October 10 ( Thursday )
October 10 ( Thursday )
9.15-10.00 am Round table . Places of Democratic Memory
Presented by Iratxe Momoitio Astorkia . Director of Gernika Peace Museum
Zoraida Hijosa Valdizán . General Director of Director General for Victims ' Services and Promotion of Democratic Memory
Jordi Guixé Coromines . Director of EUROM
10.00-11.30 am Memory and Territory : Deployment and value of memory tourism
Presented by Leire Irazabal Basabe . Director of Euskal Herria Museum , Gernika
Raül Valls Lucea . President of the Amical Antics Guerrillers de Catalunya “ Routes of the Maquis in Catalonia : walking the trails of a forgotten history ”
Josep Font . Memorial Democratic . Responsible of the Network of Spaces of Memory , Catalonia .
“ The relevance of the Spaces of Memory in Catalonia : opportunities and challenges ”
Maria José Andrés . Belchite Foundation “ Pueblo Viejo de Belchite : Memories that open new horizons ”
11.30 am -12.00 pm Break
12.00-1.30 pm Practical examples of memorial / heritage sites and their relation to tourism ( First panel )
Presented by Iratxe Momoitio . Director of Gernika Peace Museum
Stephen Lodewyck . Director In Flanders Fields Museum ( Belgium ) “ The In Flanders Fields Museum : a key player in commemorative tourism to World War I sites in Belgium ”
Ajnura Akbas . War Childhood museum . Sarajevo ( Bosnia-Herzegovina ) “ Narratives Beyond Borders : Museums as Catalysts for Global Dialogue ”
Mona Badamchizadeh , Designer and workshop facilitator in the Education Department , and curator in the Temporary Exhibitions Department of the Peace Museum in Tehran , Iran . “ Shapping memory : The Role of Narrative at Tehran Peace Museum ”
1.30-3.00 pm Break for lunch