Organization
THE VENUE
VOORUIT
The Vooruit was originally the festival and art center of the Ghent-based labor movement, with a ballroom, cinema, theater, etc. The beautiful building is now mainly used for concerts and other cultural events… such as our 2020 NLS Congress!
Read more about it here.
The VOORUIT – SINT-PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 23 – 9000 GHENT, BELGIUM
The CONGRESS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Dear Colleagues,
Urgent in Tel Aviv was the logical follow-up to the preceding Congresses on the Unconscious and Transference, and Ghent will come in their wake: Interpretation: From Truth to Event.
Our colleagues in the Kring are preparing the 2020 Congress with the same enthusiasm that we encountered last year in Tel Aviv.
We have set up a vibrant collaboration between the Congress Organizing Committee in Ghent and the Executive Committee of the NLS. I have gone there several times and am going back in the coming weeks.
Els Van Compernolle and the Executive Committee have established the Organizing Committee:
Els Van Compernolle and myself who will lead the team.
Katrien Mortier, Treasurer of the Kring who does meticulous and precise work in this area.
Christel Van den Eeden, Vice-President of the Kring since January, who is reliable and precise and will hold a central role in the communication with the NLS, with distributing information, etc.
Glenn Strubbe, who was Vice-President of the Kring until this past December.
Peter Decuyper, who is reliable and active in the Kring.
Joachim Cauwe, who has just become a member of the Kring and who is committed, oriented and organized; he will hold a central role dealing with logistics.
Abe Geldhof, who is also committed, and who has the precious role of mobilizing the young Congress participants.
Sam Calmeyn, a member of the Kring who is devoted and enthusiastic about helping out.
Lieven Jonckheere, who will take care of the simultaneous translation.
More meetings have been scheduled between now and next June. Els showed me the magnificent Vooruit Palace where we will be welcomed in Ghent. You will find out more about this in the weeks to come. In short, the Congress promises to be magnificent. I know this
– because our colleagues on the Executive Committee are actively participating in the Knottings seminars, and Frank Rollier has informed us that the cartels preparing the Congress theme are going well;
– because you, members of the NLS, the Societies and Groups are also very active… [Read more on the page CALL FOR PAPERS]
Bernard Seyhnhaeve
Also helping the Organizing Committee are the following members and participants of the Kring:
Eddy Cabooter, Miet Demuynck, Vic Everaert, Christiane Molleman, Tine Van Belle, Ben Verzele, Jonas Verbauwhede