Culture & Creativity: DRIVING REPAIR, REGENERATION & RESILIENCE
Maltfabrikken 28.-29. september 2026
ECOSYSTEM Event #4 by Aarhus University and the CCSI Ecosystem, Region Central Denmark
We invite you to join us for two days of inspiration and pathways for action and ask the question of how Culture, Creativity, and Art drive societal resilience and creative repair across local communities, and European regions.
We will inspire, share, discuss on how to further inclusion, built capacity, fuel cross-innovation and built new collaborations
The Ecosystem Event is linked with the EIT Culture and Creativity Co-location Center Open Day in Aarhus on 1.-2. October 2026.
and with the Time Machine-event in Aarhus on 30. September: Where Cultural Heritage Meets Creative Innovation
PROGRAM
28.09. Site visits in Ebeltoft
Arrival before lunch
13:30
Meeting point: Maltfabrikken (foyer area – greeting and name tags)
14:00
Visit at Fregatten Jylland (Heritage Landmark): Director Anne-Marie Dohm
14:45
Visit to GLAS: Museum of Modern Glas Art: Director Mikkel Elming
15:45
Go’ Kaffe (Good Coffee) with an introduction to a circular economy model: Founder Bjarke Mathias Jensen
16:30
Own time in Ebeltoft: Cultural herritage in harbour Areas and Old Town
18:00
Communal dinner (self paid) at Maltfabrikken
20:00
Optional visit to the Brewery at Maltfabrikken
29.09. Maltfabrikken, ’Støbesalen’
09:00
Arrival, Welcome and Mingling at Maltfabrikken (Coffee)
09:30
Welcme to Maltfabrikken by Director Kristian Krog
09:40
Mayor Michael Harregaard Stegger and Chair of Cultural Committee Michael Mikkelsen:
Ebeltoft and Southern Djurs for creative regeneration
09:50
Kati Uusi-Rauva, Director, EIT Culture & Creativity North:
The impact of Culture & Creativity
10:00
Adriënne Heijnen & Marianne Huang, Aarhus University:
Repair, Regeneration, Resilience / Belonging, Being, Becoming
10:20
Presentation and Tour at Maltfabrikken by Director Kristian Krog
11:30
Hanna Olsson, Senior Project Manager:
Trans Europe Halles – regenerating industrial heritage with culture and repairing communities
12:00
Lunch
During the afternoon, coffee, tea and water is served in the room, and you’re free to move
13:00
Living Program (more to come): Regional Ecosystem interventions
Louise Godt, Culture Advisor, Central Denmark EU Office
& Lene Øster, Head of Secretariat, Culture Department, City of Aarhus:
Cultural Collaborations across Region Central Denmark
Marie Astrup, Struer Kommune:
Striking City and Cultural Interventions: Sound as s Driver for Resilient Settlement
14:00
Ambra Trotto, Director of Transformation and NEB, EIT Culture and Creativity:
Ecosysten Transformation, Resilience Roadmaps for Regenerative Systemic Change.
14:20
Paolo Montemurro, Founder and Director of Matera Hub:
Building Regional Creative Skills Partnerships
14:40
Marlene Johansson (Senior Researcher at RI:SE):
Cross-innovation in Practice – actions done, dreams to catch
15:00
Sharing on dreams and further actions
15:20
Visit to Generation Reparation – the recurrent intergenerational textile repair workshop at Maltfabrikken
From 16:00
Departure towards Aarhus by public transportation (busses leave every half hour or hourly, and go to central Aarhus)
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PLEASE REGISTER HERE
Contacts: Marianne Huang, mph@cc.au.dk / +45 51371208 & Adriënne Heijnen, ahe@cc.au.dk