Preliminary 1st Conference Programme

Thursday 18 September 2003

5 – 9 p.m.
Registration of Conference participants in the Rijeka Town Hall, Korzo 16, ground floor.

Friday 19 September 2003

7.00 - 9.00 a.m.
Application and registration of Conference participants, distribution of Conference material in the Rijeka Town Hall, Korzo 16, ground floor.

9.30 a.m.
Beginning of Conference
Address of welcome

9.45 – 11.30 a.m.
Papers on the history of the torpedo factory in Rijeka
Discussion

11.30 - 11.45 a.m.
Break

11.45 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Papers on the history of the torpedo factory in Rijeka and proposals for the conservation of torpedo factory heritage
Discussion

1.30 - 3.30 p.m.
Free time

3.30 - 6.30 p.m.
Organised tour of the most important sites of the Rijeka industrial heritage – by boat, by bus and on foot. Tour of the Port of Rijeka, ex-Torpedo Factory, ex-Sugar Refinery, Paper Mill and municipal services. Return to the town centre by bus.

8 p.m.
Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony, “Eroica”, performed by the Rijeka Philharmonic in the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the torpedo factory in the abandoned halls of the torpedo factory in Rijeka. Conference participants will be able to use buses provided by the organiser, from the town centre to the place of concert performance, as well as back to town upon the end of the concert.

Saturday 20 September 2003

9 - 11.30 a.m.
Papers on Rijeka's and Croatia's Industrial Heritage
Discussion

11.30 - 11.45 a.m.
Break

11.45 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.
Papers on worldwide experiences of conservation and valuation of industrial heritage
Discussion

1.30 p.m.
Closing and farewell speech of the organiser

2 p.m.
End of Conference