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MONDAY 11th of September
19.00 Network Evening, Council of Ostrobothnia, Hietasaarenkatu 6
TUESDAY 12th of September - “Together for the future”
Conference venue: Vaasa university
Address: Wolffintie 34, Vaasa
8.30 Registration, tea/coffee, mingling
9.30 Conference opening
10.00 Keynote speaker
“Belonging through heritage”
Dr. Tarja Pääjoki, Jyväskylä University
11.00 Common session
12.15 Lunch
13.15 Parallel sessions
“Places and stories”
Viktoria Hallberg, Sweden
Tia Takala, Finland
Thabiso Maake, South Africa
“Heritage through tech”
Mike Mumbo, Kenya
Kaj Irjala, Finland
Saale Randaru, Estonia
14.45 Tea/Coffee break
15.15 “Heritage – a method for building unity”
Anu-Maarit Moilanen, Finland
Mildred Ayere, Kenya
Heidi Hummelstedt, Eva-Marie Backnäs, Finland
David Mbuthia, Kenya
Annina Ylikoski, Finland
17.00 End of sessions
18.45 Evening program in Vaasa City Hall
WEDNESDAY 13th of September - “Time Travel Day”
Conference venue: Yrkesakademin i Österbotten
Address: Kuninkaankartanontie 30 A, Vaasa
9.00 Time Travel to 1917 in Old Vaasa
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Parallel sessions
“Heritage as a bridge between the past and the future”
Beatrice Okoth, Kenya
Pille Rohtla, Estonia
Ebru Itenmis, Turkey
Adam Norman, Sweden
”Applied heritage and the uses if history”
Laura Holm, Finland
Jabulani Phelago, South Africa
Dovilė Vaičiulytė, Lithuania
Lilian Pettersson-Smeds, Finland
15.00 Tea/coffee break
15.30 Parallel sessions
“Heritage as a social impact”
Marjaana Araneva, Finland
Steven Labarakwe, Kenya
Gulshera Khan, South Africa
Johanna Ejderstedt, Sweden
“Heritage and educational methods”
Nelly Laitinen, Pia Lindholm, Finland
Agrita Ozola, Latvia
Benjamin Grahn Danielson, Frauke Sontberg, Sweden
Erinah Nagujja, Uganda
Bessie Makhuba, South Africa
17.30 End of sessions
19.00 Conference dinner at Vaasan yliopisto
THURSDAY 14th of September - “Workshop Day”
Conference venue: Vaasa university
Address: Wolffintie 34, Vaasa
8.30 – 9.30 Parallel sessions/workshops
“Garageband”-workshop
Children’s culture center Louhimo, Finland
“Heritage through drama”
SimoMajola, Andisiew Mpinda, South Africa
“Unity through dance”
Annika Sillander, Finland
9.30-10.30 “Seeing Values in action”
Tshepo Letsoalo, South Africa
10.30 Tea/coffee break
11.00 Keynote speaker
“Saving the Moomins – collaboration, content and creativity”
Managing director Jonas Forth, Moomin characters
12.15 Lunch
13.15 Workshop “A creative and inclusive idea – what next?”
Anki Hellberg-Sågfors, Creative and Inclusive Finland
14.30 Tea/coffebreak
15.00 Common session
“Time Travel method – where to next?”
Ebbe Westergren, Sweden
Bridging Ages Annual General Meeting
17.00 End of sessions
19.00 Dinner in Isokyrö
FRIDAY 15th of September
Excursion day to Replot (separate fee)
or
Half-day tour in Vaasa (free)
There is a bus transport every day from the hotels to the conference venues.
Conference fee
Early bird (until 30.6 2017): 230€
Late bird (after 30.6 2017): 250€
“Non Western” 180€