Thursday, 22 October

• 13.00 - 14.00 | General Assembly
• 14.00 - 14.30 | Press Conference
• 14.30 - 15.30 | Opening Ceremony
  
  Plenary address by

• Prof. Flora Carrijn, President of UNeECC
• Vilius Navickas, Mayor of Vilnius
• Prof. Alvydas Pumputis, Rector of the Mykolas Romeris University
• Prof. dr. Romualdas Ginevicius, Rector of the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
• Mrs. Ann Branch, Head of Unit, European Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture

• 15.30 - 16.30 | Plenary Session
  
  Plenary address by

• Rolandas Kvietkauskas, Director, Public institution of Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009
• Julia Stoff, Assistant to the Artistic Director, European Capital of Culture Organization, Linz
• Prof. Edward de Bono, EU Ambassador for the Year of Creativity,2009: ’The biggest problem is not climate-change, but inadequate thinking’

• 16.30 - 17.00 | Break
• 17.00 - 18.30 | Parallel Sessions I
  
  Session A: Cultural diversity as basis for Creativity and Innovation

• Luis Rodríguez García
  „Cordoba, Intercultural Dialogue”, Cordoba: Innovative ways for spreading intercultural activities within a city: The case of Cordoba
• Tuuli Lähdesmäki, University of Jyväskylä
  Jyväskylä: Strategies representing cultural diversity in three European Capitals of Culture
• Rafaela Ganga, University of Porto
  Porto: The European Inter/Multicultural Education In Question. Study Case of the European Cultural Policies and Education Practices in three European Contemporary art Galleries – First Notes for a Debate
• Eka Tchkoidze, University of Ioannina
  Ioannina: The Greeks in Georgia: myth and reality (mutual cultural contacts and impacts upon both parties)

 

Session B, Creativity and Innovation and European Capitals of Culture

 

• Xavier Tuleda, Communication of the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona
  Barcelona: The International Bureau of Cultural Capitals
• Hilmar Rommetvedt – Christin Berg, University of Stavanger
  Stavanger: Stavanger as European Capital of Culture 2008: The Citizens’ Perspective
• Georg Simet, University of Applied Sciences of Neuss
  Neuss: The Importance of Creativity and Innovation for Adopting Istanbul as European Capital of Culture
• Ágnes Simon, Pécs2010 Management Centre Nonprofit Ltd.
  Pécs: Sustainable development in the light of creative industry and the Pécs2010 European Capital of Culture programme

• 20.00 | Gala Dinner
  Location: Restaurant 'Neringa'

Friday, 23 October

• 09.00 - 10.45 | Parallel Sessions II
  
  Session A, Creativity and Innovation in University Culture

• Dr. Wim Coudenys, Lessius University College
  Antwerpen: Mainstream and the Death of University Culture. Or how the Rush for Innovation Threatens Creativity
• Vish Maheshwari, Liverpool Hope University
  Liverpool: Growing Diversity at the UK Universities: Developing Modern Multicultural Higher Education Institutions
• Tamás Molnár, University of Pécs
  Pécs: Temporary City Workshop – cooperation between universities of European Capitals of Culture 2010
• Silvia Florea, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu
  Sibiu: Between Knowledge and Accessibility: Research and University/Industry Collaboration


Session B, The Impact of Innovation and Creativity on Culture

• Dan Popescu, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu
  Sibiu: Valuing Creativity, Innovation and Diversity in Sibiu – European Capital of Culture 2007. Cultural and Socioeconomical Impacts on the Local Community
• Magnar Am, Volda University College
  Volda: Creativity and Resistance - the difficult balance between freedom and limitation in creative processes and solution-searching activities
• Dr. Paulius Cepas, Vytautas Magnus University
  Kaunas: Employability competency in cultural context: sources, approaches and perspectives
• Kari Josendal, Institute of Stavanger
  Stavanger: Innovation in the cultural and creative sectors. A case study


Session C, Didactic Innovation and the University

• Laura Baker, FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences
  Graz: Between Heaven and Earth in Innovative Investments-Innovation Creativity and Cultural Awareness in an Industrial Management Undergraduate Course
• Juozas Lakis, Mykolas Romeris University
  Vilnius: Education in Conflict Resolution as Element of Participatory Democracy in Transition of Lithuania
• Lucia Pavlescu, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu
  Sibiu: Innovative Aspects in Access to a Teaching Career in Romania
• Monika Miliusiené - Živilė Starkevičiūtė - Vaiva Zuzeviciute, Vytautas Magnus University
  Kaunas: Innovating Educational Practices and Culture – is it the process toward Social Cohesion

• 10.45 – 11.15 | Coffee Break
• 11.15 – 13.00 | Parallel Sessions III
  
  Session A, Cultural diversity as basis for Creativity and Innovation

• Prof. Dr. Stephan Sonnenburg, Karlshochschule International University
  Karlsruhe: Project Creativity: What can we learn from the Beatles, Picasso & Braque and other famous groups?
• Dr. Dariusz Gafijczuk, Lancaster University
  Lancaster: Composition of Centrality: A Historical Look at Musical Innovations at the turn of the 20th Century
• Héléne Alfaro, Paris 12 University
  Paris: Creative regeneration in Belfast
• Witold Ostafinski, The Pontifical Academy of Theology in Cracow
  Cracow: Unity in plurality – Days of John Paul II in Cracow

Session B, Creativity and Innovation and European Capitals of Culture

 

• Lennart Rosenlund, University of Stavanger
  Stavanger: Stavanger as European Capital of Culture 2008: Social Determinants of the Reception
• Prof. Roberto Grandi – Adriana Galvani, University of Bologna
  Bologna: Proposal for innovating the European City of Culture Program
• Szabolcs Zalay, University of Pécs
  Pécs: The Roots of Learning Cities

 

• 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch
• 14.00 – 15.45 | Parallel Sessions IV
  
  Session A, Creativity and Innovation in University Culture

• Adrienn Bognár, University of Pécs
  Pécs: The youth participation purpose in common events
• Radomila Soukalová, Tomas Bata University
  Zlín: Effective Communication of R&D in University Marketing
• Marietta Németh, University of Pécs
  Pécs: Are the innovative ideas and creativity of graduating students exploited to full depth


Session B, The Impact of Innovation and Creativity on Culture

 

• Luigi Tassoni, University of Pécs
  Pécs: Creativity of the Reader in European Culture
• Daiva Bukantaité, Vytautas Magnus University
  Kaunas: Coaching as an innovation that changes the culture of the unemployed people’s consulting
• Rune Dahl Fitjar, International Research Institute of Stavanger
  Stavanger: Innovation, Collaboration and the Soft Institutions of the Stavanger region
  
• 15.45 – 16.15 | Break
• 16.15 – 17.30 | Parallel Sessions V
  
  Session A, Creativity and Innovation and European Capitals of Culture

• Knud Knudsen, International Research Institute of Stavanger
  Stavanger: “Does an Open Port widen people’s minds?”
• Piotr Bozyk, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
  Cracow: New approach to Innovativeness in the Field of Industrial Design


Session B, Didactic Innovation and the University

• Dr. Aušra Rutkiené – dr. Ilona Tandzegolskiene – Dr. Vaiva Zuzeviciute Assoc.prof., Vytautas Magnus University
  Kaunas: Doctor’s in Education Science Qualification Description – the Change of the Conterporary Challenges in University Culture
• Alexandre Frey Pinto de Almeida, University Fernando Pessoa
  Porto: A Challenge to Innovation and Creativity at University Fernando Pessoa (Porto, Portugal): Acting upon Speech-Language Disorders as a Technique and as an Art

• 17.30 – 18:00 | Conclusions
• 18.30 | Closing Dinner

Saturday, 24 October 2009

• 09.00 – 11.00 | Optional walking tour of Vilnius