Friday 22 May 2009, 9.00 – 18.00

Venue: Best Western Hotel, Vilnius, Lithuania

PROGRAMME

Friday 22 May 2009, 9.00 – 18.00
 
9.00-9.30 Registration of participants. Coffee

9.30-10.30 Opening Session

Moderator: Pete Kercher, Ambassador, EIDD – Design for All Europe, Italy
o Welcome speeches:
o Rolandas Kvietkauskas, Director, Vilnius European Capital of Culture 2009
o Rimantas Zylius, Vice-Minister of Economy, Republic of Lithuania
o Rasa Kavaliauskaite, President of Lithuanian National Forum of the Disabled
o Marius Dirgela, Managing Director, Lithuanian Design Forum
o Keynote speech: Finn Petrén, President EIDD – Design for All Europe, Sweden 

10.30-11.00 Coffee break, networking and opening of the EIDD Design for All Communications Campaign Exhibition

11.00 – 13.00 First Focus Session:
The European Capitals of Culture Programme: practice and potential

Moderator: Marius Dirgela, Managing Director, Lithuanian Design Forum
o Design and Culture in Vilnius, European Capital of Culture 2009: Ieva Skarzinskaite, Programme Co-ordinator, Vilnius, European Capital of Culture 2009
o Design Education, a foundation stone for Europe’s cultural agenda: Christian Guellerin, President, Cumulus, France
o Experiencing Human (Cultural) Diversity in Greece: Emmy Chatzigianni, Panhellenic Union of Paraplegics and Physically Challenged
 
13:00-14.30 Lunch break

14.30-16.30 Second Focus Session:
Introducing the European Capitals of Culture and shaping future agendas

Moderator: Pete Kercher, Ambassador, EIDD – Design for All Europe
o Ruhr.2010 - A Cultural Capital for All?! Experiences and Strategies: Dr. Peter Neumann, President, EDAD
o The Focus on Social Inclusion and Cohesion, Tallinn (2011): Ilona Gurjanova, President, Estonian Designers’ Association
o Form Turku Design, Turku (2011): Susanne Salo, President, Ornamo fashion designers – the Finnish Association of Designers
o Focusing the Cultural Agenda on Design, Guimarães (2012): Nuno Sa Leal, University of Minho, Association of Portuguese Designers
o The IP Culture for All Programme at Bratislava Polytechnic: Zuzana Ceresnova 

16.30-17.00 Coffee break and networking

17.00-18.30 Closing Session

Moderator: Finn Petrén, President EIDD – Design for All Europe, Sweden
o Design’s (future) role in the European Capitals of Culture: Pete Kercher, Ambassador, EIDD – Design for All Europe
o Conclusions
o Closure