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Revitalising Historic Cities

2nd International Symposium on UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, Ballarat

20 & 21 February

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2015

Welcome Federation University Australia, the City of Ballarat and Deakin University welcome you to Ballarat’s second Symposium on UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape Revitalising Historic Cities. Drawing together international, local speakers and expert participants including Dr Ron van Oers (Vice Director WHITRAP) and Dr Rohit Jigyasu (UNESCO Chair professor Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto,) the symposium includes multidisciplinary sessions on a range on Historic Urban Landscapes (HUL) themes and issues over two days. The symposium includes a public event on Saturday 21 February, for community members to discuss their vision with experts and practitioners for the future of Ballarat and change in their local areas. A new Historic Urban Landscapes website, also the result of collaborations between the City of Ballarat and Federation University Australia, will be launched. The important discussions which will emerge from this symposium will help guide Ballarat’s Historic Urban Landscape pilot program, the development of the Ballarat Heritage Strategy and contribute to the implementation of the Ballarat Strategy – a long-term road map for the future of Ballarat. Revitalising Historic Cities is hosted by the City of Ballarat, Federation University Australia’s Centre for Regional Innovation and Competiveness (CRIC) and Deakin University’s Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP), in conjunction with the World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for Asia and the Pacific (WHITRAP) in Shanghai. We thank you for your contribution at this important event.

Dr. Ron VAN OERS

Vice Director of WHITRAP

Ron van Oers is Vice Director of the World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for Asia and the Pacific (WHITRAP) in Shanghai, as well as Senior Researcher at Tongji University’s Advanced Research Institute for Architecture and Urban-Rural Planning where he is conducting research on the application of the Historic Urban Landscape approach in China. He worked at UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre (from 2000 to 2012), where he developed and coordinated several thematic programmes, among which the Programme on Modern Heritage, the World Heritage Programme for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and the World Heritage Cities Programme. Additionally, he spearheaded the international effort to develop new guidelines for urban conservation that were adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference in November 2011 as the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape. He is the Founding Editor (with Dr. Ana Pereira-Roders) of the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development (JCHMSD), published by Emerald Group in the UK, and a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Change over Time: International Journal of Conservation and the Built Environment, published by Penn Press, University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design (USA). In March 2012 his book The Historic Urban Landscape – Managing Heritage in an Urban Century (co-authored with Francesco Bandarin) was published by Wiley-Blackwell, while in December 2014 Wiley-Blackwell published his sequel Reconnecting the City – The Historic Urban Landscape Approach and the Future of Urban Heritage, co-edited with Francesco Bandarin. He received his PhD from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) with a thesis on Dutch Colonial Town Planning (1600–1800) and he holds Master’s degrees in Technological Design (MTD) and Urban Planning (MSc).

Dr. Rohit JIGYASU

UNESCO Chair Professor, Ritsumeikan

University

Rohit Jigyasu is heritage conservation and risk management professional from India, currently working as UNESCO Chair professor at the Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan and is the President of ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness (ICORP) and ICOMOS-India. He is also senior advisor at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) based in Bangalore, India. After undertaking his post-graduate degree in Architectural Conservation from School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi, Rohit has obtained doctoral degree from NTNU, Norway. His Doctoral thesis was titled “Reducing Disaster Vulnerability through Local Knowledge and Capacity- the Case of Earthquake Prone Rural Communities in India and Nepal”. Rohit has also been teaching as the visiting faculty at several national and international academic institutions in India and abroad. As UNESCO Chair Professor in Japan, he is the scientific coordinator International Programme on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage. Rohit has also been consultant to several national and international organizations like Archaeological Survey of India, National Institute of Disaster Management, Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS), UNESCO, UNISDR, UNDP, ICCROM, Aga Khan Planning and Building Services and the Getty Conservation Institute for conducting research and training on Cultural Heritage Risk Management. He has been working for UNESCO and other international organizations like World Seismic Safety Initiative (WSSI) for undertaking post earthquake assessments in Gujarat, Kashmir, Indonesia and Bhutan. He also brings with him the practical experience of working on disaster risk management plans in the World Heritage sites of Khajuraho Hampi, Konarak, Red Fort, Jaisalmer Fort, Jantar Mantar and Ajanta & Ellora in India as well as City Palace Museums in Udaipur and Jaipur, India. Rohit has contributed to various national and international conferences and meetings in India and abroad and has several publications to his credit, which include UNESCO’s Resource Manual on Managing Disaster Risks to World Heritage, to which he contributed as lead author.

Keynote speakers

Day 1 Friday 20 February 2015 Minerva Room, Ballaarat Mechanics Institute 117 Sturt Street, Ballarat

8.30

Registration

9.00 Welcome to Country Uncle Bryon POWELL - Wadawurrung people

9.15 Introduction and overview Catherine SANTO - Facilitator

9.30 Keynote address Dr. Ron VAN OERS

10.30 Morning tea break

10.45 Managing cities as an historic urban landscape Dr. Rohit JIGYASU Prof. Ken TAYLOR - Australian National University Erin MCCUSKEY - Ballarat East Network Jason FOREST - Consultant strategic planner

12.10 Reflection Dr. Ron VAN OERS

12.30 Visualising Ballarat: Building HUL tools Dr. Peter DAHLHAUS - FedUni (CeRDI) Dr. Helen THOMPSON - FedUni (CeRDI)

12.45 Lunch break

1.45 HUL Workshop series: Panel and group discussion

Concurrent session 1: Vulnerability and resilience Exploring notions of vulnerabilities and resilience. What does it mean in the HUL context? What are practical steps that we can take to minimize our vulnerabilities and foster resilience to change as part of HUL implementation? Group workshop

Chair: Kristal BUCKLEY - Deakin University

Concurrent session 2: Planning opportunities Problems being encountered in managing the people, politics and realities of planning. What is the fix? How to move forward in the implementation of HUL. Group workshop

Chair: Jason FOREST - Consultant strategic planner

Concurrent session 3: Economic Futures Tourism, gentrification and creative industries – are these the solutions to linking heritage and socio economic development? Designing a virtuous cycle for Ballarat. Group workshop

Chair: Dr. Chris MCCONVILLE - FedUni

3.15 Afternoon tea

3.30 Plenary Small group work: Five big ideas for HUL implementation

HUL Workshop Series Chairs and Rapporteurs Participants

4.45 Closing remarks Prof. Tim WINTER - Deakin University Prof. Keir REEVES - FedUni

E x p e r t M e e t i n g

Day 2 Saturday 21 February 2015 Function hall and annexe, Art Gallery of Ballarat. 40 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat

9.15 Registration

9.45 Welcome to Country Uncle Bryon POWELL - Wadawurrung people

Official welcome

10.00 Ballarat and the Historic Urban Landscape City of Ballarat

10.15 Keynote 1 The Historic Urban Landscape pilot program Dr. Ron VAN OERS

10.45 Keynote 2 Intangible dimensions of heritage Dr. Rohit JIGYASU

11.15 Introduction to performance by members of the Federation University Australia Arts Academy

Dr. Sam HENSON - FedUni (Introduction)

11.20 Morning tea break and performance

11.45 Workshop session: Our big ideas for managing change in Ballarat

12.45 Launch of Ballarat’s Historic Urban Landscape website and mapping tool

Dr. Peter DAHLHAUS - FedUni (CeRDI) Dr. Helen THOMPSON - FedUni (CeRDI)

12.55 Closing remarks Prof. Tim WINTER - Deakin University Prof. Keir REEVES - FedUni

C o m m u n i t y D a y

Useful links

Accommodation

Ballarat Regional Tourism http://visitballarat.com.au/accommodation.aspx

Historic Urban Landscape

The Historic Urban Landscape website. WHITRAP. http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/media/2822493/preliminary_ballarat_strategy_final_november_2014.pdf Historic Urban Landscape pilot cities. WHITRAP. http://www.historicurbanlandscape.com/index.php?classid=6043 New life for historic cities: The historic urban landscape approach explained http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/news/documents/news-1026-1.pdf UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/638 UNESCO World Heritage Cities Programme http://whc.unesco.org/en/cities/

Ballarat Historic Urban Landscape pilot program

Ballarat and UNESCOs historic urban landscape approach http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/sh/heritage/historic-urban-landscape-approach.aspx Mapping Ballarat’s Historic Urban Landscape. Stage 1 study by Context Pty Ltd http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/media/2820756/stage_1.0_mapping_ballarats_hul_september_2013.pdf Ballarat Historic Urban Landscape. 3D Mapping System - Scoping Study by Omnilink Pty Ltd http://www.hulballarat.org.au/resources/City%20of%20Ballarat%203D%20Scoping%20Study_%20-%20Scoping%20Study%20public%20release.pdf Ballarat Imagine http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay/2013/ballaratimagine.aspx Preliminary Ballarat Strategy http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/media/2822493/preliminary_ballarat_strategy_final_november_2014.pdf

Event Organisers

Centre for Regional Innovation and Competitiveness (CRIC) Federation University Australia http://federation.edu.au/faculties-and-schools/federation-business-school/research/cric/about-cric City of Ballarat http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/ Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) Deakin University http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/chcap/ WHITRAP http://www.whitr-ap.org/index.php?classid=1459