9:00 a.m. Opening of the conference: „Strengthening Civil Society in the Danube Region for a joint Europe“
Greetings from the City of Ulm by First Mayor Martin Bendel
Greetings from the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg by Ms Niombo Lomba, Head of the Danube Region Service Centre, Department VI – European Policy, State Representation Brussels, Cross-border Cooperation
Greetings from the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung gGmbH, Stuttgart, represented by Dr. Ágnes Sebestyén
Greetings from the Member of the Landtag „Grüne Fraktion Baden Württemberg“ for Ulm and the Alb-Donaukreis, Mr. Michael Joukov;
Opening: Carmen Stadelhofer, ILEU e.V., „We are all Danube-Networkers – Participation and networking, analogue and digital, it’s all in the mix“
Keynote speeches
Gisela Erler, former State Secretary, Berlin: „Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft in stürmischen Zeiten“ (online)
Dr. Heidrun Mollenkopf: „The future needs intergenerational cooperation”
Petra Siegele, OeAD – Agency for Education and Internationalisation, Vienna, Austria, „Researching together across generations and borders – Citizen Science as a model“;
Armin Pialek, German Foundation for Engagement and Volunteering, DSEE: „Civil society needs support“;
Stefan Barth, Agapedia, „Danube networking – challenges, demarcations, potentials“
