Creative Europe Conference WALLS & PEACE

November 28th 2018 - Atlantikwall Raversyde

• Welcome - by Guido DECORTE, member of the provincial executive, West-Vlaanderen (BE)
• Atlantikwall Europe - by Mathieu DE MEYER, director of Atlantikwall Raversyde and Project Leader of the Creative Europe Project 'Atlantikwall Europe' (BE)
• European built heritage cooperation - by Barbara GESSLER, Head of Creative Europe-Culture Unit at DG EAC, European Commission (BE)
• Creative Europe Cooperation projects in Europe - by Gudrun HEYMANS, Ministry of Culture, Flemish Government (BE)
• Le patrimoine du Mur de l’Atlantique dans la candidature des plages du Débarquement au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO - by Pierre SCHMIT / Marc POTTIER, Directeur et Directeur adjoint Fabrique des Patrimoines (FR)
• Looking for a European Memory : the Atlantic Wall – A sense of mutual solidarity through a transnational heritage? - by Marion CLOAREC, Représentant de l'Association Cézon (FR)
• Keynote speech 'Atlantic Wall' - by Stephan VANFLETEREN, photographer and Atlantikwall Europe Ambassador (BE)
• Presentation Atlantikwall Europe youth project ‘OFF THE WALL’ - by Pascal BUYSE, theatre maker and OTW coordinator (BE)
• Panel discussion on Art, Atlantikwall, Values and Culture with the artists Annet van de VOORT (NL), Christophe ANNYS (BE), Frédéric  FOURDINIER (FR), Jonas VANSTEENKISTE (BE) and Nadine Vlaminck (BE)
• Difficult Heritage - by Rafaël DEROO, network coordinator Atlantikwall Europe (BE)
• The Atlantikwall 75 years: re-use of its heritage - by Toplina PUTTEMANS and Wendy BERGER, University of Antwerp (BE)
• 'European Bunker Day', presentation of project, participation and the network for AWE - by Chris RONTELTAP, future president Stichting Europees Erfgoed Atlantikwall (NL)
• Vloethemveld Prisoner of War Camp and European Heritage - by Liesbeth GELLINCK, Vlaamse Landmaatschappij (BE)
• Concluding remarks - by Mathieu DE MEYER, director of Atlantikwall Raversyde and Project Leader of the Creative Europe Project 'Atlantikwall Europe' (BE)