Landscape after mining - invitation to the conference at the Hraničář cinema

What are the options for land revitalization after mining?
How to set up the transformation process of the brown coal basin of the Podkrušnohoří region?
What could the future direction of Lake Milada be?

The international expert conference will outline the possibilities for landscape revitalization after mining from the perspective of various professions, approaches, and metrics. It will present examples of good practice from the Czech Republic and abroad (especially from the Lužice lakes area and the Ruhr region in Germany), including the pitfalls faced by the projects and the necessary self-reflection. The goal is to help the changing brown coal basin of Podkrušnohoří and the pilot project of Lake Milada find a suitable process of revitalization and resocialization in the discussion, which will lead to the establishment of a multifunctionally sustainable landscape.

The conference will address the following thematic areas:
Examples of good practice and their reflection
What are the pitfalls of revitalization?
Who coordinates the lake landscape? – regional, legislative, procedural, spatial planning documentation, tools
How to bring the area back to life? – temporary use, habitability of the area, urbanism, events, communication

Brief schedule:
Wednesday, March 11 – full-day expert conference (registration required) + exhibition opening
Thursday, March 12 – tour of Lake Milada, evening program for the public

Program of Wednesday’s conference
Podkrušnohoří and Lake Milada
Jitka Žambochová – studio • a word from the organizer, introduction to the topic
Petr Lenc – development of the Lake Milada project to date
Fuel Combine Ústí, state enterprise – future direction of the project and other recultivations
Petr Návrat – ONplan on the competition for the surroundings of Lake Milada
Markéta Hendrychová – Application of the H2020 project - TRACER, Innovative strategies for the transformation of coal regions in the Czech Republic
+ panel discussion

Gabriela Nekolová (Chairwoman of the Economic and Social Council of the Ústí Region)
Karel Tichý - representative of the RE:START strategy of the Ústí, Karlovy Vary, and Moravian-Silesian regions
Ondřej Ondrej Benes (head of the Regional Architect Working Group of the Ústí Region)
Petr Nedvědický (Mayor of Ústí nad Labem)
Josef Kusebauch (Mayor of Chabařovice)

Examples of good practice and their reflection
Dirk Knoche, Lusatia (FIB – Institute for Post-Mining Landscapes)
Lukáš Adámek – POHO 2030, Post-mining landscape of Karviná
Lumír Moučka – Slate landscape, Silesian Opava
Daniel Matějka – Landscapes from the second hand
+ panel discussion

Professional insights
Pavel Raška (geographer, Faculty of Science UJEP)
Jan Lenart (geomorphologist, Faculty of Science University of Ostrava)
Martin Neruda (ecologist, Faculty of the Environment UJEP)
+ panel discussion

The conference is primarily intended for professionals, city and regional leaders, officials, and other stakeholders in the area.

Participation in the conference is free.