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Programme of the "Architectural Policies as a European Standard" Conference

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ARCHITECTURAL POLICIES AS A EUROPEAN STANDARD
European Conference on Architectural Policies (ECAP)

Gdansk, 10-12 June, 2025

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

DAY 1 | TUESDAY, JUNE 10

18.00

CONFERENCE INAUGURATION

followed by a cocktail reception, Artus Hall, Main Town in Gdańsk

Chair: Piotr LORENS, Gdańsk City Architect, Poland

Speeches:

Piotr GRZELAK – Deputy Mayor of the City of Gdańsk, Poland
Introduction, words of welcome

Tomasz LEWANDOWSKI – Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Republic of Poland
Introduction, words of welcome

Jacek KARNOWSKI– Secretary of State, Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, Republic of Poland
Introduction, words of welcome

Normunds POPENS – European Commission, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC), Brussels
Opening speech

Aleksandra DULKIEWICZ – Mayor of the City of Gdańsk, Poland
Inauguration of the Gdańsk Architecture Council

DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 | Urban Culture Institute

8.30–9.00	Registration (hall of the Urban Culture Institute, building of the Water Crafts)
9.00–9.05	WELCOME ADDRESS Piotr LORENS, Gdańsk City Architect, Poland Words of welcome, presentation of the proposed conference declaration
9.05–10.00	KEYNOTE SPEECHES Ruth SCHAGEMANN – President of the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE), Belgium Architecture as a Force for Unity — Building Resilience, Culture, and Hope in Europe Markus HEDORFER – President of the European Council of Spatial Planners (ECTP-CEU), Italy Spatial planning and architecture policies: principles, regulation and practice Bolesław STELMACH – Director of the Polish National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, Poland On the Need for Polish Architectural Policy. Architecture is the art of transforming space.
10.00–11.30	PLENARY SESSION I Architectural policy in the context of national specifics Chair: Biś LISOWSKI, President of Polish Architecture Council, Poland Introductory presentations (10 min each) João BENTO – Researcher at National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC), Portugal Architecture policies in Europe: an up-to-date overview Elisabeth BELPAIRE – President of International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), France How can planning be part of architectural policies and vice versa? Stephan MAYER – Policy Officer for Urban Development Policy, Baukultur, Research, Coordination, German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building, Germany The German Federal Government’s guidelines for Baukultur „Co-designing space for the common good“ Panel discussion (60 min) Martin DUBBELING – International Society of City and Regional Planners, The Netherlands Michał DUDA – Director, Wrocław Architecture Museum, Poland Martina JUVARA – International Society of City of City and Regional Planners, United Kingdom Anda KURSIŠA – Member of the ACE Executive Board and Member of the Latvian Association of Architects, Latvia Ruth SCHAGEMANN – President of the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE), Belgium Petr LEŠEK – Vice chairman of the Czech Chamber of Architects, Architect and founder of Projektil Architekti , Czechia
11.30–12.00	COFFEE BREAK Opportunity for a guided tour of the exhibition of the 2024 European Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards (EUmies Awards), featuring the Architecture and Emerging categories.
12.00–13.30	PLENARY SESSION II Architectural policy as a matter of public interest Chair: Ryszard GRUDA, Polish Chamber of Architects, Poland Introductory presentations (10 min each) Jutta KASTNER – Policy Officer, European Commission, Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC), Creative Europe From recommendation to action: Towards a shared culture of architecture Ivan BLASI – Director of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Awards (EUmies Awards), Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona EUmies Awards: Architecture as a Matter of Public Interest Janusz SEPIOŁ – Cracow City Architect From “Pact for Space” to “Urban Architectural Policy”. The case of Krakow Panel discussion (60 minutes) Piotr GRZELAK – Deputy Mayor of Gdańsk, Poland Sławomir GZELL – Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Architecture and Urbanism, Poland Michał LESZCZYŃSKI – Grupa5 Architects, Poland Paweł MAJKUSIAK – JEMS Architekci, Poland Marcin WOYCIECHOWSKI – HOSSA Investment Group, Poland Maciej ZIELONKA – Deputy Mayor of Gdynia, Poland
13.30–14.30	LUNCH BREAK Opportunity for a guided tour of the exhibition of the 2024 European Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards (EUmies Awards), featuring the Architecture and Emerging categories.
14.30–16.00	PLENARY SESSION III Architectural policy in the context of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) and the Davos Baukultur process Chair: Bartosz MACIKOWSKI – President of the District Council of the Pomeranian Chamber of Polish Architect, Poland Introductory presentations (10 min each) Oliver MARTIN – Swiss Federal Office for Culture, Head of Section Baukultur, Chair of the Davos Baukultur Alliance, Switzerland The Davos Baukultur Process. From Principles to Practice Andro MÄND – Tallinn City Architect Creation of the position of State Architect in Estonia Panel discussion (50 minutes) Borys CZARAKCZIEW – Polish Chamber of Architects, Pland Michiel van DRIESSCHE – Groningen City Architect , The Netherlands Tomasz KONIOR – Konior Studio, Poland Marcos ROS SEMPERE – Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the URBAN Forum, Spain Catherine VILQUIN – Member of the Executive Committee of the European Council of Spatial Planners (ECTP-CEU), Belgium Oliver MARTIN – Swiss Federal Office for Culture, Head of Section Baukultur, Chair of the Davos Baukultur Alliance, Switzerland Closing Presentation (20 min) Carl BÄCKSTRAND – Vice President, Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE), White Arkitekter Partner & International Director New European Bauhaus in the everyday work of an architectural office
16.00–16.30	COFFEE BREAK Opportunity for a guided tour of the exhibition of the 2024 European Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards (EUmies Awards), featuring the Architecture and Emerging categories.
16.30–18.00	SESSION IV Architectural policy in the context of the housing challenges Chair: Borys CZARAKCZIEW – Member of the ACE Executive Board, Coordinator of the “Achieving Quality in the Built Environment” Area Introductory speeches (20 min) Stefan MOSER – European Commission, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Energy (ENER), Task Force Housing TITLE TO BE CONFIRMED Frank D’HONDT – International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), Secretary General and Executive Committee Member The role of Architecture in Soft Urbanism Panel discussion (70 min) Markus HEDORFER – President of the European Council of Spatial Planners (ECTP-CEU), Italy Bahaa Bou KALFOUNI – Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland Piotr LORENS – Gdańsk City Architect, Poland Nicola MATTHEWS – Senior Architect at Dept. of Housing, Local Government & Heritage, Member of the European Directors of Architecture Policies (EDAP), Ireland Eugen PANESCU – Chair of the ACE Urban and Housing Transformation Working Group, Romania Szymon WOJCIECHOWSKI – APA Wojciechowski Architects, Poland
18.00	WRAP UP – Summary of the day Family/group photograph
20.00	Evening at the Olivia Centre Inauguration of ISOCARP 60th anniversary celebrations

DAY 3 | THURSDAY, JUNE 12 | Urban Culture Institute

9.00–10.00	KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS Chair: Piotr LORENS, Gdańsk City Architect Presentations by: Kristiaan BORRET – Brussels City Architect, Belgium Soft Power in architectural policy Elena DIMITROVA – University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia Culture in the core: keping sensitive to urban memory messages Janet ASKEW – Vice President, European Council of Spatial Planners (ECTP-CEU), United Kingdom Multidisciplinary approaches from the outset: collaboration and inclusivity for a sustainable future
10.00–11.30	PLENARY SESSION V Shaping the architectural policy in the local context Chair: Małgorzata TOMCZAK, Chief Editor of „Architektura i Biznes” architecture journal, Poland Introductory presentations (30 min) Beate ENGELHORN – Federal Ministry of Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport, Republic of Austria Tools for climate-friendly urban development in Austria Tomasz MAJDA – President, Society of Polish Town Planners (TUP), Poland Architectural policy begins with dialogue - local decision-making processes as a foundation for building high-quality spaces in the context of European values Kamil KOWALSKI – „Integracja” Society, Poland Urban Change. On the politics of implementing accessibility in the city Panel discussion (60 min) Natalia BALCERZAK – Adssociation of Polish Architects, President of the Gdańsk Branch, Poland Michał DOMIŃCZAK – Łódź University of Technology, Poland Piotr LEWICKI – Lewicki Łatak Architects, Poland Michał MŁYNCZAK – Vice Mayor, City of Wrocław, Poland César REYES NÁJERA – Postdoctoral researcher on Urban Regeneration at University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Małgorzata PETERS – Head of the Department of the Aesthetics of Public Space, Ministry of Culture, Poland
11.30–12.00	COFFEE BREAK Opportunity for a guided tour of the exhibition of the 2024 European Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards (EUmies Awards), featuring the Architecture and Emerging categories.
12.00–13.30	PLENARY SESSION VI Roles and tasks of City Architects Chair: Piotr LORENS – Gdańsk City Architect, Poland Introductory presentations: Agata TWARDOCH – Gliwice City Urbanist, Poland Who is the city architect? Eva AMELYNCK – Team Flemish Government Architect, Belgium The Flemish Government Architect – building an architecture culture Jacek BARSKI, Wrocław City Architect, Poland What can the City Architect do? Panel discussion: Konstantina CHRYSOSTOMOU – Estel Cooperative, Barcelona, Spain Laura KAIRIENE - Vilnius City Architect, Lithuania Magdalena KOZIEŃ WOŹNIAK – Cracow University of Technology, Poland Janusz SEPIOŁ – Cracow City Architect, Poland Björn SIESJÖ – Goteborg City Architect, Sweden Małgorzata TOMCZAK – Chief Editor of „Architektura i Biznes” architecture journal, Poland
13.30–14.00	CLOSING REMARKS Adoption of the Conference Declaration Invitation to the Congress of Polish Architecture 2026
	SIDE EVENT The conference features an exhibition of the 2024 European Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards (EUmies Awards), showcasing the Architecture and Emerging categories. Guided tours will be offered throughout the conference by the Director of the EUmies Awards at the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona.