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Prof. Dr. Julia Lehner - Head of the Department for Culture of the City of Nuremberg (DE)

Tiziana Agostini - Deputy Mayor of the City of Venice (IT)

Magdalena Sroka - Deputy Mayor for Culture of the Municipality of Krakow (PL)

Mateja Demšič - Head of the Department for Culture of the City of Ljubljana (SL)

Dr. Matjaž Uršič: "The Importance of Culture in Urban Regeneration Practices"

Dr. Klaus Kunzmann: "Slow Society and Urban Development"

Prof. Philippe Lukacs: "Artistic and Cultural Dimension for Companies"

Bertram Schultze: "SECOND CHANCE RESULTS"

Ilona Kish: "Why bother - Is it really worth all that hassle?"

Birgitta Persson: "Local cultural initiatives and their impact on cities, regions and Europe"

Christophe Ebermann: "The Next Central Europe Programme"