Keynote speaker: Nancy Duxbury, University of Coimbra, Portugal:
Cultural policy and the role of culture in local sustainable futures

Break and transfer (coffee/tea/water outside workshop rooms and in room 201)
REMEMBER TO PICK UP OF ENTRANCE TICKET FOR PARALLEL SESSIONS 1 & 2 AT THE INFORMATION DESK

Parallel sessions 1: Papers, panels, workshops and roundtable discussions. Six themes on sustainability:

• Environmental engagement and participation
• Sustainable heritage
• Urban and regional development
• Cultural policy and sustainability
• Resilience and local communities
• Communication, stories and concepts of sustainability

Workshop: Developing a sustainable cultural practice in Aarhus 2017. Selected projects that form part of the 2017 Aarhus Cultural Capital will present and debate the challenges of working with sustainability projects.

Dinner on your own (see the list of green restaurants in Aarhus) 

Please dress accordingly to the weather and for walking! AU rain poncho will be available for free.
This tailor-made walking Safari will take you from the Hotel Scandic Aarhus City down to the nearby disused freight area, where you will encounter social entrepreneurship, innovative recycling and extraordinary biodiversity. From there we pass by Hidden Places and follow the newly re-opened city stream while hearing about the development, the transformation and the livability of the City of Aarhus.

The Safari will end in the newly opened ARoS FOOD HALL on top of the famous ARoS Art Museum, where you will hear about their extraordinary approach towards sustainability. The City Architect of Aarhus, Stephen Willacy and the Inspector of the Natural Museum of Aarhus, Morten DD Hansen will accompany us on the Safari. 

Lunch at ARoS Art Museum FOOD HALL
PICK UP OF ENTRANCE TICKET FOR PARALLEL SESSIONS 3

Transfer to bus

Bus transport to Moesgaard Museum

Keynote speaker: Nick Shepherd, University of Cape Town, South Africa: Transgenerational time. Archaeology and cultural sustainability in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.
Room: Auditorium

Keynote speaker: Noortje Marees:
Environmental awareness, every-day practices and democracy. Room: Riis Skov

Keynote speaker: Hanne Juul, Central Denmark Region:
Circular economy in the Central Denmark Region. Room: Riis Skov 

Closing debate:
The sustainability of European Capitals of Culture. Room: Riis Skov

Participants:
Oleg Kofoed, Cultura21 invites Programme Director Juliana Engberg to reflect on the sustainability of Aarhus 2017 and asks the audience to participate in a reflection on the learnings of the conference