V Krakow Dialogue Forum – a city to talk

The Forum has been a platform for meetings and exchange of views between residents, local government officials and developers for years. This year’s edition will take place under the slogan “Residents, local government and developers – a new quality of dialogue” and will focus on key challenges facing Krakow.

Four discussion panels are planned that affect the key aspects of the city’s development. In the opening debate – “How to come up with a city again” – Stanisław Mazur, 1st deputy mayor of the city of Krakow, Janusz Sepioł, main architect of the city of Krakow, vice-chairman of the Krakow City Council Łukasz Maślona, ​​as well as Agnieszka Widłak-Lindsay, president of the PZFD branch in Krakow.

Piotr Lorens, architect of the city of Gdańsk, as well as Paweł Hałat, president of the space-Ludz-City Association, will also tell about the urban space. Another discussion – “new residential support programs and new forms of residence” – will focus on housing challenges and its possible solutions. The panelists will include Maria Klaman, IV Deputy Mayor of the City of Krakow, prof. Bartłomiej Marona from the Cracow University of Economics, Ewa Palus (Tabelaofert.pl), Marcin Krasoń (Otodom) and Tomasz Delowski from the board of PZFD Kraków. In the third panel – “A year after the election. What has changed in terms of space, urban planning and architecture?” – They will participate, among others Domicela Strojna-Osiniak, director of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, representative of the Society of Polish Urbanists, Bernadetta Półchłopiek-Szczygieł from the Lesser Poland District Chamber of Architects of the Republic of Poland, councilor Eliza Dydyńska-Wędzak and Szymon Domagała from the board of PZFD Kraków.

The forum will end with a panel dedicated to social communication – “how to talk to hear and understand.” Journalists: Angelika Pitoń (“Gazeta Wyborcza”), Dawid Serafin (Interia) and Jakub Kusy (Meloradio) will talk about the role of dialogue in the media.

The invited guests will include Representatives of the Krakow authorities, the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, the Department of Spatial Planning, the Road Administration of the City of Krakow, the Provincial Office for the Protection of Monuments and the Office of the Municipal Monument Conservator. The conference will also be attended by Krakow councilors, city activists, representatives of Krakow universities and industry organizations, such as the Society of Polish Urban planners or the Małopolska District Chamber of Architects of the Republic of Poland.

The organizers announce substantive discussions, exchange of experiences and specific conclusions.

– We want this conversation to be an impulse for real changes. The Krakow Forum of Dialogue was created from the need to talk – but not a courtesy, but honest, open, often difficult. We are dealing with huge challenges: lack of apartments, spatial chaos, communication problems. This cannot be solved in closed offices. That is why at one table we want to collect officials, councilors, developers, university representatives, associations and activists. Everyone has their own perspective and every voice counts. The forum is to be a space where not only is said, but above all – listens and draws conclusions. If we want Krakow to develop wisely and responsibly, we must learn to talk to each other – clearly, specifically and with respect -says Agnieszka Widłak-Lindsay, president of the Krakow branch of PZFD.

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The media patronage over the conference is held by: Radio Kraków, Dziennik Polski, Wprost, Architecture & Business, Real Estate Zone, Comparic, Investmap, Executive Magazine, KRN.pl, Investment market, Krakow Housing Stock Exchange.

The main patron of the event is the architectural studio Deer Design.

Other partners: Noble Securities, Tableofert.pl, Viessmann, Excellent.