Opening Ceremony

Opening of the Congress

The opening event will take place on Tuesday, 24 June at 18:30 in the Hanse Saal of the CCB.

A Greeting is given by Björn Fecker, the keynote speech will be given by Professor Naika Foroutan.

The event will be musically framed by the Chor Don Bleu.

After the opening, at around 20:00, there will be a Get Together in the foyer on the CCB.

Naika Foroutan is Professor of Integration Research and Social Policy at the Institute for Social Sciences (ISW) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She is a founding member of the Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM).
She is also Director of the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM), a non-university research institute with departmental responsibilities for networking migration research in Germany.
Her research focuses on transforming immigration societies and dealing with pluralization and minorities in post-migrant societies. She was awarded the Fritz Behrens Foundation Science Prize for excellent research in 2012 and the Höffmann Science Prize of the University of Vechta in 2016 for her academic work.

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The Choir Don Bleu is not only known and infamous for its beautiful sounds. Time and again, it captivates its audiences with the witty lyrics and quirky compositions of its songs.
No less impressive and surprising are the whimsical choreographies and moderations with which the choir brings its programs to the stage.
The choir takes a sonorous stance on the deeper questions of life and current social issues. In addition to full-length concert programs, it can also occasionally be seen as a stage choir in theater productions.

The Don Bleu choir is part of the Blaumeier-Atelier.

The Blaumeier-Atelier is an inclusive cultural project and has been offering artistic activities for people with and without disabilities and/or psychiatric experience in the fields of theater, painting, music, mask theater and photography for 39 years. There are 13 permanent employees who run the studio as a collective and identify strongly with it. Choir singing, recitals, evergreens and theater music: whether on or off stage – music always plays a significant role at Blaumeier! Making music together in various formations – whether in the studio in action, in the choir or in a band – is essential at Blaumeier.