City Museum of Ljubljana
11.4.
9:00 Coffee and registration
9:30 Opening remarks by Iztok Mirošič, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and Jorge Borrego, Secretary General ad interim, Union for the Mediterranean
9:45 Presentation by Robert Manchin, Culture Action Europe, Belgium
10:30 CREATIVE KNOWLEDGE AND POLICY
Speakers:
Ahmed Taha, Executive Director, Industrial Modernisation Centre (IMC), Egypt
Colm Croffy, Board Member, European Festivals Association (EFA), Belgium
Sonja Kralj Bervar, Attaché for Culture and Audiovisual Affairs, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union, Slovenia
Suzana Žilič Fišer, Member of ECOC selection panel, Slovenia
Flora Krasniqi, Project and Research Development Coordinator, Polis University of Tirana, Albania
12:00 CREATIVE FUNDING AND ECONOMY
Speakers:
Branimir Brkljač, Mokrin house, Serbia / Slovenia
Ladeja Godina Košir, Founder and Creative director, Circular Change, Slovenia
Mateja Lazar, vodja, Motovila – Centre for the Promotion of Cooperation in the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Creative Europe Desk Slovenia
Edmond Hajrizi, President, UBT - University for Business and Technology, Kosovo
Issam Abu Zeid, Director General, Nablus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Palestine
Moderated by Robert Manchin, President, Culture Action Europe, Belgium
13:30 Buffet lunch
14:30 CULTURE AND CREATIVITY
Speakers:
Mateja Demšič, Head of the Department for Culture of the City of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slaven Tolj, Artistic Director - ECOC Rijeka 2020 and Director of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Arts, Croatia
Žarko Sakan, Managing Director, New Moment New Ideas Company, Serbia
Diego Marani, Senior advisor on cultural policy, European External Action Service
Moderatedy by Blaž Peršin, Director, Museum and Galleries of the City of Ljubljana, Slovenia
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 DIGITAL CREATIVITY
Speakers:
Veronika Tasić Vušurović, Digital Serbia, Serbia
Sanjin Osmanbašić, Spark, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Michela Magaš, EU Innovator of the year 2017, Sweden / United Kingdom
Nizzar Ben Chekroune, Digital communication and marketing expert, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Moderated by Jurij Krpan, Architect and curator, Kapelica Gallery, Slovenia
12.4.
9:00 Gathering and morning coffee
9:20 Summary of the previous day
9:30 Presentation of Western Balkans Culture and Creativity Network and the Declaration of Goodwill
Speakers:
• Doris Pack, Former Chair of the European Committee on Culture and Education in the European Parliament
• Aleksandar Peković, Culture and Creative Network
10:00 CREATIVITY AS A TOOL FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION
High level political forum
12:30 Creative lunch - Museum of architecture and design
13:30 UNLOCKING THE INTERCULTURAL CREATIVITY - Opening of the Exhibition
Museum of architecture and design
14:00 Presentation of Museum of Architecture and Design and Center for Creativity
Museum of architecture and design
Speakers:
• Matevž Čelik Vidmar, Director, Museum of Architecture and Design, Slovenia
• Anja Zorko, Head, Center for Creativity, Slovenia
14:30 REGIONAL PLATFORMS OF COOPERATION FOR THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS
@Museum of architecture and design
Speakers:
• Marlen Bakalli, Project Manager, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• Pierre Omran, Ministry of Industry, Lebanon
• Habib Chabouh, President, Nabeul Tableware Cluster, Tunisia
• Ghaader Dajani, Product designer and trainer, Creative Hub Palestine
• Adel Tawileh, Chairman, Garment Design & Training Services Center - GSC, Jordan
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 REGIONAL CREATIVE FORCES
@Museum of architecture and design
Speakers:
• Maja Lalić, Mikser Belgrade / Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Login Kochishki, Password production, Macedonia
• Dijana Vučinić, Kotor APS, Montenegro
• Luka Piškorič, Poligon Creative Centre, Slovenia
• Maja Vardjan, Biennal of Design, Museum of Architecture and Design, Slovenia
• Dina Seisah, Fashion Designe, JO! By Creative Jordan - resilience through creativity, Jordan
Moderated by Marko Maršićević, Founder, Marsh Creative Production, Serbia
18:00 Concluding remarks by MFA Slovenia and UfM