“Heritage Meets the Future”, title of the international conference scheduled for 17 and 18 May 2024, aims to start a discussion on the need to protect the historic urban landscape and question the role of UNESCO sites, also celebrating the prestigious recognition obtained by the Portici of Bologna in 2021.
The aim of the two-day event is to identify common strategies to preserve citizens’ assets from the impact of challenges such as climate change or catastrophic events such as wars, but also ways of protecting and enhancing them in everyday life, promoting a sense of community and the active participation of citizens in taking care of your assets.
Friday 17 May | Very modern cinema
Use, care and perception of the historic city: Bologna and its porticoes
organized by Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna: the day will see alternating interventions by teachers, scholars and researchers, followed by a round table discussion between Liborio Stellino, Permanent Representative for Italy at UNESCO, in dialogue with young people for UNESCO and the doctoral students of the Architecture Course at the University of Bologna who will propose their innovative solutions for the protection and enhancement of the urban heritage.
Saturday 18 May | Salaborsa Library
Global challenges, shared solutions
organized by the Municipality of Bologna, will bring together the UNESCO site managers of the most important European cities awarded the recognition of World Heritage Sites, including Odessa, which since 2022 has experienced, together with the drama of conflict and human losses, also the urgency of preserving its urban heritage from destruction. The conclusions are entrusted to Helle Soholt of Studio Gehl in Copenhagen, today recognized as one of the most important architectural-urban design and research studios in the world, while at 12.30 in Piazza Maggiore the unveiling ceremony of the first UNESCO plaque on the stretch of porticoes of Palazzo d’Accursio in the presence of Jyoti Hosagrahar, Deputy Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
“Heritage Meets the Future – The program (1.86 MB)
To participate you need to sign up for free from the web page dedicated to the Conference:
“Heritage Meets the Future” conference – Registration
