Robert & Ida Rooms, International House, University of California, Berkeley
April 30, 2004, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

9:30 am - 10:30 am: Opening Session
Matt Kondolf, Ph.D., Chair, Portuguese Studies Program

"O Ensino da Língua Portuguesa em Macau, uma Prespectiva de Futuro"
Dr. José Luís de Sales Marques, Presidente do Conselho Consultivo da APIM
Session in English and Portuguese

10:45 am - 11:45 am: Workshop
"Macau-World Heritage"
Dr. Gustavo da Roza, International Institute of Macau
Session in English

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Lunch and Keynote Speaker
"Patuá, a sua Função na Identidade Macaense, Prespectiva para o Futuro"
Dr. Henrique Miguel de Senna Fernandes, Presidente do Conselho Fiscal da APIM
Adress in Portuguese

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm: Workshop
"A Alma da Cidade de Macau"
Arquiteto Carlos dos Santos Marreiros, APIM
Session in Portuguese

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Workshop
"Macau to the Future"
Dr. Luís Sá Cunha, Director, Secretary General , International Institute of Macau
Session in English

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm: Closing Ceremony
"We Macanese"
Mr. Frederick Silva
Session in English



Presenters

Henrique Miguel Rodrigues De Senna Fernandes
Nascido em Macau, a 10 de Maio de 1961. Formado em Direito pela Faculdade de Ciencias Humanas da Universidade. Catolica Portuguesa, advogado desde 1989. Candidato a deputado nas eleições legislativas em 1992. Membro do Conselho de Consumidores desde 1993. Membro do Conselho para a Transição em 1997. Deputado da Assembleia Legislativa em Macau em 1997 a 1999. Membro da Direcção da Associação de Advogados de Macau. Membro fundador do grupo de teatro amador Doci Papiaçam di Macau. É o responsável pelo texto, guião e encenação da maior parte das peças em patua apresentadas pelo grupo desde a sua criação em 1993 até o momento presente. Liricista das cantares em patua executadas pelo Coro Doci Papiaçãm di Macau. Investigador do dialecto macaista, em 2001, em parceria com o Prof. Alan Norman Baxter, publicou Maquista Chapado, Vocabulário e expressôes do crioulo português de Macau.

José Luis De Sales Marques
Mr. José Luis de Sales Marques was born in Macau in 1955. He has been the Chairman of the Institute of European Studies of Macau (IEEM) since January 2002; teaches a course on public policies for tourism and culture included in the post-graduate program of Cultural Tourism by IEEM; and has been developing research work on topics including EU-China relations, culture, tourism and urban transformation. Until December 2001, he was the mayor of Macau, a city with the highest population density in the world that faced the historical process of transition from the Portuguese Administration to a Special Administrative Region of China. He was the recipient of the Medal of Value by the Government of Macau in 1999 and also, in the same year, was awarded by the President of the Portuguese Republic the Grande-Oficial of the Ordem do Infante D. Henrique.

Carlos Marreiros
Carlos Alberto dos Santos Marreiros, born in Macau in 1957, is an architect, university professor, artist and author of three books as well as countless articles and literary essays published in Portuguese, Chinese and English. He has been a Trustee of the Macau Foundation and member of Macau-SAR Government Consultative Council of Culture since 2001, and a member of the Macau-SAR Government Environment Council since 2000. He was, among many other things, president of the GA of The Macau Architects Association; delegate of the Council of ARCASIA-Architects Regional Council of Asia from 1999-2002; and Deputy Chairman of ARCASIA for Region C (PR China, Japan, South Korea, HKSAR and MSAR) from 2003-2004. He was decorated by the Chief Executive of Macau-SAR Government with the Medal of Professional Merit in 2002.

Gustavo Da Rosa
Born in Hong Kong, Gustavo da Roza received his Portuguese education in Macau. In 1985, he was decorated by the President of Portugal as Comendador of the Order of Prince Henry for excellence in architecture and architectural education, and for service to the Portuguese Community. In 1988, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada for distinction in the architectural profession and contributions to Canada and humanity at large. He retired in 1990 as Director of the School of Architecture at the University of Manitoba. Completing his thirty-first year as the Honorary Consul of Portugal in Winnipeg, Gustavo da Roza and his wife Gloria established their residence in Vancouver. He continues to practice architecture across North American and the Far East with offices in Vancouver and Hong Kong.

Frederic Silva
Frederic (Jim) Silva is a Macanese who now lives in California. He migrated to the USA some 30 years ago with his wife and family. Both sides of Jim's family were part of the early Macanese pioneers who settled in Hong Kong after coming over from Macau shortly after the British settled there. At 76 years old Jim has lived through interesting times; as the Japanese invaded Hong Kong after Pearl Harbor, he spent four years in Macau as a refugee finishing his high school education. Jim has since been active in Macanese affairs in the Bay Area and was president of UMA in San Francisco, as well as State Board President. He is the author of All Our Yesterdays, a booklet that tells of the Macanese past, as well as two other booklets: Things I Remember, a series of nostalgic essays on the Macanese life, and Portugal -- Some Tales From Her Past.