Agenda
DAY 0 | Tuesday, 25 November 2025
All day
Arrivals
19.00
Informal dinner
DAY 1 | Wednesday, 26 November
Location: Arnbjerg Pavillonen, Main hall
09.00
Registration, coffee, networking and co-creation activity
10.00
Parallel workshops and meetings
11.00
Opening of the conference, meet-and-greet activity. Felix Schartner Giertta, Kazimierz Musiał, CBSS
11.30
Keynote: The silent infrastructure: how culture drives the survival and revival of local municipalities and regions. Inese Suija-Markova – vice mayor of Cēsis municipality, Latvia
12.00
Lunch
13.00
Keynote: Leading resilience: lessons, achievements, and the road ahead for BSR Cultural Pearls and RESCOM. Felix Schartner Giertta – project manager of the BSR Cultural Pearls and RESCOM
13.30 – 15.00
Parallel workshops and networking. The forum will offer a series of interactive workshops led by international experts. Planned topics include future tools and strategies for resilient cities, the role of contemporary culture in shaping communities and spaces in the context of the New European Bauhaus, arts-based approaches to societal transformation, and youth engagement in democratic processes
Note: Workshop themes and facilitators are subject to final confirmation
15.00
Keynote: Power of Networks and Placemaking. Ramon Marrades, director, Placemaking Europe
16.00
Individual meetings and consultations
19.00
Dinner and reception
DAY 2 | Thursday, 27 November
Meeting point: Arnbjerg Pavillonen, hotel entrance
09.00 – 12.30
Study trip – it will include destinations related to culture, resilience, the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage, and the use of local resources
12.30
Lunch
13.30
Keynote: What can we learn from small and resilient communities? Jonas Büchel – social and cultural planner with 30 years of experience in design, strategic development, and creative urbanism across nearly all regions of Europe
14:00
Parallel workshops and networking. Workshops on the second day will cover the same themes as on the first, allowing participants the opportunity to attend multiple sessions across both days
15.30
Wrap up and evaluation session
16.00
Announcement and closing remarks
19.00
Dinner and festive event
DAY 3 | Friday, 28 November
All day
Departures
NB! Please note that the agenda is currently being fine-tuned and session times may vary slightly; however, the overall structure, duration, and forum dates will remain unchanged.
