Conference: Central European Heritage: Cultural Development Possibilities in Historical Cities (Budapest, April 11-13, 2014)

Venue: Akvárium Klub, Erzsébet tér, Budapest

The keynote speaker of the conference is Dr. László Baán, Director- Museum of Fine Arts and the guest of honor is Karla Wursterová, Executive Director of Visegrad Fund

Registration fee for the vocational program: 35 Euro; for students: 2 Euro/day. Register online at http://conference.kultunio.hu/registration.html

In several European countries, mainly in the Visegrad Four (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) the historical towns - developed in the 19th century - face the similar city-development problems. During that period tenement houses, trading quarters, banks, financial institutions, restaurants, market halls, cafes, public transportation network were developed. Recently most of the heritage buildings lost their original function, became empty, got damaged or ruined. It is hard for city-leaders to fill them with life and economic activity taking into account the heritage protection point of view. Therefore an important question is how to use these buildings of the downtown areas in an economically sustainable way, and how to leverage their value successfully along with the preservation.

The event will provide an opportunity for experts from the 4 Visegrad countries and for other international professionals to present benchmarks and to share relevant experience about challenges in city development. By the conference we would like to offer help to civil organizations, municipalities, and for-profit organizations (e.g. tourism suppliers) to find the best solutions relating to the utilization of heritage buildings, empty shop areas, public squares. We aim to provide a wide range of possibilities for the mentioned three sectors to collect information about trends and build relevant international relationships, resulting boosting economic activity and cultural life in downtown areas.

Detailed information about the program on the official website of the conference http://conference.kultunio.hu/

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