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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