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International Conference

«The missing link: rural heritage and sustainable rural development»*

to be held in Athens, Greece, 21-22 September 2009
in the context of the CULT RURAL project

DAY 1: Monday 21 September 2009
17:30- 18:00 Registration
18:00- 18:15 Opening - Greetings
18:15-18:25 Introduction to the CULT RURAL project, Henrik Axio, Project Leader, Swedish Local Heritage Federation
18:25-18:45 Presentation of “CULT-RURAL: Promotion of a cultural area common to European rural communities, Dr Fouli Papαgeorgiou, Project coordinator, PRISMA-Centre for Development Studies
SESSION 1: Popular Culture and Sustainable Development
Chair: Dr Fouli Papageorgiou
18:45-19:30 Popular culture and sustainable development. The broad issue, Rector Hélène Ahrweiler, President of the European University
Discussion
19:30-20:00 Culture facing the world crisis : the example of the sustainable development and rural heritage museums Michel Colardelle, Director of  the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM), France
20:00- 20:30 Open air museums: heritage and sustainability, Miklós Cseri, Director, Hungarian Open Air Museum
20:30- 21:00 Discussion
21:00 Reception and visit of the cross-thematic Cult Rural exhibition at the lower floor of the Centre

DAY 2: Tuesday 22 September 2009
Session 2: The Results of the CULT RURAL project
Chair: Henrik Axio
9:30- 9:45 Introduction to the three Thematic Exhibitions, Fouli Papageorgiou
9:45- 10:45 Thematic Exhibition 3. “Rural heritage and collective identity. Building the sustainability of rural communities”
-Louisa Karapidaki, Art Historian (GR),
-Barbara Woch, Deputy Director, Museum Kresow (PL),
-Nora Boneva, Historian, National History Museum (BG),
-Dr Efie Karpodini, Archaeologist -Ethnographer (GR)
10:45-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 Thematic Exhibition 2. “ SOS - Save Our Sources”
-Edouard de Laubrie, Deputy in charge of research and collections, Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM (FR),
-Zsolt Sari, Chief Curator & Secretary for scientific affairs, Hungarian Open Air Museum (HU),
-Owe Norberg, Curator, Ljusdalsbygdens Museum (SE)
12:00-13:00 Thematic Exhibition 1. “Landscape stories: from tradition to sustainability”
-Dr Fouli Papageorgiou, Architect, PRISMA-Centre for Development Stuides (GR),
-Louisa Karapidaki, Art Historian (GR),
-Danilo Marandola, Agronomist, Institute of Bio-meteorology, National Research Council (IT)
13:00- 13:30 Discussion
13:30- 15:00 Lunch and visit of the cross-thematic Cult Rural exhibition at the lower floor of the Centre
Session 3: Re-establishing the link between rural heritage and sustainable development
Chair: Dr Miklós Cseri
15:00- 15:30 Ecomuseums, a link between rural heritage and sustainable development, Mark Casteignau, Director, Ecomusée Marqueze, France
15:00- 15:30 The network of PIOP museums as development agent of the Greek regions” Aspasia Louvi, Cultural Foundation of Piraeus Bank Group (PIOP), Greece

16:00- 17:30 Panel: “How can we re-establish the link between rural heritage and sustainable development, for the benefit of present society?”
-Prof. Iren Kukorelli, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Regional Studies
-Theodossios Mastrominas, former Senior Official of the European Commission, Culture and Youth
-Stanislaw Makara, Director, Museum Kresow in Lubaczow, Poland
-Vanessa Doutreleau, Deputy in charge of scientific programmes and exhibitions, Ecomuseum of Marquèze, France 

- Zsolt Sari, Chief Curator & Secretary for scientific affairs, Hungarian Open Air Museum
Discussion
17:30 - 18:30 Guided visit of conference participants to the 9th CULT RURAL exhibition “Landscape Stories: from tradition to sustainability”
Closure of Conference

*during the conference there will be simultaneous interpretation in three languages:
English, French and Greek