‘European Industrial Heritage Tourism: Best Practices and Future Perspectives

Wednesday 28 September 2016 from 13h00 to 15h00
Room JAN 6Q1 – European Parliament – Brussels

Programme

12h00: Lunch at JAN 3Q Brasserie
Moderator of the Event: Jonathan Lloyd, ERIH Board Member
13h00: Welcome and introductory remarks by Prof. Dietmar Köster MEP and Prof. Meinrad Maria
Grewenig, President of ERIH and CEO of UNESCO World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte
13h10: Introduction to the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) - Christiane Baum,
Secretary-General of ERIH
13h20: Industrial Heritage and European Identity – Prof. Massimo Preite, Associate Professor of
Urban Planning at the University of Florence
13h30: Best practices in industrial tourism: The Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian
Voivodeship – Adam Hajduga, Head of Unit for Industrial Heritage Promotion of the
Silesian Voivodeship
13h40: Industries of the past building industries of the future: The example of UNESCO World
Heritage Site Zollverein - Jolanta Nölle, Member of the Board of the Zollverein Foundation
13h50: How can the EU support Industrial Heritage? A conversation with Walter Zampieri, Head
of Unit for Culture Policy and Intercultural Dialogue at the Directorate-General for
Education and Culture, European Commission, followed by a Q&A session with all speakers
14h50: Conclusion by Jonathan Lloyd and Closing by Marek Plura MEP
15h00 : End of event
With the support of:
➔ The European Parliament Intergroup on European tourism development, cultural heritage,
Way of St. James and other European cultural routes
➔ The Regional Office of Silesia in Brussels
➔ The North Rhine-Westphalia Representative Office to the European Union
➔ The European Office of the Metropolitan Region FrankfurtRheinMain