Satellite event: Conference "In the landscape of Masuria State"

International Landscape Day is an annual celebration that aims to increase public awareness of landscape protection, management and planning. It is celebrated in various countries, including Poland, and is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of landscape in human life, as well as to promote activities aimed at its protection.

The initiator of the International Landscape Day is the Council of Europe, which through its convention of 2000, known as the European Landscape Convention, obliged member states to take action for the protection and sustainable management of the landscape. This convention established a legal framework for the protection and management of the landscape in Europe, recognizing it as an important element of cultural and natural heritage and a key factor in the formation of national and regional identity. The main objectives of the celebration of the International Landscape Day are:

• Increasing public awareness of the importance of landscape for people's quality of life.
• Promoting sustainable landscape management to ensure its protection and preservation for future generations.
• Encouraging active public participation in landscape conservation activities.
• Emphasizing the role of landscape in shaping cultural identity and strengthening social bonds. International Landscape Day is therefore an important element of global efforts to protect landscape heritage, contributing to a better understanding of its value and role in the life of societies around the world.

The idea of the Conference in Kumak:

The event aims to draw attention to the importance of protecting the post-glacial landscape and to promote effective methods of its preservation. The main point of the program will be a conference focused on the subject of anthropopressure in the landscape of Masuria. We would like to present good practices from Scandinavia and the assumptions of a new pilot project of an application that will enable the visualization and analysis of landscape changes in the area of the Great Masurian Lakes. The objectives of the project are to predict and visualize the environmental, economic and social effects resulting from the implementation of various investments in Masurian municipalities.

The "W Krajobrazie" Foundation, as the main organizer of the event, has been involved in environmental protection activities at both regional and international levels for many years. Our initiatives, such as the Global Garden project and the OurFoodOurFuture campaign, have been recognised for their successful combination of science and action.

The President of the Foundation, Mariusz Antolak, PhD, is an expert on landscape architecture and urban planning, and his experience and knowledge provide a solid foundation for our activities. We hope for the opportunity to cooperate in order to contribute to the implementation of this important event, bringing together scientists, representatives of administration, science and business, as well as environmental activists in order to exchange knowledge and experience on environmental protection and shaping. One of the main points of the program is the presentation of the results of the analysis of data obtained from selected municipalities associated in the Great Masurian Lakes Association, m.in. Mikołajki, Giżycko, Ryn.

Program:

11:00 - 11:30 – inauguration of the conference

Speakers: Mariusz Antolak (UWM), Grzegorz Górecki (UW)

Host: Agnieszka Woźniak – Starak

1 THEMATIC BLOCK: LANDSCAPE PLANNING

11:30 – 12:00 presentation of the results of the pilot application according to the main idea of the project, which is the prediction and visualization of changes in the landscape as a result of anthropopressure, using advanced multifaceted data analysis

12:00 - 13:00. Discussion panel "Development Bill: Masuria in the face of intensification of development"

Speakers: Łukasz Złakowski, Piotr Jakubowski, Dariusz Łaguna

2ND THEMATIC BLOCK: LANDSCAPE PROTECTION

13:15 – 13:30. Presentation of the landscape audit project of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

13:30 - 14:45 - Whether and how to protect Masuria - Discussion panel (devoted to tools for the protection of the landscape)

Speakers: Dr. Dariusz Łaguna, Agnieszka Mrozek - Director of the Warmia and Mazury Spatial Planning Office, Marta Marczuk Małgorzata Wasilenko - Director of the Polish Representation in Brussels

2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. - lunch break

3RD THEMATIC BLOCK: LANDSCAPES OF THE FUTURE

15:15 – 15:30 Presentation of design inspirations from Sweden 

3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. - Discussion panel "A view of the future". Presentation of new trends and ideas, as well as solutions that can be applied on the basis of experience from Polish and other regions Speakers: Dariusz Malinowski, Mariusz Antolak, Iwona Liżewska - National Heritage Institute, Mateisz Galica

16:45-17:00 – Summary of the conference, conclusions

17:00 - 18:00 Refreshments, concert of the Vibracje band