Travel planner for public transport: http://9292.nl/en

Via Schiphol airport:

Take a train from Schiphol railway station to Amersfoort. The final destination of the train is AMERSFOORT. On the platforms and on the trains themselves the final destination will be listed.

The railway station is below the airport and can be reached from the airport arrivals hall by underground passage. After having passed customs, follow the signs "to the trains". Coming up from the underground passage the ticket office will be on your right hand side. The travelling time from Schiphol to Amersfoort, is approximately 45 minutes.

Upon arrival at Amersfoort train station follow the exit signs. From Amersfoort station you can choose to travel by taxi or bus to the conference centre.

Taxi: Taxis are available in front of the railway station.

Bus: Coming out of the main exit of Amersfoorts’ railway station you will find the bus station on your right hand side. Bus lines 52 or 56 will bring you to the conference centre. Tell the driver that you want to get of at "Kontakt der Kontinenten". Travelling time is about 10-15 minutes. You can buy a ticket for the bus at the ticket office at either Amersfoort or Schiphol train station. You can also buy a ticket in the bus.

By train from other directions:

Soesterberg can be reached easily by travelling via Amersfoor by train. You can approach Soesterberg/Amersfoort from the south via Brussels and Rotterdam or Amsterdam by high-speed trains. Change trains in Rotterdam or Amsterdam to Amersfoort.

From Germany several fast and high-speed lines are available. Get of the train at Amersfoort railway station or change respectively at Utrecht Central Station and travel to Amersfoort by fast train.

Have a pleasant journey!

www.kontaktderkontinenten.nl

Climate Change, Sustainability and an Ethics of an Open Future

50th Societas Ethica Annual Conference, 22nd-25th August 2013

Kontakt der Kontinenten, Soesterberg, Netherlands
 

Programme as pdf

Provisional Programme

Thursday 22nd August 2013
 

18:00 Dinner
 

19:30 Welcome address and thematic introduction by Prof. Göran Collste (Linköping University, President of Societas Ethica) and Prof. Marcus Düwell (Utrecht University, Organizer)
 

Keynote Session I

Dr. Jeroen van de Sluis (GeoSciences, Utrecht University): Scientific Scenarios for the Development of Climate Change
 

21:00 Social Evening

Friday 23rd August 2013
 

9:00 Keynote Session II

Professor Stephen Gardiner (Cornell University): The Ethics of Climate Extortion
 

11:15 Short Papers I-II

parallel sessions
 

13:00 Lunch
 

14:30 Short Papers III-IV

parallel sessions
 

16:00 Keynote Session III

Professor Ingrid Robeyns (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Sustainable Procreative Freedom
 

18:00 Dinner
 

19:15 Short Papers V-VI

parallel sessions
 

21:00 Social Evening

Saturday 24th August 2013
 

9:00 Panel session: The Future of The Ethics of Climate Change

Professor Hille Haker (Loyola University Chicago): Energy Ethics

Professor Marcus Düwell (Utrecht University): Rights to a Green Future
 

11:15 Short Papers VII-VIII

parallel sessions
 

13:00 Lunch
 

14:00 General Assembly and concluding discussion including: Young paper Award Ceremony
 

16:00 Excursion to Utrecht with celebration of Societas Ethica's 50th conference

Sunday 25th August 2013
 

9:00 Keynote session IV

Professor Simon Caney (Oxford University): Tolstoy's Question: the Ecological Preconditions of Justice
 

10.30 Coffee Break
 

11.00 Keynote session V

Professor Michael Northcott (University of Edinburgh): Climate Change as Moral Challenge
 

12:30 Lunch