14:30 - 15:30

ACuTe Symposium: Steering Committee Meeting
For Project partners only
VIP Room & Modelatornia Foyer

15:30 - 17:30

ACuTe Symposium:
Workshop: Interaction Design by Toto.io
For project partners only
With: Markus Schubert and Georg Werner
VIP Room

16:00-18:00

ETC Conference: Registration
Lower Foyer

18:00 - 18:30

ETC Conference: Welcome Speeches
With:
- Norbert Rakowski, General Manager and Artistic Director of JK Opole Theatre
- Serge Rangoni, Artistic Director & General Manager, Théâtre de Liège/Belgium; President of the Board of Directors, European Theatre Convention
- Heidi Wiley, ETC Executive Director

ETC Artists in Residence 2023:
-Mira Manka, Warta/Poland
-Anrija Rasovic, Herceg Novi/Montenegro
-Martha Kent, Leicestershire/United Kingdom
-Beatrice Benedek, Aylesbury/United Kingdom
-Manon Aycoberry,  Strasbourg/France
-Fleur Snow (video), Llandysul/United Kingdom
-S. Farwah Rizvi (video), London/United Kingdom
Upper Foyer

18:30-19:30

Opening Reception
Conference attendees will gather for a welcome drink and opening speeches.
Upper and Lower Foyer

19:30-20:45

Performance: Danse Macabre
Directed by Renata Piotrowska-Auffret
In Polish with English surtitles
Modelatornia Stage
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20:00-21:15

Performance: The Wonderful Neither This Nor That
Directed by Tomasz Cymerman
In Polish with English surtitles
Bunker Stage
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21:15

Chillout with DJ set
Upper Foyer

09:00 - 10:15

ACuTe Symposium:
State of the Art: Digitality in Theatre
Panel Discussion

With:
Moderation: Vanessa Hannesschläger (Ars Electronica, Linz/Austria)
-Katherine Hawthorne, Author of ETC Study: Digital Theatre – Digital Strategies and Business Models in European Theatre, Edinburgh/UK)
-Ramona Mosse, metaLab (at) Harvard/USA & Berlin/Germany
-Veronika Liebl, Managing Director, Ars Electronica, Linz/Austria
-Jedidjah Julia Noomen, Independent artist / Interaction & Game Design, Netherlands

What are the latest developments in theatre and new technologies across Europe?
The ACuTe Symposium State of the Art: Digitality in Theatre will bring together leading researchers, theatre makers, and interactive design experts for a panel discussion on how new technologies can be integrated on stage and in the creative process. Leading experts in the  field will share their own reflections and experiences, with a key focus on how technologies  can be used to increase accessibility and sustainability for future contemporary theatre making. The Symposium will continue with an introduction to the ‘testbed’ approach for theatre, created through the ACuTe programme to support the theatre sector in its explorations into new technologies. The final session will invite attendees to join a series of deep-dive table talks, learning from the successes and challenges from specific digital theatre projects – including an immersive VR performance and the creation of a digital ‘fourth stage’.
The panel will conclude with a Q&A session. 
Small Stage

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break
Lower Foyer

10:30 - 12:00

ACuTe Symposium:
ACuTe Work-in-Progress & Best Practices
Best practice table talks

The Table Talks are a deep dive into experiments with digital theatre as part of ACuTe and other European projects. Attendees will be able to choose between several different table talks, which consist of a presentation and artistic discussion with the theatre representatives.

10:30 – 10:50  Work-In-Progress presentation of long-term ACuTe project (Methodology & Process) –
Methodology Impulse by Saxion University of Applied Sciences
10:50 – 11:00  Introduction Table Talks
11:00 – 12:00  Best Practice Table Talks

With:
-Moderation: Blair Stevenson, Educator, Researcher and Administrator, Oulu University of Applied Sciences
-Paulien Geerlings / Rabbit Hole by De Toneelmakerij
-Markus Zizenbacher / Wunderland by Schauspielhaus Graz
-Michael Eickhoff / Academy for Theatre and Digitality
-Rebecca Rouse / Folkteatern Göteborg - The Fourth Stage

Small Stage, Modelatornia & VIP Room

12:00 - 13:00

Networking Lunch
Lower Foyer

13:00 - 15:00

ETC Conference: Development of Future projects

13:00-13:45 Keynote: Cultural and humanistic leadership
with: Dragan Šimičević, Psychologist, Coach, Supervisor & Change Manager
As largest theatre network in Europe, ETC has a desire and responsibility to inspire change and promote cultural leadership that reflect the realities of today. Is there a special approach to cultural leadership, what are the competencies needed for leadership, and what are the challenges for theatres in the new era, in the 21st century? A keynote inviting us to explore these questions and opening to future reflections.
The talk will conclude with a Q&A session.

13:45- 15:00 Brainstorming and new projects development
A brainstorming session on ETC's main goals for future projects including two new ideas suggested by ETC Member Theatres. The attendees will be able to choose between three parallel activities:

• A table talk on educating future professionals and better integrating them into the existing theatre practices
• A table talk on the Drama of Smaller Languages and opportunities for contemporary playwrights
• A broader brainstorming on future ETC activities centring around young audiences, cultural leadership, mental health & well-being, digitality, diversity & equality and sustainability.

Small Stage, Modelatornia & VIP Room

15:00 - 20:00

European Theatre Forum 2023
See programme here

20:00 - 22:15

Performance: Top Secret Research
Directed by Norbert Rakowski
In Polish with English subtitles
Main Stage
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22:30

Chillout with Live Music
Upper Foyer

09:00 - 18:15

European Theatre Forum 2023
See programme here

18:45 - 21:00

Performance: Top Secret Research
By Norbert Rakowski
In Polish with English surtitles
Main Stage
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21:00 - 22:15

Performance: Danse Macabre
By Renata Piotrowska-Auffret
In Polish with English surtitles
Modelatornia Stage
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21:30 - 22:45

Performance: The Wonderful Neither This Nor That
By Tomasz Cymerman
In Polish with English surtitles
Bunker Stage
Read More

22:45

Event with Live Music
Upper Foyer

09:15 - 13:30

European Theatre Forum
See programme here

13:30-14:30

Networking Lunch
Lower Foyer and Outside

13:30-14:30

Working Lunch "ETC Theatre Green Book" (for working group only)
A table will be reserved for the group

14:30 - 15:15

ETC Conference: Project Pitching & Calls for Artistic Collaboration
ETC Member Theatres present concrete project ideas or put a call out for collaboration with other ETC Members.
Main Stage

15:15 - 17:00

ETC Conference: TRANSFORMATIONS Milestone Meeting
An in-depth look at the next six months of activity at ETC, with a focus on key events and travel opportunities. Includes a presentation about the next ETC Roadshow to Asia in November 2023, and a project networking session on the collaboration between ETC and The Theatre Green Book initiative to create ETC's sustainability network of theatres, which attempts to improve theatre production and operation and create a common standard for making theatre sustainably.

Presented by ETC team and along with Theatre Green Book partners:
-Lisa Burger, Co-director of Renew Culture
-Paddy Dillon, Co-Director of Renew Culture
Main Stage

17:00 - 17:30

ETC Conference: ETC General Assembly & Conference Closing
The bi-annual General Assembly makes decisions for the ETC network. It will include the results of votes on new members.
Main Stage

18:00 - 19:30

Performance: 5.00 UA
By Yuliia Maslak
In Ukrainian with English surtitles
Small Stage
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18:30 - 19:45

Performance: The Wonderful Neither This Nor That
By Tomasz Cymerman
In Polish with English surtitles
Bunker Stage
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19:30 - 20:30

Joint Walk to Restaurant Laba

21:00

Joint Dinner at Restaurant Laba