November 28, Thursday, 2024
9:30 – 10:15
Welcome Speeches (General Conservator of Monuments, Secretary General of Europa Nostra, Minister of Industry, Marshal of Silesia)
10:15 – 10:45
Miles Oglethorpe, “Protecting our Industrial Heritage and making it work for a sustainable future”
10:45 – 11:15
Hildebrand de Boer, “Heritage of Coal and Steel”
11:15 – 11:45
Jaap Nieweg, “European Green Light for Mobile Cultural Heritage”
11:45 – 12:15
Representative of the Ministry of Industry, “Transformation Program in Coal Mining in Upper Silesia with Consideration for the Protection of Mining Heritage”
12:15 – 13:15
Panel Discussion: The possibility of maintaining coal extraction for the preservation and operation of industrial heritage (representatives from: technical museums, organisations of historic vehicle collectors, the Ministry of Industry, the European Commission).
13:15 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:45
Panel Discussion: Goals and Tasks of the European Committee for the Protection of Industrial Heritage TICCIH Europe – Establishing a new European organisation for the protection of industrial heritage based in Poland (presentation of the draft statute of TICCIH Europe, discussion among TICCIH members).
15:45 – 16:15
Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:30
Expert Panel: Practical Protection of Industrial Heritage in Poland, discussing the status of projects aimed at inscribing industrial heritage sites on the UNESCO list.
20:00 – 22:30
Banquet at “Walcownia” Zinc Rolling Mill, 40-387 Katowice ul. 11 Listopada 50
Zinc hosted by the Marshal of Silesia and the Mayor of Rybnik
(by bus from hotel Novotel Katowice Centrum)
November 29, Friday ,2024
10:00 – 12:00
Visit to the Experimental Coal Mine “Barbara” in Mikołów, descent to level -1,000 m
(by bus from hotel Novotel Katowice Centrum)
12:30 – 13:30
Visiting “Ignacy” Historical Mine, 44-273 Rybnik, ul. Ignacego Mościckiego 3
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch at the “Ignacy” Historical Mine
The conference fee 280 PLN (65 EURO) includes meals and participation in banquet at “Walcownia” Zinc Rolling Mill