On Wednesday, 14 May, the Belgium Centre (BELZ) of Paderborn University is organising the Belgium Day in Paderborn for the ninth time. Interested parties are cordially invited to participate in all events. This year, the focus will be on "Green mobility in Wallonia", with a special focus on inland navigation and tourism. The event offers a platform for exchange and new perspectives on sustainable, cross-border mobility. Further information and the full programme of events can be found on the BELZ website.
Discussion round, tombola and theatre
The event will kick off from 10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. with the panel discussion "Wallonia in Focus - Green Mobility on Water and Land" in room Q 0.101 at Paderborn University. Together with experts from science, business, politics and education, the framework conditions and synergies in the field of green mobility between Wallonia, Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia will be discussed. Both Wallonia and North Rhine-Westphalia share a similar industrial past and face similar challenges in the development of a transformative structural policy.
Prof Dr Sabine Schmitz and Prof Dr Christoph Ehland from BELZ will moderate the discussion, with Piet Heirbaut (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium), Bart Brosius (General Delegate of Flanders) and Prof Dr René Fahr (Vice President for Transfer and Sustainability at Paderborn University) on the panel. Markus Bangen, CEO of Duisport, the world's largest inland port, will also be part of the panel.
From 10 a.m., an information mobile from "VISITWallonia" will also be present on Westernstra?e near the Franciscan monastery. In addition to information about the region, there will also be a raffle, the proceeds of which will benefit the university's Campus Forest project. The main prize is a weekend in Wallonia.
From 12:00 to 13:10, a French-language theatre performance of the play "Kinky Birds" by Elsa Poisot will take place at Gymnasium Theodorianum under the direction of Elise Héron-Rynkowski from the Institute of Romance Studies at Paderborn University. Admission is free of charge. Afterwards, the panel discussion "Wallonia in Focus - Green Mobility on Water and Land" will take place at the Theodorianum in a slightly different constellation, also with students, with Prof Dr Johannes Sü?mann and Prof Schmitz from the BELZ taking over the moderation.
The new University President Prof Dr Matthias Bauer will also take the opportunity for international exchange at the Belgium Day: he will discuss further opportunities for cooperation with the Belgian Ambassador Heirbaut.
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