Bielsko-Biała, 21 March 2011

Venue: start - the confluence of the River Biała and the Straconka Stream (near ul. Leszczyńskiej 40); end - bridge on the River Biała ( ul. 11 Listopada)
5.37 - sunrise
The making of the River Mandala - Jacek Bożek

8.30 - 10.00
The Morning Water March - a walk with the invited guests, demonstrating a variety ecological and tourist assets of the River Biała.
The march will be attended by about 30 participants, based on the order of applications
Venue: bridge on the River Biała, ul. 11 Listopada

10.00 - 10.30
The drowning of an effigy of Marzanna* by a group of students from the Technical Secondary School of Veterinary Science run by the Socratese Educational Centre in Bielsko-Biała.
Symbolic welcoming of spring

 

Venue: Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, ul. 3 Maja 11, 11.00am - 6.10pm
International conference WATER AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE APPROPRIATE FUNCTIONING OF ECOSYSTEMS

The conference will be chaired by Ewa Podolska - Radio TOK FM journalist and Jacek Bożek - President of Klub Gaja (the Gaya Club)

Agenda:

10.00 - 11.00 - participants registration

11.00 - 11.20 - conference launch
The welcoming of the guests and presentation of the exhibition Biała nad Białą [white on white] by Agata Smalcerz, Director of Galeria Bielska BWA   
A speech by Jacek Krywult, the City Mayor of Bielsko-Biała

11.20 - 11.40
Financial support for water protection projects (National Fund for Environment Protection and Water Management) -Małgorzata Skucha, Vice President of the National Fund for Environment Protection and Water Management, Poland

11.40 - 12.10
Draft Water Directive and social participation in its implementation - Anna Żmuda, Regional Management of Water Management in Kraków, Poland

12.10 - 1.00 pm
„Landscape Park - Schwalm" - Reinhard Kaul, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, actor, Germany

1.00 -1.20 pm - Q&A session

1.20 - 2.30 pm - lunch

2.30 - 3.00 pm
Adopt the river - Jacek Bożek, President of Klub Gaja (the Gaya Club), Poland 

3.00 - 3.30 pm
The River//Cities International Platform - culture for riverside development - Agnieszka Wlazeł, President of the Impact Foundation, Poland

3.30 - 3.45 pm
The World Water Week in Stockholm - Katarzyna Andrzejewska, Manager of the World Water Week Project, Stockholm, Sweden

3.45 - 4.30
The London Thames Festival - building support for the development of riverside areas (social, political and ecological influence of cultural events) - Kitty Ross, Programme Director of the Thames Festival, UK

4.30 - 4.45 pm
The Kromparek Stream - culture v nature - Jacek Zachara, President of the Olszówka Association, Poland

4.45 - 5.00 pm
Main water intakes and water treatment systems managed by AQUA SA" - Krzysztof Filipek, Vice President of AQUA SA

5.00 - 6.00pm
The Vistula Expedition - a film by Marek Kamiński

6.10pm - conference end

6.30 - 8.00 pm
Evening Water March (attended by a dozen Or so participants)

8.00 - 9.00 pm
Venue: the square outside Galeria Sfera shopping mall and the shopping passage, bank of the River Biała, ul. Mostowa 5

Evening Performance on the River Biała - celebration of the first day of spring - a light, fire and water show.
Art installation by Waldemar Rudyk - conclusion of the eco-sculpture

 

The organizer reserves the right to modify the above agenda.

 

*Marzanna is a Slavic goddess associated with death and winter