BAUHAUS4EU Interregional Conference

Co-creating the Regions of Tomorrow;
Education, Innovation and Partnership in Practice

The BAUHAUS4EU Interregional Conference brings together partners to share perspectives, explore opportunities and strengthen collaboration across regions. Over three days, the programme focuses on education, innovation and partnerships in practice, with sessions on regional development, entrepreneurship, emerging technologies, sustainability and future skills.

08:00 – 08:30 Registration

Location: J1504 Multisalen, BTH

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Vanja Lindberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Internationalization,
  • BSK Student Union and PhD Committee
  • Adrian Murray, President of Blekinge Student Union
  • Nayla Nasir, Doctoral student, BTH
  • Elaine Daly, University Lecturer & Doctoral Student, BTH

09:00 – 09:30 “Getting to know each other”

Interactive session for all participants to meet and connect.

09:30 – 10:00 Speed Dating & Swedish fika

10:00 – 11:00 Regional Perspectives and Local Development in Blekinge

  • Marcus Fredriksson, Business Developer, Karlskrona Municipality
  • Erika Augustinsson, Innovation Strategist, Region Blekinge
  • Andreas Larsson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships, BTH

11:00 – 12:00 Collaboration through Educational Formats

  • Facilitators: Noémie Rousset and Katja Zimmer

Regional Living Labs (RLLS)

The City, the University, and the Common Good

  • Claudio Cecchinelli, Municipality of Bergamo, UNESCO Office
  • Stefano Morisini, Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Foreign Cultures, UNIBG

Gjirokastra UNESCO Heritage Restoration Camp

  • Keti HOXHA, Researcher and lecturer in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, POLIS

Education for Inclusive Regions and Sustainable Societies

  • Jake Murdoch, Professor, Department of educational studies, UPJV
  • Luís Quinta-Nova, Professor, Agrarian School, UPCB
  • Lisa Wälitalo, Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategic Sustainable Development, BTH

BAUHAUS4EU Climate Fresk Hackathon: Understanding Climate Change Through Collaborative Learning

  • Ilda Rusi, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design, POLIS

12:00 – 13:15 Lunch at Bistro J ( Group photo)

13:15 – 15:00 Regional Partners: Regions, challenges and opportunities alignment

  • Facilitators: Elias Flory and Katja Zimmer

Location: J1504 Multisalen, BTH

13:15 – 14:15 Parallel session for educational coordinators and WP6 and WP7 (hybrid)

Course catalogue, certificate overview and communicating educational offers

Location: Lövsalen H313 (hybrid session), BTH

14:15 – 16:00 Parallel session for WP6

Making an Inventory of existing micro-credentials across institutions (round 2)

Location: H313 Lövsalen, BTH

15:00 – 15:30 Swedish Fika and Celebration of Erasmus Days

15:30 – 16:30 Working with Regional Partners through Network: Inspiration + Workshop

Regional Partners, WP7, WP9 and Task 6.4

  • Matilda Håkansson, BTH Innovation Office
  • Kennet Henningsson, BTH Innovation Office
  • Martin Svensson, Associate professor, Department of Industrial economics

Location: J1504 Multisalen, BTH

15:30 – 16:30 Parallel session for IPCs

MT planning session on the upcoming reports and deliverables

Location: J1270, BAUHAUS4EU, BTH

16:00 – 17:30 Parallel session WP6, Milestone report review session WP6

Location: Lövsalen H313, BTH

17:00 – 18:00 City Tour: World Heritage and the History of Karlskrona

Meeting point: Main square – Stortorget, on Trossö, by the statue of King Karl XI

19:00 Dinner at Blomlövs Rökeri.

08:30 – 09:00 Opening session

  • Henric Johnson, Vice-Chancellor
  • Martin Andersson, Professor, Department of Industrial Economics and Dean of Faculty of Engineering

Location: G340, BTH

09:00 – 10:00 Entrepreneurship and innovation beyond start up - Student Case + Workshop

Regional Partners, WP7, WP9 and Task 6.4

  • Matilda Håkansson, BTH Innovation Office
  • Kennet Henningsson, BTH Innovation Office
  • Martin Svensson, Associate professor, Department of Industrial Economics

Location: H313 Lövsalen, BTH

09:00 – 10:00 Parallel session IPCs and Task 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3

Sharing Innovative Education across Universities – insights from the Weimar Lernwerkstatt.

  • Ronny Schüler, Professor, Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik, BUW

Location: G312, BTH

10:00 – 10:30 Swedish fika

10:30 – 11:30 Multistakeholder conversations

Regional Partners, WP7, WP9 and Task 6.4

  • Jimmie Andersén, University Lecturer, Department of Spatial Planning, BTH

Location: H313 Lövsalen, BTH

10:30 – 11:30 Parallel session for IPCs and Task 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3

  • Facilitator: Tonia A. Schmitz

Leadership Development across BAUHAUS4EU – insights from essence2lead

  • Beate Haltmeyer-Forstner – Head of Human Resources Department, BUW

AdMINT – Internationalising University Administration

  • Petra Beyer – Staff Development Officer, BUW

Location: G312, BTH

11:30 – 12:00 World Heritage Council

Regional Partners, WP7 and WP9

  • Elena Peverada, World Heritage Coordinator, Karlskrona Municipality

Location: H313 Lövsalen, BTH

11:30 – 13:00 Parallel session for IPCs and WP6 (Task 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4)

Making WP6 funding available for micro-credential Development/Presentation of proposed micro-credentials list

  • Facilitators: Henrike Kühnlenz, Zaryab Chaudhry, Tonia A. Schmitz

Location: G312, BTH

12:00 – 13:00 RePlanET: Exploring synergies between regional planning and sustainable energy transition

Regional Partners, WP7 and WP9

  • Sabrina Fredin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Spatial Planning, BTH
  • Robert Hedman, Energy Strategist, Region Blekinge
  • Linus Johnson, regional Spatial Planner, Region Östergötland

Location: H313 Lövsalen, BTH

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 Parallel tracks for Interregional conference participants

Track I - Emerging Technologies - Resilience and Sustainability in Practice

Location: Virtual Productions Lab and Länken, BTH

  • From Research to Impact: Co-Creating Regional Resilience through RESIST & DISTURB.
  • Marco Bertoni, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, BTH
  • Johan Nilsson, Project Manager, Regional Growth, Region Blekinge
  • Agricultural Weed Detection with Drones and Artificial Intelligence
  • Saleh Javadi, Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, BTH.
  • BTH Research and Education Clinic, Health Department
  • Health Technology Research Lab”,
  • "Clinical Trials Unit” and "Health Education Lab (+ Student-led clinic)
  • Johan Sanmartin Berglund, Professor, Head of BTH Research and Education clinic, Department of Health, BTH
  • Filippa Stenberg, PhD-student, University lecturer, Partnership Manager, Department of Health, BTH
  • Benjamin Grossmann, Senior lecturer, Head of Health Education Lab / International coordinator, Department of Health, BTH.

Track II - Future Skills and Collaboration for Sustainable Regions

Showcasing collaboration projects between BTH and regional partners.

Location: G410 Learning Lab and Ericsson Space Lab, BTH

  • Ericsson Space Lab at BTH: Academia-Industry Collaboration
  • Anna Eriksson, Coordinator, Education and Research Projects, Department of Software Engineering, BTH.
  • Stefan Wilke, Program Manager Innovation & Research, Ericsson
  • Jonas Svegland, PRAISE, Ericsson Space Lab, Department of Software Engineering, BTH
  • The How for Sustainable Regions: Creating Direction, Agency and Action Viable Cities and D-Green
  • Lisa Wälitalo, Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategic Sustainable Development, BTH
  • Cecilia Bratt, Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies, Department of Strategic Sustainable Development, BTH
  • Dana Bergman, University Lecturer, Department of Strategic Sustainable Development, BTH
  • Climate-neutral Karlskrona Network Representatives

14:00 – 16:00 Parallel track for WP6

Track III: Micro-credential request and development and other topics

Location: J1360

  • Moderator: Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol

16:00 – 17:00 Dissemination and Impact for WP7 and WP9 contributors

  • Facilitators: Noémie Rousset and Katja Zimmer

Location: J1270, BAUHAUS4EU, BTH

16:00 – 17:00 Parallel session IPCs and WP6

  • Presentation of the first BAUHAUS4EU language course, Start German
  • Dr. Ulrike Garde, Head of the Language Centre / Centre for Language and Cultural Learning, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Location: J1360, BTH

19:00 Dinner at The Naval Officers’ Club Restaurant (Sjöofficersmässen)

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome

Location: MaX, Saltö. Location outside campus

09:00 – 10:00 From Knowledge to Capability: The Partnership between BTH and The Swedish Navy

  • Jenny Elfsberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Emerging Technologies, BTH
  • Andreas Nilsson, Head of Research Section, Swedish Naval Warfare Centre.

10:00 – 11.30 Synthesizing Conversations and Opportunities (+ FIKA)

  • Facilitators: Prune Antier, Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol and Andre Benaim

11:30 – 12:00 Summarizing the Interregional Conference

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:30 Parallel sessions for WP6

  • WP6 Staff Week wrap-up & next steps

Location: Stora Lokalen, MaX Saltö

  • Task 9.2 Working Session

Location: Stora Lokalen, MaX Saltö

  • WP7 Working session on the deliverable and next EBC Call

Location: Känsö, MaX Saltö

  • IPCs meeting on annual reporting

Location: Berga, MaX Saltö

14:30 – 15:00 Swedish FIKA

15:00 – 16:00 Regional coordinators meeting

  • Facilitator: Prune Antier

Location: Stora Lokalen, MaX Saltö

A group of people sitting around a table talking.

WP6 Staff Week

Micro credentials, intercultural competencies and future skills for all.

MONDAY 12 OCTOBER

09:30
Welcome by Vice Chancellor Henric J.

Location: G – House, Room G312

Moderator: Viroj

10:30 Fika

10:45 Internal WP6 Meeting

Moderator: Viroj & Kennet

12:00 Lunch at Villa Oscar

13:30 T6.4 Survey presentation; Comparing methodologies for

micro-credential development across institutions

Location: G – House, Room G312

Moderator: Daniela

15:30 Fika

15:45 Making an Inventory of Existing Micro-Credentials

Across Institutions (round 1)/Task Meeting

Moderator: Prune

18:30 Dinner (own expense)

Location: Ristorante Italiano

TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER

08:00 Registration

Location: J1504 Multisalen, BTH

08:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Vanja Lindberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Internationalization,

• BSK Student Union and PhD Committee

o Adrian Murray, President of Blekinge Student Union

o Nayla Nasir, Doctoral student, BTH

o Elaine Daly, University Lecturer & Doctoral Student, BTH

09:00 “Getting to know each other”

09:30 Speed Dating & Swedish fika

10:00 Regional Perspectives and Local Development in Blekinge

• Marcus Fredriksson, Business Developer, Karlskrona Municipality

• Erika Augustinsson, Innovation Strategist, Region Blekinge

• Andreas Larsson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Partnerships, BTH

11:00 Collaboration through Educational Formats

• Facilitators: Noémie Rousset and Katja Zimmer

Regional Living Labs (RLLS)

The City, the University, and the Common Good

• Claudio Cecchinelli, Municipality of Bergamo, UNESCO Office

• Stefano Morisini, Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and

Foreign Cultures, UNIBG

Gjirokastra UNESCO Heritage Restoration Camp

• Keti HOXHA, Researcher and lecturer in Architecture, Faculty of

Architecture and Civil Engineering, POLIS

Education for Inclusive Regions and Sustainable Societies

• Jake Murdoch, Professor, Department of educational studies, UPJV

• Luís Quinta-Nova, Professor, Agrarian School, UPCB

• Lisa Wälitalo, Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategic Sustainable

Development, BTH

BAUHAUS4EU Climate Fresk Hackathon: Understanding Climate Change

Through Collaborative Learning

• Ilda Rusi, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design, POLIS

12:00 Lunch at Bistro J

13:15 Parallel session for educational coordinators and WP6 and WP7 (hybrid)

Course catalogue, certificate overview; Communicating Educational Offers:

Strategies and Tools

Location: Lövsalen H313 (hybrid session)

14:15 Making an Inventory of existing micro-credentials across institutions

(round 2)

Location: Lövsalen H313

15:00 Swedish fika and celebration of Erasmus Days

15:30 Working with Regional Partners through Network: Inspiration + Workshop

Regional Partners, WP7, WP9 and Task 6.4

• Matilda Håkansson, BTH Innovation Office

• Kennet Henningsson, BTH Innovation Office

• Martin Svensson, Associate professor, Department of Industrial economics

Location: J1504 Multisalen, BTH

16:00 Parallel session Milestone report review session WP6

Location: Lövsalen H313

17:00 – 18:00 City Tour: World Heritage and the History of Katlskrona

Meeting point: Main square – Stortorget, on Trösso, by the statue of King Karl XI

19:00 Dinner at Blomlövs Rökeri


WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER

08:30 Opening session

• Henric Johnson, Vice-Chancellor

• Martin Andersson, Professor, Department of Industrial Economics and Dean

of Faculty of Engineering .

Location: G340

09:00 Entrepreneurship and innovation beyond start up – Student Case + Workshop

(T6.4)

• Matilda Håkansson, BTH Innovation Office

• Kennet Henningsson, BTH Innovation Office

• Martin Svensson, Associate professor, Department of Industrial economics

Location: Lövsalen H313

09:00 Parallel session IPCs and WP6 (T6.1-T6.3)

Sharing Innovative Education across Universities – insights from the Weimar

Lernwerkstatt.

Location: G312

Moderator: Ronny Schüler, Professor, Fakultät Architektur und

Urbanistik, BUW

10:00 Fika

10:30 Multistakeholder conversations

Regional Partners, WP7, WP9 and Task 6.4

• Jimmie Andersén, University Lecturer, Department of Spatial Planning,

BTH

Location: H313 Lövsalen

10:30 Parallel session for IPCs and WP6 (T6.1-T6.3)

• Facilitator: Tonia A. Schmitz

Leadership Development across BAUHAUS4EU – insights from

essence2lead

• Beate Haltmeyer-Forstner – Head of Human Resources Department, BUW

AdMINT – Internationalising University Administration

• Petra Beyer – Staff Development Officer, BUW

Location: G3125

11:30 Parallel session (T6.1-T6.4)

• Making WP6 funding available for micro-credential Development;

Presentation of proposed micro-credential list

Location: G312

Moderator: Henrike Kühnlenz, Zaryab Chaudhry, Tonia A. Schmitz

13:00 Lunch at Bistro J

14:00 Parallel track for WP6

Micro-credential request and development and other topics

Location: J1360

Moderator: Viroj

16:00 Parallel session IPCs and WP6

Presentation of the first BAUHAUS4EU language course, Start German

Location: J1360

Moderator: Dr. Ulrike Garde, Head of the Language Centre / Centre for

Language and Cultural Learning, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

19:00 Dinner at The Naval Officers’ Club (Sjöofficersällskapets Restaurang)

THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER

08:30 Welcome

Location: The Swedish Navy's Experimental Office (MaX), Saltö

Moderator: BTH

09:00 From Knowledge to Capability: The Partnership between BTH and the

Swedish Navy

Moderator: Swedish Naval Warfare Centre & BTH

• Jenny Elfsberg, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Emerging Technologies,

BTH

• Andreas Nilsson, Head of Research Section, Swedish Naval Warfare

Centre.

10:00 Synthesizing Conversations and Opportunities

Moderator: Prune Antier, et al

11:30 Summarizing the Interregional Workshop

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Staff Week Wrap-up & Next Steps

Location: Stora Lokalen, MaX Saltö

Moderator: Viroj

14:30 Fika