Programme
Kazan (Russia), June 24-26, 2021
Conference languages: Russian, English, Chinese, Turkish
Conference format: online/offline
| June 23, Wednesday | |
| During the day | Participants’ arrival, hotel check in |
| June 24, Thursday | |
| 09.00–10.00 | Registration Kazan City Hall, 33 Karla Marksa St. |
| 10.00–11.00 | Opening Ceremony Kazan City Hall, Hall of Columns |
| Moderator: Mikhail Vanyushin, presenter | |
| Ilsur Metshin, Mayor of Kazan | |
| Performance of the XVII World Conference of Historic Cities 2021 anthem | |
| Daisaku Kadokawa, Chairman of the LHC, Mayor of Kyoto (online) | |
| Welcome speech of M. Shaimiev, State Councilor of the Republic of Tatarstan Read: Tatyana Larionova, Deputy Chairperson of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, executive director of the non-profit organization "Republican Fund for the Revival of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Republic of Tatarstan" | |
| Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Executive Secretary of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO (online) | |
| Alinur Aktaş, Mayor of Bursa (online) | |
| Announcement of the winners of the International Children's Painting Contest "I See the World: Traditions of the Nations of the World" Showing a video about the children's drawing contest | |
| 11.00-11.15 | Moving to the place of the Rite of collecting gifts |
| 11.15-11.45 | Rite of collecting gifts at the Tatar State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after M.Jalil Live broadcast from the venue Moderator Mikhail Vanyushin |
| 11.45-12.15 | Arrival to lunch |
| 12.15-13.45 | Lunch |
| 13.45-14.15 | Transfer to the Kazan City Hall |
| 14.15-15.50 | Session 1. Ethnic harmony within a large city. Kazan City Hall, Column Hall |
| Moderator: Damir Natfullin, Deputy Minister of culture of Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan, Russia) | |
| "Challenges of Heritage Cooperation" Arnaud Ngatcha, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of International Relations and Francophonie (Paris, France) (online) | |
| "Ethnic harmony in the city of Kazan" Renat Mirgayazov, Head of the Department for the National Policy Implementation in charge of Language Culture of the Executive Committee of Kazan (Kazan, Russia) | |
| "The historical center of the city as the basis of the figurative frame of the territory" Yuliya Gorelova, Scientific Secretary of the Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D.Likhachev (Omsk, Russia) | |
| "Assembly of Peoples of Tatarstan - a unique experience" Gali Khasanov, Deputy Head of the Executive Committee of the Council of the Assembly of Peoples of the Republic of Tatarstan (Nizhnekamsk, Russia) | |
| "The Protection of Cultural Heritage in Xiamen" Yao Jianhong, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office of Xiamen Municipal People's Government (Xiamen, China) (online) | |
| Ruslan Timofeev, Deputy Head - Chief of Staff of the District Administration of the city of Yakutsk (Yakutsk, Russia) (online) | |
| Evgeny Grigoriev, Head of the city of Yakutsk (online) (TBS) | |
| "Historical settlements of the North-West Caucasus - specifics, problems and prospects for development" Vitaly Bondar, Leading researcher of the Southern Branch of the Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D.Likhachev (Krasnodar, Russia) (online) Oksana Markova, Senior Researcher at the Southern Branch of the Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D.Likhachev (Krasnodar, Russia) (online) | |
| "Cultural heritage and urban identity" Hülya Kök, Head of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Directorate of Cultural Heritage Protection (Istanbul, Turkey) (online) | |
| Discussion | |
| Moderator wrap-up | |
| 15.50-16.20 | Coffee break |
| 16.20-17. 50 | Session 2. Historical and cultural heritage in COVID-19 pandemic. Kazan City Hall, Column Hall |
| Moderator: Daria Sannikova, Director of Kazan Committee for Tourism Development (Kazan, Russia) | |
| Welcome speech Wu Yingqin, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Kazan | |
| «Historical and cultural heritage in COVID-19 pandemic» Mingfei Xu, Deputy Mayor of Xi'an, (Xi'an, China) (online) | |
| "Krakow - Innovative Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis in Culture and Tourism" Robert Piaskowski, Plenipotentiary of the Mayor of Krakow for Culture (Krakow, Poland) (online) | |
| "The impact of the COVID - 19 on the historical and cultural heritage in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina" Haris Basic, Deputy Mayor of the City of Sarajevo (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) (online) | |
| "Tourism Recovery Measures for Historical and Cultural Heritage Sites in the COVID-19 Pandemic" Xiaoxing Guan, Director of Heritage Protection Center of Mt.Qingcheng-Dujiangyan Scenic Area Ainistration Bureau, (Dujiangyan city, China) (online) | |
| "Historical and cultural heritage in COVID-19 pandemic. An example of Zhengzhou" Guo Lei, Deputy Director of Zhengzhou Municipal Cultural Heritage Administration (Zhengzhou, China) (online) | |
| "Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve: New Forms of Work During the Spread of Coronavirus Infection" Svetlana Konovalova, Deputy Director of the State Budgetary Institution "State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve" Kazan Kremlin "for scientific work (Kazan, Russia) | |
| Discussion | |
| Moderator wrap-up | |
| 18.00-18.30 | Transfer to the place of dinner |
| 19.00 | Dinner |
| June 25, Friday | |
| 07.30-08.30 | Breakfast at the hotel |
| 09.00-10.20 | Session 3. Preservation and development of native languages in a multiethnic environment. Kazan City Hall, Column Hall |
| Moderator: Oleg Khisamov, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Language, Literature and Art named after G.Ibragimov Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan, Russia) | |
| "Preservation and development of native languages in a multiethnic environment. An example of Kazan. " Guzel Sagitova, Deputy Head of the Executive Committee of Kazan for Social Affairs (Kazan, Russia) | |
| Welcome speech Ion Ceban, Mayor of Chisinau Municipality (Chisinau, Moldova) (video) | |
| "Preservation and development of national languages in a multi-ethnic environment on the example of the city of Chisinau" Аngela Cutasevici, Deputy Mayor of Chisinau Municipality (Chisinau, Moldova) (online) | |
| "Preservation and development of the Chuvash language and culture in the multinational republic" Lucia Safina, Deputy Head of the Administration of the city of Cheboksary (Cheboksary, Russia) | |
| "Inheritance and Integration: Linguistic and Cultural Diversity" Liu Lie, Deputy Director of Wuxi Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism (Wuxi, China) (online) | |
| "Scientific and methodological support of the processes of preservation and development of the native languages of the peoples of the Russian Federation (by way of example of the Tatar language) " Oleg Khisamov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Language, Literature, and Art named after G. Ibragimov of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, Candidate of Philology (Kazan, Russia) | |
| "Bilingual lexicography as a key to languages in a multi-ethnic society: history and modernity" Safarov Rinat, Head of the Lexicography Department of the Institute of Language, Literature, and Art named after M. Lomonosov. G. Ibragimov Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, Candidate of Philology (Kazan, Russia) | |
| Discussion | |
| Moderator wrap-up | |
| 10.20-10.50 | Coffee break |
| 10.50-12.10 | Session 4. Connection of the past, present and future: ancient traditions in modern conditions. Kazan City Hall, Column Hall |
| Moderator: Radik Salikhov, Director of the Shigabutdin Marjani Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan, Russia) | |
| "Diversity and Sustainability of Traditions in Kyoto – Illustrating the Gion Festival as an Example" Daisaku Kadokawa, Chairman of LHC, Mayor of Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan) (online) | |
| "Good practices for promoting the local historical heritage through international cooperation. Case study - Constanta, Romania" Dorin Popescu, Mayor's Advisor on Foreign Affairs, City Hall Constanta, (Constanta, Romania) | |
| "Careful modernization of the urban environment, taking into account the characteristics and traditions of historic cities. An example of Veliky Novgorod" Sergey Busurin, Mayor of Veliky Novgorod (Veliky Novgorod, Russia) | |
| "Silk memory of Bursa" Ercument Yilmaz, Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, Foreign Relations Department, Tourism and Promotion Director (Bursa, Turkey) (online) | |
| "Transformation of old Sugarcane factory Cukrarna into a main city space of Contemporary Art" Mateja Demšič, MSc, Head of Department of Culture of Ljubljana City Administration (Ljubljana, Slovenia) (video) | |
| "The Sema Ceremony" Coşkun Bilgi, Director of Tourism Department of Konya Metropolitan Municipality (Konya, Turkey) (online) | |
| "Comparative analysis of the preservation of architectural monuments in Omsk and Tobolsk" Nicholas Khilko, Senior Researcher, Likhachev Russian Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage (Omsk, Russia) | |
| "Sviyazhsk - preserving tangible and intangible heritage" Artem Silkin, Director of the State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve "Island-City Sviyazhsk" (Sviyazhsk, Russia) (video) | |
| Discussion | |
| Moderator wrap-up | |
| 12.10-13.20 | Lunch Kazan City Hall |
| 13.30-14.20 | General Assembly Kazan City Hall, Column Hall |
| Presentation of new LHC member cities (Ardebil, Himeji, Matsue, Vladimir) | |
| Council meeting report | |
| Announcement of the host city of the 18th World Conference of Historic Cities Greeting from the city hosting the 18th World Conference (video) | |
| 14.20-14.50 | Coffee break |
| 14.50-15.50 | Closing Ceremony. Final declaration announcement Kazan Town Hall, Hall of Columns |
| Moderator: E.A.Lodvigova, Deputy Mayor of Kazan | |
| Moderator's introduction | |
| Shaginori Shibata, Secretary General of the LHC (online) | |
| Greeting from the city hosting the 18th World Conference (video) (TBS) | |
| Raphael Valeev, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Vice-President of NC ICOMOS, Head of the Regional Branch of NC ICOMOS of the Republic of Tatarstan, Head of the Volga Branch of the UNESCO Chair (Kazan, Russia) | |
| Andrey Shokhin, Head of Vladimir city (Vladimir, Russia) | |
| Jean-Yves Camus, Special Counsel, International Relations Dpt (Paris, France) | |
| Oleg Bekmemetyev, Head of Izhevsk city (Izhevsk, Russia) (online) | |
| Anatoly Lukienko, Deputy Head of the Syzran for Public Safety and Control Activities (Syzran, Russia) (online) | |
| Announcement of the Kazan Declaration | |
| Daisaku Kadokawa, Chairman of the LHC, Mayor of Kyoto (online) | |
| Moderator’s closing remarks | |
| 16.00-16.30 | Transfer to the Kazan Kremlin |
| 16.30-17.30 | Kazan Kremlin Tour |
| 17.30-18.00 | Transfer to the hotel |
| 18.00 | Dinner at the hotel |
| June 26, Saturday | |
| 07.30-08.15 | Breakfast at the hotel |
| 08.30-09.00 | Transfer to Sabantuy venue |
| 09.00-10.00 | Visiting of Tatarstan rural farmsteads booths |
| 10.00–12.30 | Participation in Sabantuy National Festival |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch in the tent |
| Free time, Departure of participants | |