2012
Bydgoszcz kick-off conference 6.11.2012
"OLD-INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE – A NEW DETERMINANT OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL CULTURE"
SHIFT-X kick off conference 6.11.12
On November 6, 2012 SHIFT-X project officially started with an international conference that was held in the Hotel Holiday Inn in Bydgoszcz. Conference was organized by the City of Bydgoszcz under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
The conference was attended by the project partners, representatives of museum and culture institutions, experts and promoters of culture and arts education, urban planners, architects, preservation specialists, tourism organizations and many others. In total, the conference was attended by over 150 people.
The main objective of the conference was to present newly started SHIFT-X project as well as the best practice in revitalization of old-industrial culture heritage. Experts from Austria, Belgium, Czech, Germany and Poland discussed the need to change the image of former industrial regions.
The first block theme tackled a management of cultural heritage. Participants could hear about the Cleantech campus idea and local community initiatives. The second block was devoted entirely to old-industrial heritage products. It included presentation of post-industrial route in w Eisenerz, case study of the Young City of Gdańsk, initiatives of the Institute of New Industrial Culture (INIK). Third thematic block was devoted to image change campaigns that change the perception of the old-industrial regions (Industrial Monuments Route in Silesia, INDUSTRIADA, Second Chance project).
At the end of the conference participants had the opportunity to listen to the experts debate and ask questions. As a final point on the agenda was the study visits to one of the biggest armaments factories designed for the military activities of the Third Reich, recently converted into the museum.
High number of conference attendees shows big interest in post industrial heritage. The conference not only served as an knowledge exchange but also an integration of the post-industrial heritage environment.
City of Bydgoszcz would like to thank all the conference participants.
Pierwsza próba zlokalizowania naszych bydgoskich potencjalnych obiektów szlakowych na mapie:
Bydgoszcz_Industrial_Route_Inventory_Map.pdf
For more information and presentations from the conference in English and in Polish languages please visit us here:
http://www.bydgoszcz.pl/shiftx
