Our Time Famine A Critical Look at the Culture of Work and a Re-evaluation of 'Free' Time Iowa Memorial Union University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa March 8 - 10, 1996 ***************************************************************************** Final Conference Schedule FRIDAY, MARCH 8 4:00 - 5:30 pm Registration 5:45 - 6:00 pm Welcome - David L. Gould, Conference Coordinator 6:00 - 7:00 pm The Historical Origins of the Culture of Work and the Politics of Jobs, Jobs, Jobs - Benjamin Hunnicutt, Ph.D. 7:00 - 8:00 pm Time, Work, and Money: Escaping the Cycle of Work and Spend - Juliet Schor, Ph.D. 8:00 -11:00 pm Reception SATURDAY, MARCH 9 7:30 - 8:15 am Continental Breakfast and Registration 8:15 - 8:30 am Welcome - Lynn Jamieson 8:30 - 9:30 am How Much is Enough? - Vicki Robin 9:30 -10:30 am Concurrent Sessions Topic Area: Labor and Management Issues Session 1: Is Shorter Hours an Option for American Labor? Jerry Tucker Session 2: The Business Response to Shorter Work Time Deborah Holmes, J.D. 10:30-10:45 am Break 10:45-11:45 am Concurrent Sessions Topic Area: Labor Issues/Consumerism Session 1: The Basics: Money and Our Economic Life Jerome Segal, PhD Topic Area: Education Session 1: Leisure and Higher Education: Keeping the Dream Alive - Richard MacNeil, PhD 11:45- 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm Shorter Hours: A New Paradigm Beyond Sexual Politics Betty Friedan 2:15 - 3:15 pm Concurrent Sessions Topic Areas: Women and the Family Session 1: Women: The New Providers - Ellen Galinsky Session 2: That Delicate Balance: Production and Reproduction in Modern Society -Jennifer Glass, Ph.D. 3:15 - 3:30 pm Break 3:30 - 4:30 pm Second Shift - Arlie Hochschild, Ph.D. 4:30 - 6:00 pm Optional Activities: 1) An interview with John Kenneth Galbraith videotaped in Boston 1/3/96 2) Shorter Hours Activist Planning Session 3) "Running out of Time" Tape Viewing 6:00 - 8:00 pm Banquet Dinner The Future at Issue: Overwork or The End of Work - Which Will It Be? - Jeremy Rifkin and Stanley Aronowitz, Ph. D. SUNDAY, MARCH 10 7:30 - 8:15 am Continental Breakfast 8:30 - 9:30 am Shorter Hours and Governmental Policy - Eugene McCarthy 9:30 -10:30 am Concurrent Sessions Topic Area: Practical Solutions Session 1: Shorter Work Times: A Canadian Perspective Bruce O'Hara Session 2: The Hidden Agenda: On the Expropriation of Time in Europe - Theo Beckers, PhD 10:30-10:45 am Break 10:45-12:00 pm Practical Steps for Moving Forward - Round Table Discussion Moderator: Jennifer Glass Panel: Barbara Brandt, Betty Friedan, Juliet Schor, Benjamin Hunnicutt 12:00-12:15 pm Closing Remarks - Benjamin Hunnicutt, Ph.D.