📍 Venue: NANA BIANCA Innovation Center, Piazza Cestello 10, Florence, Italy
📅 Dates: 14–15 May 2026
✅ Register Now: https://b4m.space/conferences/reconstructingTheFuture/f/47/surveys/20
The Bauhaus4Med project proudly announces its Final Conference, set to take place on 14–15 May 2026 at the NANA BIANCA Innovation Center in Florence. This landmark event will bring together key stakeholders from across Europe to explore innovative solutions for sustainable, inclusive, and resilient urban development in the Mediterranean region.
As part of the broader New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative, the conference will serve as a platform to showcase the project’s achievements and foster dialogue among policymakers, researchers, innovators, and local authorities. The event will highlight how interdisciplinary collaboration and participatory approaches can transform cities into greener, more inclusive, and aesthetically enriched environments.
Over two days, participants will engage in a dynamic programme combining keynote insights, thematic panels, project presentations, and networking opportunities. The conference will focus on four core thematic pillars that define the Bauhaus4Med vision:
- Urban Green Transformation
- Democracy & Participation
- Aesthetic Green Architecture
- Climate Neutral & Resilient Societies
Special emphasis will be placed on the project’s pilot actions, demonstrating real-world applications of NEB principles, as well as on the digital participatory tools developed to empower communities and enhance inclusive decision-making processes.
The event will also feature the Bauhaus4Med Sprint Event, presenting innovative ideas and solutions generated during the project, alongside discussions on future collaboration and policy directions.
Hosted in the heart of Florence, the NANA BIANCA Innovation Center provides an inspiring setting that reflects the spirit of creativity and innovation at the core of the New European Bauhaus.
The Agenda
THURSDAY 14 MAY 2026 | 09:00 – 15:45 CET
09:00 – 09:30 Registrations
09:30 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony – Greetings
- Serena Modric, Head of the Business Support Policies Sector of Tuscany Region, Directorate of Productive Activities
- Leonardo Marras, Political Representative of Tuscany Region, Regional Minister of Productive Activities
- Anja Prislan, E-institute, coordinator of the Bauhaus4Med project
- Alexia Boulanger and Michela Fossa, Interreg Euro-med Green Living Areas Mission
10:00 – 10:10 Landscape as Civic Infrastructure
- Paula Maria Simões, Head of NEB Working Group, VP Professional Practice IFLA Europe, Landscape Architecture, Culture, Climate and Democracy in the New European Bauhaus
10:10 – 10:20 Cooperative Governance between NEB projects and local scaling
- Prof. Giuseppe De Luca, Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Italy
10:20 – 10:30 Exploring Urban Landscape
- Paolo Picchi working group: A. Lambertini, G. Paolinelli, P. Picchi, Department of Architecture, University of Florence
- Introduction to the exhibition of landscape architecture projects by the Italian Association of Landscape Architects (AIAPP)
10:30 – 10:40 Science Community for NEB | Urban Green Transformation
- Plenary speaker: Gladys Spiliopoulos (Tracce APS – Taranto): Urban Lidos as Biocultural Infrastructures: Integration of Marine Ecosystem Services and ESG Metrics for Coastal Regeneration, Italy
10:40 – 11:20 Panel 1: Urban Green Transformation | Moderation: IFLA EU
- Panellists: Nicola Poli, Mayor of Minucciano, Italy, Prof. Silvio Cristiano, Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Italy, Valentina Polci, University of Camerino, Italy
11:20 – 11:50 Coffee break
11:50 – 12:00 Science Community for NEB | Direct Democracy and Participation
- Plenary speaker: Tajana Jaklenec (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture) Citizen Spatial Agency and Cultural Heritage: Jane’s Walks in Zagreb (2015–2025), Croatia
12.00 – 12:40 Panel 2: Direct Democracy and Participation | Moderation: Crowdpolicy
- Panellists: Lorenzo Borghesi, Deputy Mayor of Minucciano, Italy Romana Kačič, ABAKKUM Institute for Landscape, Culture and Art, Slovenia Eva Frade, Platoniq, Spain, Nikos Papadopoulos, Region of Central Macedonia, Greece
12:40 – 12:50 Science Community for NEB | Aesthetic Green Architecture
- Plenary speaker: Maria Vittoria Arnetoli (Department of Architecture and TESIS Interuniversity Research Centre, University of Florence) – University Student Housing as an urban hub for climate resilience and circularity at the neighbourhood scale, Italy
12:50 – 13:30 Panel 3: Aesthetic Green Architecture | Moderator: Faculty of Architecture University of Zagreb
- Panellists: Serena Marija, Sanctuary of Creation, UK and Malta, Federico Broggini (PostDoc in Urban and Landscape Design and Planning, Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Italy, Galina Milkova, Chamber of Architects, Bulgaria, Karla Vučić, Northwest Croatia Regional Energy and Climate Agency (REGEA), Croatia
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 14:40 Science Community for NEB | Climate Neutral and Resilient Society
- Plenary speaker: Hugo Garcia (CARADT, Avans Hogeschool) – Resinero: Resilient Practices in Pine Resin Socio-Ecological Systems of the Spanish Mediterranean Forest Bioregion, NL / Spain/ UK (Garcia, H. F., Fantini van Ditmar, D.)
14:40 – 15:10 Panel 4: Climate Neutral and Resilient Society | Moderator: E-institute
- Panellists: Nikolaos Tsimas and Nikos Manos, University of Thessaly, Greece, Mirna Kirigin, Northwest Croatia Regional Energy and Climate Agency (REGEA), Croatia, Dunja Mandić, senior lecturer, Faculty of Architecture University of Zagreb, Croatia, Kyriakos Mouskos, Crowdpolicy, Greece
15:10- 15:45 Networking and Closing Day 1 – End of 1st Conference Day
- Giuseppina De Lorenzo, Head of the Infrastructures for Productive Activities and Technology Transfer Sector (Directorate of Productive Activities)
FRIDAY 15 MAY 2026 | 09:00 – 14:30 CET
09:00 – 09:30 Registrations
09:30 – 09:40 Opening Day 2 – Greetings
- Serena Modric, Head of the Business Support Policies Sector of Tuscany Region (Directorate of Productive Activities)
09:40 – 10:00 Interreg Euro-MED Programme 2021–2027: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
- Curzio Cervelli, Coordinator Joint Secretariat of Euro-MED Programme
10:00 – 10:20 Bauhaus4Med Project Achievement & Results
- E-institute,
QA from Conference Participants
10:20 – 10:40 Presenting the Digital Participatory Tools of Bauhaus4Med Project
- Platoniq
- Crowdpolicy
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:40 Bauhaus4Med Project Pilots Presenting
- Tuscany region
- SVEM – Marche
- Region of Central Macedonia
- City of Sarajevo
- Burgas Municipality
QA from Conference Participants
11:40 – 12:40 Bauhaus4Med Sprint Event: The 5 Winners
- Christina Ioannidou, Aristotle’s Garden, Greece – video presentation
- Gabriela Caballero Villa and Aurora Giuntini, Soham, Italy
- Virginia Piombino and Giulia Costa), Min.uti, Italy
- Delfo Rosario Ciriano andCostanza Zingoni, Situle aquae, Italy
- Antonia Dobrota and Simona Zaninović, Our Children2 our children
12:40 – 13:00 The Local Bauhaus4Med Festivals
- IFLA EU
- City of Sarajevo
13:00 – 13:10 Closing Ceremony
- Serena Modric – Head of the Business Support Policies Sector of Tuscany Region (Directorate of Productive Activities)
13:10 – 14:30 Networking Lunch
The Bauhaus4Med Final Conference marks the culmination of a collaborative journey across the Mediterranean, offering a unique opportunity to reflect on achievements, exchange knowledge, and shape future pathways for sustainable urban transformation.
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