Conference: Future for Religious Heritage

Conference: Future for Religious Heritage
“SUSTAINING EUROPE’S RURAL RELIGIOUS HERITAGE”

Future for Religious Heritage’s third international conference takes place in Halle this autumn. It will bring together practitioners and policymakers working to save and promote religious heritage across Europe. It will share new thinking on sustaining historic religious buildings and recognising value in a rural context.

The vast majority of Europe’s religious heritage is in the countryside. It is often hard to access physically as well as intellectually and suffers from underuse and high maintenance and conservation needs.

This conference will take a number of different viewpoints with the aim to better understand the values of rural religious heritage, both social and economic, as well as give inspiration to practitioners across Europe by promoting innovative models and ideas.

It will consider issues of demographic and geographic contexts of the heritage in larger society and smaller communities, audience development and accessibility to the public, fundraising and management of the buildings.

Programme

29 October – Wednesday
12.00 – Registration opens
13.30 – Tour of Halle starts
16.00 – Opening Session
18.30 – Programme ends

30 October – Thursday
8.00 – Registration opens (for latecomers)
9.00 – Conference day starts
18.00 – Conference day ends
21.00 – Evening programme ends

31 October – Friday
9.00 – Conference day starts
18.00 – Conference day ends
21.00 – Evening programme ends

1 November – Saturday
9.00 – Site visits start
15.00 – Site visits end

(2 November – Sunday)
11.00 – Tour of Halle starts