We would like to warmly welcome you to participate in NEW BRIDGES Final Conference Managing Urban-Rural Interaction for Quality of Life organized 30th November – 1st December in Hamburg, Germany. 

The Conference invites practitioners, politicians, researchers and all the interested stakeholders to share leading experiences about the current situation and future challenges seen within the work on quality of life and urban-rural interaction. The conference facilitates the exchange of experiences and knowledge in regard to innovative approaches and integrated management in regional development around Baltic Sea Region.

The conference offers:

• Presentations from experts working in the field of urban-rural development at different levels,
• Interactive workshops providing new ways to the work on quality of life and urban-rural interactions,
• Tested practices and tools on how to involve inhabitants and local stakeholders in planning processes,
• New perspectives on regional planning, innovative management and cooperation methods,
• A possibility to discuss and learn from practical case examples from seven partner City-regions who will present their outcomes of NEW BRIDGES project,
• An excursion to visit Harbour City, International Building Exhibition Hamburg 2013 and International Gardening Exhibition Hamburg 2013.

Registration for the conference has now started and will remain open until the 31th of October.
Registration and more information: www.urbanrural.net
 
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 30st of November

9.00
Welcome words
Wilhelm Schulte, Director, Ministry of Urban Development and Environment, Hamburg
Björn Grönholm, Head of the Secretariat, UBC Commission on Environment

9.20
Urban-rural interaction and VASAB Long Term Perspective for the Territorial Development of the Baltic Sea Region
Dr. Wilfried Görmar, the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Germany

Perspectives and Policy Development of European Commission
European Commission (TBC)

10:30
Poster session: Presenting the outcomes of the Pilot Actions with Coffee
NEW BRIDGES partner city-regions

11.00
The main achievements and outputs of NEW BRIDGES project
Lauri Hooli, Project Coordinator, UBC EnvCom
Stefanie Lange, Research Fellow, Nordregio
Audrone Alijosiute, Director, ECAT-Lithuania

12.00
Lunch

13.00
Parallel sessions:
A) Urban-rural Interaction,
B) Managing Quality of Life,
C) Stakeholder involvement

14:30
Poster session: Presenting the outcomes of the Pilot Actions with Coffee
NEW BRIDGES partner city-regions

15.00
Plenary discussion about the outputs of Parallel Sessions
Facilitator Jörg Knieling, Moderators of Parallel Sessions together with Plenary

16.00
Final remarks
Björn Grönholm, Head of the Secretariat, UBC Commission on Environment

19.00
Dinner
 
Thursday, 1st of December 2011

09.00-15.00
Bus excursion to Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
The excursion will visit the Harbour City of Hamburg, the International Building and Planning Exhibition IBA Hamburg 2013 and International Gardening Exhibition Hamburg IGS 2013. During the excursion several urban development projects concerning e.g. sustainable housing, renewable energies, integration and brown field usage will be presented by local experts. The excursion is open for all participants and is free of charge.

The conference is organised by the City of Hamburg and the HafenCity University in close cooperation with the Union of the Baltic Cities Commission on Environment, ECAT-Lithuania and Nordregio.

If you have any questions please contact maija.rusanen@ubc.net

We are hoping to see you in Hamburg!