THE PREVIEW | HERITAGE MEETS THE FUTURE

The conference celebrates the recognition of Bologna’s porticoes as UNESCO World Heritage Site. The event wants to discuss how to protect the historic urban landscape and promote the role of UNESCO sites.

The objective of the two-day event is to identify common strategies to preserve city assets from the impact of challenges such as climate change or catastrophic events, but also ways of protecting and enhancing them in everyday life, promoting the sense of community and the active participation of citizenship in taking care of the common heritage.

May 17, 2024 | Cinema Modernissimo Piazza Re Enzo

Perception, use and care of urban historical heritage: Bologna and the porticoes

10.00 AM Welcome addresses

• Minister of Culture (invited)
• Mayor of Bologna
• Deputy Rector, University of Bologna
• Introduction by Deputy Mayor for ‘UNESCO Porticoes’, Municipality of Bologna

10.30 AM Cultural heritage for shaping global citizens

• Massimiliano Tarozzi, Professor, University of Bologna

11.00 AM Use and care of urban historical heritage

• Introduce Fabrizio Ivan Apollonio, Director of the Architecture Department, University of Bologna
• Uses and shapes of urban porticoes
  Francesco Ceccarelli and Rosa Smurra, Professors, University of Bologna
• Management plans: tool of protection, valorization and care of heritage
  Giulio Mondini, Professor, Polytechnic University of Turin

12.30 PM Conclusions

• by Deputy Mayor with responsibility for protection of cultural heritage, Municipality of Bologna

LUNCH BREAK

15.00 PM Perception of urban historical heritage

• Introduce Marco Veglia, Professor, University of Bologna
• Life marked by arcades. The Porticoes of Bologna in family films
  Elena Pirazzoli, Home Movies Foundation

15.45 PM Round table “Young people and heritage: urgencies, challenges and innovations for the protection of heritage”

• Magdalena Landry, Director of UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy) and Liborio Stellino, Permanent Delegate of Italy to UNESCO and BIE meet the PhD Students of the Department of Architecture of the University of Bologna and AIGU - Italian Youth Association for UNESCO
• Introduction by Federica Legnani, Porticoes World Heritage Site Manager, Municipality of Bologna
• Graphic recording by Edo Massa 

At the end

• Screening of the short movie “Guida per camminare all’ombra” by Renzo Renzi

May 18, 2024 | Salaborsa Library | Piazza del Nettuno, 3

Global challenges, shared solutions

10.00 AM Welcome addresses

• Mayor of Bologna
• Liborio Stellino, Permanent Delegate of Italy to UNESCO and BIE

10.30 AM Round table ‘Challenges for cities’

• Anne Laure Moniot, Head of the Architecture and Urban Heritage design department, Bordeaux Metropole
• Julie Reynes, World Heritage Project Manager, Nizza
• TBC, Odessa City
• Inez Weyermans, World Heritage Site Manager, Amsterdam
• Katarzyna Piotrowska, Culture and National Heritage Department’s Deputy Director, Kraków 
• Municipality Deputy Mayor for ‘UNESCO Porticoes’, Municipality of Bologna

11.15 AM Round table ‘The role of institutions’

• Jyoti Hosagrahar, Deputy Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
• Marianne Knutsen, Member of Board ICOMOS International 2023-2026
• Maria Chiara Esposito, Policy Officer, European Commission, Directorate- General for Education and Culture
• Adele Cesi, Italian Ministry of Culture, UNESCO Office, National focal point for the World Heritage Convention

11.40 AM Keynote Speech ‘A People- Centric Approach to Heritage Cities

• Helle Søholt, CEO, Founding Partner Studio Gehl - Making Cities for People

12.30 PM Piazza Maggiore - Unveiling of the first UNESCO plaque

• with the Mayor of Bologna and Jyoti Hosagrahar, Deputy Director for the World Heritage Centre at UNESCO
• The Porticoes Hymn performed by the Bernstein School of Musical Theatre children’s choir
• Porticoes with eyes closed, written and performed by Marinella Manicardi

Participation in the two days is open to everyone, but it is necessary to register at this link