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The sixth edition of the Festival-conference “About the world we live in” promises to be exceptional. From May 6 to 9, they will perform on the stage of the Romanian Athenaeum. Olof Gränström, Norina Herz, Daniel and Maximilian Zelinski, Rodika Zafiu, Oliver Jens Schmitt, Mircea Miklea with their dialogue partners Katalin Striblea, Andrea Roshka, Horia-Roman Patapijevici, Radu Paraskivescu, Marian Vojka and Gabriel Liicana.​

Sixth edition festival of conferences and cultural dialogues “About the world we live in”which will take place at Romanian Athenaeum in the period May 6-9, will draw attention to several important factors that cause decisive changes in modern societies. Foreign and Romanian guests, Olof Granström, Norina Hertz, Daniel and Maximilian Zielinsky, Rodika Zafiu, Oliver Jens Schmitt, Mircea Miklejand their dialogue partners, Katelyn Stribleya, Andrei Roska, Khoria-Roman Patapievich, Radu Paraskivescu, Marian Voyku, Gabriel Liichanuwill discuss the inevitable demographic changes, how we overcome isolation and what we can do to build communities by paying more attention to our way of life and the spaces we live and use, how we responded to the recent Russian aggression according to our history. to share, about the meaning of words in our lives and about the stake of education in terms of an uncertain future.

Will present events in Maryna Constantinescujournalist, TV show producer and theater and film critic.

Tickets for the Athenaeum hall, for online viewing of the event, as well as subscriptions to attend all the conferences of this edition of the festival, are available on the Eventbook network.

https://eventbook.ro/festival/festivalul-de-conferinte-despre-lumea-in-care-traim

Speakers:

OLOF GRENSTROM, a former project manager and business developer at Gapminder Foundation, founded by Hans Rosling, has given lectures and seminars on global trends and facts, and now helps companies and organizations understand human behavior based on data. His speech at the opening of the festival, entitled “What does it take to stand firm in an ever-changing world?”, will focus on the demographic changes currently taking place in Europe, including information from last year’s census in Romania. After the conference, there will be a dialogue with Katalin Stribleya, journalist, radio show producer and podcast co-host Chatters

NORENA HERTZ is considered one of the world’s most influential opinion leaders, and her research and consulting work, best-selling books, and speeches at TED conferences, the World Economic Forum in Davos, or the Google Zeitgeist series straddle the line between economics, technology, politics, and sociology and have made recognized contributions to the study of the postmillennial generation and community building. In a dialogue on “A Century of Solitude: A Plea for Interpersonal Relations,” which he will have with Andrei Roskapodcast author Huge and interestingNorina Hertz will give us a hopeful vision and show how we can heal our communities by reconnecting.

DANIEL AND MAXIMILIAN ZELINSKY, senior partners of the international architecture firm Foster + Partners have unique international projects in their portfolio, from the redesign of Paris or an entire city in the United Arab Emirates to Apple’s headquarters in the United States or world-class resorts on the Red Sea. Their conference, entitled “How Architecture Can Improve Our Lives”, will present the best practices in architecture and design of the built environment today, as well as ways in which we can influence certain areas that have the greatest potential to lead us to a better . organizing the good of the world to make it more just, functional, efficient and safe. After the conference, there will be a dialogue with Khoria-Roman Patapievich.

RODYKA ZAFIU, a professor at the Faculty of Literature at the University of Bucharest and a researcher at the Institute of Linguistics “Iorgu Iordan-Al. Rosetti” of the Romanian Academy, thanks to more than a hundred studies published in prestigious specialized journals, as well as through a weekly column that has appeared for the last 30 years in several cultural magazines, is one of the most important and visible specialists in the field of culture. study of modern trends of the Romanian language. His conference on “What language do Romanians still speak” is based on the fact that the language we speak is an important part of our identity. How is the Romanian language we speak today – at home, on the street, with friends, in the office, on the podium – or the one we write – especially on a computer or phone screen – different from the Romanian language ten, twenty years ago? thirty years, we learn by looking at this conference and the dialogue of the second part, which is conducted with Radu Paraskivescu.

OLIVER JENS SCHMITT is a professor of the history of Southeast Europe at the University of Vienna, and since 2017 – the president of the philosophy and history section of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. His three books, published in Romanian by Humanitas, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu: The rise and fall of the “Captain” (2017), Romania in 100 years: Summary of a hundred years of history (2018) and The Balkans in the 20th century (2021), have attracted the attention of readers and the press, and this year a volume presenting the history of the Romanian Orthodox Church will be published. His lecture on “Before Moscow: Russia’s Western Neighbors from the Baltic to the Black Sea in Historical Perspective” analyzes the territory inhabited today by Finns, Swedes, Baltics, Poles, Ukrainians and Romanians in a broad historical arc. , from the Middle Ages to the present, and their relationship of great systemic competition with Russia. After the conference, there will be a dialogue with Marian Voykuauthor, TV show producer and platform coordinator true.

THE DEATH OF MICKLAY, author, psychologist, entrepreneur, founder of the cognitive school in Romanian psychology and professor of applied cognitive sciences at Babes Bolai University in Cluj-Napoca, former Minister of Education and initiator of one of the most serious proposals for reforming the education and research system, will hold a final conference at topic “What should be studied at school?”. In his conference, Mircea Miklea proposes four dimensions that bring together the latest cognitive science research on brain functioning and can counter the fact that we have no guarantee that knowledge gained today will be relevant in the world tomorrow. How we help children develop their independence, self-discipline, design thinking and entrepreneurial attitude, you will learn in detail from this conference and from the dialogue that will take place after Gabriel Liichanu.

You can find detailed information about the conference and full biographies of lecturers and dialogue partners on the official website http://www.lumeaincaretraim.ro.

Conference schedule

Saturday, May 6, 11:30 – Opening

A conference by Olof Gränström on “What exactly is appropriate to remain steadfast in an ever-changing world”, followed by a dialogue with Katalin Striblea

Saturday, May 6, 5:30 p.m

Norina Hertz in dialogue with Andrea Roshka. Topic: “A Century of Solitude: A Call to Human Relations”

Sunday, May 7, 11:30 a.m

A conference held by Daniel and Maximilian Zielinski on the topic “How architecture can improve our lives”, followed by a dialogue with Horia-Roman Patapiewicz

Sunday, May 7, 5:30 p.m

A conference held by Rodica Zafiu on “What language do Romanians still speak”, followed by a dialogue with Radu Paraskivescu

Monday, May 8, 7:30 p.m

Oliver Jens Schmitt’s conference on “Before Moscow: Russia’s Western Neighbors from the Baltic to the Black Sea in Historical Perspective”, followed by a dialogue with Marian Wojku

Tuesday, May 9, 7:30 p.m. – Closing

A conference held by Mircea Miklea on the topic “What should be studied at school?”, followed by a dialogue with Gabriel Liicanu