2nd CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

CONFERENCE PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Thursday, 13th October 2005

17:00-21:00
Participants’ Registration: ground floor of the Rijeka City Hall, Korzo 16

Friday, 14th October 2005

7:00-9:00
Registration of Participants: Rijeka City Hall, Korzo 16, ground floor

9:30
Words of Welcome

9:45 – 11:30
Key word on industrial heritage valorisation by a world known theoretician. Papers on general topics from the theory and praxis of the preservation of World’s and Croatian Industrial Heritage. Discussion

11:30 – 11:45
Break Exhibition of the works, drawings and scale models on the revitalisation of the Rijeka industrial heritage by the students of the School of Architecture of Vienna (Rijeka City Hall, 1st floor). Visit of the Torpedo Factory Launching Pad display of architectonic sketches showing its actual condition (City Hall Lobby)

11:45 – 13:15
Key word on the praxis of the preservation of the industrial heritage by a world known expert. Papers on general topics from the theory and praxis of the preservation of World’s and Croatian Industrial Heritage. Discussion

13:30
Exhibition "Industrial Landscape" by Daina Glavočić}, in the Museum of the Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Dolac 1. After the Exhibition, a buffet will be served in the premises of the Museum.

14:30 – 15:30
Free time

15:30 – 18:00
Key word on the preservation of the industrial heritage related to the sea and the water, by an expert. Papers on the industrial heritage related to the life in the City of Rijeka on the water and along the sea. Discussion

19:00
"Night impressions of Rijeka and Opatija - A View From the Sea". Conference participants are invited to board the boat that will sail over Kvarner Bay, till Opatija and back throughout the evening and the night. A buffet will be served on board the boat; and for good atmosphere live music and singing will be provided.

Saturday, 15th October 2005

9:00 – 11:30
Key word on preservation and valorisation of the industrial heritage related to shipbuilding, the history of submarines and torpedoes. Papers on Rijeka’s and world’s torpedo heritage. Discussion

11:30 – 11:45
Break

11:45 – 13:30
Round Table on the valorisation of the Torpedo Factory Rijeka, on possibilities of the musealisation of the remains of the Launching Pad, on opportunities for new life of the western industrial zone of Rijeka. Shorter papers to initiate the discussion. Discussion

13:30
Closing Word by the Organiser

14:00
End of the official part of the Conference

14:30
Visiting the "Zvir" water spring and old pump station of the Rijeka Water Supply System. Buffet

15:00 – 19:00
Optional: Excursion in Rijeka surronding

20:00
Return to Rijeka

The Conference Final Programme will be handed over to participants at the Registration Desk.
A choice of pre- and post Conference excursions shall be proposed to the Participants in due time and at the Registration Desk.
Accompanying Persons’ Programme will comprise several excursions and cultural events in Rijeka and the region.