The official opening will feature the project´s principal investigator Dr. Brigitte Le Normand (Maastricht University) and collaborator Jon Corbet (University of British Columbia Okanagan)

After the opening ceremony, a panel will be held titled Animating Rijeka's Past: Civic Technology and Urban History. The first presenter is Dr. Pamela Robinson (School of Urban and Regional Planning at Ryerson University), who will be speaking on Civic Technology and the Public Realm: Oh the Possibilities…

The second lecture will feature Dr. Tvrtko Jakovina (Department of History at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb and visiting professor at the Institute for Central-Eastern and Balkan Europe, University of Bologna) with a lecture on Why Rijeka Matters: Lessons of the Twentieth Century for Croatia Today. The aforementioned lecture will be introduced by the internatonal researcher on the project Dr. Vanni D'Alessio (Department of Social Sciences, University Federico II, Naples).

The intended duration of the panel is until 6pm, after which you are able to view the Fiume Fantastika: Phenomena of the City exhibition (lasting 80 minutes) in organization with Morana Matković and Renato Stanković (Deltalab).
The programme will be held in English.