The conference, being the platform for cooperation between partners from different cities, will be a chance for all the involved parties to evaluate and analyse urban regeneration processes. The purpose of this conference is to bring together the practical experiences of different towns and cities in capitalising on the opportunities provided by historic urban areas.
The Conference on Urban Regeneration of Historic Cores will bring together key players - Urban planners, economists, tourism planners, sociologists, architects, conservationists, transport planners and local officials with direct interest in urban generation, - will all actively contribute to the discussion to trash out a way forward for regeneration. This conference aims to build on experience, build new partnerships and most importantly initiate further regeneration projects.
The following dimensions will be addressed:
(i) Specific planning tools for regeneration in historic cores
(ii) The effectiveness of social and economic instruments, including sources of funding and the levering of finance, for regeneration
(iii) management and legal instruments, particularly appropriate institutional mechanisms including various forms of partnerships
(iv) the architectural and conservation factors, with an emphasis on the creation, or re-creation of liveable environments, on dealing with traffic and on sustainable conservation.
Workshop sessions will allow to consider urban regeneration from different angles and to disseminate best practice information and examples.
The Regime
of Historic Urban Cores in France: The Case of Lyon
Philippe Dhenein, Director National School of Public Engineering, Head
Research Group on City Heritage, Lyon, France
The Integrated
Policy Experiences: The Case of Baltic Cities
Housing, Historic Centres and Medinas: Lessons from International Partnership
Union of Pact Arim, Paris, France
Brian Smith, European Association Historic Towns and Regions, Norwich, UK
The Global Strategy of Andalusia
Andalucia Regional Government
The Medina of Kairouan
Director of Agence pour la Rehabilitation et la Renovation Urbaine, Tunisia
Lecce: How the Historic Core Regenerate the City
Bario Alto: Rehabilitation of Buildings while caring for the people
Branca Neves, advisor
The Morrocon
Medinas: The Balance between maintaining tradition and creating economic
value
Moroccon Association for the Regeneration of Medinas
The Montenegro Coastal Citites: Conserving or Regenerating the Venetian Heritage
Rehabilitation
and conservation of Heritage Haifa
Ayala Hirsch, Israel
Gates, Steeples and Step: Heritage Revial in Rostock
Andreas Schubert, Head Economic Promotion City of Rostock, Germany
Activate
the Waterfront as a Destination
Ed Stone, Chairman EDSA, Fort Lauderdale, USA
Financing
Heritage Regeneration for Economic Development
Olivier Terry, Caisse des Depots et Consignation, Paris, France
Cultural
Tourism as a stimulus for medium sized cities Development: The Case of
Granollers
Ramon Maspons, Regeneration Unit, City of Granollers, Spain
Walled Towns
open to Tourism
Chirs Lines, Walled Towns Friendship Circle, Chester, UK
Privitisation
of Cultural Assets: The Art Museum of Turin
Fiorenzo Alfieri, Deputy Major of Turin, Italy
Using the Private Property Market as a tool for Regeneration
The Tools available to Local Authorities: Lessons from Lyon
Henry Chabert, President Heritage Vision, Lyon, France
Urban Revitilisation through Restoring Fine Arts in the City
Kevin MacMahon, Head of Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, USA
Cars and
Pedestrians in Papal Avignon
Yves Duverger, Deputy Major of Avignon, France
Historic Urban Cores without Cars: The Tuscany Cities
Director of Planning, Tuscany Regional Government, Italy
Managing Accessibility in Austrian Historic Cores: The Cases of Vienna
and Salzburg
Arnold Klotz, Director of Planning City of Vienna, Austria
Managing the Flow of Goods and People in Maltese Mdina
Godwin Cassar, Director of Planning, Ministry of Home Affairs and the
Environment, Malta