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Call for abstracts – International scientific conference

The Municiaplity of Farkadona and the CULT-RURAL+ Consortium are happy to announce the organization of the

3rd International Conference of the CULTRURAL+ European Network for Rural and Cultural Resilience of Remote Areas titled:

  “Cultural valorisation of rural economies: heritage, production, gastronomy, entrepreneurship”

The Conference will take place on the 24th of June 2021.

The organizers call for the submission of abstracts for the four sessions of the conference (see programme). Each abstract should not exceed 250 words. It must include the title of the presentation and the names, affiliation and email address of the authors. Principal author should be highlighted in bold letters.

Submission deadline: 20th May 2021

Abstracts should be sent to: cultruralplus@gmail.com

The scientific committee will evaluate all abstracts and notify authors by the 14th of April, 2021.

Accepted abstracts will be included in the e-publication of the book of abstracts.

Authors are expected to submit a final version of their presentation by the end of June 2021 in order to be included in the e-publication of the proceedings of the conference.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Friday, June 24th 2021, 10.00-18.00 CET

Farkadona, Thessaly, Greece

Scientific Committee:

Martin Gomez Ullate de Leon (University of Extremadura)

Veronika Joukes (University of Tras-os-Montes y Alto Douro)

António Pirra (University of Tras-os-Montes y Alto Douro)

Laurent Rieutort (Institut d’Auvergne de Développement du Territoire)

George Vlontzos (University of Thessaly)

Stella Kyvelou (Panteion University)

Session 1: 10.00-11.30 CET

Territorial development and branding: a stake to win

11.30-11.45 Coffee Break

Session2: 11.45-13.15 CET

Cultural heritage and sustainable tourism: valorization, interpretation, communication

13.15-14.00  Lunch Break

Session 3: 14.00-15.30 CET

Rural produce and micro-entrepreneurship: creating added value

15.30-15.45 Coffee Break

Session 4: 15.45-17.15

Gastronomy as intangible cultural heritage: continuity, assimilation, innovation

Round Table-Conclusions: 17.15-18.00

THE CONFERENCE WILL BE ORGANIZED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF FARKADONA. PENDING ON THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS IT MAY HAVE TO TAKE PLACE VIRTUALLY.