I am truly delighted that we are discussing the topic of children today, and that this conference is dedicated to it, held under the patronage of the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, the Ombudsman for Children, and the Minister for Senior Policy.
During the conference „Dzieci i seniorzy w transporcie publicznym” (Children and seniors in ppublic transport) organised by Centre for European Union Transport Projects, I will have a keynote and host a pannel discussion “How to ensure the comfort of travel for children in public transport and in the space around?” Cityforchildren.pl was a partner of the conference.
This time I went as a participant. The conference organisers – the city of Bratislava and Metropolitan Institute invited me as an ambassador.
Do we know how a city looks through a child’s eyes? How does it smell, sound? What should be changed, so it is friendly and inviting, and so children feel save in there? Join the City of children workshop during Łódź Design Festival!
I will talk of my project cityforchildren.pl during 14th Biennale of European Towns and Town Planners organised by ECTP-CEU (European Council of Spatial Planners-Conseil Européen des Urbanistes) and Italian Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica (INU).
Cityforchildren.pl has been selected among other European innovators to exhibit during New European Bauhaus Festival in Brussels.
On 6-7 March I will participate in CoMobility’s final conference. On the 2nd day I will participate in a pannel discussion „Strategic participatory urban management… How to co-create urban space in a sustainable way, with the care for the needs of all social groups?”.
On the 1st December during the second edition of “ADE Let’s meet. Presentations, networking, workshops” I will talk on my work with children. The meeting for architecture educators is organised by National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning.
After May in Le Plessis-Robinson, where I was surrounded by a new ‘old town’, in June I went for CHANGING CITIES V conference. It took place in Corfu town, which made me reflect further on a topic of place, continuity and power, as well as different aspects of memory in urban environment. Memory of the place was also a big topic of the conference itself, with a day session devoted to it.
When my children heard I would speak on a conference in Paris, they immediately asked me if I was going to visit Disneyland. I said ‘no’. But now, upon my return home to Warsaw, when I sat down to wrap up events of the week of IMCL conference in France, I realised that I actually had visited it.
