INFORM network Events

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

Data, Transparency and Communication (Part I)

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

19.30

Dinner at KASOWY cultural centre in Mosty u Jablunkova – hosted by Czechia

22.00

First bus departure (50 minutes drive back to Ostrava)

23.00

Second 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

Presentation

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

Time

Topic

Speaker(s)

8.15 – 9.30

Data, Transparency and Communication (Part II)

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.