Ostrava, Czechia (14 – 16 November 2023)
Time
Topic
Speaker(s)
From 11.30
Registration
12.00 – 13.00
Networking lunch
13.00 – 13.15
Opening
Maja SCHUSSLER and Alexander FERSTL, European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
13.15 – 13.25
Welcome
Stanislav SCHNEIDR
Director General of the Section for Coordination of European Funds, International Relations and Tourism, Ministry of Regional Development, Czechia
Karolina KOTTOVA
Head of Unit for Communication, European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
13.30 – 15.30
13.30 – 14.15
Keynote speech
How did we get here? Contextualizing social developments with communications research
Stefan GADRINGER
Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication Science, University of Salzburg, Austria
Perspectives
How do citizens in the regions see us? Results of Eurobarometer 2023
Femke DE KEULENAER
Senior Research Director at European Public Affairs, Ipsos, Belgium
Facts matter, but not only – The 2024 European elections as a communication challenge
Jens MESTER
Head of Unit Interinstitutional Relations, Corporate Contracts & Europe Direct Contact Centre; EC COMM 2024 European elections coordinator
European Commission, Directorate-General for Communication
14.15 – 15.15
Panel discussion
With Stefan GADRINGER, Jens MESTER, Femke DE KEULENAER
Family photo
15.15– 15.45
Coffee-to-go
15.45 – 17.00
Walking tour through the Dolní Vítkovice quarter (optional)
17:15
Bus transfer from Dolní Vítkovice to hotels (Clarion, Mercure, Stodolní street and Quality)
18.30
Bus transfer from the hotels to the dinner venue
22.00
First bus departure (50 minutes drive back to Ostrava)
23.00
Second bus departure (50 minutes drive back to Ostrava)
00.00
Third (and last) bus departure (50 minutes drive back to Ostrava)
Time
Topic
Speaker(s)
8.30 – 10.00
Fund-specific meetings (parallel)
Separate agendas
10.00 – 10.30
Coffee break
10.30 – 11.15
Communicating numbers: do's and don'ts
Introduction to the Country mixers’ exercise
Maarten LAMBRECHTS
Data journalist
11.25 – 12.30
Country mixers (in small groups)
Participants will be expected to discuss and work together, there will be no group moderator (please see the online instructions for more detailed instructions and come prepared)
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 17.30
Project visits
For more information please check the dedicated section on the website. After the visits, buses will bring the participants back to the hotels
18.30
Buses from the hotels will bring the participants to the dinner venue
19.00
Dinner at the Brick House – hosted by the European Commission
Bus back to hotels at 21.30, 22.00, 22.30, 23.00 & 23.30
Time
Topic
Speaker(s)
8.15 – 9.30
8.15 – 8.45
Inspiring and Insightful – How to attractively communicate data
Suzan FIACK
Head of press & public relations, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Germany
8.45 – 9.15
Practical results of transparent data communication – Reporting from country mixers
Maarten LAMBRECHTS
Data journalist
9.15 – 9.30
Network news & closing
Karolina KOTTOVA, Maja SCHUSSLER and Alexander FERSTL
European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
Radek KOBZA and Michal KLUSÁK
National coordination authority, Ministry of Regional Development, Czechia
Nicola WILKENS-CASPAR and Maren LIPPKE-SPÖCKER
Ministry for Federal and European Affairs and Regional Development, Lower Saxony, Germany
9.30 – 10.00
Coffee break
10.00 – 11.30
REGIOSTARS 2023 ceremony
with Elisa FERREIRA, EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
The ceremony will be recorded and broadcasted.
11.45 – 13.00
Lunch
