The transnational conference ÔÇ£Conversion of military brownfields: processes and perspectivesÔÇØ of the project ÔÇ£F.A.T.E. - From Army To EntreprenerushipÔÇØ was held on 19th October in Trieste -Italy, Magazzino 26 Porto Vecchio with a large attendance.
The conference provided local and regional administrations with useful tools for managing, planning and starting up the requalification processes of military brownfields into business support centres. During the morning session speakers provided an overview of the issues and significance related to the reconversion processes. Then the conference gave an overview of the advancement of transfer and rehabilitation stages in the partnersÔÇÖ areas with the presentation of the local pilot action and of the main results by the Project Partners. For all participants the event was an important occasion to share experiences and to deepen the knowledge of dynamics and perspectives related to the conversion process of former military sites.

Here below you can download the proceedings and lecturers presentations. While you can click on photo gallery to see the event photos.

• Salvatore Benigno (mayor of Latisana): "Welcome"
• Johannes Gabriel (SEE JTS): "Urban sustainability in SEE area: state of the art of Programme Axis 4 - perspectives for the 4th call"
• Friuli Venezia Giulia region (FATE Lead Partner): "Project approach and overview of the activities"
• Alessandro Santarossa (Agata Association): "A Systemic Approach to the reconvertion"
• Francesco Pupillo. "Patrimonial assets and dismessed sites"
• Joao Nunes: "International Reconvertion Processes"
• Francesco Evangelisti (Unit director city quality dpt. Municipality of Bologna): "Conversion Laboratory"
• Alexandru Petrisor (Urban Incerc Romania): "A spatial planning approach to conversion of former military sites into BSC"
• FVG region (FATE Lead Partner): Pilot action impacts
• Municipality of Murska Sobota (Slovenia): project activities presentation
• Drama Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Greece). project activities Presentation
• KavEC-Kavala Entrepreunership Centre (Greece): project activities presentation
• Pannnon Novum West Transdanubian Regional Development Agency (Hungary): project activities presentation
• Zala County Foundation for Enterprise Promotion (Hungary): project activities presentation
• Caransebes (severin County, Romania): project: project activities presentation
• SMER (Serbia). project activities presentation
• SERDA (Bosnia & Herzegovina): project activities presentation