Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury w Gdańsku oraz CSW Łaźnia we współpracy z platformą rivers//cities zapraszają na międzynarodową konferencję.
Schedule


”River banks as space for citizens’ integration” conference in Gdansk 22-23 march 2010

  22nd March 2010 at The Baltic Sea Cultural Center, 33/35 Korzenna St.Gdansk



”River banks as public space”

9.00-9.30 – Participants registration

9.30-10.15 Opening greetings: official welcomes


Lawrence Okey Ugwu, Director of the Baltic Sea Culture Centre
Mieczysław Struk - Marshal of Pomorskie Voivedship
Maciej Lisicki – Vice-Mayor of Gdańsk
Agnieszka Wlazeł – River//Cities network

Presentation from Pomeranian Region

Anna Golędzinowska, the Department of Regional and Spatial Development, the Office of the Marshal of Pomorskie Voivodeship

10.15-11.30 I Plenary Session
Introduction to the specific problems and the potential of the riversides areas in European cities. Social/Political/Ecological impact of cultural initiatives.


Adrian Evans - Thames Festival
Chris Torch - Intercult and SEAS
moderator/questions: Lucyna Nyka, Gdansk University of Technology

11.30-12.00 – Coffee break

12.00-13.30 II Plenary Session
Cultural actions as part of policy development: access, creativity and sustainability


Umeå – Royne Söderström, Tina Eriksson Fredriksson Umeå 2014
Berlin - Tanja Strehle / Förderband e.V.
Kalmar - Björn Samuelsson/Kalmar kommun
Liverpool - Neil Paterson/Liverpool Culture Company ECOC 2008/Liverpool City Council
Skopje - Robert  Alagjozovski / NGO
moderator/questions: Chris Torch

13.30-14.30 –break

14.30-15.45 III Plenary Session
Cultural actions by riversides in the context of environmental and landscape protection


Venezia - Marta Moretti/Citta d’aqua
Wilkowice - Jacek Bozek, Paweł Grzybowski/ Klub Gaia
Lviv - Ołeś Dzyndra / Museum of Ideas
Vienna - Markus Schoeber/Danube Festival
Lisboa - Helena Pais Costa, João Senha / EDGAC
Poznań – Anna Januchta-Szostak/Poznan University of Technology
Pomeranian Region - Zbigniew Ptak/Office of the Development of Waterways, Office of the Marshal of Pomorskie Voivodeship
moderator/questions: Adrian Evans

15.45-16.00- Coffee break

16.00-17.30 IV Plenary Session
Cultural actions by riversides in the context of social activation and inclusion in public space


Warszawa – Klara Kopcińska/STEP association
Rijeka – Davor Miskovic/Drugo More
Odessa - Ganna Yahovenko / Katya Radchenko/NGO ArtTravel
Ghent - Trui Maes, Urban Planner /ROI-project / Ghent University Centre for Sustainable Development
Rome - Lorenzo Pasquali / Ondadurto Teatro
moderator/questions: Lidia Makowska

17.30-18.15 Summary/discussion moderator: Chrissie Faniadis



 ”River banks as space for citizens’ integration” conference in Gdansk 22-23 march 2010

   23rd March 2010, LAZNIA CCA, 1 Jaskółcza ST., Gdańsk



Region pomorski: case study


Field trips
On the second day all foreign experts will participate in visits to riverside districts in Gdansk: Lower Town and New Port, where current and future activities of LAZNIA CCA take place. The content of the field trips will be prepared LAZNIA CCA. By bus and walking. Guide: Jakub Szczepański, Gdańsk University of Technology; Presentation: Jadwiga Charzyńska, Lazina CCA

The Pomeranian Region: a case study - learning to see the patterns
Result of the field trip will be a debate focused on the case study of the Pomeranian region and more specifically the City of Gdansk. Invited speakers will analyze threats to and potential of the visited areas based on their own experience. Local initiators, civil servants and politicians from the local/regional will respond. The meeting will be open for public and will be documented in a conference summary.

9.15-12.30 Field trips

13.30-15.00  Presentations from the Pomeranian Region and Beyond

Anna Januchta-Szostak/Poznan University of Technology
Danuta Morzuch-Bielawska /Tczew City Council
Janusz Wróbel/Mayor of Pruszcz Gdański
Grzegorz Gola, Marek Opitz/Nowy Dwór Gdański
moderator/questions: Grzegorz Gola

15.00 -15.30 Coffee break

15.30-17.00  Debate/ Case study: Gdansk and Pomeranian region


Chris Torch, Adrian Evans, Marta Moretti, Milan Vracar, Ula Tornau, Agnieszka Wlazeł,
Robert Alagjozovski and more

17.00-17.30 Summary