European Population Conference EPC'2003

The scientific programme of EPC 2003 was structured into one plenary session and a set of simultaneous sessions. In addition two round table sessions and side meetings were scheduled.
The working language of the conference was English.

Plenary Session

The Plenary Session reflected the particular scope of the conference. The Plenary Session lasted 90 minutes. At the Plenary Session only one invited paper was presented. This keynote address lasted 45 minutes, and was followed by a co-referee who commented on the topic and by discussion from the floor.

Special sessions and side meetings

Three Round Table Sessions are organised:

Round Table 1. The economic context of population ageing - macro and micro perspectives
Organisers: Marek Góra, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, and Michał Rutkowski, World Bank

Round Table 2. Panel surveys on understanding the life course: between structural pressure and value orientations
Organisers: Ewa Frątczak, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland, and Zsolt Spéder, Hungarian Demographic Institute, Hungary

Round Table 3. Civic society and demographic change
Organiser: Renata Siemieńska-Żochowska, Warsaw University, Poland.

and three special sessions:

Session 1. Demographic consequences of the 1990s conflict in Bosnia and Hercegovina
Organiser: Ewa Tabeau, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Office of the Prosecution, Demographic Unit, Netherlands

Session 2. Network for Integrated European Population Studies
Organiser: Thérese Jacobs, Centre for Population and Family Studies, Belgium

Session 3. Research and policy - International Organisation for Migration and Central European Forum for Migration

Organiser: Marek Kupiszewski, Central European Forum for Migration, Poland

Working group meetings have been scheduled according to proposals sent to the NOC:

"Demographic Changes and Care for the Elderly",
organiser Emily Grundy

"Mortality and Morbidity",
organiser Jon Anson

"Late Fertility and its Implications",
organiser Catherine Gourbin

"Is the Second Demographic Transition a Useful Concept for Demography",
organiser Aart Liefbroer and Francesco Billari.

Simultaneous Sessions

The parallel sessions were structured around general themes, which had been proposed by the IOC/NOC and developed by Convenors based on abstracts of the participants.

Two types of Simultaneous Sessions were organised: Paper/Abstracts based sessions and Poster/Abstract based sessions. Both types of sessions were strictly on an equal footing.

Paper/Abstract sessions lasted 90 minutes, allowing 4-5 oral presentations of 10-15 minutes each. In the Poster sessions the number of posters varied between 4 and 15.

PAPER SESSIONS

Theme A: Fertility trends and patterns
Convenor: Mrs. Jitka Rychtařiková, Czech Republic
Address: Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Demography and Geodemography,
Albertov 6, CZ-128 43 PRAGUE, Czech Republic
E-mail: rychta@natur.cuni.cz

Session A1: Parenthood and labour force participation - The Western experience
Organiser: Jan Hoem, Sweden hoem@demogr.mpg.de

Session A2: Conditions of parenthood in Central and Eastern Europe
Organiser: Kalev KATUS , Estonia ewaf@sgh.waw.pl

Session A3: Timing of fertility
Organiser: Gijs Beets, Netherlands beets@nidi.nl

Session A4: Specific fertility patterns
Organiser: Jitka Rychtařiková, Czech Republic, rychta@natur.cuni.cz

Session A5: Attitudes and value change regarding fertility
Organiser: Dirk van de Kaa, Netherlands djvandekaa@compuserve.com

Theme B: Families and households
Convenor: Fausta Ongaro, Italy
Address: Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche,
Via San Francesco 33, I-35100 PADOVA, Italy
E-mail: ongaro@marvin.stat.unipd.it

Session B1: Transition to adulthood
Organiser: L. Toulemon, France toulemon@ined.fr

Session B2: Moving into or out of unions in contemporary Europe
Organiser: Fausta Ongaro, Italy ongaro@marvin.stat.unipd.it

Session B3: Determinants of family formation
Organiser: M. Castiglioni, Italy casti@stat.unipd.it

Session B4: New living arrangements and new family relationships
Organiser: Ann Berrington, United Kingdom amb6@socsci.soton.ac.uk

Session B5: Family pathways and individual life course
Organiser: Teresa Castro Martin, Spain tcastro@ieg.csic.es

Theme C: Reproductive health
Convenor: Mr. Henri Leridon, France
Address: Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques,
133 Boulevard Davout, F-75980 PARIS CEDEX 20, France
E-mail: leridon@ined.fr

Session C1: Infertility problems and medically assisted procreation
Organiser: Guillaume Wunsch, Belgium wunsch@demo.ucl.ac.be

Session C2: Contraception and induced abortion in Europe
Organiser: Janina Jóźwiak, Poland ninaj@sgh.waw.pl

Session C3: Contraception and induced abortion in other countries
Organiser: Osmo Kontula, Finland Osmo.Kontula@vaestoliitto.fi

Session C4: Reproductive health behavior
Organiser: Henri Leridon, France leridon@ined.fr

Session C5: Biomedical aspects of reproductive health
Organiser: James Vaupel, Germany vaupel@demogr.mpg.de

Theme D: Health, morbidity and mortality
Convenors:
Mr. Anton E. Kunst, The Netherlands
Address: Erasmus University, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands
E-mail: kunst@mgz.fgg.eur.nl

in co-operation with Mrs. Janina Jóźwiak, Poland
Address: Warsaw School of Economics, Institute of Statistics and Demography
02-554 Warsaw, Al.Niepodległości 162, Poland
E-mail: ninaj@sgh.waw.pl

Session D1: Health and mortality differentials
Organiser: Tapani Valkonen, Finland Tapani.Valkonen@Helsinki.fi

Session D2: Socio-economic factors of health and mortality
Organiser: Jolanta Kurkiewicz, Polandkurkiewj@ae.krakow.pl

Session D3: Innovative research methods in health and mortality
Organiser: Ofra Anson, Netherlands ofra@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

Session D4: Trends in mortality in European populations
Organiser: Vladimir Shkolnikov, Russia shkolnikov@demogr.mpg.de

Theme E: Regional population dynamics and internal migration
Convenor: Mr. Philip Rees, United Kingdom
Address: The University of Leeds, School of Geography,
UK- LEEDS LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
E-mail: p.rees@geog.leeds.ac.uk

Session E1: Individual and household migration within social and economic systems
Organiser: Philip Rees, United Kingdom p.rees@geog.leeds.ac.uk

Session E2: Measuring and explaining the pattern of migration and its consequences
Organiser: Marek Kupiszewski, Poland m.kupisz@twarda.pan.pl

Theme F: International migration and migrant populations
Convenor: Mr. Marek Okólski, Poland
Address: University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economics,
ul. Długa 44/50, PL-00-241 WARSAW, Poland
E-mail: Marek.Okolski@mercury.ci.uw.edu.pl

Session F 1: International migration and European integration
Organiser: Anatoly Vishnevsky, Russia vishne@mail.ecfor.rssi.ru ; agvish@comtv.ru

Session F 2: Economic causes and effects of migration
Organiser: Marek Okólski, Poland Marek.Okolski@mercury.ci.uw.edu.pl

Session F 3: Gender, international migration and integration
Organiser: Joaquin Arango, Spain arango@cps.ucm.es

Session F 4: Ethnicity-specific characteristics of immigrants' behaviours
Organiser: Krystyna Slany, Poland slany@isps.pl; k.slany@iphils.uj.edu.pl

Session F 5: Metamorphoses of migrants' status
Organiser: Mark Tolts, Israel mtolts@h2.hum.huji.ac.il

Theme G: Population ageing
Convenor: Mrs. Emily Grundy, United Kingdom
Address: Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
49-51 Bedford Square, UK- LONDON WC1B 3DP, United Kingdom
E-mail: emily.grundy@lshtm.ac.uk

Session G1. Population ageing: course and prospects
Organiser: Emily Grundy, United Kingdom emily.grundy@lshtm.ac.uk

Session G2. Family and household arrangements and support and care of older people
Organiser: Ewa Frątczak, Poland ewaf@sgh.waw.pl

Session G3 Active ageing
Organiser: Dorly Deeg, Netherlands djh.deeg.emgo@med.vu.nl

Theme H: Population and policies
Convenor: Mrs. Charlotte Höhn, Germany
Address: Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung,
PO Box 5528, D-65180 WIESBADEN, Germany
E-mail: Charlotte.Hoehn@destatis.de

Session H1: Family-related policies
Organiser: Charlotte Höhn, Germany charlotte.hoehn@destatis.de

Session H2: Gender and migration policies
Organiser: Gerda Neyer, Austria neyer@demogr.mpg.de

Session H3: Population and family policies
Organiser: Paul Demeny, United States of America pdemeny@popcouncil.org

Session H4: Population-related policies in more developed and in developing countries
Organiser: Charlotte Höhn, Germany charlotte.hoehn@destatis.de

Theme I: Population and development
Convenors:
Mr. Dominique Tabutin, Belgium
Address: Institut de demographie, UCL
1, Place Montesquieu, bte 17, B-1348 LOUVAIN LA NEUVE, Belgium
E-mail: tabutin@demo.ucl.ac.be

Mr. Jacques Veron, France
Address: INED
133 boulevard Davout, 75 980 PARIS CEDEX 20, France
E-mail: veron@ined.fr

Session I1: Population and development
Organisers: Dominique Tabutin, Belgium and Jacques Veron, France tabutin@demo.ucl.ac.be, veron@ined.fr

Theme J: Quantitative and qualitative methods
Convenor: Mr. Juha Alho, Finland
Address: Department of Statistics,
P.O. Box 111, Fin -80101 JOENSUU, Finland
E-mail: alho@joyx.joensuu.fi

Session J1: Advances in research methods
Organiser: Juha Alho, Finland alho@joyx.joensuu.fi

Theme K: Applied demography
Convenor: Mrs. Filomena Racioppi, Italy
Address: University of Rome "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di Scienze Demografiche,
Via Nomentana 41, I-00161 ROMA, Italy
E-mail: filomena.racioppi@uniroma1.it

Session K1: Applied demography
Organiser: Filomena Racioppi, Italy filomena.racioppi@uniroma1.it

Theme L: Historical demography
Convenor: Mr. David Sven Reher, Spain
Address: Jordan 23, E-28010 MADRID, Spain
E-mail: soso203@emducms1.sis.ucm.es

Session L1: Historical demography - Western Europe
Organiser: Eva Bernhardt, Sweden eva.bernhardt@sociology.su.se

Session L2: Historical demography - Eastern Europe
Organiser: Joaquin Recano, Spain jrecano@ced.uab.es

Theme M: Gender and generations
Convenor: Mr. Miroslav Macura, Switzerland
Address: Population Activities Unit,
Palais des Nations, CH-1211 GENEVA 10, Switzerland
E-mail: miroslav.macura@unece.org

Session M1: Gender and generation
Organiser: Miroslav Macura, Switzerland miroslaw.macura@unece.org

Theme O: Population and economy
Convenor: Mr. Zsolt Spéder, Hungary
Address: HCSO Demographic Research Institute,
Angol u. 77, BUDAPEST H-1149, Hungary
E-mail: speder@mailop.ksh.hu

Session O1: Well-being and demographic structures
Organiser: Zsolt Spéder, Hungary speder@mailop.ksh.hu

Session O2: Labour market and family formation (I)
Organiser: Irena E.Kotowska, Poland iekoto@sgh.waw.pl

Session O3: Labour market and family formation (II)
Organiser: Angelika Tolke, Germany toelke@demogr.mpg.de

Theme P: Population and education
Convenor: Mr. Juan Antonio Fernandez Cordon, Spain
Address: Instituto de Economia y Geografia, Calle Pinar 25, E-28006 MADRID, Spain
E-mail: jafc@ieg.csic.es

Session P1: Population and education
Organiser: Wolfgang Lutz, Austria lutz@iiasa.ac.at

Theme Q: Values and norms
Convenor: Mr. Janusz Balicki , Poland
Address: ul. Dewajtis 5, PL-01-815 WARSZAWA, Poland
E-mail: jbali@gsd.gda.pl

Session Q1: Values and norms
Organiser: Janusz Balicki, Poland jbali@gsd.gda.pl

Poster sessions

Organiser: Gijs Beets, Netherlands, EAPS Executive Secretary
Address: European Association of Population Studies (EAPS), PO Box 11676,
2502 AR THE HAGUE, Netherlands
beets@nidi.nl or contact@eaps.nl

PO1: Variations in fertility

PO2: Health and mortality

PO3: Regional population dynamics and migration

PO4: Selected aspects of population ageing

PO5: Population trends and policies

PO6: Data and methods

PO7: Population and environment

PO8: Attitudes and behaviours

The full lists of final abstracts submitted up to August 15, 2003 can be found under Lists of abstracts.

Look at the EAPS website for additional information.