Optional:
From 9.30 am: Visit to ‘denkmal’ – Europe’s leading trade fair for heritage conservation, restoration and the refurbishment of historic buildings
Exhibition Hall 2
Please note:
Prior to this event (10.00–11.00), the INSEK event for small local authorities (support options and approaches to increasing efficiency), organised by the Saxony Centre for Integrated Municipal Development (FS INGE) and the Saxon State Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Development (organiser), will take place in the same room.
You can register for this event via the Saxony Participation Portal.
Programme:
Venue: CCL, Room 5, Level +1
11.30 am Welcome
Dr Gert Ziener, Managing Director of the Leipzig Chamber of Industry and Commerce and Head of the Organising Office
Markus Geisenberger, Managing Director of Leipziger Messe GmbH
11.45 am The highlights: The 2026 competition on film – Part 1
11.50 am Brief presentation of selected entries from the 2026 competition
Panel discussion with three project cities
Thomas Hanns, Dezernent, Große Kreisstadt Döbeln
André Stefan, Amtsleiter Bauverwaltung, Große Kreisstadt Flöha
Nicole Schimpke, Citymanagement, Große Kreisstadt Freiberg (angefragt)
12.50 pmFresh Ideas: Selected 2026 Competition Projects on Film – Part 2
1.00 pm lunch and networking opportunity
2.00 pm Welcome address by the State Government
Introductory musical programme
Dirk Panter, Saxon Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Protection
2:15 pm Podcast with representatives of the governing parties in the Saxon State Parliament
Invited guests: Kay Ritter (CDU) and Hennig Homann (SPD)
2:30 pm Presentation of special awards: a special form of recognition
Introductory musical programme (Vincente Patíz, Bad Schlema)
Dirk Panter, Saxon Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Protection
NN Saxon State Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Development
NN NEL or MK
NN IT Innerebner
Thomas Naumann and René Hobusch
Prof. Ronald Scherzer-Heidenberger
Michael Fischer-Art, Atelier Fischer-Art
3.00 pm Awards ceremony
Dirk Panter, Saxon Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Protection
NN Organisers and sponsors
Michael Fischer-Art, Atelier Fischer-Art
Closing: Musical entertainment
4.00 pm Coffee and an opportunity to visit the exhibition, as well as the HWK Forum on the Saxon Heritage Conservation Award (from 5.00 pm)
