Culture for All - Factoring Design for All into the European Capitals of Culture

Venue: Best Western Vilnius, Konstitucijos pr. 14, Vilnius, conference room „Stiklo A“

A conference organised by EIDD in cooperation with the Lithuanian Design Forum and Vilnius European Capital of Culture 2009, in connection with the EIDD 2009 Annual General Meeting.

Fulfilling the pledge expressed in the Final Act of the first conference in the EIDD Culture for All cycle held in Berlin in May 2005, EIDD – Design for All Europe is holding the second conference in the cycle in Vilnius, the European Capital of Culture 2009.

Contents:

While the topic of culture has an enormous range of ramifications, all of which stand to profit extensively from the coherent application of the theory and practice of Design for All, as was amply demonstrated in Berlin in 2005, on this occasion, EIDD – Design for All Europe is concentrating on the European Capitals of Culture, in order to encourage them to include design in general and Design for All in particular in their agendas, thus contributing towards achieving some of the aims expressed in the EIDD Stockholm Declaration© and to demonstrate the wide, horizontal relevance of Design for All to all interested communities. The conference will therefore showcase projects already outlined for this purpose in the years to come.

Programme

Friday 22 May 2009, 9.00-18.00

9.00-9.30 Registration of participants. Coffee

9.30-10.30 Opening Session

Welcome speeches:

Mr. Rimantas Zylius, Deputy Minister of the Economy, Lithuania
Mr. Rolandas Kvietkauskas, Director, „Vilnius – Europos kulturos sostine 2009“ (Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009)
Representative of Lithuanian National Forum of the Disabled
Marius Dirgela, Managing Director, Lithuanian Design Forum

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

The European Capitals of Culture, history and perspectives: Representative of European Commission, DG Education and Culture

Designing the cultural agenda as a stimulus for sustainable economic recovery and growth: Deborah Dawton, Vice-President, BEDA, UK (invited)

Design Education, a foundation stone for Europe’s cultural agenda: Christian Guellerin, President, Cumulus, France

Experiencing Human (Cultural) Diversity in Greece: Emmy Chatzigianni, Panhellenic Union of Paraplegics and Physically Challenged

The IP Culture for All Programme at Bratislava Polytechnic: Zuzana Ceresnova 

13:00-14.30 Lunch break

14.30-16.30 Second Focus Session:
Introducing the European Capitals of Culture

Essen for the Ruhr.2010 - A Cultural Capital for All: Dr. Peter Neumann, President, EDAD

The Focus on Social Inclusion and Cohesion, Tallinn (2011): Ilona Gurjanova, President, Estonian Designers’ Association

Form Turku Design, Turku (2011): Sanna Simola, President, Ornamo – the Finnish Association of Designers

Focusing the Cultural Agenda on Design, Guimarães (2012): Nuno Sa Leal, University of Minho, Association of Portuguese Designers

16.30-17.00 Coffee break and networking

17.00-18.00 Closing Session

Design for All in the European Capitals of Culture, the way ahead: Pete Kercher, Ambassador, EIDD, Italy

Conclusions

Closure