Programme

Scroll down for the online programme.
For panel details see the panels tab.

Wednesday 15 June 2022

11:00 –  Registration in the Conference Lobby

12:00-13:00 Lunch in the Restaurant Panoraama

13:00 – 13:30 Welcome and Introduction: Associate Professor Mianna Meskus & Dr Riikka Homanen in Room Henrika 5-6

13:30 – 15:00 Keynote speaker session 1: Professor Sarah Franklin and Professor Marcia Inhorn: Changing (In)Fertilities: What have we discovered and why does it matter? Chair: Cathy Herbrand, in Room Henrika 5-6

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break in the Conference Lobby

15:30 – 17:00 Simultaneous Panel Streams – Session 1

Stream 1: Ethics, Care and Stratification I, Room Akseli

Stream 2: Biopolitics, Industry and Markets I, Room Henrika 3

Stream 3: Family Practices, Intimacies and Kinship I, Room Emilia

Stream 4: More-than-Human Relations and Toxic Environments I, Room Henrika 5-6

Stream 5: Body Politic and Fertility I, Room Pyhäjärvi Sauna

Stream 6: Technological Pasts, Presents and Futures I, Room Johan

Stream 7: Imagining and Speculating Reproduction I, Room Lydik

Stream 8: Online Session I

17:00 – 18:30 Keynote speaker session 2: Dr. Katharine Dow: In/fertile condition. Chair: Riikka Homanen, in Room Henrika 5-6

19:00 Welcome reception at Museum Centre Vapriikki hosted by City of Tampere

 

Thursday 16 June 2022

9:00 – 10:30 Keynote speaker session 3: Dr. Ana Cristina Santos: In reproductive misfits we trust: Queering reproduction against the backdrop of the motherhood regime. Chair: Anna-Maija Castrén, in Henrika 5-6

10:30-12:00 Simultaneous Panel Streams – Session 2

Stream 1: Ethics, Care and Stratification II, Room Akseli

Stream 2: Biopolitics, Industry and Markets II, Room Henrika 3

Stream 3: Family Practices, Intimacies and Kinship II, Room Emilia

Stream 4: More-than-Human Relations and Toxic Environments II, Room Henrika 5-6

Stream 5: Body Politic and Fertility II, Room Pyhäjärvi Sauna

Stream 6: Technological Pasts, Presents and Futures II, Room Johan

Stream 7: Imagining and Speculating Reproduction II, Room Lydik

Stream 8: Online Session II

12:00-13:00 Lunch in the Restaurant Panoraama

13:00-14.30 Keynote speaker session 4: Professor Chia-Ling Wu: Making multiple babies: The global anticipatory governance of assisted reproduction. Chair: Ayo Wahlberg, in Room Henrika 5-6

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break in the Conference Lobby

15:00-16:30 Simultaneous Panel Streams – Session 3

Stream 1: Ethics, Care and Stratification III, Room Henrika 5-6

Stream 2: Biopolitics, Industry and Markets III, Room Henrika 3

Stream 3: Family Practices, Intimacies and Kinship III, Room Emilia

Stream 4: More-than-Human Relations and Toxic Environments III, Room Johan

Stream 5: Body Politic and Fertility III, Room Pyhäjärvi Sauna

Stream 6: Technological Pasts, Presents and Futures III, Room Akseli

Stream 8: Online Session III

Art Exhibition in Room Lydik

16:30-18:00 Keynote speaker session 5: Associate Professor Eben Kirksey: Impure hopes: CRISPR enters the fertility clinic. Chair: Mianna Meskus, in Room Henrika 5-6

19:00 Conference Dinner at the conference venue Hotel Scandic Rosendahl (Dining Area Henrika 1-3)

 

Friday 17 June 2022

9:00 – 10:30 Simultaneous Panel Streams – Session 4

Stream 1: Ethics, Care and Stratification IV, Room Akseli

Stream 4: More-than-Human Relations and Toxic Environments IV, Room Johan

Stream 5: Body Politic and Fertility IV, Room Emilia

Art exhibition with the curator of the art programme Marianne Mäkelin presenting in Room Lydik

10:30 – 12:00 Keynote speaker session 6: Professor Charis Thompson: Automating assisted reproduction: What difference does AI/ML make to ARTS? Chair: Noémie Merleau-Ponty, in Room Henrika 5-6

12:00-13:00 Lunch in the Restaurant Panoraama

13:00-14:30 Keynote panel ‘Reproduction and race in the Nordic countries’: Professor Guro Korsnes Kristensen, Associate Professor Michael Nebeling Petersen, Dr. Riikka Homanen and Dr. Mwenza Blell. Chair: Marcin Smietana, in Room Henrika 5-6

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break in the Conference Lobby

15:00-16:30 Simultaneous Panel Streams – Session 5

Stream 3: Family Practices, Intimacies and Kinship IV, Room Emilia

Stream 5: Body Politic and Fertility V, Room Henrika 5-6

Art exhibition in Room Lydik

16:30-17:00 Closing of the conference in Room Henrika 5-6

 

 

Online Programme

Links for online attendance have been emailed to all conference participants.

Wednesday 15 June 2022

13:00 – 13:30 Welcome and Introduction: Associate Professor Mianna Meskus & Dr Riikka Homanen

13:30 – 15:00 Keynote speaker session 1: Professor Sarah Franklin and Professor Marcia Inhorn: Changing (In)Fertilities: What Have We Discovered and Why Does it Matter? Chair: Cathy Herbrand

15:30 – 17:00 Simultaneous Panel Streams – Session 1

Stream 4: More-than-Human Relations and Toxic Environments I: Multispecies Futures I, closed panel, hybrid

Stream 8: Online Session I

17:00 – 18:30 Keynote speaker session 2: Dr. Katharine Dow: In/fertile condition. Chair: Riikka Homanen

 

Thursday 16 June 2022

9:00 – 10:30 Keynote speaker session 3: Dr. Ana Cristina Santos: In Reproductive Misfits We Trust: Queering Reproduction Against the Backdrop of the Motherhood Regime. Chair: Anna-Maija Castrén

10:30-12:00 Simultaneous Panel Streams – Session 2

Stream 4: More-than-Human Relations and Toxic Environments II: Multispecies Futures II, closed panel, hybrid

Stream 8: Online Session II

13:00-14.30 Keynote speaker session 4: Professor Chia-Ling Wu: Making Multiple Babies: The Global Anticipatory Governance of Assisted Reproduction. Chair: Ayo Wahlberg

15:00-16:30 Simultaneous Panel Streams – Session 3

Stream 1: Ethics, Care and Stratification III: Queer Reproductive Justice, closed panel, hybrid

Stream 8: Online Session III

16:30-18:00 Keynote speaker session 5: Associate Professor Eben Kirksey: Impure Hopes: CRISPR Enters the Fertility Clinic. Chair: Mianna Meskus

 

Friday 17 June 2022

10:30 – 12:00 Keynote speaker session 6: Professor Charis Thompson: Automating Assisted Reproduction: What Difference Does AI/ML Make to ARTS? Chair: Noémie Merleau-Ponty

13:00-14:30 Keynote panel ‘Reproduction and Race in the Nordic Countries’: Professor Guro Korsnes Kristensen, Associate Professor Michael Nebeling Petersen, Dr. Riikka Homanen and Dr. Mwenza Blell. Chair: Marcin Smietana

15:00-16:30 Simultaneous Panel Streams – Session 5

 Stream 5: Body Politic and Fertility V: Controlling Reproductive Futures, closed panel, hybrid