.
- Eniel Ninka. Statistical officer at Eurostat, responsible for the Harmonised European Time Use Survey (HETUS).
11.30 h — 12.00 h: Coffee break (included)
12:00h – 12:45h. How can the Time Use Survey be used to inform policy decisions?
Language: Catalan
Practical workshop on knowledge transfer between research and public policy, aimed at researchers and public administration staff.
With the participation of:
- Ariadna Güell Sans. Deputy Director of the Time Use Initiative.
- Marta Junqué Surià. Director of the Time Use Initiative.
12:45h – 14:00h. Flash presentations: research on Time Use
Moderators: Ariadna Güell Sans / Marta Junqué Surià
Language: Catalan
Panel 1
With the participation of:
- Lidia Arroyo Prieto. PhD, Dean of COLPIS and Professor of Social Psychology at UAB.
- Núria Codina Mata. Professor of Social Psychology of Leisure at the University of Barcelona, specialising in time use, leisure and time management.
- Elisenda Rentería Pérez. Researcher at CED-UAB, specialising in ageing, intergenerational transfers and time use.
- Raúl Velasco Fernández. Researcher at ICTA-UAB, specialising in energy, time use and sustainability.
Panel 2
Information about the speakers will be available soon.
14:00 h: End of the day
Schedule: 9:30 h to 14:00 h (CEST).
Location: Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) – Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology. The sessions will be held exclusively in person.
Languages: Catalan. There will be no interpretation service.
Moderators:
- Joan García Román. PhD in Demography from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and researcher at the Centre for Demographic Studies, specialising in the analysis of time use data.
- Sara Moreno Colom. PhD in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and researcher at QUIT and the Institute for Labour Studies, specialised in the analysis of time and everyday life.
The events held at the Autonomous University of Barcelona are organized in collaboration with the university itself, with the notable support of the Centre for Sociological Studies on Everyday Life and Work (QUIT) and the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED).
