World peace cannot be safeguarded without the making of creative efforts proportionate to the dangers which threaten it.
Robert Schuman, May 9th 1950
2019: A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE IN BERLIN
2020: A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE IN COPENHAGEN
Many feel that the world is currently in an unstable state and we need creative efforts that can secure world peace, stability and sustainable prosperity around the globe. Creativity at that scale requires Bildung.
What?
On May 8th and 9th 2020, we will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration in Copenhagen.
How?
Together, we are going to explore Bildung and how Bildung can become a fun, meaningful and uniting European endeavor.
Bildung?
Bildung is so uniquely Germanic the word doesn’t even exist in English—yet. Can we unite our continent around culture, science, philosophy, beauty, art, emancipation, wonder, education, a sense of shared belonging, and that “thing” which can best be captured in another German word: Geist?
Uniting Europe?
Yes. Through cultural heritage and Bildung. We believe in humans, in culture and in a shared sense of belonging: in local communities, peoples and nations, and continents and civilizations. We also believe in a shared humanity and a universal need for meaning making and expression, for empowerment, emancipation and fun.
Program Friday May 8th
Setting the scene, framing the future
14:00–15:00 REGISTRATION AND A SNACK
15:00–15:30 OPENING AND WELCOME
15:30–16.30 INTRODUCING THE FUTURE
Transformations in 21st Century Europe and the importance of Bildung; keynotes.
16:30–17:30 FRAMING THE FUTURE, FRAMING BILDUNG
Panel and plenary debate.
Time to breathe or check in at your hotel.
18:00 PRE-DINNER DRINKS
19:00 DINNER AND PARTY
Program Saturday May 9th
Working together, creating the future
10:00–10:30 GOOD MORNING COPENHAGEN
Harvesting yesterday’s insights
10:30–12:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS VOL. 1
Content, formats and platforms
12:00–12:30 FIRST HARVEST
12:30–13:30 LUNCH
13:30–15:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS VOL. 2
Projects and collaborations
15:00–16:00 SECOND HARVEST
Presentations and harvest in plenum
16:00–16:30 NEXT STEPS
Concluding the conference
Sign up
If you would like to join us for European Bildung Day 2020, please read more and sign up at www.europeanbildung.net.
Participation fees
The prices for participation range from € 129 to € 379; check it out here.
WORDCLOUD EUROPEAN BILDUNG DAY 2019
BILDUNG, PERSONALITY AND CREATIVITY
Friedrich SchillerThe more power and depth the personality has, and the more freedom reason gains, then the more world a human comprehends, and the more form he creates outside himself.