Know-How-Transfer
Once a year, the Foundation organises a symposium focusing on topical issues relating to the cities. Future issues, approaches to solving current problems, and the result of the surveys conducted by the Foundation are discussed by representatives from the worlds of culture, politics, business and society. These fruitful discussions are made available to a wide specialist readership through the “Lebendige Stadt” journal.


Culture meets urban development
Hamburg september 27 to 28 2017
The story of the construction of Elbphilharmonie is a turbulent one. By now, it has become Hamburg’s new landmark and has attracted the people’s curiosity and enthusiasm. Since November 2016, more than two million visitors have entered the plaza. Join us and experience the uniqueness of this concert hall.
Foundation Award Ceremony: The Most Vibrant Twinning Partnership
Location: Elbphilharmonie, Grand Hall
07.30 p.m.
ADMISSION
08:00 p.m.
FOUNDATION AWARD CEREMONY
The event is hosted by:
Dr. Andreas Mattner, Chairman of the Executive Committee of "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation

GUNTHER ADLER
The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety

OLIVIA JONES
Artist

KASPAR KRAEMER
Dipl.-Ing. Architekt BDA, Kaspar Kraemer Architekten

CHRISTOPH LIEBEN-SEUTTER
General and Artistic Director, Elbphilharmonie

LUTZ LIENENKÄMPER
Minister of Finance NRW

ALEXANDER OTTO
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation

HENRIETTE REKER
Lady Mayor of the City of Cologne
10.00 p.m.
FOLLOWED BY GET-TOGETHER (BEVERAGES ONLY)
Culture meets Urban Development
Property: Elbphilharmonie, Recital Hall
09.30 a.m.
GET-TOGETHER
10.00 a.m.
START OF THE CONFERENCE

DR. ANDREAS MATTNER
Chairman of the Executive Committee of "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation
WELCOME SPEECH

OLAF SCHOLZ
Lord Mayor of the City of Hamburg
INTRODUCTION: CULTURE AS DRIVER FOR THE CITY

MARTINE REICHERTS
Director General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
11.20 a.m. until 11:50 a.m.
NETWORKING AND COFFEE BREAK
MARSEILLE: CULTURAL LIGHTHOUSES STILL EN VOGUE?

PROF. DR. NICOLE COLIN
Professor for Cultural Sciences University of Aix-Marseille
DISTRICT CULTURE: DRIVING FORCE FOR SOCIAL COHESION

LARS DAVIDSEN
Deputy Head of The Cultural Department Aarhus
PANEL DISCUSSION: CULTURAL HERITAGE - BLESSING OR CURSE FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT?

ANNEKATRIN KLEPSCH
Mayor of the City of Dresden

MATTHIAS KOHLBECKER
Managing Director and Architect Kohlbecker Gesamtplan

PROF. DR. VERENA METZE-MANGOLD
President German UNESCO Commission

PROF. JÖRN WALTER
Former Chief Building Director of the City of Hamburg
HOST

HERBERT SCHALTHOFF
Chief Editor for Politics, Hamburg 1
01.10 p.m. until 02:10 p.m.
LUNCH
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CONFERENCE 2018

ALEXANDER OTTO
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation
ARTISTS, CREATIVE MINDS, HIPSTERS: VITALIZATION OF QUARTERS OR FIRST SIGNS OF GENTRIFICATION?

DR. CARSTEN BROSDA
State Ministry for Culture, City of Hamburg
PANEL DISCUSSION: ARTISTS LOOK FOR THEIR OWN SPACE, BUT HOW MUCH SPACE CAN CITIES SPARE?

THOMAS BAUMGÄRTEL
Artist

JULIAN PETRIN
Founder nexthamburg

DR. DOROTHEE STAPELFELDT
State Ministry for Urban Development and Environment, City of Hamburg
HOST

BERNADETTE SPINNEN
Director Münster Marketing, Chairwoman bcsd
TO THE POINT: THE "MAYOR" DISCUSSION ROUND

BARBARA BOSCH
Lady Mayor of the City of Reutlingen

THOMAS GEISEL
Lord Mayor of the City of Düsseldorf

DR. ULF KÄMPFER
Lord Mayor of the City of Kiel
HOST

PROF. DR. GESA BIRNKRAUT
Deputy Chairwoman of the Advisory Board for the "Initiative Creative Industries" of the Federal Government
03.50 p.m. until 04:20 p.m.
NETWORKING AND COFFEE BREAK
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ...
... NEUNKIRCHEN, A CITY THAT RELIES ON CULTURE AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT?

JÜRGEN FRIED
Lord Mayor of Neunkirchen
... OF THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF WROCLAW?

DR. RAFAL DUTKIEWICZ
Mayor of Wroclaw
SPECIAL GUEST: MY CITY OF THE FUTURE: DIVERSE AND COLORFUL

DR. AUMA OBAMA
Chief Executive of Sauti Kuu Foundation
05.30 p.m.
END OF THE CONFERENCE
EVENING EVENT: A HAMBURG RHAPSODY
Location: Elbphilharmonie, Grand Hall
07.30 p.m.
ADMISSION
08.00 p.m.
BEGIN OF THE CONCERT
SPEAKERS

MICHAEL BATZ
Theater Maker and Scenographer

ALEXANDER OTTO
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of "Lebendige Stadt" Foundation
... WITH THE "FELIX MENDELSSOHN JUGENDSINFONIEORCHESTER" AND "THE YOUNG CLASSX" SOLOISTS ENSEMBLE