Are you working in the performing arts sector?
Are you interested in how theatre and other stage productions can be more environmentally sustainable?
Would you like to learn about inspiring green practices from across Europe?
Then the online closing conference of the RE-IMAGINE project is for you!
Over the past two years, the RE-IMAGINE project has brought together partners from Serbia, North Macedonia, Hungary, and Bulgaria to explore how the performing arts sector can reduce CO₂ emissions, move towards zero waste production, and embrace its role as an agent of environmental change.
This pioneering European cooperation project has focused on building the capacities of organisations and professionals—especially in less developed EU countries—to adopt sustainable work practices both internally and in their public activities.
The conference will present the project’s results, experiences, and recommendations, and invite professionals from the cultural sector to discuss how we can re-imagine our future together.
Date: Thursday 18 – Friday 19 September 2025
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Language: English
Participation is free, but registration is required. To register for the online conference please use on-line form below: https://forms.gle/5EPqdxs5FPfkw56q7
Programme
DAY 1 – Thursday, 18 September 2025
10:00–10:30 (CET) | Opening & Coffee Session: Networking and informal introductions
Welcome by Gábor Németh, Hungarian Creative Europe Desk member.
Host: Dorka Gadus (Pro Progressione)
10:30–11:00 (CET) | Opening Keynote: Climate crisis: Predicted. Confirmed. Ignored?
Speaker: Vladimir Đurđević
Moderator: dr Jovana Karaulić (Green Art Incubator)
11:00–12:30 (CET) | RE-IMAGINE Toolkit Session
Presentation and workshop on the practical tools developed during the project for sustainable practices in the performing arts.
Facilitators: dr Ksenija Marković Božović and dr Jovana Karaulić (Green Art Incubator)
12:30–14:00 (CET) | Break
14:00–14:45 (CET) | Interactive Session: Green art and artistic freedom
Speaker: Philipp Thapa (Sustainable Europe Research Institute Germany)
15:00–15:45 (CET) | Roundtable: Sustainable Mindsets from the Margins
Facilitator: Vassilka Shishkova (
Roundtable guests: Pippa Bailey, Pankaj Tiwari
18:00–19:00 (CET) | Evening Session: Ecological futures and environmentally-activated art practices
Interactive contribution by Miguel Sbastida
DAY 2 – Friday, 19 September 2025
10:00–10:30 (CET) | Coffee Session
Networking and informal introductions
10:30–11:15 (CET) | Keynote Speech: Critical sustainability – making sense of cultural institutions’ eco-responsibility
Speaker: Vânia Rodrigues (University of Coimbra)
11:15–12:30 (CET) | EU Policy Session
Discussion with the representatives of local Creative Europe Desks
12:30–13:15 (CET) | Break
13:15–14:00 (CET) | Supporting Artists in Sustainable Production – Inside RE-IMAGINE
Speakers: Luca Kövécs (SÍN Arts Centre), Laura Tóth (‘Miss Sparkle from the Superhero Tutorial production)
14:45–16:15 (CET) | All RE-IMAGINE Participants Interactive Session
Led by Dimitar Uzunov (
16:15–16:45 (CET) | Closing Session
The event will be recorded and photographed. The data will be used for information purposes, dissemination of results, and promotion of the project.
Project partners:
Green Art Incubator (RS)
Pro Progressione (HU)
Lokomotiva – Center for New Initiative in Arts and Culture (MKD)
RE-IMAGINE is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. With the support of the National Cultural Fund (Nemzeti Kulturális Alap).
The opinions and statements contained herein reflect the views of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible for them.