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Rewatch inspiring keynotes, lively round tables, and debates surrounding the New European Bauhaus. Thinkers, policymakers, and practitioners engage in a global conversation encompassing topics from science and technology to culture and education, as well as regional and local development and international perspectives.
On Friday 12 April programme, the Forum also featured the New European Bauhaus Prizes, recognising projects, designs, and ideas that align with the movement's commitment to shaping a sustainable, beautiful, and inclusive future for Europe. 20 winners from across Europe and beyond have been awarded this year at the official Prize ceremony.
9 April - Programme
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ANNELIES BECK, MASTER OF CEREMONY
- 18:00 - MUSEUM STAGE
Opening Session of the New European Bauhaus Festival 2024
- Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
- Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium
- Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
- Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
- Thomas Dermine, Belgian State Secretary for Economic Recovery and Strategic Investments, Belgium
- Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, Director General of International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
- Satellite Events
Connecting with the Satellite Events of the Festival around the globe
10 April - Programme
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- 10:00 - MUSEUM STAGE
Introduction of the day : Mobilising for action
- Ruth Schagemann, President of the Architects Council of Europe (ACE)
Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Founder of Friday For Future, Uganda
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- Satellite Events
Connecting with the Satellite Events of the Festival around the globe
- CiD - Circular Design Alliance
- Rooftops can be more than just green!
- Bodies in/through space
- Sport #WithoutWaste by BG Be Active
- Experiencing Mykolaiv
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- 10:30 - MUSEUM STAGE
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Earth for all, but how? People at the centre of the transition
Panel discussion
- Moderator: Ricardo Borges de Castro, European Policy Centre Senior advisor
- Video introduction by Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-president of The Club of Rome
- Madeleine Kate McGowan, Artistic leader at NXT and site responsible at DESIRE
- Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Founder of Fridays For Future, Uganda
- Maja Göpel, Founder, Mission Value, Germany
- Kurt Vandenberghe, Director General for Climate Action, European Commission
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- 11:35 - MUSEUM STAGE
Driving Climate Action: Embracing the Change in the built environment
Panel discussion
- Moderator : Sorcha Edwards, Housing Europe
- Ann Christine Duhaime, Paediatric neurosurgeon, Associate Director at Massachussets General Hospital Center for the Environment and Health, USA
- Zsolt Toth, Team Leader at Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE)), Belgium
- Carles Baiges Camprubí, Architect, Partner Lacol, Spain
- Kristiaan Borret, Chief Government Architect, Bouwmeester Maître Architecte (BMA) of Brussels Capital Region, Belgium
- Edilia Gänz, Director, FEDORA The European Circle of Philanthropists of Opera and Ballet
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- 12:25 - MUSEUM STAGE
A New European Bauhaus Economy
Panel discussion
- Moderator : Michela Magas, Member of the NEB HLRT
- Stephen Quest, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
- Indy Johar, Architect, co-founder of Architecture 00 and Dark Matter Labs, United Kingdom
- Alexandra Pisco, Founder and CEO of Pisco & Co, Belgium
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- 13:15 - MUSEUM STAGE
ARCHIPELAGO OF POSSIBLE FUTURES: 10 Visions for an Alternative Everyday.
- Moderator: Jose Luis de Vicente, Artistic Director Disseny Hub Barcelona
- On How to grow better futures. Anab Jain, Superflux
- A Solar Utopia. Juliette Bibasse and Joanie Lemercier, Studio Lemercier
- A Climavore Foodways for the new seasons of the climate crisis. Alon Schwabe and Daniel Fernández Pascual, Cooking Sections
- Weaving the Urban and the Rural. Amy Franceschini, Futurefarmers
- A New Material Culture for Domestic Environments. Maarten Gielen
- Le Jardin d’Eden. Peter de Cupere
- Explorations into the limits of the visible. Evelina Domnitch & Dmitri Gelfan
- A Social Imaginary for Artificial Intelligence. Hito Steyerl
- Cartography of the New Empires. Vladan Joler
- Augmenting Xenakis's piano music: Arts - Science and Technology from an ecological point of view, Pavlos Antoniadis
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- 15:15 - PARK STAGE
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ARCHIPELAGO OF POSSIBLE FUTURES: Technology, Ecology and the Arts to tackle Europe’s sustainability challenges
- Moderator: Manuel Cirauqui, Curator, Guggenheim Bilbao Museum
- Ipollito Pastellini, Architect 2050.plus, Head of Jury Biennale Architecture 2023
- Vladan Joler, Artist
- Hito Steyerl, Artist
- Louise Haxthausen, Director of UNESCO Brussels, Representative of UNESCO to the European Union
- Eduardo Santana Castellón, Director of Museum of Environmental Sciences, Guadalajara
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- 16:10 - PARK STAGE
Transforming our built environment: key challenges and opportunities
Panel discussion
- Moderator: Matti Kuittinen, Associate Professor of Sustainable Construction, Aalto University, Finland
- Video introduction by Ciaran Cuffe, Member of the European Parliament, rapporteur for the Energy Performance in Building Directive, Ireland
- Johanna Pirinen, Senior Vice President of Sustainability
- Andreja Kutnar, Professor at the University of Primorska, Director of InnoRenew CoE, Slovenia
- Giulia Frittoli, Senior Landscape Architect, Partner at BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
- Bent Madsen, President, Housing Europe
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- 17:05 - PARK STAGE
Change on the ground: success stories of the NEB
Panel discussion
- Moderator: Mária Beňačková Rišková, curator, editor, Slovak Design Museum, Slovakia
- Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reform
- Marcos Ros Sempere, Member of the European Parliament, Spain
- Adrian Câciu, Minister for Investments and European Projects, Romania
- Enda Hogan, Assistant Director of Southern Regional Assembly
- Risto Veivo, Climate Director of Turku, Finland)
- Jelka Tepšić, Deputy Mayor of the City of Dubrovnik, Croatia
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- 18:00 - PARK STAGE
The Solar Dome
Conversation
- Giulia Frittoli, Senior Landscape Architect, Partner at BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
- Mikel LandabasoDirector of Fair and Sustainable Economy at the Joint Research Centre
11 April - Programme
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- 10:00 - MUSEUM STAGE
Introduction
- Orla Murphy, Architect, Assistant Professor at University College of Dublin (UCD), Ireland
Opening speech
- Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
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- 10:10
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Launch of New European Bauhaus Academy Alliance
- Andreja Kutnar, Coordinator of the NEB Academy
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- Satellite Events
Connecting with the Satellite Events of the Festival around the globe
- Human Raise
- The Wood for the Trees
- NEB Sweden Local Chapters Forum - Time to Act to regain a sense of belonging
- Oulu Innovation Playground - Aaltosiilo
- GoinGreenGlobal Design Week
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- 10:35 - MUSEUM STAGE
Education and training for changing behaviours
Panel discussion
- Moderator: Orla Murphy, Architect, Assistant Professor at University College of Dublin (UCD), Ireland
- Normunds Popens, Deputy Director General in the Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
- Rosario Talevi, Architect, founding member of Floating University Berlin
- Oya Atalay Franck, President of the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE)
- Mia Roth-Čerina, Architect, Associate professor at the Architectural Design department, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Federica Olivares, Founder and Director of the International Program in Public and Cultural Diplomacy (IPCD), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
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- 11:40 - MUSEUM STAGE
Greening the spaces we live in: Reconnecting with Nature
Panel discussion
- Moderator: Pia Maier Schriever, Architect, set designer,member of the New European Bauhaus High-Level Roundtable, Germany
- Marc Becquet, Head of Service Office for Infrastructure and Logistics Brussels (OIB)
- Didier Vancutsem, Landscape architect, Vice-President forProfessional Practice at the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA EUROPE), Belgium
- Inès Masson, Architect and urban planner, Winner of Europan 17 Brussels in collaboration with m.at and Sophie Jacquemin, Belgium
- Erik Dhont, Landscape Architect, based in Brussels and Geneva
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- 12:45 - MUSEUM STAGE
The transformative role and new purpose of places worth living in
Panel discussion
- Moderator: Helle Søholt, Founding Partner and CEO of Gehl and Chair of the Board of Bloxhub the leading innovation hub for sustainable urbanism
- Svetlana Kirova, Project Manager, The Collective Foundation, Bulgaria
- Loredana Stasisin, Architect & Heritage Specialist, Technical Expert for Eyes Hearts Hands - on behalf of Living Future Europe
- Federica Fava, Assistant Professor at Roma Tre University, Department of Architecture, Italy
- Laurent Troost, Architect and Urban Planner, Troost + Pessoa Architects
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- 13:35 - MUSEUM STAGE
What is the New European Bauhaus doing for the Real Estate? Paving the way towards Net Zero and Impact Investing
Keynote
By Dirk Paelink, Chairman European PropTech Association - PropTech House
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- 14:45 - PARK STAGE
Seaweed in design
Keynote
by Katrin Porvaldsdottir, Natural Materials Artist
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- 15:30 - PARK STAGE
Stitching sustainable textiles
Panel discussion
- Moderator: Agnieszka Oleksyn – Wajda, climate lecturer and Director,Institute of Sustainable Development and Environment, Lazarski University, Poland
- Paul Kerssens, Co-founder & COO, United Repair Centre, The Netherlands
- Mária Štraneková, Innovative Sustainable Fashion Designer and Associate Professor, Faculty of Multimedia Communications ,Tomas Bata University, , Czechia
- Pascal Morand, Board Member European Fashion Alliance, Executive President; Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode
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- 17:30 - MUSEUM STAGE
A sustainable NEB Catwalk
Moderated by Matteo Ward, CEO and Co-Founder of WRAD Srl, Italy
Rewatch the Sustainable Fashion Experience Live
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12 April - Programme
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- 10:00 - MUSEUM STAGE
Introduction of the day: Creative placemaking and urban transitions
- Amanda Brandellero, Head of the Department of Arts and Culture Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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- Satellite Events
Connecting with the Satellite Events of the Festival around the globe
- WHY IS ORTICA BEAUTIFUL? An experiential walk to explore biodiversity in Ortica neighborhood
- NEB in Central Europe : Forum for partners and friends of the New European Bauhaus
- ETOM NEB Lab Feature: DOCOMOMO Journal Release and Vernissage Modernism in Ukraine #6
- Convergences
- Green & Circular Reconstruction of Ukraine
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- 10:25 - MUSEUM STAGE
Wood and Plants – Resilient materials for now and the future
Keynote
- By Michael Green, Visionary architect, creator of wooden skyscrapers
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- 10:45 - MUSEUM STAGE
Biogenic Construction - Bridging the gap from research to practice
Panel Discussion
- Moderator: Jan Wurm, EU Engagement Lead at Arup, Professor of Regenerative Design at Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven Belgium
- Roman Puchko, Co-Founder & CEO of ReThink, Ukraine
- Michael Green, Visionary architect, creator of wooden skyscrapers
- Eibhlín Ní Chathasaigh, Architect, SOIL LAB project / Co-founder of ITHIRLANN, IRL
- Edouard Cabay, Program Head, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain
- Maive Rute, Deputy-Director General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
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- 11:35 - MUSEUM STAGE
Art and Design as Agents of Change
- Emeka Ogboh, Artist & Music producer
- Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator at MoMA
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- 12:20 - MUSEUM STAGE
Masterclass with the Masterpieces architects
- Moderator: José Pedro Sousa, FAUP, University of Porto; HLRT of the New European Bauhaus
ENORME Studio, Spain - The Portage City
- Rocío Pina Isla, Architect Co-founder
- Carmelo Rodriguez Cedillo, PhD Architect Co-founder
bkvv Architecten, The Netherlands - The Trilix Bamboo Pavilion
- Sanne Eekel, architect, bkvv architecten, Netherlands
- Robert van Kats, architect & partner, bkvv architecten, Netherlands
- Brian E. Wennersten, founder, dutch bamboo foundation, Netherlands
Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland - Caterpillars
- Jerzy Latka, Architect
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- 13:25 - PARK STAGE
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Keynote
- By Shigeru Ban, Architect
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- 14:00 - PARK STAGE
Post-calamity reconstruction in Ukraine
Panel Discussion
- Moderator : Anitta Hipper,EU Commission spokeswoman on home affairs, migration and internal security
- Hubert Trammer, architect, professor, member of the High-Level Roundtable of the New European Bauhaus, Poland
- Shigeru Ban, Architect
- Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
- Video message by Oleksandra Azarkhina, Deputy Minister of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine
- Hanna Bondar, Architect and politician
- Ludovica Gregori, Ph.D. candidate at Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Italy
- Pierre Heilbronn, Special Envoy of the French President for Ukraine's relief and reconstruction, France
- Maryna Bakaienko, Cedos project coordinator
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- 14:45 - PARK STAGE
Announcement of the NEB LAB Public infrastructure for Ukraine
- Moderator : Marieke Eyskoot, Master of Ceremony
- Rūta Leitanaitė, Architects Association of Lithuania, Board member, Lithuania, Architects Council of Europe & Chair of the Task Force "Soidarity with Ukraine"
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- 15:05 - PARK STAGE
How does the quality of the built environment influence identity and purpose and vice versa?
Panel discussion
- Moderator: Eszter Dávida, Urban Planner, Member of the NEB High-Level roundtable
- Robert K. Huber, Director and Curator of BHROX bauhaus reuse
- Arne Cornelius Wasmuth, Founding Director of dieDAS Academy, Germany
- Klara Geywitz, Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building, Germany
- Mateja Softić, Cofounder of ISKRIVA
- Tanya Hristova, CHAIR of the SEDEC Commission of the European Committee of the Regions
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- 16:35 - PARK STAGE
European institutions in discussion regarding the future trajectory of the New European Bauhaus
Closing session with
- Moderator: Simon Pickard, Network Director at Science Business
- Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament, Germany
- Salla Saastamoinen - Deputy Director-General of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
- Ilyess El Kortbi, Climate Activist, Ukraine
- Francesca Bria, Member of New European Bauhaus High level Roundtable, Italia
- Nicola de Michelis, Deputy Director-General of Regional and Urban Policies (REGIO), European Commission
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Rewatch the Ceremony Live Stream
- Moderated by :
- Ruth Reichstein, Policy Coordinator Cabinet of President von der Leyen, European Commission
- Adalbert Jahnz, EU_Commission spokesperson for: environment, maritime affairs, transport, New European Bauhaus
- Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
- Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
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