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Program of ECCM Symposium

 

Program:

• Wednesday 17th
• Thursday 18th
• Friday 19th
• Complete Schedule

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Wednesday 17 October 2007:

Poetry Reading

• 19.00 - 22.00
  • Poetry Reading by Michael D. Higgins

at Athens Centre
48, Archimidous Street116 36 Athens Greece
organised by the Greek-Irish Society

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Thursday 18 October 2007:

Opening

• 9.00 - 9.30
  
  • Welcome Speech
    Nikitas Kaklamanis - Mayor of Athens
  • Welcome Speech
    Nikos Stasinopoulos - President of the European Union Club
  • Introduction to the Symposium
    Spyros Mercouris - Honorary President of the ECCM Network and Representative of the Melina Mercouri Foundation

Cultural Policy

• 9.30 -11.00
  • Chair Person: Spyros Mercouris - General Coordinator of Athens European Cultural Capital 1985
  • Cultural Policy of the Municipality of Athens
    Sofi Daskalaki Mitilinaiou - President of the Board of the Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens
  • Cultural Policy, the Arts, Vision, Productivity and Quality of Life
    Michael D. Higgins - former Minister of Culture, Ireland and MP of Irish Parliament
  • Continuity of EU Cultural Policy: Istanbul 2010 - a European Cultural City already in dialogue
    Nuri M. Colakoglu - Coordinator of Istanbul 2010
  • Children’s Imagination, the truth of the world – the experience of Kids' Guernica
    Takuya Kaneda - Prof. of Art Education, Tokyo

Opening of the Kids' Guernica Exhibition

• 11.00 outside the Zappeion Megaron
  Introduction into the exhibition and introducing the Co-ordinators of Kids' Guernica Workshops:
  • Hatto Fischer (Greece),
  • Takuya Kaneda (Japan),
  • Iman Nouri Mourad (Lebanon),
  • Jad Salman (Palestine),
  • Sara Lowndes (Dubai),
  • Asit Poddar (India),
  • Deniz Hasirci (Turkey),
  • Bernand Conlon (Northern Ireland),
  • Efi Lipari (Greece),
  • Thomas Economacos (Greece),
    Anna Arvanitaki (Greece),
  • Maria Capari (Greece),
  • Maya Fischer (Greece)
• 11.30 - 12.00 Coffee Break

The role of culture

• 12.00 - 14.00
  • Branding of Culture
    Volker Hassemer, Berlin - Ex-Senator for Urban Development and Environmental Protection, Ex Senator for Cultural Affairs, Spokesperson for the Initiative “A Soul for Europe
  • Listen to the Artists!
    Karl - Eric Norrman - General Secretary of European Cultural Parliament
  • The Role of Museums, Foundations, Institutions
    Angelos Delivorias- Director of Benaki Museum, Athen
  • Journalism and Culture - the Receptivity of Culture in the Information Society
    A. Carakousis - special correspondent of the newspaper VIM
  • Cultural Heritage and Environment
    Kostas Carras,- President of Hellenic Eteria for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and Environment
• 14.00 - 15.00 Lunch

Dialogue between cultures

• 15.00 - 16.30
  • Chair person: Carin Fisher - General Coordinator Stockholm European Cultural Capital 1998
  • Introduction to the Dialogue between Cultures
    Dusan Sidjanski - Professor, Latsis Foundation Geneva
  • Is the necessary dialogue between cultures still possible?
    Abdelaziz Kacem - Prof. (University of Tunis), Essayists in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature
  • Initiatives of Europe for a Dialogue between Civilizations
    Guy Delacroix - Deputy German Ambassador to Greece (Cultural Dimension of a European Cultural Policy)
  • Acculturaltion and European Citizenship as Significant Parameters in the Multicultural Urban Space
    Dr. Kostas Theologou - post-doc N.T.U.A. research, member of the EU_RA.net (European Research Associates network)
• 16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break

Cultural Planning

• 17.00 - 18.30
  • Visions for Cities: Public Truth and Public Spaces
    Bart Verschaffel - Philosopher, Head of Faculty of Architecture and Planning, University of Gent, Belgium
  • Public Spaces for Children in Cities
    Deniz Hasirci - Ass. Prof. at Izmir University of Economics, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
  • Cities and Artists: developing cultural projects together?
    Diane Dodd - University of Girona, European liaison and ConnectCP Co-ordinator for IFACC
  • Cultural Capitals of Europe and the Identity of European City (Athens, Glasgow, Lisbon, Thessaloniki
    Annastasia Paparis - Architect A.U.Th., Town Planner U.C.L., M. Phill., M.RT.P.I
  • Taking Culture into Consideration by Urban Planners
    Anna Arvanitaki - Poiein kai Prattein, Greek Ministry of Environment, Urban Planner

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Friday October 19th

Culture and Economy

• 9.30 - 11.00
  • Chair Person: Simone Beck - Ex General Secretary of ECCM-Network, Coordinator of 'Luxemburg1995'
  • A Perspective for a Civilized Life
    George Krimbas - former Director of OECD - Greek Section, Prof. of University of Athens
  • Culture and Economy - a possible dialogue about new policy measures
    Joanna Sanetra-Szeliga - International Cultural Centre of Krakov
  • Ruhr 2010 – Creative Industries: Project related to the Process
    Bernd Fesel - active member of the team ‘Creative Industries’ for RUHR 2010, Capital of Culture
  • Productivity and Creativity - the making of the Cultural Economy 
    Hatto Fischer - Ph.D. Free University of Berlin in Political Philosophy, Writer, Coordinator of Poiein Kai Prattein and Associated Member of the ECCM

Presentation of the European Cultural Capitals

• 11.30 – 12.30
  • Chair Persons:
    • Yvonne Felman Rego - Coordinator of 'Lisbon1994', Ad interim coordinator of ECCM-Network
    • Ingo Weber - Coordinator of 'Berlin1998' - Ad interim coordinator of ECCM-Network
  • Presentations of the current and newly designated European Capitals of Culture:
    • Sibiu 2007 - Cristian Radu
    • Liverpool 2008 - William Chambers
    • Istanbul 2010 - Erman Tuncer
    • Turku 2011 - Innila Suvi

Network of Networks - the global dimension of culture

• 12.30 – 14.00
  • Networks of Americas and Coordination & Programs of the Network of Networks
    Xavier Tudela - Americas and Cataloni
  • Projects and Impact of Culture in Central Europe
    Max Aufischer - Coordinator of the Network of Cities of Central Europe
  • Culture for Change And Impact of Culture On the Region of Volga
    Anna Gor, Gleb Firsov, Julia Goncharenkor - Network of Volga Region
  • US Capitals of Culture
    Maria Teresa Velasco
  • University Network of the European Capitals of Culture
    William Chambers - Vice President of UNEECC and Dean of the Liverpool Hope University
  • 14.00 – 15.00 Lunch

Discussions about the expriences within Kids'  Guernica

• 15.00 - 16.00
• chaired by Magnolia Albertazzi
• • El-Hanan! Affection for Peace, Longing for Peace.
    Iman Nouri Mourad Business consultant, resident of Tripoli
  • The Experience of Martinique – the abolition of discrimination
    Savina Tarsitano - artist, Italy
    Yvette Galot - director of Cultural Centre Martinique
  • The peace message of the children from Dubai – life hangs in a balance
    Sara Lowndes - UEA, Dubai
  • Children of Palestine
    Jad Salman - Artist, Palestine
  • Blind Boys’ Guernica
    Asit Poddar Artist, India
  • Wall murals in Belfast – a city moving towards reconciliation
    Bernard Conlon - Journalist, Northern Ireland
  • The dialogue between cultures – the Izmir-Chios painting
    Deniz Hasirci - Assist. Professor, Turkey
    Efi Lipari - Kids' Guernica, Greece
  • The children of the 108th Elementary School – the power of abstraction
    Thomas Economacos artist, Greece

The prospects of creating a 'network of networks'

• 16.00 – 17.00
• • Xavier Tudela – Americas and Catalonia
  • Rudolfo Maslias – ECCM-Network and Municipality of Athens
  • Ingo Weber - ECCM-Network
  • William Chambers – University Network of European Capitals of Culture
  • Takuya Kaneda – Kids’ Guernica International
  • Anna Gor - Network of Volga Region
  • Kacem Abdelaziz – Network of Cultural Capitals of the Arabic Countries

Conclusions

• 17.00 - 18.00
  • Outcome of the Symposium – a dialogue between Bart Verschaffel and Hatto Fischer
    Bart Verschaffel - Philosopher, Head of Faculty of Architecture and Planning, University of Gent, Belgium and Coordinator of Literature of 'Antwerp1993'
  • Hatto Fischer - Poet, Coordinator of Poiein kai Prattein and Associated Member of the ECCM-Network
  • Comments and recommendations
    Dusan Sidjanski - President of the European Cultural Centre, Professor Emeritus at the University of Geneva, Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso

• 18.00 – 20.00
  • European Union Club Athens
  • Presentation of the Peace Mural by the Children of the 108 Elementary School of Athens with Thomas Economacos
  • Presentation of the Future plans of Kids’ Guernica in Martinique – Savina Tarsitano and Yvette Galot
  • 20.00 Bus to Technopolis
  • 20.30 Visit of the First Athens Biennial 2007
  • 21.30 Presentation of the Documentation Centre on Capitals of Culture

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