CONFERENCE: Age-friendly cities for everyone (1/2)
On September 30 and October 1, a two-day Nordic-Baltic conference on two key topics was held in Riga: support options for people with dementia, their relatives, and professionals. The goal of the conference was to bring together experts from the Nordic and Baltic countries to inspire action through practical, experience-based examples and to promote cross-sector collaboration. The conference was organised in cooperation with the Welfare Department of the Riga City Council.
Leading experts from the Nordic and Baltic countries presented their ideas at the conference, including representatives from the Nordic Welfare Centre, as well as national institutions from Estonia, Norway, Finland and Sweden.
This video is a recording of the live stream from the first part of the conference's second day.
Moderators: Daina Mežecka, Advisor on sustainability at the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Latvia, and Rūdis Rubenis, architect.
Population Diversity and Factors Enhancing Quality of Life. Creating Sustainable Living Spaces for the Entire Life Cycle.
Moving Through the Life Course, Living Through Spaces. Anna Žabicka, PhD. cand., University of Vienna; Latvia.
Age-Inclusive Public Space. Dominique Hauderowicz, Architect and Architectural Researcher, dominique+serena, Denmark.
Essential Elements and Qualities for the Comfortable Use of Buildings and Urban Environments. Overview of Universal Design Solutions from Norwegian Municipalities. Christian Hellevang, Coordinator of the Universal Design and Senior-Friendly Cities Network, Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities.
PANEL DISCUSSION: An Age-friendly City for All Generations – What Factors and Elements Create It?
• Dominique Hauderowicz, Architect and Architectural Researcher, dominique+serena, Denmark.
• Christian Hellevang, Coordinator of the Universal Design and Senior-Friendly Cities Network, Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, Norway.
• Louise Scheel Thomasen, coordinator of the Nordic network for age-friendly cities, Nordic Welfare centre.
• Andis Rinkevics, State Police of Latvia, Latvia.
Moderator: Sirle Salmistu, landscape architect and researcher, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia